I am a big fan of maps in RPG games, they help to paint the scene in the players imagination, leave no ambiguity as to where a player was when the fireball blasted the party to pieces, who was crushed when the ceiling caved in or how many skeletons were caught in the barbarians charge. While highly polished and professionally printed area maps are great, you can’t always find exactly what you need for your envisioned scene; tiles are great but tend to be pricey and fiddly to construct – finding the piece you’re looking for can slow the pace of the game. Dry erase maps have been a staple for gamers everywhere for a long while,...
Pathfinder Ultimate Campaign
posted by Matt Wilson
Get your game (of thrones) on, with Pathfinder Ultimate Campaign from Paizo. So you want a kingdom to run do you? get in line.. Maybe you see yourself as the leader of a huge army. Pathfinder Ultimate Campaign is set to help you figure this out. They have just released some teasers of the...
Divinity: Original Sin Kicks...
posted by Matt Wilson
I admit it, I have never played a Divinity game, I don’t even know why. I love CRPGs of all video games CRPGs are the ones I play the most. It’s not like I haven’t heard of the Divinity series either, so I apologise, I have no excuses and I’m a disgrace as a gamer, who...
JRT interview
posted by Jon Creffield
Out of the Shadows, an interview with John R. Troy JRRT is well known for his impact upon the fantasy scene, but there is another, lesser known, fantasy aficionado who shares some of his initials and may well have influenced some of the RPG books in your collection. Without further ado, we...
Myth (tery) solved
posted by Matt Wilson
I do love a good board game, interacting with friends or family, or both, sat around table where you can physically see each other, no need for mobile phone to talk to each other, shocking but refreshing. Plaster on a layer of fantasy and I’m positively..curious (I rarely get excited,...
Star Wars Episode VII
posted by Matt Wilson
With the imminent release of Episode VII (imminent, that is, in the lifecycle of a rock), December 2015, Wired have a great article that JJ Abrams should read prior to steering this gargantuan mothership our way. 74 Things Every Great Star Wars Movie Needs. There are rumours flying around the intertubes about Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher and Harrison Ford all returning as their much loved characters from the original trilogy.. Ford confirms this as ‘likely’.. Hmm not exactly the confirmation we were after, but a great indication that it could happen and is more than just a...
Obsidian Portal Kickstarter
posted by Matt Wilson
Obsidian Portal, that tool that we all use (less than we should), is looking to get a revamp and they want your help, Yes YOU!. Obsidian Portal has been around for sometime now, if you don’t already know, it’s a tool that helps you manage many aspects of your Tabletop RPG Make...
PFPVP? Conflict PVP
posted by Matt Wilson
Ever heard of Art-imitating-life-imitating-art, well Video Games have long been imitating Tabletop RPGs and there have been a recent spate of flipping that on it’s head too, with RPGs imitating Video Games, Look at the DnD4E rules and you’ll see what I mean. In the latest...
Wizards: D&D Next
posted by Matt Wilson
It’s that time again when Wizards of the Coast release an update of their, in-development, rules with D&D Next. So hit up the fine link and download yourself a piece of the action. We’d love to hear your thoughts on the progress, your experience with the rules and if you plan on getting hold of this puppy when it’s finally released in 2037.. http://dndplaytest.wizards.com/
Pathfinder Card Game
posted by Jon Creffield
PAIZO PUBLISHING ANNOUNCES PATHFINDER ADVENTURE CARD GAME The First Card Game for Pathfinder to Debut at Gen Con 2013 Rich, Adventure Gaming Experience from Revolutionary New Card Game Paizo Publishing has announced the Pathfinder Adventure Card Game, to be released in August 2013 at Gen...
Skull & Shackles
posted by Jon Creffield
SHIVER ME TIMBERS, NEW PATHFINDER BATTLES: SKULL & SHACKLES MINIS BRING THE ADVENTURE OF THE HIGH SEAS TO YOUR TABLETOP Paizo Publishing have announced Pathfinder Battles: Skull & Shackles, scheduled for release summer 2013. Pathfinder Battles: Skull & Shackles is a stunning set of prepainted plastic miniatures, featuring 55 all-new sculpts drawn from the gorgeous art in the Pathfinder Adventure Path: Skull & Shackles. The minis will be available in standard four-figure booster packs, containing one large figure and three medium or small figures (MSRP $15.99), as well as the standard booster 8-count brick with 32...
New stuff from Avalon!
posted by Jon Creffield
The good people at Avalon games have been in touch to tell us about all their latest groovy releases; read on to see what they have to offer… Guards. You know, those people that were hired to protect something from someone… usually a PC. The PCs tend to go through guards, soldiers,...
Zvezda Ninja Attack
posted by Jon Creffield
The council of war was over, and the samurai returned to their squads, ready to lead their warriors in the morning attack. Silently, a shadow drops from the ceiling beam, landing soundlessly on the floor. Bodyguards rattled their weapons on the other side of the wall… the Shogun mumbled...
Torment: Tides of Numenera
posted by Matt Wilson
You may have heard of the recently successfully kickstarter funded Role-play game by Monte Cook, Numenera. Numenera is a science fantasy roleplaying game set in the far distant future. Humanity lives amid the remnants of eight great civilizations that have risen and fallen on Earth. These are the people of the Ninth World. This new world is filled with remnants of all the former worlds: bits of nanotechnology, the dataweb threaded among still-orbiting satellites, bio-engineered creatures, and myriad strange and wondrous devices. These remnants have become known as the numenera. Player characters explore this world of mystery and danger to...
Coming of (Dragon) Age
posted by Matt Wilson
Having played the Dragon Age:Origins game on the PC and thoroughly enjoying it, I have always been interested to see how the Tabletop RPG by Green Ronin plays, it’s an interesting world of grim determination and heroic action, a little darker than some utopian high magic systems I’ve seen of late. The boys and girls over at Geek and Sundry with their Tabletop focused video series, aptly named err TableTop, play this sword and sorcery RPG with the lead game designer, Chris Pramas, at the helm. So gather your friends, grab some dice, and get ready to enter a gripping world of heroic challenges and villainous rivals, of brave...
