Randall C Ellis is the author of the fantasy RPG Sojourner’s Quest. As a games designer and world creator he has tackled the issue of game and character balance at a professional level. For Superhero Week he’s been kind enough to offer a quick opinion piece on how to think about game balance in a […]
Archives for July 2013
Superhero Week: Superman bread
This isn’t just Superman bread, this is Superman bread you can make yourself thanks to Kitchen Overlord. The blog has all the instructions plus some cool pictures of coloured goo getting rolled and woven together. This superhero-themed post is from 2013’s Superhero Week. Made any good superhero discoveries online recently? Share them in the comments […]
Superhero Week: 11 Unlikely superhero t-shirts
All sort of characters become superheroes. All sorts. However, some superheroes are far more unlikely than others. For example, there’s Thor but there’s also the heroic whale Thorca… That’s right! We’ve got 11 of these weird, wonderful and unlikely mashups in t-shirt form for you this week. Enjoy. The Mighty Thorca [T-Shirt Page] Na’vi Wonder […]
Superhero Week: We Can Be Heroes
The We Can Be Heroes is a charity effort from DC and Warner to try and tackle hunger in the Horn of Africa. It’s an IndieGogo project and it needs your help. This video is full of loot that you can earn by being a hero. As it’s superhero week why not take this chance […]
Superhero Week: Lady Bane and Batman cosplay
How’s this? A Lady Bane – perhaps not a cosplay you expected – and a rather good Batman costume too. The photographer is LJinto. The cosplayers? Suggestions or credits in the comment section below please! This superhero-themed post is from 2013’s Superhero Week. Made any good superhero discoveries online recently? Share them in the comments […]
Superhero Week: Opinion poll of 1000 Brits sees Marvel thrash DC Comics
If you asked 1,000 members of the British public some superhero and comic book questions how would they do? We’re not asking them to get superhero trivia right; we’re asking non-geeks about their favourite superheroes, villains, gadgets and movies. This is exactly what the games team at Ladbrokes did. It’s PR fuel for them. It’s […]
Is D&D Next bringing back Planescape and Spelljammer?
Yesterday Mike Mearls posted some information on how D&D Next, that’s Dungeons & Dragons 5, will cope with its Many Worlds. The designers wanted to maintain as much “story compatibility” as possible so you can convert an existing campaign over to D&D Next. For example, they’ve divided elemental planes into three rings so you can […]
Superhero Week: Dan Burgess’ bold art
These pieces of Spider-Man and Iron Man art are by Dan Burgess. Burgess makes bold choices with colour and pulls it off. A few bold colours stay more in these prints than you might otherwise expect. This doesn’t mean he’s restricted to just a few tones. Dan’s style scales up. This is a post from […]
Irregular Reconnaissance: Comic Books #1
Welcome to the first issue of Irregular Reconnaissance. This section of the blog acts as a quick fire series of reviews. Okay, it’s a way to sound off about the comics we’ve been reading and what we think. Full reviews tend to focus on big issues, first issues, last issues or complete series runs. The […]
Superhero Week: The 10 most popular superhero cardboard cutouts
It’s Superhero Week and specialist shop SuperheroStuff.com has a 10% sale on. Bonus. Just use the code summer10 to get 10% off your purchase. As it’s Superhero Week lets dig into the data the site provides and investigate the best selling superhero cardboard cutouts. Any surprises here? Wally West as Flash beating the Dark Knight […]
