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The King is dead. The kingdom is divided. Three factions - the Scottish, the Welsh, and the English - vie for control and, across the sea, foreign invaders prepare to take advantage of the chaos. Players must marshal their limited resources to influence this power struggle, while ensuring that the faction that rises to dominate the realm favours them above all other claimants to the throne.Continue Reading

Today we’re taking a look at a fantastic piece of artwork from Helge C. Balzer. It shows a mercenary standing alongside a biomorph – one of the backgrounds available for your captain in Stargrave (we’ll be looking at how you create your captain in the future!)Continue Reading

Village Green: A Game of Pretty Gardens and Petty Grudges is a light card game for 1-5 players designed by Peer Sylvester, pitting players against one another as rival gardeners trying to claim the prestigious Village Green of the Year award.Continue Reading

Undaunted: North Africa is the latest instalment in the critically-acclaimed Undaunted series, designed by David Thompson and Trevor Benjamin and with artwork by Roland MacDonald. One player takes control of the LRDG, an elite unit of the British Army, with the other commanding units from the Italian Army, fighting over a series of scenarios in the North African theatre of World War II.Continue Reading

In just over a week we're publishing Frostgrave: Wizard Eye: The Art of Frostgrave, a beautiful hardback book packed with artwork, concepts, and sketches from the first edition of the Frostgrave rulebook right up to the Perilous Dark supplement. Each piece is accompanied by behind-the-scenes comments from artists Kate and Dmitry Burmak, as well as from Frostgrave's creator - Joseph A. McCullough.Continue Reading

In April, 2021, we’ll be publishing Stargrave: Science Fiction Wargames in the Ravaged Galaxy, the new game from award-winning author Joseph A. McCullough!Continue Reading

Want to see a game of Peer Sylvester's Village Green: A Game of Pretty Gardens and Petty Grudges in action? Check out this great video from RahdoRunsThrough for a full playthrough of the game!Continue Reading

Jeremy Bai, one of the authors of the upcoming Righteous Blood, Ruthless Blades: Wuxia Roleplaying, is back on the blog to tell us about the drinking of alcohol in the upcoming game and the cultural inspiration behind it.Continue Reading

Jonathan Hicks, author of Those Dark Places: Industrial Science Fiction Roleplaying, is back on the blog to tell us why he chose to design a story-driven game. You can find more from Jonathan on his blog.Continue Reading

The King is Dead: Second Edition brings back the critically-acclaimed game by Peer Sylvester, revamping the classic with new artwork by Benoit Billion, and new advanced rules that introduce asymmetric cards to the game. On the blog today we have Anthony Howgego from the Osprey Games team, who worked with Peer to develop the new edition of The King is Dead.Continue Reading