Can you spot the difference between the original Pirates of Black Cove cover and the one for the Japanese market?
Sexy pirate RPG covers for Talk Like a Pirate Day
You will have noticed that today is Talk LIke a Pirate Day. Sites are doing pirate things all over the web. All over the web pirate things are going on. Oh, wait, ahem… What will Geek Native do? Some clever, academic, geeky pirate essay? No. This blog will instead offer up a bunch of pirate […]
Free to Download: Jaws of the Barracado
Jaws of the Barracado is a free (at the time of posting) to download adventure for Bulldogs! It’s from Galileo Games and uses the Fate rule system. This is a delivery adventure and your goal is the leader of the Barracado pirates himself. This means taking the package, with its mysterious seal intact, deep into […]
Airship Pirates preview
Cakebread & Walton have released the first preview of the Airship Pirates RPG. This is a steampunk RPG based on the music of Abney Park. As Cakebread & Walton point out this is a works in progress so ignore the references to page XX. Peter Cakebread and Ken Walton are the designers behind for Clockwork […]
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides review
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides is a good movie but it is not fantastic. Johnny Depp’s favourite character, Captain Jack Sparrow, is back for another visually familiar pirate romp around the world. There are some significant changes to the movie from the last three, though, especially the last two. Perhaps first among these […]
Risen 2: Dark Waters
Risen 2 is a single-player fantasy RPG. It’s the sequel to Risen produced by Piranha Bytes over in Germany. Dark Waters is set several years after Risen, the titans have been causing chaos and pushing mankind to the brink of existence. We have monsters rising from the depth of the ocean (see what they did […]
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides second trailer
Do you think there’s energy in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise? Perhaps one way to ponder that question is to ask yourself how excited you are about the forthcoming Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides movie. Use that excitement level as a benchmark. That’s where you are now. Now take a look at […]
Blackbeard’s actual sword+2 found
Ah, okay, Blackbeard’s actual sword may not have been a +2 magic sword. However, over at Time over 6,000 people have Facebook liked the news of the discovery and that suggests to me that Edward Teach’s sword has some power. Edward Teach – better known as Blackbeard – was one of the first pirates to […]
Pirates of Langkasuka review
This is a film with many names. It’s known as Pirates of Langkusaka in Europe, The Legend of the Tsunami Warrior in America and Puen Yai Jon Salad in Thailand. It is Thailand’s big cinema adventure and it’s been warmly received. It’s also sometimes known as the Queens of Langkasuka. It might be interesting to […]
RPG Previews: Island of the Damned | Echoes #15
Roleplay Previews Exit Music The Lords of the Night: Liches A Question of Loyalty: A Guidebook to Military Orders Vargenzin Island of the Damned Blood and Vigilance Artifacts of the Arcane Island of the Damned The Island of the Damned is full adventure for the Skull & Bones d20 pirate setting. This preview contains spoilers. […]
