A friend of mine, Michael Wenman, has a great project up on Indie Go Go at the moment. I’ll let him explain it in his own words: For millenia they have existed in a shadowy world hidden within our dreams, unable to communicate with us, unable to make sense of our strange ways and customs. [...]

I mentioned Dark Harvest: The Legacy of Frankenstein a few weeks ago, and the author, Iain Lowson was kind enough to send me a review PDF. I am really liking this game and intend on running a short campaign. The setting is interesting, brooding and evocative, and the descriptions and little details are great. Listen [...]

On The Radar #12: Dark Harvest [ 22:52 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

This week I review Lego’s new dungeon crawl boardgame series, Heroica. I have had a blast playing this game with my wife and kids, building my own dungeon complexes and fighting hordes of goblins. This game really drags me back to the beginning of my roleplaying career (sorry, “roleplaying” career, it was running around a [...]

On The Radar#11: Lego Heroica [ 22:14 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

I am very excited to be able to share an extract from the forthcoming Space: 1889 and Beyond novel, Journey to the Heart of Luna. This first novel in a new series is written by Andy Frankham-Allen. Journey to the Heart of Luna by Andy Frankham-Allen Prologue 1. It was impossible! Aether flyers were not, by [...]

After I posted this week’s episode about Space: 1889 I stumbled onto details of a new line of fiction set in the same universe. Below is the press release about the series. On Tuesday I will also be able to share with you an extract from the up-coming novel Journey to the Heart of Luna. [...]

David Caffee from Chaos Trip Studios sent me this press release about Altered Earths, which looks interesting. Chaos Trip Studios is thrilled to announce the first release of our 4E science fiction project, Altered Earth. Altered Earth is a role-playing game of high energy battles and thrilling adventures set against an epic science fiction background. [...]

This week I am back to talking about games from my past, in particular the Victorian space adventure game, Space: 1889. I give you a good overview of what it’s all about, and point you to where you can learn more. What more could you possible want? Actually, I will warn you, this show runs [...]

On The Radar #10: Space 1889 [ 26:54 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

This week I do a round-up of exciting stuff from GenCon. As many of these products are brand new and/or only just announced, the below links go straight to the company’s main site, rather than a specific product. Ennies Old School Hack Fantasy Flight Games (Star Wars license) Margaret Weis Productions (Marvel RPG) Paizo (Pathfinder [...]

On The Radar #9: GenCon Indy [ 24:04 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

I expected this week’s episode to be a short one, but it’s turned out to be quite beefy. I talk about what I have been playing (Yes, playing! Games!), with a brief chat about Settlers of Catan, and then a review of Stone Age from Rio Grande. The sound quality isn’t brilliant, as I was [...]

Standard Podcast [ 19:36 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Rite Publishing continues its FREE e-zine with templates, new monsters, domains, feats, and reviews all bundled together with an Ecology of the Invisible Stalker by Matt Banach! You’ll also find articles by Jonathan McNulty (Coliseum Morpheuon), and Steven D. Russell (Book of Monster Templates). In addition, you will find the top reviews of the best third party [...]