Category: Features
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Unboxing of DanganRonpa: Trigger Happy Havoc Collector’s Edition
While the Vita doesn’t have the most robust library, there have been a number of titles surfacing that are beginning to make it a worthwhile platform to own. This is great, as the more months that roll by, the more excuses I’m finding to bust the system out of its clamshell case and actually play…
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Unboxing of Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII Collector’s Edition
This has been quite a milestone moment for me. Not only is this the first thing I’ve successfully been able to order and subsequently receive from the Square Enix online store, but it’s also the first item I’ve obtained through the use of their distributor, Digital River. My previous attempts have all resulted in cancelled…
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Roundtable Interview with Onyx Path Publishing about the Anarchs Unbound Kickstarter for Vampire: The Masquerade 20th Anniversary Edition
When it comes to crowdfunding, perhaps no tabletop publisher does it better than Onyx Path Publishing. They’ve had nine successful Kickstarters involving classing brands like Werewolf: The Apocalypse, Vampire: The Masquerade and Exalted. They’ve also used crowdfunding to put out new World of Darkness lines like Mummy: The Curse and Demon: The Descent. With roughly…
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Unboxing of Bravely Default: Collector’s Edition
The last time I did one of these was for the original release of Final Fantasy XIV, and while they did eventually fix that game, the quality of the title at the time was incredibly weak, which made the fact that I had spent all of that money on that collector’s edition incredibly disheartening. Well,…
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Interview with Stephen Chenault, CEO of Troll Lord Games about the Codex Nordica Kickstarter
Wow. I can’t believe I’ve been playing Castles & Crusades for almost a decade now. It’s my favorite retro-clone/old school D&D homage. I’ve reviewed over twenty products for the line since September, 2011 and I have no doubt I’ll be continuing on for some time. 2013 might have been the best year ever for the…
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Interview with Lee VanSchaik of Silver Fox Productions about the RAFM Call of Cthulhu Miniatures Kickstarter
I’ve always loved the idea of miniatures but I never really had time to paint them. Recently though, I’ve ended up with a bunch, along with free time to actually do something with them. I’ve been a backer for Kickstarters by Stonehaven Miniatures and Reaper’s Bones, I’ve ended up with a bunch of Warhammer figures…
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Interview with Oscar Rios, President of Golden Goblin Press, about Tales From the Crescent City
It’s nice to have options. Although Chaosium is one of the oldest tabletop gaming companies still around, it’s also a very small one with a staff of less than a dozen people. That’s where licensees come in. We had Miskatonic River Press until it shut down. We have Arc Dream Punlishing who puts out The…
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Book Review: Max Payne 3: The Complete Series
Max Payne 3: The Complete Series Publisher: Titan Books Cost: $9.99 / Amazon $8.48 Page Count: 52 pages Buy it here: Amazon link If you read my review of Max Payne 3 you’d know that I really enjoyed the game. To this day I still believe that it has some of the best third person…
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Preview: DanganRonpa: Trigger Happy Havoc
DanganRonpa: Trigger Happy Havoc Publisher: Nippon Ichi Software America Developer: Spike Chunsoft Genre: Murder Mystery, Action-Adventure Release Date: 2/11/2014 Thanks to the wonderful folks at NIS America, I got my hands on a pre-release copy of the upcoming Vita remake of DanganRonpa. I’d intentionally avoided playing the fan translation of the PSP version, so this…
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Interview with Mike McCain, Project Lead on Shadowrun Dragonfall and Art Director for Shadowrun Returns at Harebrained Schemes
Yesterday Harebrained Schemes released the official announcement of Shadowrun: Dragonfall, the follow-up to last year’s smash hit, Shadowrun Returns. The expansion, funded as a stretch goal by the original Kickstarter campaign, is currently available for pre-order on Steam. This is great news to all of us here at Diehard GameFAN as Aileen, Ashe, Robert and…
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Interview with Josh Harrison, Line Developer for FASA Corporation, about Earthdawn, Fourth Edition
Like many a 90s gamer, I was growing up at a great time. Vampire: The Masquerade was just coming out. Shadowrun, Second Edition was blowing me away. Call of Cthulhu, Fifth Edition captured my imagination. AD&D, Second Edition gave uis Ravenloft, Spelljammer and Planescape. Games like TSR’s Marvel Super Heroes, Mayfair’s Chill and so many…
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Review: AVerMedia C285 Game Capture HD II
AVerMedia C285 Game Capture HD II MSRP: $196.27 Buy it at: Amazon.com AVerMedia designs and produces a large variety of video capture devices mostly targeted at gamers and game broadcasters. In recent times, one of their more notable pieces of hardware is the Live Gamer Portable. The LGP has been widely adopted by players in…
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Tabletop Preview: Horror on the Orient Express Book IV: Constantinople and Consequences (Call of Cthulhu)
Tabletop Preview: Horror on the Orient Express Book IV: Constantinople and Consequences (Call of Cthulhu) Publisher: Chaosium Cost: Free to Kickstarter backers ($1,199.50 to everyone else. YES, THAT MUCH) Page Count: 197 Release Date: 12/23/2013 Get it Here: Chaosium.com Well here we are with our fourth and final preview of the Horror on the Orient…
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Book Review: Of Predators and Prey: The Hunters Hunted II Anthology (Vampire: The Masquerade 20th Anniversary Edition)
Of Predators and Prey: The Hunters Hunted II Anthology (Vampire: The Masquerade 20th Anniversary Edition) Publisher: Onyx Path Publishing Cost: Free (to Kickstarter Backers)/TBD (Everyone Else) Page Count: 115 Release Date: 01/10/2014/TBD: Everyone Else Get it Here: Drivethrurpg.com (Eventually) The Hunters Hunted II has been my favorite release for Vampire: The Masquerade 20th Anniversary Edition.…
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Tabletop Preview: Horror on the Orient Express Book III: Italy and Beyond (Call of Cthulhu)
Tabletop Preview: Horror on the Orient Express Book III: Italy and Beyond (Call of Cthulhu) Publisher: Chaosium Cost: Free to Kickstarter backers ($1,199.50 to everyone else. YES, THAT MUCH) Page Count: 272 Release Date: 12/23/2013 Get it Here: Chaosium.com Welcome to our third of our Horror on the Orient Express previews. Well technically, it is…
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Book Review: The Festival at Glenelg (Accursed)
The Festival at Glenelg (Accursed) Publisher: Melior Via Pace Count: Special (see Below) Cost: $4.99 Release Date: 1/10/2014 Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com The Festival at Glenelg is a new piece of fiction for the brand new Savage Worlds setting, Accursed. Like many RPG of this era, Accursed was a successfully funded Kickstarter project. Unfortunately for…
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Diehard GameFAN’s 2013 Tabletop Gaming Awards
It’s awards time! Some see what Diehard GameFAN felt were the best of the best from the tabletop side of gaming this year.
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Interview: Ted DiNola, Lead Engineer of Read-Only Memories
Recently, I posted about a Kickstarter campaign for Read-Only Memories, a new cyberpunk adventure game recently successfully funded on Kickstarter. In the game, players will become a young journalist trying to make it in Neo-San Francisco. One day, a package arrives in the mail from a close friend, who has since had to leave the country. This package…
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Tabletop Preview: A Look at Horror on the Orient Express’ Ancillary and Add-On Items (Call of Cthulhu)
Surprise! In addition to today’s look at the second book in Chaosium’s upcoming remake of Horror on the Orient Express, we have a special treat for you today. The gang over at Chaosium sent me a box full of physical merchandise related to the campaign to take a look at and show off to you,…
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Tabletop Preview: Horror on the Orient Express, Book II: Through the Alps (Call of Cthulhu)
Horror on the Orient Express, Book II: Through the Alps (Call of Cthulhu) Publisher: Chaosium Cost: Free to Kickstarter backers ($1,199.50 to everyone else. YES, THAT MUCH) Page Count: 266 Release Date 12/23/2013 Get it Here: Chaosium.com Welcome back to our second preview of Chaosium’s upcoming remake of Horror on the Orient Express. Last week…