Month: August 2016

Pathfinder: Horror Adventures Turns Your Pathfinder Campaigns Upside Down

Traditional swords-and-sorcery role-playing games, like Dungeons and Dragons and its bastard successor Pathfinder, thrive on empowering their players, making them feel like heroes who can conquer any challenge with their wits, muscles, and magic items. These games are pretty much the opposite of horror role-playing games like Call of Cthulhu, which aim to disempower their players, to make them…


We Happy Few – Full Of Sound And Fury, Signifying Nothing (Yet)

Disclaimer: This preview is based on an Early Access version of We Happy Few, not the finished product. An access code was provided by the publisher. Not since the original Bioshock have I been as excited about a game as I was about We Happy Few, the retrofuturistic open-world survival game from indie studio Compulsion Games. Like Bioshock, it is set…


Five Great Indie Horror Games You Can Play For Free on Itch.io

Summer can be expensive – holidays, air conditioning, building a bunker in your backyard and stocking it with supplies in case Trump becomes President. It’s also a rubbish time for video gaming, as companies hold everything back in order to cash in on the impending acquisitive orgy of Christmas. But do not despair! I have been…


Five More Board Games for Bastards

Board games are undergoing a Renaissance right now. The time when roll-and-move games ruled the roost, your progress dictated by the luck of the dice, has gone. Many modern board games test you on your ability to lie and manipulate, to spot the lies and manipulations of others, to bluff, bluster, and seize your opportunities…