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Facebook Feed: #2

nedjer — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 23:39:38 +0000

Here’s a whole bunch of recent fantasy and games-related links from our Facebook feed:

Gourmet Gaming

I love to play video games and I love to eat. Preferably at the same time. What’s even better is eating the food from the game I’m playing while I’m playing it. Gourmet Gaming is [...]

Merry Christmas!

nedjer — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 13:41:23 +0000

We had hoped to have time to put together a quick scenario in time for Christmas, but time’s run out. Instead here’s a couple of Old School monsters to add to the collection.

The selection of monsters in Corruption is intended to encourage GMs to ‘make stuff up’ [...]

Magnets, Metals And The Meaningful Tabletop

nedjer — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 12:48:46 +0000

Still not found a decent RPG Christmas present? Here are a few final suggestions aimed at Tabletop RPG players. The first is an obvious option for putting more information directly on to the tabletop during play. Alea Tools magnetic counters arrive in various packs and can be placed on the table as monster, [...]

Christmas 2011

nedjer — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 14:13:57 +0000

There’s a stack of Christmas gaming options in our Family Games pages, including the Christmas 2009 and 2010 posts. (Not to be missed if you’re looking for presents for kids). This year’s selection isn’t quite so off-the-shelf, as there are some tough choices to make.

Touch Tablets

Tablets are [...]

Go On, You Know You Want One

Thistle — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 20:55:07 +0000

Regardless of the Wii’s limits in terms of providing a regular supply of decent RPG software, it’s only fair to recognise that Zelda: Twilight Princess was a lot of fun to play. Consequently, the pre-order period for Zelda: Skyward Sword looks like an occasion for splashing-out.

The final game won’t be [...]