The Mage Storms is an omnibus edition from Titan Books that brings together the three books Storm Warning, Storm Rising and Storm Breaking from Mercedes Lackey. As it happens, despite all the books to her credit, my only previous encounter with Mercedes Lackey was with Elemental Masters: Blood Red. I found that book to be […]
Deadly power struggles: A review of The Boy Who Wept Blood
The Boy Who Wept Blood is the sequel to Den Patrick’s The Boy with the Porcelain Blade. I really enjoyed most of Porcelain Blade; with some of the flashbacks as the exception, they felt like a bit like filler when I really wanted to get on with the action. The Boy Who Wept Blood has […]
Short film: Cursed
Cursed is a short animation by Merel van den Broek and Nicole Derksen. Made as a graduation film at the University of the Arts in Utrecht in 2014 it tells the story of a powerful villain who takes a break from bringing chaos and doing evil while she harbours a crush on a hero. What […]
80 fantasy plants that might appear in your next RPG [infographic]
Do you run a fantasy RPG which has a world strangely filled with entirely mundane fauna and flora. How would that even happen? This infographic from AvasFlowers takes to the works of fiction to compile 80 of the best alternative plants into a single, handy, list. The result? An infographic loaded with inspiration and enough […]
10 wonderfully moody fantasy and sci-fi illustrations from Sergey Musin
At times I’m inspired to imagine this as Giger meets traditional fantasy… or sci-fi. Check, I think there’s even Boris Vallejo and Julie Bell styling in there. Sergey Musin demonstrates a wide range just within these few sample pictures. I strongly recommend checking out the Russian’s Deviant Art page, especially as you can buy some […]
Short film: The Alchemist’s Letter
Made possible by a Kickstarter, with the voice of John Hurt and with art direction by the Boxtroll’s Daniel Casey, The Alchemist’s Letter is stunning. The film picks up as the son of the alchemist finds a mysterious device, one that consumes memories, and a letter. As the contents of the letter becomes clear the […]
8 slices of inspiration from concept artist Ryan Glitter
Ryan Glitter is a concept artist who’s worked for the likes of Privateer Press, Crytek and Sony Online Entertainment. He’s drawn for historical, sci-fi, fantasy and steampunk and in these samples of his work you might well conjure up images of Halo 4, Planetside, Starhawk and perhaps a little Warmachine action too. You can check […]
8 pieces of Guild Wars concept art from Levi Hopkins
This is simply fantastic art. If you’re a Guild Wars 2 player then some of these may be familiar to you – perhaps as loading screen art. The illustrations below are a sample from a wider collection shared at Concept Art World and if you want to take a proper tour of Levi’s work then […]
Combine your deck building skills against monsters in Foe Hunters
Foe Hunters is a new (again) Kickstarter from Spellforge Games for a collaborative deck building game. The heroes use their experience points to buy cards, working together to take on a series of foes. At the time of writing the Kickstarter has raised nearly $10,000 and you can check out the details here. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/spellforgegames/foe-hunters-a-cooperative-fantasy-deckbuilding-gam [Back […]
Competition: Win Glass Thorns – Window Wall
For the last few years Geek Native has been tracking Glass Thorns. This is a fantasy drama series from the hugely popular Melanie Rawn which follows the highs and lows of a magical theatre group in a political and dangerous setting. The latest book in the series is out. In Window Wall we deal with […]
