Chris Metzen is famous for helping to conceive Warcraft, StarCraft, and Diablo. But long before he joined Blizzard, Metzen was a dungeon master. And now the campaigns he used to run for his childhood friends in the '80s are being turned into a codified campaign and fantasy universe based off of Dungeons and Dragons' fifth edition ruleset. It's called Auroboros: Coils of the Serpent, and it's basically an alternative setting to the Forgotten Realms complete with new races, subclasses, and special magic systems. The Kickstarter to fund the first of what will likely be several rulebooks went live today and it's already 500 percent funded . It's easy to understand why. Metzen is a world-building icon known for his storytelling and characters (like Thrall, World of Warcraft's most famous warchief). Auroboros also sounds damn cool. The rulebook being crowdfunded is called Worldbook: Lawbrand, and it contains everything dungeon masters will need to run adventures in the world of … [Read more...] about Warcraft creator Chris Metzen unveils his new tabletop RPG project inspired by his childhood D&D campaigns
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Netflix reveals record spending plans and most-watched movies and shows in 2021
Netflix has revealed its most-watched movies and TV shows so far in 2021 – and its record spending plans for the rest of the year. During the first quarter of 2021 – AKA January 1 to March 31 – the most watched series on the streamer was the French heist series Lupin, with 76 million households tuning in during the show's first 28 days online. Netflix's other most-watched shows were teen drama Fate: The Winx Saga (57 million), mother-daughter comedy Ginny & Georgia (52 million), Firefly Lane season 1 (49 million), and Cobra Kai season 3 (45 million). Meanwhile, the most-watched movie was Outside the Wire, a sci-fi action flick starring Anthony Mackie, which raked in 66 million household views in its first 28 days on the streamer. This was followed by family comedy drama Yes Day (62 million), Rosamund Pike-led I Care a Lot (56 million), and teen rom-com To All the Boys: Always and Forever (51 million). The streamer also revealed that it will spend over $17 billion on new … [Read more...] about Netflix reveals record spending plans and most-watched movies and shows in 2021
The best cooperative board games – play nice and work together with these essential co-op picks
Quick Links Jump straight into the action and start browsing the best cooperative board games: 1. Top 10 Amazon board game sale Walmart board game deals The best cooperative board games are perfect if you're put off by competitiveness around the table. Offering unique challenges that can only be solved together, co-op board games emphasise teamwork rather than a scramble to victory. As it turns out, games night is so much more chill when players aren't trying to screw each other over. Co-op board game deals: Save up to $30 at Amazon US But where should you start? There's plenty to choose from when it comes to the best cooperative board games, and that in itself is daunting. To give you a helping hand, we've rounded up our favorites below. You'll find suggestions from a variety of genres to suit all ages, and they're as replayable as they are fun. Co-op board games can be expensive, after all, so being able to squeeze maximum value for money out of … [Read more...] about The best cooperative board games – play nice and work together with these essential co-op picks
Chivalry 2 hands-on: When in doubt, hit an archer with a sledgehammer
I know I'm getting salty when the ' sure's start coming out. As in, "Oh, sure , I guess that enormous axe blade just chopped my head off and I died , that's fair " or " Sure, I guess you're just allowed to stab me in the chest with a spear . Fine! " I like Chivalry 2 a lot, but it sure can be infuriating. I got a chance to play the upcoming medieval combat game in a recent alpha test which included both team deathmatch maps and big objective maps. In the objective maps, you've got to run for ten seconds or longer to get to the front line after spawning (spamming C to yell "rauuugh" helps pass the time), and when you get there, you might not get a chance to do anything but die. Maybe you'll be poked to death by three guys with spears, or mobbed by shiny armored knights, or, worst of all, shot through the eye with an arrow. "Oh, sure , why wouldn't you stand 20 yards away from the fight and shoot arrows? You absolute joker." I really should've hit Alt-F4 and … [Read more...] about Chivalry 2 hands-on: When in doubt, hit an archer with a sledgehammer