A host of mystical creatures unleash their creative spirit on Basel city at Switzerland’s first fantasy festival. At the entrance to Basel expo centre Pokémon character Magnemite is grappling with the shoelace that holds her eyeball together. A little teamwork sees the bipedal peeper skip away with a day of joyous ogling before her. And […]
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They took my blood, they took my car
It was an agonising wait, but the other night I finally saw Mad Max: Fury Road. I have been looking forward to this movie, ever since I read that 80% of it is done in practical effects. Anyone who knows the kinds of movies I love knows that I am a hopeless sucker for practical […]
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OzComicCon on board
Anyone who follows The Campaigner Facebook page would have seen the OzComicCon photo gallery earlier this week. OzComicCon came to my home town, Adelaide, last weekend, and I spent the two days wandering about and meeting people. I have been to OzComicCon a number of times before, but this time I noticed a new addition […]
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Games for beginners
As you probably know, International TableTop Day is fast approaching. Geek & Sundry have a great list of ten games for tabletop beginners. But obviously, there are many more. Here are five additional entries that I often use as introductions to modern tabletop games. Sushi Go! This game is great for large groups of beginners. […]
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Is There A Design In Every Gamer?
I recently gave Episode 13 of the Whose Turn Is It Anyway podcast a listen. In it, they discussed the idea whether there is a design in every gamer. Much like the concept that in each person there is a book, the Whose Turn Is It Anyway cast pondered on the idea that every tabletop […]
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Equality on the tabletop
Something interesting came up the other day. Al Caynes, from Senyac Games, made a post about equality in his game El Luchador Fantastic Grande. You can read that post on his Tumblr. Eventually Al received some feedback about this post on Facebook, which he discusses in a later Tumblr post. There was some discussion about […]
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Al Caynes on El Luchador Fantastico Grande
Creating a game can be hard. Doubly so when you are trying to successfully fund a Kickstarter campaign. We talked to Al Caynes, the designer of El Luchado Fantastico Grande, about the games Kickstarter and where he sees the campaign going. Why a game about Mexican wrestlers? What about this appealed to you? An interesting […]
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A sort of PAXAus story
As most of you would know, PAXAus was last weekend. Thousands upon thousands of geeks assaulted the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC), and its surrounds, from Friday 31 October until Sunday 2 November. Many photos and accounts of the event can be found online (including a photo gallery on The Campaigners own Facebook page). […]
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Tristan Morris talks Proxy Army closure
A few days ago Proxy Army announced its shutdown. They had been primarily looking at introducing affordable and adaptable 3D printing technology into the tabletop and miniatures hobby. The Campaigner talked to Tristan Morris, President and founder of Proxy Army, about the companies closure and the reasons behind it. What are the main factors […]
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Games Workshop launches new website
Yesterday Games Workshop launched its new website. The previous website was a collection of hobby articles, news and the webstore. This new website does away with most of the previous content, and is now completely an online shop. There have been some questions raised by the public about the minimal design, in that it doesn’t […]