The Miskatonic University Podcast has been ongoing for over a decade and features some of the top names related to Call of Cthulhu and other horror RPGs. Every new show is an event all to itself, and not one that fans of Call of Cthulhu or other weird and horrific RPGs will want to miss.
Book Review- Tales From the Box Volume 1: Fantasy and Supernatural Horror
The “Tales From the Box” book brings readers 24 amazing stories packed with both fantasy and supernatural horror. Each tale is well crafted, character driven, and can be enjoyed over a long sitting or when readers have only a few minutes to devote to the joy of reading.
Book Review- Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
The Dungeons and Dragons game is loved by millions of players, but adapting that beloved system to the big screen has proven problematic. Finally, however, with the new Honor Among Thieves movie, gamers have a cinematic experience that is worthy of the Dungeons and Dragons name.
Realistically simulating how to fight fires and rescue people from burning structures is a surprisingly difficult task, which is why not too many firefighting simulation titles exist, especially not realistic ones. But Firefighting Simulator – The Squad does a good job in its depictions for both pros and amateur firefighters.
GiN reporter and reviewer Colin Flanigan traveled to Lancaster, Pennsylvania to enjoy the annual TravellerCon USA convention. While there, he attended a show with the creator of the RPG, ran a game, and met with some devoted fans who keep playing in and advancing the Traveller RPG world. There is also an upcoming charity livestream that you don’t want to miss.
GiN Reviewer Colin Flanigan journeyed to Travellercon to check out one of the world’s newest role-playing games, a sci-fi epic based on the classic “Dumarest of Terra” series of novels by Edwin Charles Tubbs. For sci-fi fans, this is a game that they will not want to miss.
Dungeon and Dragons players first got a glimpse of the Spelljammer campaign setting in 1989, with medieval type adventurers piloting sailing ships through space. That amazing concept has now been recreated and updated in a massive new Spelljammer: Adventures in Space compendium that is not to be missed.
Book Review- The Ultimate RPG Character Backstory Guide (Expanded Genres)
It’s fun to welcome characters from sci-fi, horror, x-punk, superhero, western and other genres into our campaigns. The Ultimate RPG Character Backstory Guide, an expansion from the core book that mostly just covers Dungeons and Dragons characters, helps us to do that in an interesting way.
What started as a gathering of a few friends and musicians at the Southern California Renaissance Faire has turned into one of the most popular RPG podcast networks, the now famous Happy Jacks.