Bob-OMB is a limited t-shirt design by Mark Chilcott. You can pick it up, while stocks last, from Cult Collective. There are only 100. You’ll get a signed and numbered card to mark your purchase. I like t-shirts like this but then wonder whether I should wear them or not. Is it really a t-shirt […]
How Paula Duta drew her steampunk cyborg lion
This remarkable steampunk cyborg lion is the work of the Romanian artist Paula Duta. She captured the process by taking a series pictures of the design coming to life on her illustration desk. You can see other examples of Paula’s work over at her Behance portfolio. It’s worth a look. (Via Geek Art Gallery and […]
Steampunk delight: A review of Brass Sun
Imagine what it would be like if the sun was a super-hot orb on an actual Orrery and there was a network of planets connected to it by a mechanical contraption. Imagine what it would take to transform a natural solar system into something like that. Brass Sun starts off with all guns blazing. We’ve […]
Ad Nauseum: A Review of the Kromore RPG
Tired of new role playing games trying to reinvent the genre with modern design concepts? Are you frustrated with role playing games that are trying to bring the hobby in new directions, or modernized for contemporary audiences? Well, have I got a game for you. The Kromore Role-playing Game feels like a game that wilfully and […]
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 […]
The Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences Review: A Peculiarly Amazing RPG
This week I reviewed The Ministry Initiative: The Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences. Before I dig into the meat of the review I have a couple of things I’d like to note. First, I’m a systems person. If you read the Age of Electrotech review, you already know what I’m going to say next; I’m going […]
Phoenix Outlaw find success with Smoke & Glass
This Kickstarter pitch has made its pledge target with still 24 days to go. At the time of writing over 160 gamers have backed this steampunk setting for Fate Core. [Back this Campaign] There’s an interesting option early on in the pledge levels. For just $3 you can get a retail shoutout on Phoenix Outlaw’s […]
The remarkable mechanical dragon
This steampunk like dragon puppet is the work of La Machine. As the builder’s name suggests you’ll have to be in France if you want to see this giant creature in the wild. La Machine call the puppet Long Ma Jing Shen or “The Spirit of the Horse Dragon”. It rears. It breathes fire. It’s […]
Magic or Science: A review of Karneval
Karneval wastes no time in getting going. As the anime opens there is a young man handcuffed to a bed and a lecherous noble woman astride him. Kinky? It would help if the noble woman wasn’t also a hideous monster who literally hungers for flesh. Thankfully for our innocent hero – “Get off, you’re heavy” […]
Alien Indian steampunk: A review of Jani and the Greater Game
Jani and the Greater Game is the first in a new series from sci-fi writer Eric Brown. Brown’s previous books include the likes of Satan’s Reach (Weird Space), Helix Wars, The Devil’s Nebula and plenty of other titles that often involve alien fleets. Readers familiar with Brown’s usual sci-fi style will be forgiven for wondering […]
