07/04/2019 – 13/04/2019: What happened in the world of tabletop over the last week?
roleplay
Issue Release
Issue 27 Available Today
Grab a ticket and get ready for fun. This issue we feature Unfair, the tableau building card game. We talk to the games designer, Joel Finch, about creating the highly modular design and challenges associated with it. Enter the haunted house In The Spirit of Kickstarter when we talk to Keith Franks from Cutlass Boardgames. He […]
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Roleplay to spin you
Have some young people you would like to take adventuring, but aren’t sure what system would suit them? Talespinner might be just what you are looking for. Aimed at young people between the ages of 5 and 15, Talespinner offers classic roleplay mechanics (like stats and dice rolling) blended with real-world activities and visual character […]
Preview
Issue 27 sneak peek
You have until February 24 to subscribe or pre-order and receive Issue 27. But what is on offer? Let’s take a look! Unfair game feature Hold onto your hats, you’re in for the ride of your life. We look at Unfair from Good Games Publishing, as the games designer Joel Finch talks about the games […]
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Chris Avellone on RPGs
This article originally appeared in Issue 11 of The Campaigner, published in 2015. The issue is still available as digital download or in limited print stock. By Matthew Lee | Images Chris Avellone This issue The Campaigner talks to Chris Avellone from Obsidian Entertainment (since this interview he has left the company). He tells us […]
Articles
Bannister Nicholas talks Make 100 Fantasy Locations
January on Kickstarter ushered in Make 100 for another year. This is where creators are encouraged to run a campaign with an element of it limited to 100 items. Bannister Nicholas (BN) is a roleplay game designer and player who is taking advantage of the event by offering to create a very particular map. I […]
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Call of Cthulhu in Issue 26
What does a new edition mean, especially for a title with such a long history? We explore the latest edition of Call of Cthulhu with its latest keeper, Mike Mason, and find out how you go about updating a classic. Read this article, and many more, in Issue 26 of The Campaigner. Get it now as digital download […]
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Syrinscape with Ben Loomes
This article originally appeared in Issue 10 of The Campaigner, published in 2014. The issue is still available as digital download or in limited print stock. Interview by Matthew Lee (ML) Sound can be a powerful tool. It can be used to evoke and direct emotion, or describe a place without using wordy prose. Adding […]
Crowdfunding
Wade Dyer talks Fragged Dieselpunk Mecha
Some may have been surprised last week when Fragged Dieselpunk Mecha suddenly landed on Kickstarter. Doubly so when they discovered that the campaign was only nine days long, and had a funding goal of a single Australian dollar. I managed to intercept Wade Dyer (WD), creator of Fragged Dieselpunk Mecha, during his frenzied assault on […]
News
This past week on the tabletop
14/01/2018 – 20/01/2018 What happened in the world of tabletop over the last week? Life imitates art in the continuing sage of T2029? Much like Judgement Day itself, the game isn’t gone, just postponed. It will be back. Sex and drugs and… Uno? Some music fans just couldn’t control that tabletop demon, and had to […]