CHOPPER (C1-10P in Mining Facility Disguise) Star Wars Droid Depot Item No.: ??? Manufacturer: Disney Number: n/a Includes: Collector card, RX-01 torso Action Feature: Pulls apart, jointed arms, opening front repair arm Retail: $19.99 Availability: April 2026 Appearances: n/a Bio: All different types of droids populate the Star Wars galaxy. Each droid is different and has their own unique personality and colors. This droid can be found aboard freighter 2716 in Faos station. Join Chopper on his…

I don't exactly remember how I got my original Sony PlayStation, but it was either my 9th or 10th birthday. It was after I had moved from my childhood home outside Bryan, Texas into the city proper but before I lost contact with the neighborhood crew. The PlayStation was near the end of its run, and fairly affordable. I didn't specify any games to my parents so they took a gamble and one of those was on a niche game called Suikoden. Don't worry, this cover has little to do with the game. I'll…

This Month on Table 46No posts this month, though as you can see below, I did get a lot of reading done. I hope everyone was able to participate in Free RPG Day in some capacity! I'll be at Gen Con in two weeks. If you're interested in organizing a meet up or a game, send me a message on Bluesky (@lysus.bsky.social) or find me on Discord (@lysus). Hopefully I'll be able to offer some play reports! I haven't forgotten that I still need to finish writing up my playtests from Forge Midwest.…

By the mid 90s, the biggest craze in the arcades had become the 3D fighting game, as popularized by Virtua Fighter and Tekken. Soon after, big developer in the arcade industry, as well as a few of the smaller ones, were determined to make their own push into the market. Not all of them succeeded ...Bloody Roar was first posted on July 15, 2026 at 10:12 pm.©2017-2025 "Hardcore Gaming 101". Use of this feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this article in your feed…

Dan De Fazio’s Deathbringer has lunched its crowdfunding campaign on Backerkit! Deathbringer is a brutal new tabletop RPG from Professor DM and Roll For Combat, crowned EN World’s Most Anticipated TTRPG of 2026. Fully compatible with Shadowdark and built to drop into any OSR system, Deathbringer delivers fast, savage combat where death isn’t the end — it’s part of the journey. I’ve been looking forward to Deathbringer for a long time now, and so I was absolutely thrilled when Dan invited me to…

The first recording is a repeat of Pokemon: Battle Frontier – The Ole’ Berate and Switch. Media Centre Description: Popular animated series. Ash and Pikachu return to the Kanto region to complete the Battle Frontier – seven ultimate tests that will challenge Ash’s skills as a Pokemon Trainer. Recorded from ITV4 on Tuesday 6th April 2010 07:43 The recording ends with the start of another Pokemon episode. The next recording is a repeat of Pokemon: Battle Frontier – Grating Spaces. Media Centre…

Caveat Emptor: I do not play games across a wide range of communities. I am mostly active in one space centered around the OSR/DIY and my own home table group I have gamed with for six years in tabletop and over fifteen for other games. The title of this could easily be Why are _________ games like that? If I were a member of any of those other spaces. I"ve been a player in the GB OSR server for a little over a year now and running a Classic Traveller game there for five months or so now.…

This week, I’m a guest on a Retronauts episode about Pac-Man Fever, the 1982 album by Buckner & Garcia in which each track is about a popular arcade game. (Additionally, there is a song about Mouse Trap.) If you listen — and you should! — you will hear me say that although I usually write a post about every Retronauts I appear on, I don’t think there’s anything to write about for this particular one.I lied, it turns out!As it often does, the internet ended up delivering me a thing to write…

Some things that might be of interest: The ICM is starting next week in Philadelphia. One traditional aspect of the ICM is the announcement of the Fields Medal winners. This year there won’t be much surprise, since evidently someone found the names of the winners hidden in the website code (see here, English language news story here). It’s Yu Deng, John Pardon, Jacob Tsimerman, and Hong Wang. At least all science journalists who want to write about this now know the names, no controversies…

I’ve been reading comics for over 60 years (and yes, I am really that old)…but I don’t know that I have EVER been affected as much as I was at the end of this issue. This ending hit me where I live. No, I’m not going to spoil the ending – only mild spoilers for you today. But if you wanna know a little more? Follow us after the jump! MILD SPOILERS ONLY! The hunt is on for Grodd! The Rogues have been sent on a mission to bring Grodd in…dead or alive! They find out where Grodd is, that’s easy…

“Rather, to understand consciousness is to understand and perceive that without consciousness there is no time. If time is the measurement of change, for there to be change, there must be an observation of the before and after state (the change) and without consciousness there are no observable events (or states). Think of the mind as a series of events - conscious observations. This can be seen in the observations of an electron, the observation determines if the electron is a particle or a…

Originally published on Board Game Geek. I’m a fan of Wil Su’s excellent For Northwood! that uses a custom deck of cards to build a solo trick-taking game. The cards are lovely, but I wondered if they were strictly necessary. As a fan of solo games and the designer of USS Lox, a solo game using a standard deck, I wondered if there were a way to play the game without printing or buying a copy. It turns out Wil designed The Emissary, which is a solo trick-taking game that “holds the core” of For…

Dark Knights of Steel, Vol. 2 #1A Yasmine Putri Regular Release: Jul 15, 2026Cover: Sep 2026 THE FAN-FAVORITE ELSEWORLDS EPIC CONTINUES! An entire medieval world was forever changed when a spaceship crashlanded from a doomed planet. Monarchs died, kingdoms rose, long-buried treachery came to light…and a League was born. Now an ancient, violent war brews beneath the waves, one that promises untold destruction should it break the surface. If the League hopes to weather it and protect the lands of…

So as shared by somebody on the Amiga Addict Discord, today is the day that – if you play Championship Manager 97/98 for 30 seasons, on the 15th July 2026, you get an endgame screen, and encouragement to sign up as a play tester and a researcher for future games.1 I played Champ Man 97/98 loads growing up, and really got into the 97/98 version. I would have been 14 when it came out, the cusp of France 98, and me starting to follow Colwyn Bay Football Club, I was at probably my peak fandom. I…

Or "Seahorse Quest." Dragon Quest United KingdomBug-Byte Software (developer and publisher)Released 1982 for BBC Micro Date Started: 3 July 2026Date Ended: 3 July 2026Total Hours: 3Difficulty: Easy (2.0/5) Final Rating: (to come later) Ranking at time of posting: (to come later) It's been tough to identify the first British CRPG given that so many of the early efforts from the country are best described as "proto-RPGs." They have some RPG elements like exploration, inventory, and battle, but…

1992-1993 NovaLogic Platform: Philips CD-i It still feels strange to imagine a traditional Super Mario platform game appearing on anything other than Nintendo hardware, but thanks to Nintendo’s short-lived agreement with Philips, that almost became a reality. Super Mario’s Wacky Worlds was in development at NovaLogic as a follow-up of sorts to Super Mario World, bringing Mario to the Philips CD-i in what promised to be a globe-trotting adventure. Rather than taking place in Dinosaur Land, the…

EGG Con III starts tomorrow!I will be out with Elf Lair Games to run some games of NIGHT SHIFT.I am running two NIGHT SHIFT games.Elf Lair Games Presents: Spector Detectors!Thursday, July 16th - 1st day of gaming from 11:00 am to 12:50 pmFriday, July 17th - 2nd day of gaming from 10:00 am to 11:50 amNote: If asked, I could be convinced to run a game in Jackson, IL instead!And one Thirteen Parsecs game.Elf Lair Games Presents: Abraxas DownThursday, July 16th - 1st day of gaming from 3:00 pm to…

One of the things I've always loved about We the Kingdom is that they don't just play four chords in a key they can sing. This song has transition chords, diminished chords, and so much flavor.

A bleak, but likely prophetic take from Aftermath of the collapsing video industry — insofar as larger, AAA games are concerned. Independent development, however, has been particularly healthy, fun, and innovative, and I hope that corner continues to grow.

By Demi ElGatoPossum Print GamesOSELevel 1? The Delta has long been a dangerous place. Most citizens tend not to stray too far from the port city of Mirkell. When times were not so tough, barges, caravans and other travelers braving the wilds of the province would be well staffed with armed guards. However, as coin purses lightened, the extra expense couldn’t always be justified. Opportunists, both men and monsters, take every chance for an easy payday, or an easy meal. This 120 page adventure…

It’s Wednesday so let’s see what the membership have been up to this week. We start with more Quar and Mark J’s completed Fidwog unit. Staying with the Quar and Tony F has converted a WW1 toy tank as a tractor for his forces. Heading to the depths now and Marcus W has been creating some terrain for his underwater adventures. I must remember to ask Marcus where he obtained these various pieces of terrain. Normally the local Aquarium shop is the source, but these look much too detailed. And…

Hi, welcome to this write-up for the Ship Happens challenge from Bellingcat. Here you can see my thought processes and what steps I took to get to the answer, but of course there are many different ways of reaching the same results. The challengeWe've received someone's travel picture and have to find out the name of the ship that brought the person visible in the picture to the location where the picture is taken. The picture seems to have been taken in some sort of terminal or other place…