We’ve already seen CMON take the board game Zombicide and morph it into a RPG. They’re also bringing the Trudvang Legends RPG and adapting it into a board game. CMON are taking the Kickstarter route. The original RPG, based on Nordic and Celtic myths, was a Kickstarter success and so there’s every reason to believe […]
Archives for July 2018
Can’t make Gen Con? Print your Gen Can’t badge instead
Gen Con is an iconic roleplaying games convention. Founded in 1968 by Gary Gygax, the co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons, it now hosts tens of thousands of gamers. Gen Con 2018 will run from August 2nd to 5th, in Indianapolis, Indiana, but not everyone will get to go. The list of gamers missing out include […]
WizKids to support D&D’s Guildmaster’s Guide to Ravnica with 44 characters
WizKid’s D&D Icons of the Realm set of pre-painted miniatures is giving us an early look inside the Guildmaster’s Guide to Ravnica. The 44 figure set is called “D&D Icons of the Realms: Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica” and will include the likes of Deathpact Angel, the Gruul Anarch, the Boros Reckoner, and the Nightveil Specter, […]
First Black Lotus sells for $87,000, and there’s bidding on a second
There’s a Black Lotus with a black border up for sale on ebay right now. The current bid is US$1,000, but it is likely to sell for much more. How much more? Another black bordered Black Lotus has just closed for over $87,000. Not every Black Lotus is equal. The condition of the card, for […]
Netflix sneaks out a trailer for Castlevania season 2
The trailer for Castlevania season 2 has come out via producer Adi Shanker rather than the main site. It looks great. The next time someone comments about how there are no good adaptations of computer games I would encourage you to counter with Castlevania. Shankar is aiming high. He wrote; We did not set the […]
Geeks twice as likely to be rooting for Loki
Whether you’ve seen Avengers: Infinity War or not you know there’s the sequel move coming. Avengers 4 doesn’t even have a name yet because of the risk of spoilers. … but some famous superheroes might die in the fight against Thanos. The heroes at risk include the brothers Thor and Loki. Let’s just say you […]
Wizards of the Coast using Eberron as test case for future D&D 5e settings
Today Founders and Legends is streaming on Dungeons & Dragon’s Twitch channel. The show features Luke Gygax, son of D&D’s famous co-creator Gary Gygax as he plays in three games and talks to host Satine Phoenix about the origins. In the first hour of the stream, now available as a video archive, Satine and Luke […]
Skull of wood elemental makes an excellent plant pot
A bunch of trendy shops are currently advertising this ‘skull’ all over Instagram. Yeah, it kind of looks like Groot, but I imagine different enough not to trigger attack lawyers. [Give me the price!] That’s not the problem. The issue this blogger has with many of the favourite Instagram stores is that they’re nothing more […]
Competition: Win a copy of the Children of Artifice
Children of Artifice is a fantasy adventure by British author Danie Ware. Released this month by Fox Spirit Books, the story currently has an average of 5/5 on Amazon UK. An ancient city, sealed in a vast crater. A history of metallurgical magic, and of Builders that could craft the living, breathing stone. Caphen Talmar […]
Enjoy these four video guides to Ravnica
Wizards of the Coast’s latest campaign setting for Dungeons & Dragons is Ravnica. The publisher is calling this a crossover setting because Ravnica is already well established as a Magic: The Gathering setting. These four trailers are for Magic: The Gathering and some of them are quite old. Each Ravnica is only a few minutes […]
