Hark, the herald Graybeards sing, glory to the Dovakiin! Via Reddit.
Alluria’s Pathfinder bundle: 65% off a sea-themed collection
Alluria Publishing have a “Super Pathfinder Holiday Mega-Bundle” on sale at DriveThru RPG. The usual value of the gaming books is just over $88 but with the bundle discount in place the actual total is $30. That’s a 65% discount. The catch? Alluria’s not said when the holiday mega-bundle deal comes to a close. The […]
Star Wars propaganda posters
These posters can be yours. Artist Patty McPancakes has a store on Etsy and is selling them at affordable prices. These are World War II style propaganda style posters and some of them are translated into Galactic Base Standard. Enjoyed this collection? You might also check out this sample of join the Rebellion posters. Via […]
A mug for the gamer table: crusader helm
Most roleplayers drink and game. For this gamer the evolution of gaming drinks went from fizzy sugar drinks, to booze and now to mugs of humble but tasty tea. There was just one time when metal goblets were used to serve grape juice. That was kinda cool but a bit of an effort. If only […]
17th century royal execution chessboard sells for £601,250
The estimate for this 17th century German chessboard was anywhere between £300,000 to £500,000. That’s a cool half a million pounds. In the end it sold for higher than that; £601,250. The design holds more than just chess; there’s a Nine Men’s Morris board, backgammon in the inside and chess. The board also holds 28 […]
NECA are building a Zero Point Energy Field Manipulator
NECA, National Entertainment Collectibles Association, who have built collectibles for the likes of Bioshock, Resident Evil and Assassin’s Creed have announced they are working on one of Gordon Freeman’s favourite devices; the Zero Point Energy Field Manipulator. This model (and it’s just the prototype shown) will be limited, you’ll be able to see it at […]
BBC America: Doctor Who: The Snowmen trailer
Two Doctor Who trailers in one day. We had Vastra Investigates today, nearly three minutes long, and now BBC America have released this shorter (and typical) trailer. This is the first trailer that doesn’t undermine Geek Native’s attempt to guess/work out the big villian in the episode (speculation/spoiler risk). There is a spooky voice, after […]
Did Flying Mice lead to a Better Mousetrap: An interview with Clash Bowley
Clash Bowley is the lead author and artist of the sci-fi RPG StarCluster, a host of supplements, the Blood Games Occult Horror RPG, Book of Jalan RPG and plenty others. These are games that I assocaite with Flying Mice Games but now see attributed to Better Mousetrap Games. Clash has kindly agreed to an interview […]
Second Star Trek Into Darkness trailer
The internet now has its collective hands – and eyes – on the second Star Trek Into Darkness trailer. No doubt people are looking for a Japanese version already to see if there are any added extras; like last time. This updated trailer includes the Khan-like hand gesture that was shown in “added extra” footage. […]
Making a Starman Christmas tree
This year some of the Geek Native team took a geeky approach to the Christmas tree. Let’s have a star on top. Let’s make this a famous geek star – let’s having a glowing Starman star. The first step was easy and fun – buying a Starman from Lime Llama on etsy. The second step […]