Don’t beat about the bush this Halloween. Turn up as a Great Old One and out geek, out power and out horror everyone else. This Great Old One mask on Etsy is yours for a cool £500. Like what you see? It’s worth checking out the other items in the Zombie World Order. Perhaps you’ll […]
Would you allow this monstrous d20 in your game?
Let’s talk about the art first! This Kraken d20 from Nvenom8 Designs is impressive. It’s a monster of a dice. Is it balanced? This video showcases the dice rolling around. It certainly seems to roll. Actually, it’s a nippy wee thing that I can imagine rolling under someone’s bare foot just as they’re stepping down. […]
Insanely Good: A Review of Silent Legions
Lovecraftian horror RPGs are a dime a dozen, with the venerable Call of Cthulhu leading the pack, young upstart Trail of Cthulhu in a close second, and the rest trailing behind. This has been the way of things for years, and everyone’s been fine with it. Now, there’s a new kid on the block, and he’s looking to change everything. Silent […]
Elder (Good) Signs: A Double Review of the Call of Cthulhu Corebooks
Before “storygames” and “simulationist RPGs,” before “crunchy” and “fluff,” there was Call of Cthulhu and Dungeons & Dragons. D&D was all about facing down monsters, gaining wealth and power, and telling epic fantasy stories. CoC was all about avoiding monsters, staying alive and sane, and telling chilling horror stories. D&D had tons of rules and had roots in minature wargamming; […]
Sunless Sea looks scary and very different
Failbetter Games has produced interactive books like Fallen London for the Storynexus platform. Their latest game is on Steam and GOG. The video gives the impression of Call of Cthulhu meets boat simulation. There’s more to it than that. There’s some 200,000+ words in this game – it’s another take on modern storytelling. I’m tempted […]
Falling in Lovecraft
A wonderful old-style and slightly naughty poster from the Italian artist Antonio De Luca. Antonio has a print store on Deviant Art which is certainly worth checking out. Looking for some alternative geeky Valentine’s Day cards? Check out the Geek Love collection on Redbubble.
Free until the end of January: The Great Game
While in playtest The Great Game from Aetheric Dreams is free to download. ENnie and Origins nominated for Nights of the Crusades, Aetheric Dreams is an indie RPG publisher to watch. The Great Game takes a Lovecraftian steampunk spin to the historical Great Game. This was a time when the Russian and British empires fought […]
Lovecraft’s birthday summons Cthulhu sales!
The 20th of August is HP Lovecraft’s birthday. Happy birthday you old racist git. You did, however, create a whole genre of horror and some of the most iconic terrors of all time. There’s sales on today that geeks should be aware of. You may well want to check out Think Geek’s new site too. […]
T-Shirt: With Lovecraftian Darwinism you need to be a quick study
It’s not all that usual to see a sales page for a t-shirt say; “Oh god! What is that? What is that? KILL IT WITH FIRE!!!”. That’s exactly the pitch for this Threadless Designs t-shirt by Alanbao. The Threadless voting process tallied up 1683 votes for this design and it scored 3.46 out of 5 […]
Who scares the best? Top 10 best Horror sellers at DriveThru Fiction
DriveThru Fiction is the sister site to DriveThru RPG. It doesn’t take a natural 20 on an Int Roll to work out that the online shop sells books and might be a good guide to what gamers are buying. With help from One Book Shelf, the site’s owners, we’ve had a look at the best […]
