Got to hand it to Marvel; this trailer seems to have all the things. It has action. It has character development and interaction. It’s got twisty plot. It also has Nick Fury, Falcon, Black Widow, Captain America and The Winter Soldier. What do you think? Does the trailer suggest a balanced but active film or is […]
Archives for October 2013
A look inside: Pathfinder’s Bestiary 4
As we draw up to Halloween there are GMs around the world looking for some new horrors to scare their players with. Right on schedule the ever helpful Paizo have unleashed Bestiary 4 for Pathfinder. Now, it might be that the 320-paged hardback won’t make it to your local store in time but it will […]
Wizards without Coats: Fireball
< PreviousWizards without CoatsNext > You can learn a lot from how wizards dress. Do they still carry a lot of weapons? Are they cautious or lacking in attack spells? Are their bags packed with books and scrolls? Could they cope without them? If they’re wearing fire protection and a cute little hat […]
Blessed or doomed? A review of The Arcs
The Arcs is a graphic novel from Fanboy Comics that will be available for purchase on November 6th and which currently has a free preview up at TheArcsComic.com. Written and created by Michael D. Poisson, illustrated by Matt Jacobs and lettered by Oceano Ransford The Arcs gives you 80-pages of heaven and hell. God has […]
The 12 Masks of Halloween: #6 The Cthulhu Alien
I like this mask as a good option for Halloween because it’s also, at a glance, suitable for lots of LARPing. It’s a full head latex cover which makes it a costume mask and not just decoration and there’s no blood and gore here, no artificial fright, it’s just a mask of a creature. I […]
Dog Shaming – Ghostbuster level
Not familiar with dog shaming? It’s a cute meme in which dogs are shamed (but rarely) named for the bag things they’ve done. The format is simple; a card with the crime, the dog and a photograph of the two together. Is this a Tumblr? Why, yes, of course – dogshaming.tumblr.com. You won’t see Ghostbuster […]
Oh, just one more thing…: A Review of The Miller’s Tale
When you find yourself with a group of players, an evening of gaming, but nothing planned – a short, open-plotted adventure can provide an essential lifeline. In The Miller’s Tale, you have just that – a dark mystery and some interesting personalities – presented in a compact PDF adventure format suitable for any fantasy, or […]
Frog God Games’ The Lost Lands: Sword of Air is booming
It’s odd to see a Kickstarter without a video pitch these days – especially for one asking for $75,000. Frog God Games have raised more than they need, though, as I write there’s more than $77,000 in the bank, with 23 days on the clock and nearly 350 backers. You can back the campaign here […]
Samurai Kings – Sengoku Basara: The Last Party
Sengoku Basara began life as a Capcom video game franchise and has characters named after real people from the Sengoku era of Japan. The series spawned two anime seasons in which the various samurai warlords and their armies faced off a larger army led by a more powerful warlord. Sengoku Basara: The Last Party is […]
Who scares the best? Top 10 best Horror sellers at DriveThru Fiction
DriveThru Fiction is the sister site to DriveThru RPG. It doesn’t take a natural 20 on an Int Roll to work out that the online shop sells books and might be a good guide to what gamers are buying. With help from One Book Shelf, the site’s owners, we’ve had a look at the best […]
