The Gem Awards are run by Diamond Comic Distributors in the States, working with comic book speciality retailers and recognised across the industry. It’s not just comic book retailers that are in the running – the Gem Awards looks at toy manufacturers and game makers. 2014 Diamond Gem Award Suppliers of the Year 2014 Comic […]
Roll20’s gaming report shows Dungeons & Dragons boom
Last October The Orr Group, makers of Roll20, released a report which sparked plenty of healthy conversation. It said that Pathfinder was the single most popular RPG in the system but when you added up the editions that the D&D collective came top. At the time Pathfinder was represented in 27% of games and 44% […]
19 common mistakes new GMs make
It’s not always easy being a GM. You’ve a game to prepare, a world to create and in addition to plot, combat and other in-world intrigue you also have the real world to deal with when it comes to players, scheduling and even finding a venue. Wizards of the Coast’s latest book in the D&D […]
Box of tricks: A review of Dungeon Master’s Guide
Dungeon Master’s Guide is the third core book in the new Dungeons & Dragons. It follows the Player’s Handbook and the Monster Manual. Wizards of the Coast’s staggered release schedule for this edition of D&D made sense, helped keep the quality up but I sense some D&D 5e fans will be saying “At last!” now […]
Will Paizo replace Wizards of the Coast as a Codename: Morningstar publisher?
I’m a backer on Trapdoor Technology’s Codename: Morningstar Kickstarter. This is a crowd-funding campaign to pick up a digital toolset that Wizards of the Coast pulled out of. The replacement software works with the Pathfinder Reference Document (PRD) instead. Geek Native was lucky enough to land an interview with Trapdoor’s founding director Chris Matney. In […]
Denmark takes home the $250,000 World Magic Cup
A 4-player team from Denmark has won the 2014 World Magic Cup while Israel based Shahr Shenhar successfully defended his Magic World Championship. Shenhar wins $50,000, while team Denmark have £48,000 to divide between themselves. Wizards of the Coast had almost $250,000 in the prize fund for top national teams. The team from Denmark consisted […]
What an ambush! A review of The Rise of Tiamat
The Rise of Tiamat is an adventure in Wizards of the Coast’s Tyranny of Dragons series. It follows on from the Hoard of the Dragon Queen and while, on the whole, it is a good book it packs one heck of an ambush! I enjoyed the Hoard of the Dragon Queen. Wolfgang Baur and Steve […]
Life without Wizards as Trapdoor take Codename: Morningstar to Kickstarter
This pitch for Codename: Morningstar talks about stories. It’s worth knowing the back story to Trapdoor Technologies before watching the video, I think. It began with Wizards of the Coast appointing Trapdoor to build the D&D 5e digital toolset. We don’t know what happened. There was a change of heart and the two companies stopped […]
$1000 for 13 AD&D books?
How much would you pay for some collector edition AD&D books? This set of 13 miniature Advanced Dungeons & Dragons books are under the hammer at eBay for nearly $1000. You can check the auction out on eBay proper if you’re tempted to bid. The books are; Fiend Folio Dungeon Masters Guide Monster Manual #2009 […]
Who stole Trapdoor’s tools?
You might know Trapdoor Technologies as the company who had been working on the digital toolkit for Dungeons & Dragons 5. They’re not working on that project any more; last month they broke up with Wizards of the Coast. Today, Trapdoor have posted the mystery of the MorningStar. Here’s a quote; Early this morning, when […]
