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Look over there on the right — see the Project: Death Race Kickstarter ad? Check out the current funding level. We’re almost halfway there!

I’m not talking about gold and platinum pieces, or even bronze dragons. I’m saying throw those devil signs in the air and bang your head to these ten great metal songs that are perfect for a night around the gaming table.

Marge Fulton offers up some taut tales set in Appalachia, while Jason Walters takes us on a tour of the bizarre in the Black Rock Desert.

How is the fund-raising drive for Project: Death Race going? Well, you can see over to the right that it’s off to a slow start. But there’s more than a month to go, so don’t despair. Here’s how you can help.

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 wrote an article for io9.com today about how the story elements of Star Trek Online fit into the greater Star Trek mythos. Instead of just pointing you over there as usual, I’ve got a bit more to say on the subject — specifically, how I would design a “starship captain” MMORPG that’s very different [...]

Robot Viking contributor ggodo (aka Billy Gibbs) returns this week with part 2 of his review of the new 5th edition Tyranids for Warhammer 40K. In this edition, he covers the brand new units introduced to the Tyranid faction. Don’t forget to check out Part 1!

Project: Death Race has been stalled for months now simply because I haven’t had the time to dedicate to revising, testing, rerevising and retesting the rules to push them toward a completed form. So we’re going to try something a little different: a funding drive! Well, we couldn’t really have a bake sale…

Robot Viking commenter ggodo (aka Billy Gibbs — no, not the dude from ZZ Top, that’s Billy Gibbons) unleashes a horde of hideous alien warriors on us today with his review of the latest Tyranid Codex for Warhammer 40K. The review is so intense we had to break it into two parts just so you [...]

Whatever happened to the Voltron Monsterpocalypse set that was supposed to come out in early 2010? Robot Viking dug deep to find out. This is serious investigative journalism, people!

Privateer Press has a new expansion for Monsterpocalypse ready to hit game stores in April. Big in Japan will take the collectible miniatures game back to its kaiju roots, letting the giant monsters and robots attack Tokyo in the manner of their forefathers.

The era of Star Wars RPG era guides is over, which is probably a good idea, since they’ve already covered every conceivable time period in the Star Wars expanded universe. These new (well, newish) books offer a plethora of options for droid builders and droid characters, plus inside info on Star Wars military organizations, perfect [...]

The latest expansion for the Star Wars Miniatures game, The Dark Times, comes out next month. Aside from Boushh, Ubese Hunter, what else can you expect to find in the set? Alien scouts, Gungan bounty hunters, and the (in)famous General Veers back when he was just a Major. Check out our gallery of minis and [...]

Boushh’s reputation as brutal, calculating bounty hunter with a psychotic streak wasn’t the least bit diminished by the fact that he was successfully impersonated by a princess. Honest.