Growing up I was mostly a console kid. Presently, I play a lot on PC, but when I was younger I used to prefer the out of the box ease of the console. There was, however, one game that finally got me to invest in a graphics card and figure out the whole computer business, […]
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You’re in Space and Everything’s Fucked. It’s both an eye-catching title and a quick summary of the new gore-drenched sci-fi tabletop RPG by Nevyn Holmes. The game, inspired by video games like System Shock and Dead Space, is designed for a GM and one to four players. After a successful Kickstarter in April, You’re in […]
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Aside from its depiction in popular fiction, I know very little about tarot. Despite being intrigued by its gorgeous imagery and symbolism, I’ve never really taken a dive into the history of the subject. When Deconstructeam, the team behind pixel art narrative games like Gods Will Be Watching and The Red Strings Club, announced Cosmic […]
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The year is 1943. You are part of a team of crack vampire commandos with one mission: drink all of Hitler’s blood. This simple but ingenious pitch is the premise for the upcoming tabletop RPG Eat the Reich from publisher Rowan Rook and Decard. This action-heavy horror-comedy game is being designed by Grant Howitt, whose […]
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In Thomas Wilde’s review of the Callisto Protocol last December, he wrote that the game could have used more time in development to reach the full potential of what developer Striking Distance was going for. In the last seven months, the game has received patches fixing bugs and adding new game modes, including New Game+ and a […]
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While most mainstream, big-budget horror games seem to be more action-oriented, for better or worse, indie titles have been carrying the torch for more old-school survival horror philosophies. Puppet Combo games like Murder House and Nun Massacre have cornered the market on the grimy grindhouse-style schlock of early Resident Evils, while last year’s Signalis took […]
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There’s nothing quite as satisfying as being a big, badass space marine. The huge armor, the massive guns, it all makes for perfect video game material. Few space marines are bigger or more badass than those in the Warhammer 40,000 universe, and Boltgun, a new retro first person shooter from Auroch Digital, absolutely knows it. […]
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I’ve scraped through two fights in the Great Library, destroying mad cultists and immolators, and now am faced with the sinister Librarian. The Plague Doctor, my only character with healing skills, is low on health and high on stress, a bad combination for a challenging encounter. The Librarian hurls a flaming book at her, putting […]
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An alchemical catastrophe ravaged the countryside decades ago, unleashing horrors beyond comprehension upon a cursed corner of 18th-century England. The Crown has quarantined the area, known as Vale of Deluth, but as a Hunter, you are allowed entry to help drive back the monstrous beasts that lurk within. This is the world of Teeth, a […]
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When I was in high school, one of my first jobs was working at a big chain video store. While it was fun to be around movies and movie fans all day, it did have all the pitfalls of any public facing customer service job. Weird customers, understaffing, and repetitive work were all par for […]
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I’m a big RPG fan now, but that wasn’t always the case. Super Mario RPG introduced me to the genre, but, like many people my age, Final Fantasy VII was the one that wowed me the most. After Final Fantasy VII, I was hungry for more, and Square’s next RPG was one that was surprisingly […]
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The GenMat is close. You’ve run through a hallway of spike traps, flamethrowers and a holographic wall that concealed a pair of hulking brutes ready to chop you into bloody chunks. You carefully peak around corners, making sure the coast is clear, catching a last minute flying guard swooping down on you. As you approach […]
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Both Dungeons and Dragons already have a bit of a horror element to them, but most D&D campaigns end up being fun romps like the upcoming Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, which brings the property back to the big screen this weekend. If you’re looking for a tabletop RPG that will send your adventure […]
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When The Gauntlet published Brindlewood Bay, author Jason Cordova realized that he had a framework that could be applied to other tabletop roleplaying game settings aside from mystery-solving grannies that run afoul of fiendish cults. After the success of the Kickstarter campaign last year, Cordova returned to an idea he was kicking around in 2014 […]
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Knowing Behaviour Interactive’s success with Dead by Daylight, I was very surprised at the announcement of Meet Your Maker. Not because I wasn’t expecting another asymmetrical multiplayer game, but rather because I wasn’t expecting something so completely different. Gone are the creepy forests and dilapidated manors, replaced by a brutal and desperate post apocalypse. Meet […]
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