Ian Williams
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'War of the Ring' and 'One Ring' Designer on the Problems of Adapting Tolkien to Tabletop
The Lord of the Rings is the ur-text of generic fantasy settings.But for a new RPG, one designer is tailoring an entire game system to the source. → Read More
Everything You Need to Know About WARHAMMER’s AGE OF SIGMAR RPG (Exclusive)
What does life look like in Warhammer Age of Sigmar's Mortal Realms and what do people do? Is there room for the archetypal roleplaying game party in a setting → Read More
Roleplay in the Mortal Realms – WARHAMMER: AGE OF SIGMAR RPG is Coming
Cubicle 7 relaunched Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay late last summer, but that's not the only thing they've been up to when it comes to Games Workshop's worlds. → Read More
RPG Map Hack: Use DWARF FORTRESS to Easily Make D&D World Maps
A few years ago, I got the idea to do a truly old school Dungeons & Dragons game. I used Labyrinth Lord, a recut of the Moldvay Basic D&D set, and I → Read More
TITANDEATH Reveals WARHAMMER 40,000’s Titans at War
Titandeath, the first supplement for Adeptus Titanicus, isn't a thick book. It doesn't have much fictional background material in its 97 pages, but it's one of → Read More
AGE OF SIGMAR Goes Green With the New Gloomspite Gitz
As Warhammer Fantasy Battle fades from the memory of all but the old timers and grognards, it's increasingly easy to forget that the game of square bases wasn't → Read More
RIP 'Mean' Gene Okerlund, Wrestling's Credulous Straight Man
Okerlund was a vital part of pro wrestling's rise in the 80s, dutifully playing the straight man amid the lunacy he chronicled. → Read More
Make Mine Messy: Painting Hot Wheels for GASLANDS
A secret: usually, when you see a miniature that looks worn and battered on your local wargaming table, the look is the product of studiously messing things up. → Read More
Look Into WARHAMMER 40K’s Past & Future With BLACKSTONE FORTRESS
Some of the coolest stuff in Warhammer 40,000 are the tucked away corners of weird and wild sci-fi. They exist away from the massed battles of Space Marines, → Read More
WWE's Saudi Arabia Nightmare
WWE's relationship with Saudi Arabia in the run up to The Greatest Royal Rumble was already a little gross, but now it's turned into a disaster. → Read More
BEASTS OF CHAOS Roar Into WARHAMMER: AGE OF SIGMAR
Looking to get your miniatures painted? Check out our show G&S Painters Guild, where host Will Friedle gets his paint on while learning from experts, → Read More
The Wild West Meets Vampires in Miniature Form in DRACULA’S AMERICA
Looking to get your miniatures painted? Check out our show G&S Painters Guild, where host Will Friedle gets his paint on while learning from experts, exclusively on Alpha! The text to my wargaming group had a frantic quality to it which bled through the timbre-proof format. "We have to play this, I mean it." The "this" was Dracula's America, and yes, we did have to play it. I'd been thinking… → Read More
Miniature Painting 101: Using Games Workshop’s New Ghost Paints
Geek & Sundry Painters Guild is hosted by Will Friedle as he explores the wonderful world of the miniature hobby! From painting minis for board games, → Read More
Miniature Painting 101: Finding Your Personal Painting Ceiling
I am an average painter. Maybe a little above. I want to be really clear about what I mean by this. There are times I knock it out of the park with a painted → Read More
Long Live the Old World: WARHAMMER FANTASY ROLEPLAY’S New Edition is a Triumphant Return
When Games Workshop transitioned from Warhammer Fantasy Battle to Age of Sigmar back in 2015, it marked the end of one of the oldest fantasy roleplaying worlds → Read More
Miniature Painting 101: The Importance of Proper Lighting For Your Painting Space
Looking for fantastic painting tips? Check out our video series Geek & Sundry Painters Guild where host Will Friedle is joined by master painters as learns → Read More
GM Inspiration: Ways To Bring Age of Sigmar’s Nighthaunt to Your RPGs
Age of Sigmar's second edition is out in all its pomp, and plenty of attention is (rightly) falling on its stunning new Nighthaunt miniatures. The Nighthaunt → Read More
Age of Sigmar’s New Starter Set, Soul Wars, Fulfills Its Promise
For months now, rumors of a second edition of Age of Sigmar have swirled in the whisper networks of the wargaming internet. All sorts of stuff was supposedly on → Read More
Stars Without Number is a Sandbox RPG Gaming Masterpiece
There is a lot of emphasis (rightly) in roleplaying games on tailoring a story to your group. It's a tradition which imagines RPGs as a stage-play, with the → Read More
Big Drama: What Roleplaying Games Can Learn From Pro Wrestling
Pro wrestling is undergoing a bit of a cultural renaissance and has been for most of the decade. Once the final shackles of kayfabe (i.e. the wrestlers' code of → Read More