Bringing The One Ring to life and making it feel like adventures in Middle-earth also needs an expert touch. The Loremaster, the game’s version of GM, needs to be good.
Ares Games to distribute Lex Arcana and Brancalonia
Ares’ move into wider distribution comes among significant changes to the American landscape.
The Lord of the Rings RPG, The One Ring, moves to Free League Publishing
Free League Publishing, the company behind Tales from the Loop, Mutant: Year Zero, Forbidden Lands and Alien will be publishing a new edition of The One RIng.
A free introduction to Lex Arcana: A RPG set in a magical Roman Empire
Depending on where you are you might already be a big fan of Lex Arcana. It’s a hugely popular game. The Dark Eye is very popular in Germany, for example, and Trudvang Chronicles in Sweden. as Lex Arcana is an alternative history fantasy game in which the powers of divination magic kept the Roman Empire […]
Zombicide: The Role-Playing Game is the next project by the Lord of the Rings RPG design partnership
Marco Maggi and Francesco Nepitello are known for games like The One Ring and Cthulhu Tales have teamed up with CMON for a zombie bashing RPG. Zombicide: The Role-Playing Game is described as a combination of the classic zombie action board game with the exciting character creation, development and immersion of a role-playing game. Players begin […]
Dalek Dice: Exterminate humans for fun
The latest Doctor Who game from Cubicle 7 is a dice game that lets you play on the side of Daleks and exterminate UNIT soldiers. Dalek Dice has packaging to die for. I love how the dice tumbler looks like a Dalek’s dangerous eye stalk. The pack comes with 10 custom Dalek dice. Watch out […]
Madness and storytelling with Cthulhu Tales
Following on from the Cubicle 7 and Sophisticated Games co-produced Hobbit Tales, award winning designers Francesco Nepitello and Marco Maggi have created a storytelling card game inspired by the Cthulhu mythos. The Kickstarter has raised thousands in just a few days. You can see the latest stats at the campaign page. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/461807648/cthulhu-tales-storytelling-card-game-of-the-cthulh [Back this Campaign] […]
3 card preview: Hobbit Tales
Hobbit Tales is a storytelling card game due out early 2014 from Sophisticated Games and Cubicle 7. The game has been designed by Marco Maggi and Francesco Nepitello, the creators of The One Ring RPG and the Tolkien-themed strategy game War of the Ring. In the game players take turns being Narrator and make-up a […]
