Perfect World Entertainment and Cryptic Studios have revealed Shadowmantle, the second free expansion module for the D&D based Neverwinter MMORPG. Set the Forgotten Realms universe from Wizards of the Coast, Shadowmantle releases the Hunter Ranger class which is currently available on the test shard. The update, expected out later this year, takes players to the […]
Top RPGs this summer: Pathfinder top, D&D third and Fate Core new in fifth
ICv2 have released their 2013 summer research into the best-selling RPGs. This list is put together from interviews with retailers, distributors and manufactures. In other words they’ve not examined the bags of gamers leaving stores and some key players like large online book stores and second hand markets may not be included but this research […]
Wizards announce Magic 2014 – Duels of the Planeswalker expansion
Wizards of the Coast today announced that the 2014 Magic – Duels of the Planeswalkers expansion will release this September 18th although that will vary depending on platform. The game is due on a large range of platforms; Xbox Live Arcade, PC via Steam, PlayStation Network, iPad and Android via Google Play and Amazon App […]
Wizards announce The Sundering
Wizards of the Coast have a big new event to engage gamers. The popular Forgotten Realms setting is getting a bit of a relaunch and it is happening via The Sundering.
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 […]
Is D&D Next bringing back Planescape and Spelljammer?
Yesterday Mike Mearls posted some information on how D&D Next, that’s Dungeons & Dragons 5, will cope with its Many Worlds. The designers wanted to maintain as much “story compatibility” as possible so you can convert an existing campaign over to D&D Next. For example, they’ve divided elemental planes into three rings so you can […]
Magic: The Gathering “Ignite Your Spark” art
Back in March Geek Native featured the Magic: The Gathering trailer for 2014 that made its debut for PAX East. It’s a firey one. The character featured in Chandra Nalaar. Over at CGHub we can sample the art by Brad Rigney (aka Crypt Crawler) for Chandra.
Download the Dungeons & Dragons Next wallpaper
Wizards of the coast have made a D&D 5 wallpaper available. The dragon design is available in lots of different sizes, for desktop, mobile and even Twitter and Facebook. The Twitter zip bundle includes an avatar icon.
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 […]
The best selling RPGs of the winter; Pathfinder rules and D&D slips to third (2012)
ICV2 has released their figures for hobby game sales in the US for the winter of 2012. It’s good news for the year wrap-up with hobby store growth being at 15%, that follows from 20% the year before and in wonderful contrast to the 5% decline we saw in 2008. In fact, 2012 is the […]
