Indie publishing for games can be an interesting trade. A lot of indie developers – myself included – tend to wear many hats. We are writers, editors, art directors, layout artists, I.T. and everything else in between. We are also typically rather broke which means we have to be creative with what we use and […]
One month ago I somewhat succeed on my mission to get WestEnd Game’s d6 system recognized as its own category on DrivethruRPG. This post here explains my reasonings and this post explains the result (this way I am not rehashing words). TL;DR: WEG’s Open d6 is a robust system with a lot of excellent creators behind it […]
Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers, the third expansion of the 2nd most popular subscription MMO went into Early Access today. As such, the Magnificent Witch Healer of the East, Astarra Clireach will be doing her upmost to reach new lands and new adventures … … see you on Tuesday!
Kvacm is this week’s most excellent Deviant Artist, hailing – from what I assume based on his personal website’s address – the Czech Republic. A digital artist, Kvacm uses a brush full of the pastels and neon colors of the most bodacious of decades. His work can be found on Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Artstation | Patreon […]
As of this morning, Justin Haliday’s Hero Kids joins the ever-growing Creator’s Guild style of licensing that has been sweeping the RPG circuit since the DMs Guild launched a few years ago. In an announcement by OBS: For years, the world of Hero Kids has been hidden from view. But now, a new way has […]
This morning – after having basically given up on it months ago – I got an e-mail from Scott Holden from One Book Shelf (Drivethru RPG people). While what he said was a bit of a downer he did offer hope at the end of the tunnel. For anyone that wants any context here are […]
This completely flew under the radar most likely due to all the hype surrounding the forthcoming Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 but another studio, BigBen Games (mostly known for European-centric sports games) is developing a Werewolf: The Apocalypse game for release sometimes in 2020 for all the major consoles and PC (most likely it […]
Compatibility licenses are all the rage these days and it seems like everyone is jumping on board. While once a compatibility licenses where the realm of royalty checks, dark deals made on convention room floors (or elevators) these days the gaming market has opened up to the idea that indie and individual creators are far […]
Before the Kickstarter for Big Eyes, Small Mouth 4e even starts, the publisher, Dyskami Publishing, has announced a rules-light variant of the edition called “BESM Naked” in a news post on their site early last week. From the Post: A Stripped-Down Version of BESM Fourth Edition It’s time we revealed a little secret about the our […]
Tiny Legacies is a Tiny d6 powered supers game currently in development by Kyoudai Games (of Thunderscape fame) and has a Kickstarter in progress until Friday of this week. While I love both d6 systems and superheroes (see all the Prowlers and Paragons barking I did this spring) I am a little apprehensive. I’ve not […]
