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Should you embrace Darkness? A review of The Knight

March 1, 2015 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Knight is written by the giant of French fantasy Pierre Pevel, translated by Tom Clegg and brought to the UK by Gollancz. I wouldn’t call The Knight a sequel. The book is described as “A tale from the High Kingdom” and there have been other High Kingdom books. I’ve not read any of them […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: fantasy, Gollancz, reviews

10 windows to alternative realities drawn by Florent Llamas

February 6, 2015 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Florent Llamas is a freelance artist based in France. He produces very many great illustrations and you can sample them across the web; on Facebook, Deviant Art, tumblr and Behance to name just a few. They’re all worth checking out. Llamas has the talent for creating believable but otherworldly vistas.

Filed Under: Art Tagged With: fantasy, sci-fi

Gothic Prince: A review of The Boy with the Porcelain Blade

February 5, 2015 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

I’d read a blurb of The Boy with the Porcelain Blade long before the book arrived on my desk as a potential review option and I knew I was interested. There’s a lot in the title; “Porcelain Blade” sounds gothic, interesting, fragile and dangerous. I forgot to consider “The Boy”. Our hero is young. In […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: fantasy, Gollancz, Gothic, reviews

15 magical realms created by Tyler Edlin

February 5, 2015 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Tyler Edlin is a concept artist and illustrator from the USA. You can check out his incredible worlds at sites like Facebook, Tumblr, Deviant Art and Behance. You can even buy his art in various froms over at Society6. There’s a lot to tempt you. If you’re an artist yourself then Edlin’s World Building Design […]

Filed Under: Art Tagged With: anime, fantasy, sci-fi

Floating cities and other wonderful creations of Frank Att

February 4, 2015 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Frank Att is an artist based in Germany. He tends to use Photoshop CS5 on a 64-bit Windows 7 PC, using a Wacom BambooFun and custom brushes. He’s only been creating since 2011. You can buy Frank’s prints, or some of them, over at Deviant Art’s print store and he’s made a range freely available […]

Filed Under: Art Tagged With: fantasy, sci-fi

Irina Kovalova’s humorous and slightly dark art

February 3, 2015 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

Irina Kovalova (aka Heliac Wolf) is a Latvian artist with both a talent for great art and a penchant for humour. I really like her style. Furthermore, Irina is currently freelancing just down the road from Geek Native’s Edinburgh HQ and keeping herself busy in Glasgow. You can see plenty more examples of her creations […]

Filed Under: Art Tagged With: fantasy, humour, sci-fi

R.A. Salvatore brings group and solo-play RPG DemonWars: Allheart to Kickstarter

February 3, 2015 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Popular geek author R.A. Salvatore has returned to Kickstarter to extend his DemonWars RPG. In a slight plot twist a common piece of feedback from fans was they liked the core rules but had no one to play with. As a result DemonWars: Allheart has solo-play options. Find out more about it on Kickstarter. [Back […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: fantasy, kickstarters, R.A. Salvatore

Monster catching RPG: MajiMonsters battles on Kickstarter

February 2, 2015 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

Late Knight Games are offering a mashup of Pokemon style monster battling with a traditional fantasy RPG. What a clever idea. Check out the full campaign page on Kickstarter. [Back this Campaign] The funding goal is set at $12,000 and at the time of writing this post there are over 80 backers, more than $6000 […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: fantasy, kickstarters, monsters

Two for one as Darkraven Soundscapes crosses funding line

January 31, 2015 by Andrew Girdwood 2 Comments

Darkraven Games‘s Cthulhu Fantasy and Horror music soundscape bundle asked for $12,000 in Kickstarter backing. They’ve crossed that line today and have over a week for any stretch goals. There’s loads of music samples on their Kickstarter page so it’s worth checking out if you’re tempted. [Back this Campaign] Pledge levels with rewards start as […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: cthulhu, darkraven games, fantasy, horror, kickstarters, sounds

9 superb illustrations from Jeremy Chong

January 22, 2015 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Jeremy Chong is a concept artist at the games and animation studio Lemon Sky. Based in Malaysia, the company and Chong have worked with the likes of Bandai Namco, Campcom, 2K Games, Ubisoft, EA, Sony and Microsoft. I really like Chong’s style. He manages to blend concepts together in graceful and surprising ways. What looks […]

Filed Under: Art Tagged With: Cyberpunk, fantasy, sci-fi

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