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.

Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones Released, Reviews

With the Halloween season almost upon us, those of you in the mood for some authentic Lovecraftian madness should direct your attention to Cultic Games’ Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones. Successfully Kickstarted back in 2016, the game is now…

Legends of Amberland: The Forgotten Crown Review

In case you were thinking about picking up Silver Lemur Games’ old-school dungeon crawler Legends of Amberland: The Forgotten Crown but weren’t quite sure if it was any good, you can now check out a detailed RPG Codex review of…

Axis & Allies 1942 Online Development Update

Axis & Allies 1942 Online, Beamdog’s digital World War II-themed board game launched into Steam Early Access a while back, and if you’re curious about the game’s Early Access journey so far and Beamdog’s plans for its future, you should…

The Lord of the Rings Online: Minas Morgul Expansion Announced

Those of you looking for a reason to revisit Middle-earth should direct your attention to Minas Morgul, the latest expansion for Standing Stone Games’ long-running MMORPG The Lord of the Rings Online. The expansion is currently scheduled for an October…

Disco Elysium – A Colossal Game

With Disco Elysium launching in a few weeks, we get a developer blog that outlines just how big this innovative detective RPG is going to be. The developers expect an average playthrough to take about 60 hours, with multiple playthroughs…

Torchlight Frontiers – Fame & Contracts in Update 9

The upcoming Seeds of Fortune update for the closed alpha version of Echtra Games’ multiplayer action-RPG Torchlight Frontiers will, among other things, re-introduce the Fame and Contracts system to the game. In short, performing certain actions will grant you Fame…