Handiwork Games to release new editions of Cold City and Hot War

Originally published in their first editions in 2007 and 2008, Handiwork Games is both honoured and delighted to announce our plan to publish new editions of both Cold City and Hot War RPGs  in 2024. These won’t just be new editions of these cult UK indie games: designer Malcolm Craig, now a senior lecturer in history at Liverpool John Moores University, will be working with Handiwork Games...

A New Edition of Lovecraftesque, the Classic Storytelling Game of Creeping Cosmic Horror

Lovecraftesque is a storytelling card game of creeping cosmic horror, emulating the tone and pace of eldritch horror stories. The game will guide you to create the story of a lone individual who stumbles upon clues to a terrible evil. It creates slow-building, brooding horror that the main character at first dismisses, until all too suddenly it becomes impossible to deny. The ending will certainly...

Handiwork Games Releases “In Spoons, In Knives”

Handiwork Games releases the first supplement for The Silver Road storytelling game. “In Spoons, In Knives” is a 1930s setting sourcebook designed to provide players with tons of inspiration along with some new rules for the minimalist storytelling game, The Silver Road. In Spoons, In Knives is a 36 page softcover book, and a fully bookmarked, extensively hyperlinked PDF In Spoons, In Knives takes...

Exquisite Crime, the Newest Game from Hunters Entertainment (Alice is Missing, Outbreak: Undead)!

HUNTERS ENTERTAINMENT PEELS BACK THE VEIL WITH A PSYCHIC DETECTIVE ROLE PLAYING GAME.  “A surrealist detective storytelling game where Crime is an Art, and you are the Artist.” Los Angeles (November 2nd, 2021), The latest game from award-winning RPG developers and publishers, Hunters Entertainment (Alice is Missing, Kids on Bikes) is Exquisite Crime. The whimsical surrealistic detective tabletop...

Review: Manic Productions – Shadow of Mogg

Shadow of Mogg Shadow of Mogg is a post-apocalyptic role-playing game, written by Panayiotis Lines and published by Manic Productions. By Aaron T. Huss Learn more about Shadow of Mogg here Purchase Shadow of Mogg here (paid link) Find other Shadow of Mogg posts here Shadow of Mogg is a post-apocalyptic role-playing game set in the London Underground after some cataclysmic event. The details of the...

Review: Bedrock Games – Servants of Gaius

Servants of Gaius Servants of Gaius is an alternate Ancient Roman system written by Brendan Davis and published by Bedrock Games, currently supported by Avalon Games. By Cape Rust Servants of Gaius is a storytelling game that is light on rules and heavy on intrigue. You don’t have to be an ancient Roman history buff to enjoy this game. In fact because it is an alternate history, a certain lack...

Review: Magpie Games – The Play’s the Thing

The Play’s the Thing The Play’s the Thing is a complete storytelling game system written by Mark Truman, Patrick Johnson, and Marissa Kelly and published by Magpie Games. By Cape Rust THE PLAY’S THE THING – A SHAKESPEAREAN RPG About a week ago I came across an interesting game concept called The Play’s the Thing – A Shakespearean RPG by fledgling RPG company Magpie Games. My...