… and who are the scary monsters?
The best selling sci-fi RPGs of 2019
Which are the best selling sci-fi RPGs of the year?
Who’s leading the Ennies 2013 pack?
The nominations for the 2013 ENnies are out. These are a big set of awards in the roleplaying publishing world. Counting by hand, I reach 57 publishers nominated and that’s up from just shy of 40 from 2012. Paizo Publishing and Pelgrane Press lead the pack with 7 nominations each, with Cubicle 7 in third […]
Origins names nominees for the best tabletop games of 2013
The Origins Games Fair is a big one. It runs from June 12th to 16th this year in the Greater Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, Ohio, USA. It showcases board games, tabletop roleplaying games, CCGs, miniatures, LARPs and has an electronic games room this year. The Origins Awards is run by The Academy of Adventure […]
Chronicle City appoints “Grim” James Desborough
James Desborough has some experience with controversy. Geek Native interviewed Grim during a firestorm of protests. A petition had been set up to urge Mongoose Publishing to drop him from their roster for misogynistic views. The claim was denied, passions and tempers rose, arguments flooded into RPG forums and no one will thank me for […]
Are these the best horror RPGs of all time?
Halloween is sneaking ever closer and around the world gamers will be wondering what to do. Some gaming groups will have especially spooky encounters and others will play one off horror games. It’s little surprise that horror RPGs have a spike of sales around about now. Geek Native asked the kindly souls at OneBookShelf (RPGNow […]
The Kickstarter launch: UK publishers and authors respond
Kickstarter is the most widely recognised crowdfunding site in the world and, this week, it announced UK launch dates. Publishers can create projects already but cannot begin funding campaigns until Halloween. It’s worth, just briefly, considering why this is so important for gamers. Kickstarter makes possible roleplaying games, books and miniatures that would otherwise have […]
Who’s leading the Ennies 2012 pack?
The nominees for the 2012 Ennies have be announced ahead of Gen-Con. There’s just shy of 40 different publishers, excluding blogs, who have a nomination this year which proves what a diverse and well balanced industry RPG publishing is. Looking at the publishers with the most nominations we discover that the top five all have […]
The runners and riders of Ennies 2011
The 2011 Ennies have been announced. Who are the runners to pay attention too? There are 8 entries for Green Ronin, 11 for Cubicle 7, 10 for Paizo Publishing, 4 for Pelgrane Press, 8 for Wizards of the Coast, 6 for Posthuman Studios, 3 for Gaming Paper, 5 for Arc Dream Publishing, 6 for Catalyst […]
Eclipse Phase RPG wallpaper (via @EclipsePhase)
Just a quick post – but a good post. These sci-fi horror wallpapers come via @EclipsePhase on Twitter. That’s a reason to follow them (oh, and @GeekNative. I think one of the wisest things an RPG publisher can do is to give away wallpaper. If you can get a gamer to install your game as […]
