Bag of Games

In short: the campaign logs will continue in another blog titled Noppakoura, which is a blog about roleplaying games in Finnish. The reason why I’m doing this is because I want to serve such content that the majority of my readers want to read. In this blog, the majority of readers enjoy all sorts of reviews about different kind of games. Considering where the traffic... (more...)

The year is 1092 in the Age of Itania. King Girart of Mirensa, villified as the killer of children, schemes to bring the Nine Kingdoms under his crown while Safiro of Tivonna engages magi and spies to thwart Girart’s ambition. Mad King Bertrant of Ossirenza bears the burden to defend the lands of Men against marauding Krek even as his galleys war on Tivonnan ships... (more...)

R.A. Salvatore | Gauntlgrym Haven’t read a book from R. A. Salvatore for a while, but wouldn’t spare some time to get back together with friends of old: Drizzt and Bruenor (Especially if you got the book as gift from your wife). It was time to return to Forgotten Realms with R.A Salvatores Gauntlgrym: A first book in new Neverwinter trilogy. Here is the review of R.A.... (more...)

I know that you don’t have to reinvent the wheel to create a good game. That is why we tend to see games copying each other’s ideas resulting in a flop or a success. But when a game combines different game genress together, it is risky business, but sometimes the risk is worth it; such is the case with Gearbox‘s Borderlands. Following a story of four... (more...)

I heard so much good of this book from my friends and the reviews I’ve seen about the book has been almost nothing but praise. So I finally took my time to read The Lies of Locke Lamora and see how my expectations from book were fullfilled. “The Thorn of Camorr is said to be an unbeatable swordsman, a master thief, a ghost that walks through walls. Half the... (more...)

Every roleplayer sooner or later finds him/herself in a situation that he wants to create his own fantasy map. Some of us are talented with the pencil while others are not. Endless Bag Of Games shows you a simple way to create fantasy maps with Photoshop and brushes. This tutorial is for the ones who are not so very talented. Now then, there are some preparations before... (more...)

I have not written book review in ages, but when I finished Joe Abercrombie‘s Best Served Cold, I knew that I have to say a word or two, just to encourage people to familiarize themselves with Abercrombie’s work. Without further ado, here is my two cents. The First Law trilogy by Joe Abercrombie has earned notions being fast paced, gritty and full of interesting... (more...)

Recently, while browsing through the bit-jungle, I’ve seen more and more youtube clips about upset girlfriends smashing our beloved consoles. While I do not object seeing an iPad being smashed with a baseball club, it is almost horrifying to see consoles sharing the same fate. It’s clear, that women sometimes express their hatred towards video games, since... (more...)

As a big fan of Champions of Norrath and Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance, we can be pleased to hear that Snowblind Studios together with Middle-Earth Enterprises are developing The Lord of the Rings: War in the North to PS3, Xbox 360 and PC during 2011. The game is going to be visceral action RPG set in the backdrop of the trilogy, but still establishes its own path... (more...)

I was pleasantly surprised to hear that Red Eagle Games has formed a partnership with Obsidian Entertaiment with the intention of producing some rpgs for different platforms such as PS3, Xbox 360 and of course PC. The great thing is that such rpg is based on Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time series. If Obsidian Entertaiment sounds familiar, it is because it is known... (more...)