Zine Month 2025 Strikes Back!
We’re in the last third of February and Zine Month is still going on. RPG zine crowdfunding projects under the Zine Month and Zine Quest banners are being released all though the month, so here’s a selection of campaigns to check out, starting with the ones finishing earliest. Omen By Spencer Campbell I like Spencer’s […]
Zine Month 2025
Zine Quest started a few years ago on Kickstarter as a way of having RPG designers and essayists release short books and games together, making a kind of community effort for affordable, interesting games. A lot of these have been ‘ashcans’ which ended up becoming larger games, some are expansions for existing games and some […]
Arkham Horror RPG: Hungering Abyss Review
The Arkham Horror RPG brings Fantasy Flight’s Arkham Files universe to roleplaying games. Is it any good? Let’s find out…
Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle Earth
Sauron looked at his forces. The Nazgûl were hot on the heels of Frodo and Sam. Armies massed from their bases in Mordor and Rohan, even managing to push in at Linden. Then it began to fall apart. Helm’s Deep was under control of Sauron and the dwarves had chosen to side with him, lured […]
Assassin’s Creed Roleplaying Game Preview
The Assassin’s Creed RPG by Cool Mini or Not might actually be… good?
Balatro Has Me, Please Send Help
Charlie has been hooked on a deckbuilding video game and was looking for a justification for why it took up so much of his time. Because of that, here’s a review of Balatro.
UK Games Expo 2024 – Roleplaying at UKGE
What’s it like roleplaying at UK Games Expo and what kind of things are on offer? Charlie’s been trying several different ways to roleplay at the con.
UK Games Expo 2024 – Treks & Trails: Conversations with Modiphius Entertainment and Pelgrane Press
One of the lovely things about UK Games Expo is getting to meet some of the people behind beloved games and have a chat with them. It helps to have a press pass, admittedly. I spoke with one of the PR crew from Modiphius and Cat Tobin from Pelgrane Press for an extended amount of […]
UK Games Expo 2024 – A First Look at Dark Blood
Charlie’s had a first look at Dark Blood, a worker placement game about cultists
UK Games Expo 2024 – Con Diary Part Two
Last time I wrote about the day before the con and the first day of it. This time it’s all hits. The Friday felt like Saturdays from previous years, so I knew this was going to be chaotic. Saturday I spent my pre-con time on the phone to my partner and bopping around outside the […]
