Val Hull

Val Hull

Resident role-playing RPG game expert. Knows where trolls and paladins come from. You must fight for your right to gather your party before venturing forth.

Songs of Conquest Available in Early Access, Previews

Songs of Conquest is described by its developers over at Lavapotion as a turn-based strategy adventure game that fuses RPG, tactical combat and kingdom management. And while that may sound as just a list of video game genres, Songs of…

Starfield – Delayed to 2023

Bethesda’s upcoming sci-fi RPG Starfield was originally supposed to be going live on November 11, 2022. But with that date now less than half a year away, we get this Twitter announcement that lists the first half of 2023 as…

Fallout 76: Expeditions – PTS Highlights and Update Log

Later this year, Bethesda’s multiplayer survival RPG Fallout 76 will be getting a major content update featuring the new Expeditions system. But if you’d like a taste of that system right now, you’re free to join the game’s Public Test…

Elden Ring – Jeff Vogel’s Impressions, Part 2

With how much Spiderweb Software’s Jeff Vogel seems to be enjoying Elden Ring, we shouldn’t be surprised if his next new project after Queen’s Wish features plenty of experimental ideas and inventive systems. And I, for one, am all for…

Neverwinter – Siege of Neverwinter Event Live

In order to get us all excited about Neverwinter’s upcoming Dragonslayer module, Cryptic Studios now brings us a limited-time event during which the Cult of the Dragon will be laying siege to the city of Neverwinter. Naturally, this siege will…

Darkest Dungeon II – The Occultist Hero Paths

Those of you who like your healers unreliable but stylish might want to check out the latest Hero Paths preview for Darkest Dungeon II. This particular one is dedicated to the Occultist and his Warlock and Ritualist paths. Here’s what…

Starflight Retrospective

A few years back, there was a Fig campaign to resurrect Starflight, a fairly obscure but highly influential series of space RPGs. And if you’d like to know what all the fuss there was about and why someone would want…