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.

Rune: Ragnarok – Open World Viking RPG Announced

The viking-themed action-adventure Rune by Human Head Studios was released back in 2000, and I quite enjoyed it back in the day. In fact, I’ve recently replayed it, and it holds up pretty well. One thing it is not, however,…

Divinity: Original Sin II Final State Trailer

Almost a year has passed since Divinity: Original Sin II began its Early Access journey, and now, with the expected September 14th release date almost upon us, the folks at Larian Studios have released a new trailer to show off…

Iron Sky: The Roleplaying Game Funded on Kickstarter

Are you tired of conventional fantasy and sci-fi roleplaying games? Do you enjoy conspiracy theories that make Deus Ex seem tame in comparison? In that case, Iron Sky: The Roleplaying Game may be something right up your alley. Based on…

Ash of Gods Update #16

The latest post-funding update for Ash of Gods, the recently Kickstarted Banner Saga-like RPG, deals with some campaign-related logistics and talks about the backer portraits and AurumDust’s pledge-management system of choice. Apart from that, the update links to the latest…

Forged of Blood Events and Soundtrack Update

The developers at Critical Forge, operating on a shoestring budget after their Kickstarter campaign for the tactical RPG Forged of Blood has failed, have still managed to attend several industry events lately, namely Game Prime Asia 2017 and PopCon Asia 2017.…

SpellForce III Gamescom Gameplay

SpellForce III, the upcoming RPG/RTS hybrid from THQ Nordic and Grimlore Games, was showcased at Gamescom by its executive producer Reinhard Pollice. Over the course of ten or so minutes, he presented some gameplay and answered a number of systems-related…

Phoenix Point – Realistic Ballistics Are In

Buried on the official Snapshot Games forums is an announcement from Julian Gollop that should have been broadcasted on TV and projected into the night sky instead, on account of it being such great news – Phoenix Point will feature realistic…

Interplay’s Scott Bennie on RPG Writing

You may not know who Scott Bennie is, but there’s a good chance you’ve read or played something he was involved in, be it various pen and paper RPGs, Interplay titles such as Fallout and Star Trek: 25th Anniversary, or…

Divinity: Original Sin II Update #42

The latest Kickstarter update for Larian’s Divinity: Original Sin II announces that the game will be fully voice-acted on release, moving away from the initial plan of limited voice acting. Can’t say that I’m overly excited about this, since usually…

XCOM 2: War of the Chosen Reviews

The War of the Chosen expansion for Firaxis Games’ XCOM 2 releases in a few days, on August 29, 2017. To help you make an informed decision about purchasing it, we’ve rounded up several early reviews. From the looks of…