This video is a trailer for a Dungeons & Dragons documentary. I think it looks pretty good. It’s a complex story – even around apparently simple questions like; “Who actually created D&D?” https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/andrewpascal/dungeons-and-dragons-a-documentary This is not a completed documentary though. It may never be finished. There’s a Kickstarter project for it with pledges beginning at […]
Dungeons & Dragons 5e shouldn’t be a white male fantasy – would you sign the petition?
Did you know there was only one image of a non-white human character in the D&D 4e core rule books? Another study suggests 60% of the “heroes” in DMG, PHB, PHB2 and Adventurer’s Vault are men. Over a third of images suffered from sexism, according to the same study. In response, Josh Fox has started […]
The 2012 ENnnies winners
Friday night at GenCon means ENnies. The ENnies are easily one of the most prestigious awards in the roleplaying industry and combine public vote and the role of judges. Best Adventure Dead Rock Seven (Pelgrane Press) Invasive Procedures (Pelgrane Press) The Rending Box (Pelgrane Press) Silver: Madness at Gardmore Abbey (Wizards of the Coast) Gold: […]
Former Wizards of the Coast CEO launches RPG multi-media company
Peter D. Adkison, former CEO of Wizards of the Coast, and the man who owns Gen Con, has started a new company. It’s related to RPGs.
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 […]
Gamers win in the Fantasy Flight and Stronghold “Merchant of Venus” showdown
Back in October 2011, Geek Native posted about game companies battling over Merchant of Venus. It was an awkward situation. Stronghold games signed a deal with the game’s designer and announced a new edition of Merchant of Venus. At the same time, Fantasy Flight Games announced a new edition of Merchant of Venus after signing […]
Free RPG Day: June 16th 2012
Free RPG Day is as it sounds – excellent – and a chance to get your paws on some free RPG loot. Created by the distribution company Impressions, the goal of Free RPG Day is to inspire roleplayers to pick up a new RPG and give it ago. Persuading gamers to try new games is […]
The live action Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013 ad
I think it’s safe to say that it can be pretty hard to create TV worthy ads for any roleplaying (or related) game. Even the best attempts can come across as cheesy. Computer game companies, I think, have had the most success and they’ve done this by simply tapping into the games themselves and letting […]
Who won the 2012 Origin Awards?
A little late with this news but the winners of the 2012 Origin Awards are out. We see a good mix of winners with 18XX and Gamma World being added to the Hall of Fame. Two companies won two awards. Care to guess which? One was Wizards of the Coast – winning for Best Collectable […]
The DnD Next playtest collections
Wizards of the Coast have reached an important stage in the production of the 5th edition of Dungeons and Dragons. The project, known as DnD Next, is being widely playtested by registered gamers across the world. There are some restrictions as to what these tabletop roleplayers can say – don’t expect to see many posts […]
