5 ENnie award winners already announced as voting opens Team EN World opened the voting booth for the 2014 ENnie Awards this week. Voting started with 5 winners being announced for the 2014 Judges’ Spotlight award. So, who won? Hobomancer Companion from Hex Games Deep Magic from Kobold Press Rocket Age RPG from Cubicle 7 […]
19,168 RPGs and accessories on sale for Christmas in July
It’s a bit of a weird tradition but Christmas in July is a DriveThruRPG tradition in which you can score up to 25% off titles. This year there’s nearly 20,000 titles in the range. The best deals that I’ve spotted? There are hundreds of dollars off Peregrine’s stock illustrations but here’s some RPG-centric titles. Whitewash […]
Necromancer Games Kickstarts D&D 5e range before agreeing license with WotC
Dungeons & Dragons 5e is barely out; you can download D&D Basic or buy the Starter Set. You would think that without the licensing rules for the game that third party publishers can’t yet write products either. Necromancer Games, though, is back from a torpor to produce D&D 5e books and have raised nearly all […]
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 […]
Thousands of free RPGs, sales and updates at DriveThru RPG
It’s a busy time at DriveThru RPG. I flashed past a banner on the site that suggested something about having lots of free products. A few days later, I decided to check it out. They do; 2940 free products according to their advanced search today. That’s great news for gamers. Go download stuff. I can […]
Swords and Wizardry Monstrosities review
Swords and Wizardry Monstrosities is the largest ever compilation of monsters for Swords & Wizardry from Frog God Games. There are 186 new monsters and hundreds of older monsters from the first edition of the game and they’re all in one place. Swords and Wizardry itself dates back to the 1970s and Frog God Games’ version […]
Updates from Free RPG Day
Saturday, June the 15th, 2013 is the next Free RPG Day. That may feel like a long way off but Impressions the games distribution service company who promote it are busy trying to woo sponsors. Publisher? Sign up via this PDF form link. There are already big names onboard; Paizo Publishing, Fantasy Flight Games, Troll […]
An introduction to Indie+
What is Indie+? It is an online convention and hangout for gamers. It’s made possible by Google+ Events and Google’s rather awesome Hangouts (also part of Google+). Hangouts, if you’re not familiar with them, are super easy to use video chats that support many people at once. They represent a virtual table as much as […]
Frog God buys Necromancer Games
Frog God Games, the RPG company behind The Northlands Saga, Fane of the Fallen and One Nights Stands has bought Necromancer Games. Necromancer Games was very active during the 3e era and promised 3e (and later 4e) games with an 1e feel. Their products included the likes of Necropolis, Rappan Athuk, City of Brass, Tomb […]