https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/inxile/torment-tides-of-numenera/ [Back this Campaign] Planescape: Torment was awesome. The buzz when “Numenera: Torment” was announced was very loud indeed. Today the inevitable has happened the team up Brian Fargo and Monte Cook has launched on Kickstarter. The game is called Torment: Tides of Numenera and it’s asking for $900,000. $900,000 is a lot. While I […]
Monte Cook’s Numenera becomes Planescape: Torment sequel
I think the best computer roleplaying game I’ve ever played was Planescape: Torment. Skyrim is great but Planescape: Torment was special. It looks like the stars have aligned and there will be a follow up. Wizards of the Coast have carefully guarded the rights to Planescape and the original Black Isle studio close. Makes it […]
Lovecraft horror RPG tremulus slaughters goals
[Pledge here] Tremulus (actually, I think the branding demands lower case t – tremulus) has a storytelling RPG Kickstarter project. We’ve seen some large projects in recent days but tremulus is at the other end of the evolutionary scale – asking for only $5,000. The result? At the time of posting, tremulus has slaughtered its […]
Monte Cook’s Numenera art teaser and update
It’ll come as little surprise to many gamers to discover that Monte Cook’s Numenera Kickstarter (pledge) stormed through its funding goals. At the time of posting the project has nearly $75,000 in backing, 900 backers and 36 days to go. Cook has been sharing more teasers and adding stretch goals. The picture above is from […]
Numenera: Monte Cook announces his new RPG
Popular RPG game designer Monte Cook has announced his new RPG. Back in April, Cook made gamer headlines when he quit the D&D Next project, blaming differences of opinion with the company, but backig the #DNDNext team. His new project, Numenera, is being funded by a Kickstarter campaign and may suggest Cook prefers to push […]
Monte Cook quits D&D Next, defends team
The respected and popular designer, Monte Cook, unexpectedly announced he was quitting Wizards of the Coast and the D&D Next project this week. Cook’s return to the company, over a year ago, was one of the first signs that the next generation of the roleplaying game was on the way. Cook blames a difference of […]
Money off: Monte Cook’s World of Darkness
White Wolf have a special deal on DriveThru RPG for Monte Cook’s World of Darkness book. This link puts the book in your basket! beware at the discount. I guess they don’t want to share the discounted price with people outside the mailing list… so, um, time will tell of what they make of Geek […]
Monte Cook e-View | Echoes #14
This GameWyrd interview first appeared in the RPGNow’s Downloader Monthly This month the free ezine looks at the Nuts and Bolts of the Active Exploits system, has a round up of the latest PDF releases, V Shane’s “Whack it Good!” comic, top ten PDF RPG charts and some other stuff. It’s well worth taking a […]
Echoes from the Wyrd #14
It’s been a month of rulings. A Judge reckons White Wolf’s Underworld suit is worth looking into. Wizards of the Coast have judged that the Book of Erotic Fantasy should loose the d20 logo. We all saw that coming, right? Ah, but did you see GameWyrd shamelessly breaking the new community standards? No? We have. […]
Aaron Loeb e-View | Echoes #3
Aaron Loeb is the mastermind behind the Green Ronin published and widely acclaimed The Book of the Righteous. In this e-View we pester him about the Book of the Righteous, future plans, past projects and discover just how dangerous he is with a suitcase full of d6! GameWyrd’s questions appear in strange blue and Aaron’s […]
