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Review of Our Brilliant Ruin Horror at Crane Mansion
Posted: Thu, 12 Feb 20:45:11
Category: Comics, Reviews, comics
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Posted: Thu, 12 Feb 20:45:11
Category: Comics, Reviews, comics
Our Brilliant Ruin: Horror at Crane Mansion is described as: “upstairs-downstairs drama meets existential horror in this Edwardian-inspired comics tale of high society and creeping dread. Created in collaboration with Studio Hermitage and in association with the Our Brilliant Ruin TTRPG, the comic explores a gilded Edwardian setting where intricate social ties of allegiance and conflict are threatened by the presence of the Ruin—a mysterious force that turns creatures and people into horrific monsters.”
Published by Dark Horse Comics, Horror at Crane Mansion collects the first three issues into a graphic novel, and features writing by Cullen Bunn, art by Christopher Mitten, colors by Piky Hamilton, letters by Frank Cvetkovic, and covers by Helen Mask.
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Adaptation of Fighting Fantasy Quest: The Warlock of Firetop Mountain Launching on GameFound
Posted: Thu, 29 Jan 18:46:53
Category: Articles, board game, dark-fantasy
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Posted: Thu, 29 Jan 18:46:53
Category: Articles, board game, dark-fantasy
Fighting Fantasy Quest: The Warlock of Firetop Mountain adapts the iconic 1982 gamebook into a cooperative dungeon crawler board game for 1-4 players. The game preserves the core ideas that defined the original adventure – choice, consequence, risk, and discovery – while transforming the journey into a shared experience at the table. The publisher, Ulisses […]
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Beat the Devil at His Own Game with The Killing Stone Deckbuilder
Posted: Wed, 21 Jan 17:36:47
Category: Articles, deckbuilding, horror
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Posted: Wed, 21 Jan 17:36:47
Category: Articles, deckbuilding, horror
Question Games, the independent game development studio behind The Blackout Club and The Magic Circle, announces that its upcoming horror deckbuilder, The Killing Stone, launches on Steam for PC on February 18, 2026 and stars Emma Gregory and Liam O’Brien in a story written and performed twice: in 17th century period English prose and again […]
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Free League and Two Little Mice Revive Classic Video Game Adventuring with Twilight Sword TTRPG
Posted: Wed, 03 Dec 2025 21:37:30
Category: Articles, Features, action adventure
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Posted: Wed, 03 Dec 2025 21:37:30
Category: Articles, Features, action adventure
Free League Publishing and Two Little Mice are thrilled to announce the launch of the Twilight Sword Roleplaying Game on Backerkit Crowdfunding. Inspired by beloved video game classics like the Legend of Zelda and Final Fantasy, and the enchanting worlds of Studio Ghibli and Dragon Quest, Twilight Sword invites players to RISE! and become Champions […]
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75% Off Select Titles on DriveThruRPG, DriveThruFiction, and DriveThruComics!
Posted: Mon, 01 Dec 2025 19:28:14
Category: Articles, Features, drivethru
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Posted: Mon, 01 Dec 2025 19:28:14
Category: Articles, Features, drivethru
Cyber Monday has rolled into DriveThru with seventy-five percent off select titles on DriveThruRPG, DriveThruFiction, and DriveThruComics. Deeply-discounted titles range by site. On DriveThruComics.com, find The Few and the Cursed, Destiny Gate, and Hellboy. DriveThruFiction.com includes Arkham Horror, Island of the Dead, and Tarot for Storytellers, while DriveThruRPG.com features The World Below and The Black Ballad.
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EVE Online: Catalyst Expansion Sparks a Cosmic War with Ore
Posted: Tue, 18 Nov 2025 17:59:28
Category: Features, ccp, mmorpg
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Posted: Tue, 18 Nov 2025 17:59:28
Category: Features, ccp, mmorpg
CCP Games today launched EVE Online: Catalyst, the next expansion for the iconic sci-fi MMO, EVE Online. Mining has powered EVE Online’s player-driven economy for over 20 years; every ship, trade, and conflict begins with ore. This foundation-shaping expansion introduces sweeping updates to mining, exploration, and interstellar navigation, making it one of the most accessible […]
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Why I Chose Tarot as a Tool for Authors and Game Masters
Posted: Tue, 04 Nov 2025 20:36:38
Category: Blogs, Fiction, Games
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Posted: Tue, 04 Nov 2025 20:36:38
Category: Blogs, Fiction, Games
Recently, I released Tarot for Storytellers on DriveThruFiction.com. This book is sourced from my personal experiences studying the narrative aspects of tarot and the writing workshops I’ve been teaching. For the past couple of years, I’ve been running a writing workshop called “Tarot for Storytellers” at the Gen Con Writer’s Symposium and online. Often sold […]
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Cultists and Cthulhu 2nd Edition Review
Posted: Tue, 14 Oct 2025 21:03:17
Category: Other Games, Reviews, card-game
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Posted: Tue, 14 Oct 2025 21:03:17
Category: Other Games, Reviews, card-game
Cultists and Cthulhu 2nd Edition was designed by William Sininger and John Harris, and is illustrated with full-color, entertaining art by Steve Robbins. The cards are full of geek culture references including Meddling Kids, LARP-ER, We Have Cookies, and several nods to popular Cthulhu Mythos tales by HP Lovecraft. The components are well made and include cute, little tentacle meeples and Ritual dice. Steve Robbins’ Lovecraftian art adds a healthy dose of humor and helps keep the gameplay light and fun.
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Curseborne Player’s Guide Secrets and Stories with Onyx Path
Posted: Sat, 11 Oct 2025 14:05:48
Category: Game Designers, Interviews, modern-horror
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Posted: Sat, 11 Oct 2025 14:05:48
Category: Game Designers, Interviews, modern-horror
The Curseborne Player's Guide, an expansion for the Curseborne tabletop roleplaying game from Onyx Path Publishing, is funding now on Kickstarter.
In Curseborne, which Onyx Path Publishing funded last year, you play as Accursed, descendants of monstrous lineages lurking in a modern world that closely resembles our own. This is the Onyx Path team's return to Horror game design after years of shepherding the World of Darkness 20th Anniversary lines, as well as Chronicles of Darkness and other games including They Came From Beneath the Sea! and Dystopia Rising: Evolution.
We had a chance to talk to the team a bit about this new Player's Guide project and some of the material within.
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Tarot for Storytellers Launches on DriveThru!
Posted: Tue, 07 Oct 2025 20:40:58
Category: Articles, Features, gamemaster
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Posted: Tue, 07 Oct 2025 20:40:58
Category: Articles, Features, gamemaster
Tarot for Storytellers is a full-color eBook written by author, narrative designer, and FlamesRising.com contributor Monica Valentinelli (World of Darkness, Cyberpunk RED, Shadowrun: Court of Shadows, etc.). The eBook is jam-packed with prompts, guidance, and examples to teach you how to develop new characters, plots, and setting using a deck of tarot cards. Tarot for […]
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The tale of the Cringe Wizard that was…
Posted: Tue, 30 Sep 2025 21:22:02
Category: Blogs, comic books, dark-fantasy
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Posted: Tue, 30 Sep 2025 21:22:02
Category: Blogs, comic books, dark-fantasy
Currently funding over at Kickstarter is Cringe Wizard, a TTRPG-themed isekai story by Paul Matijevic, set in a long-time Dungeon Master's first, terrible campaign.
Today Paul stops by to tell a bit about the inspirations for the book and what helped fill in the tale...
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Hellboy and the B.P.R.D. arrive at DriveThruComics!
Posted: Mon, 29 Sep 2025 13:55:48
Category: Articles, Features, drivethrucomics
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Posted: Mon, 29 Sep 2025 13:55:48
Category: Articles, Features, drivethrucomics
Just in time for Halloween spooky season, Dark Horse Comics has expanded their catalog on the DriveThruComics.com digital comics shop!
New additions include the complete Hellboy collections by Mike Mignola, B.P.R.D., Lobster Johnson, Witchfinder, Baltimore, and more. These join our catalog of Dark Horse titles including Critical Role, The Witcher, and Cyberpunk 2077 graphic novels.
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