Robot Viking

This edition of MotW features a couple of Warhammer 40K armies assembled and painted by Chris Lomartire (he goes by the name “generic” here at RV). Lest you doubt the visual impact of fully painted armies marching to battle, feast your eyes on these beauties!

Fans of prepainted plastic miniatures took a hit last year when Wizards of the Coast dropped their D&D minis line, replacing it with pogs. Paizo and Wizkids are the latest to step into that void with a newly announced line of ready-to-run minis.

RPG players are always looking for better ways to mark the status of miniatures. Each method seems to have its own pros and cons, but these printable status markers seem like one of the most efficient methods I’ve seen yet.

Cube drafting has become one of the most popular Magic formats ever, with blogs, websites, columns and podcasts entirely devoted to the fine art of the Cube. The Cube format doesn’t have to be limited to Magic: the Gathering – it’s a perfect way to enjoy defunct CCGs, and the Vs. system is a perfect [...]

It’s time again for another edition of the Robot Viking webcomic.

Earlier this week the Book of the River Nations: Complete Player’s Reference to Kingdom Building hit game store shelves. This past Friday, I ordered its first reprint. That’s right, I am reprinting the book before it hit store shelves. That is how fast this book is going. It was the largest print run I had [...]

This week’s MotW has absolutely nothing to do with games, but it is truly stunning. If seeing this doesn’t rekindle some sense of child-like wonder and amazement in you, then you are clearly one of the walking dead.

For years now, we have merely accepted that the Robot Viking walks among us, alien in its motivations, secretive of its origins, its past a shroud of mystery. No more.

We usually approach Magic as a strategic and tactical game with cool flavor, but sometimes it’s fun to let the game’s underlying premise (that you are a wizard with a collection of spells at your disposal) to run free. Could we take that a step further and turn Magic into an RPG?

The Shadowfell boxed set is wrought with gloom, wracked with despair, fraught with a poster map and laden with creature tokens. All that makes for an excellent way to lead your PCs onto a path of horror and tribulation.

I have always thought a Robot Viking web comic would be awesome, and then out of nowhere Ryk Perry just made it happen. Perhaps we will see more of the Robot Viking’s adventures in the future!

We haven’t done a Magic puzzle in a while, and this goofy combo win popped into my head yesterday. Can you figure out this bizarre win condition?