Games Workshop used to see its share price flick up and down depending on how well the Lords of the Rings or Hobbit movies had done at the box office. They had the wargame and miniature license. Cubicle 7 has the RPG license, done well with The One Ring and is taking a very different […]
Archives for July 2017
How it all started! A review of Robotech #1
When Titan Comics announced it would do a brand new Robotech series it sold out. It’s already on a second printing and you can expect to find it on sale early August. The series promises not just to be another re-telling but a way to continue Carl Macek’s original vision. This collection takes into account […]
The portable Crit Kit for travelling GMs
Do you GM a game that you travel to? Perhaps you game from home but just don’t have much space? I think Justin Sirois Kickstarter for dice tray and portal dungeon will appeal to you. The main problem? This metal fan was surprised to encounter a loud death metal track to the Kickstarter video. This […]
Backers condemn $3.5m dungeon crawl as unplayable
Last year CMON, once known as Cool Mini or Not, pushed past $17m in revenue. How? Kickstarter and loyal fans. They’re really good at it. It’s perhaps not a surprise that their 2016 Kickstarter for Massive Darkness was a huge hit. Over 22,000 backers and incredible $3.5 million raised! The core box will set you […]
Shark chair – GMs get all the best furniture
[I need dis!] I call this the shark chair. Made.com, however, call it the Rodnik Shark Fin Chair and want to sell it to you for a few hundred squid. If I had the cash I’d be tempted! There’s been a surprising amount of quirky chairs for gamers over the years on Geek Native. Do […]
Check out Dungeons and Doggos
Dungeons and Doggos is a webcomic published on Tumblr. You can tell at a glance how it works – we’ve a friendly pack of dogs getting together to play some D&D. Makes total sense! It looks new, certainly I’ve not seen the trips before, and the archive goes back to June 2017. Not a Tumblr […]
Appleseed collectable models
Appleseed is a manga by Masamune Shirow in which ESWAT members Deunan Knute and Briareos Hecatonchires try and protect their city, Olympus, from disorder. Half the city are bionically augmented in this post-Third World War blend of cyberpunk and mecha. I was able to catch Appleseed Alpha on the big screen and was impressed by […]
Stabbed seven times after a Magic: The Gathering fight
The St. Cloud Police department are reporting at Elia Creech, a 31-year old Magic: The Gathering player, called them after stabbing someone seven times after argueing about the game. His 20-year-old friend and he had been playing over night on Friday when a fight broke out. At first Creech used a rubber mallet as a […]
How D&D is played in US prisons
Vice Media’s Waypoint has a series on prison culture and we’re looking at D&D. Some prisoners are able to use the hobby to hold their lives together. It turns out that Dungeons & Dragons is more common in prisons in America than you might have suspected. It is likely that most lock-ups have at least […]
$500 prize for designing an adventure
Controversial publisher Venger As’Nas Satanis is offering up $500 for a one-shot 5-7 page scenario. Why? Kort’thalis Publishing has had a good run at the #1 slot at DriveThruRPG with Adventure Writing Like a Fucking Boss. The contest is double-down on the guide’s success. Entries for the contest must be in by November 1st, 2017 […]
