Essen 2013 promos from Historical Games Factory
With Spiel 2013 coming shortly, the Historical Games Factory team from Poland presents two special promo items available exclusively at […]
October 2013
RPG review – Children of the Wode
The second racial guidebook for Strom Bunny Studios‘ stormpunk setting of Rhûne is 35 pages long, 1 page front cover, 1 page editorial, 1 page ToC, 1 page SRD and 1 page back cover, leaving us with 30 pages of content, so let’s take a look, shall we?
G*M*S Magazine Writing competition submission by Porrick Rasdole
By Porrick Rasdole I’m in front of a door. It’s dripping with green ichor running from deep veins of engraved
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RPG Review – Dungeons & Dragons 4e: To the Edge of the Map
By Megan Robertson The first part of the Slayers of the Great Serpent saga for Dungeons & Dragons 4e, this
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Boardgame review – Taluva
I can’t control my brain
Things are definitely taking a turn for the autumnal up here in the far North. The leaves and the air both turn crisp, and the nights are fair drawing in. How delightful then, to be mentally transported to an island paradise in the warm Southern seas? Aah, when I close my eyes I can almost smell the salt on the air, feel the tropical sun dappling on my skin as I lay beneath this coconut-laden palm. Somewhere I can here the trilling of birds of paradise, mingling with the screams of the villagers as they flee yet another volcanic catastrophe…
Boardgame review – Word on the Street Junior
Word on the Street Junior, by Jack Degnan and published by Out of the Box Publishing in 2010, is a family word game played in teams. Using a tug of war style mechanic, the teams will take turns to try to choose the best word to maximise their pull on the letters.
Boardgame review – Glastonbury
Glastonbury by Gunter Burkhardt and published by Franjos Spieleverlag this year (2013) is a reimplementation of Kupferkessel Co. (2001) that expands on the original game and allows for four players adding some new elements.
Podcast Episode – The Boardgame Review Room – A first play review of Ortus
Recently I had the pleasure of interviewing Joost Das, the creator of Ortus, an abstract game for two players that’s been funded in Kickstarer at the time of publishing this podcast.
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RPG review – Class Expansions: The Charmbrewer Witch Archetype
This installment of the Class Expansions-series is 5 pages long, 1 page front cover, 1 page SRD, leaving us with 3 pages of content, so let’s take a look, shall we?
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RPG Review – Supporting Roles: Swashbuckler
This pdf is 10 pages long, 1 page front cover, 1 page editorial, 1 age SRD, leaving us with 7 pages of content, so let’s take a look!