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After months of anticipation, the full spoiler has been revealed, many of us have attended prerelease events, and boxes of Zendikar cards will be flying off the shelves of your local game store beginning this weekend. So how is the set? Today, I’ll break down Zendikar in terms of sealed deck, Standard format and pure [...]

There are a lot of superhero RPGs out there, many of them quite good, but one that always stood out in my mind for its unique system and fun, fast gameplay was TSR’s SAGA system. Now out of print and rather difficult to acquire, this is a game that has aged well in the last [...]

All the excitement over Magic’s newest set (Zendikar, if you’ve been pointedly looking away the last few months) and the way it is heavily land-focused got me thinking about other ways you could link cards to land. What if the creatures could actually live on your lands? The result is not so much a card [...]

Yesterday, rumors started flying around the Internet that something strange was happening. It all began with a photo of a Candelabra of Tawnos sitting in an open Zendikar pack. Was it real, or some kind of prank? Are there really priceless treasures waiting to be found in Zendikar booster packs?

A close brush with death, a step across the line into the Beyond, a knowing nod to What Lies on the Other Side, an unwanted familiarity with the Underworld, a strange worldwide community of dual souls with one foot in the grave: this is White Wolf’s newest World of Darkness RPG, Geist: The Sin-Eaters.

Quick and dirty post today, here’s a gallery with some concept art for Dungeon Twister 2 – Prison. This time, we feature the game’s signature character, the Mechanork.

How far can the mechanics of D&D 4th Edition be stretched? In this edition of Crash Test Magic, I propose a superhero role-playing game based on the 4E system of powers and feats. To the Vikingmobile!

The release of Arcane Legions is just a few weeks away. We’ve the full stat card for one of the units that comes in the starter set, a Roman infantry unit called 7th Legion Testudo. Deploy shield wall!

This is not quite breaking news, but I’m a little late to the party on some things on account of missing Gen Con, which is precisely where Wizards of the Coast announced the next campaign setting that will be released for 4th Edition. Yes, it’s Dark Sun. Stop drooling, you’re going to need that moisture.

A lot of DM-oriented books lately take the “toolbox” approach: here are some monsters, magic items, encounters, NPCs, locations and story hooks for you to drop into your campaign. The new Dungeon Master’s Guide 2 has those things, but rather than a pure “toolbox,” it’s more of an advanced class on DMing with plenty of [...]

The company that revolutionized tabletop miniatures gaming has been resurrected, according to an official announcement made today. What will the future hold for superheroes, horror monsters and fantasy creatures mounted on clicky bases?

Alex Flagg and Patrick Kapera are the founders of Crafty Games and the minds responsible for Spycraft and Fantasy Craft. In this exclusive Robot Viking interview, they explain the genesis of the Mastercraft system, explore some of the details of Fantasy Craft, and clue us in to some of the cool stuff they’ve got planned [...]

With the summer slow-down behind us, we’re launching into the best season for gaming with a cornucopia of Robot Viking coverage. To start things off, today we have the long-awaited review of Crafty Games’ Fantasy Craft RPG by guest writer Joe Grabianowski. But that’s not all — we’ve also got an amazing interview with the [...]

I was operating under the assumption that the loss of Kithkin would hamper white weenie decks, but I was wrong. The number of powerful white cards in Zendikar is quite mind-blowing.