I'm pretty interested in fantasy art, particularly when it shows up in games. So much of fantasy art these days is commissioned by Wizards of the Coast for Magic: The Gathering and D&D, after all. Unfortunately, it has a bad history and habit of not being diverse or respectful regarding sex and race. Pretty much everybody is white, and there's ( Read more... )

There is a tabletop RPG called Cthulhutech that, in theory, I am a big fan of.  The setting is the child resulting from the disturbing tentacle sex of the Lovecraft Mythos and mecha anime.  The basic plot is a three-way war in 2085 between humanity, the invading alien Migou, and the human and inhuman cultists who want to summon back the Old Ones.  ( Read more... )

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