Robot Viking

Nils “Deadeye” Alrik just lost contact with his sole remaining teammate. He knows there are at least two members of the Northern Reapers team still active, and he’s low on ammo. Luckily, his Crusader IV is equipped with a sword. He spots the Reapers standing too close together, so he charges forward and strikes with [...]

Dream Pod 9 will be shipping Heavy Gear Arena in just a few weeks. This new set of rules for their signature mech combat game allows smaller squads of mechs to battle in gladiatorial matches for fame and fortune. I’ll have a full review later today, but you can win your own copy of the [...]

Last week I mentioned some collation problems with booster packs of solitaire-friendly CCG Dungeon Crawler. Publisher Gifted Vision sent me some extra info about the problems and what they’re doing to fix them.

Solitaire-friendly CCG Dungeon Crawler’s debut set, Unbound, comes in a wonderful starter set with all the fixings. Have a gamer on your Christmas shopping list? A game they can play right away without having to rope friends into buying a bunch of packs seems like a good bet.

Kobold Quarterly has been around for a couple of years now, and has really settled into its role as a fine D&D magazine in the mold of those other fine D&D magazines that were so abruptly taken from us. The fall issue is a good one, and it’s also a typical one.

What happens when you put the best Magic cards of all time in one box, then draft out of that box? An incredibly fun and flexible format that will breathe new life into your collection. Welcome to The Cube.

It’s hard to find quality high-level RPG adventures with interesting stories that don’t involve visiting the Abyss, killing a demon or becoming a deity. Rite Publishing’s Coliseum Morpheuon for 3.5/Pathfinder offers an entirely new look at the Plane of Dreams, filled with tangled plot threads, bizarre characters and a nightmarish contest called the Damnation Epoch.

I’ve been following along with Magic’s Great Designer Search 2 — the eight finalists have some really cool ideas in their sets, but it turns out executing those ideas with Magic’s mechanics is harder than it looks. It’s been tough here at the RV too, as we’ve tried to find a good military themed mechanic. [...]

Rite Publishing’s 101 Fifth Level Spells is exactly what it sounds like. It’s a collection of 101 fifth level spells. That’s a lot of spells, so I’ll describe some of the Wizard/Sorcerer spells this time through; divine casters are next time.

Today, the new version of the D&D Insider-only Character Builder program was released. Unlike the previous version, this one will run on Macs, Linux (using Moonlight), and even mobile devices that support Microsoft Silverlight. Here’s a quick first impression.

The Masters Edition sets for Magic Online reprint classic cards from the days before Magic Online existed. They’re your best chance to crack open a pack and find some Legends, Beta or Arabian Nights cards. Plus, there are foil versions for each card, the first time any of the cards have been available in foil [...]

Lunch boxes are great for carrying lunches in, but not so great for hauling around Magic cards. Here’s an easy do-it-yourself project to convert a metal lunch box into the ultimate collectible card game road case.

Hi everyone. Obviously, I’ve been AWOL from Robot Viking for a little while, for variety of medical and work related reasons way too boring to mention. Things seem to be resolved, so I’m back with a ridiculous backlog of cool stuff to write about. I’m way behind on reviews (so if you’ve sent some in [...]

As Magic’s Great Designer Search 2 surges along without us, we can continue making our own cards for the hypothetical Robot Viking Magic set. Mastery of the Mind seems simple (and powerful) enough. What I want to discuss is the proper costing of this card.