Designed by Andy Brown, Sean McCaughey and Phil Cairns of Beserker Games Art by Simon Bisley Where Can I get This? Salty Dogs is seeking crowdfunding on Kickstarter here Review by Phil Welch The Game: Salty Dogs is a pirate-themed… Read More ›
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Shiver me timbers, Simon Bisley’s only gone and illustrated a pirate card game!
Walk the Plank, smite your enemy with the Black Spot or send in a Stowaway in Salty Dogs, a pirate-themed card game, illustrated by Simon Bisley., currently seeking crowdfunding on Kickstarter. Without further do, we briefly hand over to the… Read More ›
Marvel teams with Games Workshop on new Warhammer comics
Marvel Entertainment and Games Workshop have announced a collaboration that will bring new Warhammer stories to comics and graphic novels, grabbing the license from Titan Comics, who have published a number of comics based on the gaming franchise
Bag of Holding Fundraiser under way to support games publisher Battlefield Press after arson attack
Bundle of Holding, a company that presents time-limited collections of tabletop roleplaying games, or books by RPG designers, as DRM-free ebooks, is running an offer to help support award-winning games publisher Jonathan Thompson, the owner of Battlefield Press after an… Read More ›
Dark Horse announces Blacksad: The Complete Stories for 2020 release
US publisher Dark Horse Comics has announced a complete collection of Spanish creators Juan Díaz Canales and Juanjo Guarnido’s award-winning and internationally acclaimed Blacksad series in Blacksad: The Complete Stories – well, to date, anyway…
In Memoriam: Card Game Designer Rick Loomis
Rick Loomis, the hugely popular owner of Flying Buffalo Games and publisher of the Tunnels and Trolls RPG and Nuclear War card game, has passed away after a lengthy struggle with lymphatic cancer
Ice Age: Scrat’s Nutty Adventure game launches this Autumn
Global video games publisher Outright Games has announced a forthcoming console and PC-gaming experience set in the wondrous, prehistoric, universe of the Ice Age film franchise from Blue Sky Studios, Ice Age: Scrat’s Nutty Adventure. Based on the blockbuster film… Read More ›
October release for MediEvil game remake, tie-in comic revealed
Tying in with the release of Sony Playstation’s upcoming remake of MediEvil, comic artist and writer Jay Gunn has officially revealed that he’s been secretly working on a MediEvil comic. Jay should need no introduction to longtime downthetubes readers as… Read More ›
Hellboy: The Board Game Launched worldwide
Mantic Games, in partnership with Dark Horse Comics, have just launched Hellboy: The Board Game, available now in stores worldwide
Bob Wakelin classic games covers art prints now available
Bob Wakelin, the artist behind some of the most iconic cover art of the 1980s, passed away in January last year – but now his family are offering prints of some of his work via Etsy, which left an indelible… Read More ›
V&A’s Videogames: Design/Play/Disrupt exhibition moves to Dundee
Videogames: Design/Play/Disrupt, a V&A exhibition exploring the contemporary world of gaming, looking at how they are designed, how they captivate players, and the social and ethical issues surrounding them, is moving to V&A Dundee later this month. Dundee is, of… Read More ›
Missing in Action: Heroquest at Marvel UK, and the RPG magazine that never happened
Looking back at Marvel UK’s one-off foray into the world of role-playing magazines
Hammer Horror set to hit the High Street!
Aisle19 Solutions is to bring classic Hammer Horror style to the British high street, thanks to its new partnership with the British film studio, and its first port of call is Topman and Topshop. Aisle19 Solutions has secured the rights… Read More ›
Rufus Dayglo and Dan Cornwell revealed as artists on new Judge Dredd: The Cursed Earth game
Osprey Games, a division of Osprey Publishing, has revealed 2000AD artists Rufus Dayglo and Dan Cornwell as the artists on its upcoming Judge Dredd: The Cursed Earth card game. As we previously reported, Judge Dredd: The Cursed Earth, set to… Read More ›
Sarah Graley draws Minecraft, first pages revealed by Dark Horse
Ahead of New York Comic Con and MINECON Earth, Dark Horse, Mojang AB, and Microsoft have revealed the first art from the first instalment in a multi-project publishing partnership, Minecraft Volume One, featuring art by Sarah Graley. Minecraft Volume One… Read More ›
Making a Difference: Special Effect – The Gamers’ Charity
Holly Rose Swinyard explores the life-changing work of the Oxford-based Special Effect – The Gamers’ Charity, who put fun and inclusion back into the lives of people with physical disabilities by helping them to play video games. By using technology ranging… Read More ›
Osprey Games Judge Dredd: The Cursed Earth card game on its way
Osprey Games graphic adventure card game, Judge Dredd: The Cursed Earth still doesn’t have a release date yet but downthetubes gathers the project is proceeding apace. Announced last year, Duncan Molloy, Games Developer at Osprey Games, has worked with Rebellion to… Read More ›
Development on 2000AD Tabletop Adventure Game gathering pace
Work appears to be cranking up on the long-awaited Judge Dredd & The Worlds of 2000AD Tabletop Adventure Game from EN Publishing, announced last year, with some tantalising recent additions to the official web site for the role playing project. While… Read More ›
Games Workshop moves into children’s fiction with “Warhammer Adventure” novels
Games Workshop has announced a new Warhammer book series, giving its stories of planet-wide chemical weapon strikes and demonic possession a re-working for a new line of children’s fiction. Published by Black Library – Games Workshop’s own publishing house – the… Read More ›
Sea Hero Quest game that helps battle dementia shortlisted for BAFTA award
Sea Hero Quest, an innovative virtual reality game co-designed by an architect at Northumbria University which aims to help the fight against dementia has been shortlisted for a BAFTA award. The winners of the British Academy Games Awards will be… Read More ›