Tales of the Rampant Coyote

Adventures in Indie Gaming!

SnarfQuest Tales on Greenlight

Posted by Rampant Coyote on May 6, 2015

In spite of the voice acting… I’m so there. It’s frickin’ –==SnarfQuest==– ! SnarfQuest Tales on Steam Greenlight Okay, now I get that some of you MAY be wondering, “What the heck is SnarfQuest?” You may even wonder, “Who is Larry Elmore?” For this, I shall have to leave you with your own Google-Fu skills. But […]


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Age of Fear 2: The Chaos Lord Now Available on Steam

Posted by Rampant Coyote on March 30, 2015

My friend Leszek Sliwko emailed me to let me know that his turn-based fantasy strategy game, Age of Fear 2: The Chaos Lord, is now available on Steam. I’m just gonna cut to the chase and link to it here before commenting further: Age of Fear 2: The Chaos Lord on Steam Okay. So Age of Fear […]


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Funding: A Successor to the Gold Box D&D Games?

Posted by Rampant Coyote on March 20, 2015

My usual disclaimer about Kickstarter applies here – I’m only drawing attention to it, so don’t consider this a recommendation. There are never any guarantees on these. BUT… some of the old developers from SSI – makers of the “Gold Box” Advanced Dungeons & Dragons games back in the day… have put together a new […]


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Underworld Ascendant Kickstarter hits its final 72 hours

Posted by Rampant Coyote on March 3, 2015

I don’t really mean to plug this thing, though I guess I really am. As always – buyer beware. I doubt it (or I wouldn’t be a backer), but there’s nothing preventing a Kickstarter-backed developer from taking the money and running. Or simply screwing things up royally. It’s happened before, and it will happen again. […]


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Underworld Enters Crowdfunding

Posted by Rampant Coyote on February 4, 2015

It’s funny how much I’ve been looking forward to throwing money at OtherSide Entertainment. I wish I had ten grand to send them, because I’d… well, no. Actually, I’d spend it on Frayed Knights. But I’d be tempted. The Underworld Ascendant Kickstarter is live. As of the time I’m writing this, they are 1/10th of the […]


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Shut Up And Take My Money: Yet More Classic RPG Series Reboots

Posted by Rampant Coyote on January 26, 2015

I have faith. Proven teams & talent. The IPs… maybe a little less so, mainly because it’s been so long. But if the success of Wasteland 2 or Might & Magic X: Legacy are any indication, a committed team dedicated to classic old-school games can create worthy successors. Now we have two more classic RPGs […]


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Human Extinction Simulator

Posted by Rampant Coyote on January 22, 2015

Human Extinction Simulator. As I’ve heard it, that was only a working title, until Dave Toulouse of Machine 22 came up with a better one. But the truth was… that was a pretty awesome title. So he kept it. And it’s finally released. Human Extinction Simulator is a turn-based tactics game of space fleet battles […]


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Dead State is Alive

Posted by Rampant Coyote on December 8, 2014

Dead State has been released. I wish I could give you a detailed run-down of how awesome this game is, but I avoided playing it during the pre-release, and it hit full release just as I was hitting a convention and getting ready to travel out of the country AND had my editor demanding some […]


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Wasteland 2

Posted by Rampant Coyote on September 19, 2014

It’s out. Or maybe I should have said, “Holy crap, it’s out!” If I can cast my mind back that far, I remember this being the Kickstarter project I was most excited about. A known property. A known, experienced team. An RPG project that said all the right things: Turn-based, tactical, party-based. Even some of […]


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Zombie Apocalypse, Fantasy Style?

Posted by Rampant Coyote on May 1, 2014

Steven Peeler is requesting feedback on his new game concept – the fifth game from Soldak Entertainment: http://www.soldak.com/Blogs/Steven/Game-5.html I thought I’d pass this along and let folks answer him. He’s changing things up a bit this time, announcing things and soliciting feedback much earlier in the process than usual. This means that a lot could […]


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Aldorlea Games’ Book of Legends – now on Steam and half-off

Posted by Rampant Coyote on March 16, 2014

Long-time indie RPG developer Aldorlea Games has released – through a publisher (!) the game “Book of Legends” on Steam. It’s half-off until Friday, so if you are interested, I’d recommend snagging it soon. The Book of Legends on Steam Indinera Falls seems to suffer from a similar problem as I do – not knowing […]


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Something Old, Something New: New RPGs That Revisit Old Territory

Posted by Rampant Coyote on March 12, 2014

My family happened to be in the neighborhood of Brigham Young University campus (where we met, actually) a few weeks ago, and we decided to show my daughter the school. I hadn’t visited the ol’ alma mater in over a decade, and wasn’t quite prepared for all the changes. I mean, it had changed a […]


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Now on Kickstarter: Saga Heroes

Posted by Rampant Coyote on February 27, 2014

King.com has dropped their trademark claim on the word “Candy,” at least in the U.S.  No word yet on the word, “Saga.” This could be pretty interesting for Eric Wiggins of Wasatch Games, as the Kickstarter he is launching today is for a game in a series of titles – both game and movie – […]


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Eschalon Book III Released, Website Launch Pains Resolved

Posted by Rampant Coyote on February 19, 2014

Thomas Riegsecker of Basilisk Games has been living through one of my own personal nightmares, it seems. The long-anticipated Eschalon: Book III, the final chapter of the series that began with the first game’s release in 2007, launched on Valentine’s Day. This is a Good Thing. I’ve not played it yet, but I mean to […]


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Game Announcement: Subterranea

Posted by Rampant Coyote on February 11, 2014

Okay, I normally don’t like to report on games that are this early in development, but I make plenty of exceptions. In this case, it’s because creator John Mabbot… well, he asked. So here it is. The game is called Subterranea, and it’s another one of these games that, on paper anyway, sounds like it […]


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Clockwork Empires Teaser

Posted by Rampant Coyote on November 15, 2013

City-building (they claim inspiration from Dwarf Fortress), Steampunk, and a dose of Lovecraft-style horror all mixed together in one game, by the makers of Dungeons of Dredmor? Yeah, count me in. I’ve been hearing about this game for a while (like, since they first announced it), but I finally saw the trailer… With so many […]


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