Robot Viking

Would you like to battle other-dimensional horrors in an original sci-fi setting with battlemechs and cyborg demons? Why do I even ask these questions? Of course you would. Right now, you can download the 50-page CthulhuTech Quickstart rules for free.

I’ve become a regular contributor to sci-fi culture blog io9.com again, and while most of the time my weekly articles there will be about cutting edge science and technology, this week io9 Overlord Annalee Newitz suggested…nay, demanded that I write about gaming instead. So today I’m sending you away from Robot Viking to visit io9′s [...]

So far, we don’t know much about the Eldrazi other than that they made a weird monument that bestows awesome power, yet requires brutal sacrifice. Now we know a little more — next April, they will rise. With the tag line, “And Carnage Shall Follow,” we can assume things won’t be pleasant for planeswalkers when [...]

This week’s MotW features a whole pile of miniatures, but it isn’t really about the minis at all. It’s about the situation.

Let’s face it, the Dungeons & Dragons cosmology has never really made sense. Each edition brings us another valiant effort to make something coherent out of several decades of uncoordinated shared universe writing. How has the Fourth Edition Manual of the Planes changed things, and how will it affect the market value of your summer [...]

Competitive play for Fantasy Flight’s Call of Cthulhu Living Card Game takes on a new dimension when the league format begins this March. Which jersey number should you give to Nyarlathotep? Whichever one he asks for.