World of Darkness Dark Eras is the latest of a string of successful Kickstarters from Onyx Path. At the time of writing there’s more than $70,000 in the coffers, well past the $40,000 funding goal and 18 days still on the clock. To see some exclusive art from inside the book scroll down or check […]
The anatomy of RPG adventures
Experienced tabletop gamers will know that certain games have certain patterns. It is possible to work out how close you are to the end of the game by comparing your actions against the anatomy of the adventure itself. The chart below shows seven popular RPG adventures that span a number of genres. Feel familiar to […]
Vampire meets Cthulhu as Orbis Aerden: Reign of the Accursed woos Kickstarter
Dead Eyed Shade Games offer up a multimedia story for Orbis Aerden: Reign of the Accursed for their Kicktarter pitch video. They’re open about their influences; this is a mixture of World of Darkness with Cthulhu and some Game of Thrones style political truths thrown in for good measure. [Back this Campaign] The Kickstarter has […]
White Wolf giving away free games
There has been “2103 is Dead” sale from White Wolf over at DriveThruRPG. It offered 25% off a range of titles. If you missed the news it is because it was announced over at the The Onyx Path. Yesterday, though, things changed. First they offered Exalted 2nd Edition in PDF form for free. Today Dark […]
Underworld: Awakening Trailer – all new, no White Wolf ripoff
Many moons ago, before there was Geek Native and this blogger was running the “prequel site” GameWyrd one of the most popular news stories on it was White Wolf trying to sue Sony over Underworld. Seen the original Underworld? Is it rather like the World of Darkness. White Wolf even had a clan of assassin […]
White Wolf hacked
The publishers of Vampire, Werewolf and Exalted have been hacked. White Wolf posted news of the computer security breach and reassured gamers that neither credit card nor mail addresses had been compromised. The hacking took place while White Wolf was upgrading it web presence. It was the old, retiring web server that was hacked – […]
Priest Trailer – this was a vampire attack!
It seems to be a gamble turning any graphic novel into a film. Sometimes they get them so wrong. Sometimes they get it so right. What you can’t do is judge the film by the trailer. Rubbish trailers are made for great films. All too often, great trailers are made for poor films. That said; […]
Dr Who – Next time video: Vampires in Venice
We’ve had access to a Vampires of Venice clip for a while but as traditional after Saturday’s Day Doctor Who we have access to the “next time” trailer. This clip doesn’t just bring back memories of by trip to Venice but of Assassin’s Creed 2! No vampires in that – might be in Assassin’s Creed […]
FUNimation acquires Vampire Girl vs Frankenstein Girl
Gore-fest directors Naoyuki Tomomatsu and Yoshihiro Tomomatsu are behind the live action anime-style Vampire Girl vs Frankenstein Girl that FUNimation acquired the rights to today. The film premiered last year at the NY Asian Film Festival and won the Audience Award. It has since travelled all the way to the Toronto After Dark Film Fetival […]
Interview with Simon Rogers – Night’s Black Agents
Authors Robin D Laws and Kenneth Hite are both talking about a vampire spy thriller game called Night’s Black Agents. It’ll be coming out Pelgrane Press and will be a Gumshoe title. So, what’s a vampire spy thriller? Hite uses some popular movies to describe how the game will feel; “Imagine the movie Ronin. All […]
