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A|state: There is no Escape!

Januar 5, 2022 Leronoth 0

Dark, futuristic urban fantasy is by no means an uncommun genre. With simplistic rules, stemming from experience with indie-games and some peculiar twists, a/state tries to keep the sense of wonder of the setting alive. Gregor Hutton gives some insights in the philosophy behind a/state and explains what makes it a truly unique game to him. Leronoth: Hi Gregor, we met some years ago at the SPIEL in Essen due to a common friend. I think you had published 3:16 then and worked on the cyberpunk game: Remember Tomorrow. You focus on indie games that experiment with innovaive and minimalistic […]

Doctor Who – Adventures in Time and Space

November 21, 2010 Infernal_Teddy 0

Most of my readers probably know by now that I grew up in Wales in the eighties, and if you were in any way interested in Sci-Fi then, there was just no way around the longest-running SF-Series on television: Doctor Who. Like so many of my countrymen I have found memories of hiding behind the sofa when the Cybermen or the Daleks appeared on the screen, threatening to take over the world (And anyone who doesn’t find the Daleks scary has no soul. Just saying). Despite being sceptical in the beginning I’ve come to enjoy the new series („New Who“ […]

Mindjammer (English Version)

September 3, 2010 Infernal_Teddy 0

Last year Cubicle 7 were so kind as to send us a review copy of an RPG that made my postman curse my name. The Game in question was Starblazer Adventures and maybe some of you recall that I was rather impressed. Well, apparently Cubicle 7 liked my review, because recently the postman dropped off the first sourcebook for Starblazer, Mindjammers, a brand new , transhumanistic setting with all the tools required for this kind of game. So let’s jump into the „Second Age of Space“ and see if the book is all it claims to be. Just looking at […]