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ROLEPLAYING IN THE 80s THAT NEVER WAS
[Five-time Gold ENnie-award winner - including Best Game & Product of the Year]
“RPG Tales From the Loop lets you channel Stranger Things and ET.” – The Verge
Step into the amazing world of the Loop and encounter the fantastic machines and strange beasts that have come to haunt the countryside. Escape your everyday problems and solve mysteries, you will become a part of something meaningful and magical – but also dangerous.
The award-winning
Tales From the Loop roleplaying game is based on the work by acclaimed artist Simon Stålenhag. The retro futuristic art captures the spirit of Swedish 1980s suburbia and have spread like wildfire worldwide with a unique atmosphere that is both instantly recognizable and utterly alien. The art book
What is it that makes a compelling experience in a video game? Developments in both technology and design allow games to become vast, immersive works of interactive art. In this column, I’ll explore why I find games to be such a powerful medium for expression by reviewing old and new games.
“She was sacrificed for she has a cursed fate. Please, I need you to bring back her soul … ”
“That maiden’s soul? Souls that are once lost cannot be reclaimed … Is that not the law of mortals?”
I remember the first time I played Shadow of the Colossus. It was on some kind of Sony holiday demo disk of upcoming games sent out promotionally, excavated from a cereal box in the days when companies would sometimes put CDs in there (yes, I’m old).
Lord Of The Rings Tabletop RPG Getting Second Edition
The Lord of the Rings tabletop RPG has found a new publisher for its second edition, and it s beginning a Kickstarter very soon.
The One Ring, a tabletop RPG based on the Lord of the Rings universe, is getting a second edition. The second edition will get a Kickstarter campaign to fund its release, starting February 11.
The first edition of the tabletop RPG released in 2011 from game designer Francesco Nepitello, who is returning for the second edition. This new edition will feature a new hardbound source book with updated and streamlined rules based on feedback from the last decade of play. It also offers redesigned visual elements for the game, with a fresh and familiar look at Middle-earth.
The new boxed set will be priced at ($39.99) and is now available for preorder. The preorder offer places the customer first in line when the shipping starts, and gives exclusive access to a high-res digital Symbaroum Artbook that will not be made available to any others.
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The
Symbaroum Starter Set – Treasure Hunts in Davokar is written by Mattias Johnsson Haake and Mattias Lilja, with art by the critically acclaimed artist Martin Grip, all three co-creators of Symbaroum and also involved in writing, editing and illustrating for games such as
Coriolis - The Third Horizon, Vaesen, Forbidden Lands and the official