The ice has just about thawed, so it’s time for a quick Spring Preview. We’re planning the now usual coverage of tabletop RPGs, graphic novels, boardgames and exceptional videogames:
The 2010 E3 show is near and videogame companies are already in a frenzy. There’ll be a lot of talk about Grand Theft [...]
The Settlers of Catan boardgame is an excellent example of a tabletop game that allows players to use a deceptively straightforward rule set to enjoy a great variety of gameplay. Players may start the game with relatively few resources but those who think ahead, and adapt to changing circumstances, soon create plenty of [...]
Any kind of games design, blogging or web design relies on working quickly and easily with a range of graphics software. Professional software like Photoshop and Illustrator are expensive and often contain features which go beyond those needed for most jobs. We use a variety of free software which is either very easy [...]
Just added a feature length post on this year’s videogame releases here. We don’t doubt that you’ve read a few of these in the last couple of months. However, our suggestions are more to do with finding novelty and good gameplay than simply reporting on the titles with the highest budgets.
The [...]
Treasure
An Indie RPG can be though of simply as a small press publication. D&D started out Indie and there’s a long list of Indie games which have gone large, alongside a longer list of Indie games which have fallen by the wayside.
Indie RPGs can also be thought of as [...]
Traveller
Traveller has been around for almost as long as D&D. It arrived as a stripped down set of SciFi rules with streamlined character design and straightforward combat rules. Character advancement was only sketched out, combat often ended badly and there was a distinct shortage of aliens.
There haven’t been a great many [...]
Games designers, bloggers, self-publishers and teachers/ lecturers might want to take a look at the free training materials for journalists released by the BBC.
The BBC’s own journalists use the same resources and they offer as high a quality of web content and ‘inside knowledge’ as you’re likely to come across on [...]