vampires

Rooted in authentic Greek folklore and inspired by real historical accounts, Erebus Mythos draws upon tales of vampyres, ancient beings, and other horrors whispered about for generations.

Mythic Echoes’ second annual vampire-themed gaming day came, bit, and departed to some acclaim.

In 1924, Dracula was performed on stage for the first time – in Derby to be precise. A hundred years later, the centenary was held to celebrate this auspicious occasion, by a series of ongoing events that were unveiled as Dracula Returns to Derby.

There’s a party kicking off at the Succubus Club, and you’re all on the menu invited.

Manchester Board Game Festival is taking over The Pit and the Pendulum Hotel from October Friday 31st to Sunday November 2nd with their Halloween special. Organised by Dungeons & Flagons, expect a terrifyingly good selection of horror-themed games, a Halloween Costume Parade across all three days with prizes.

Story Mode Productions funded their horror RPG in two hours. Erebus Mythos: Vampyr is a Shadowdark adventure set in 1846, post-independence Greece, drawing from the terrifying Vrykolakas legend that inspired Stoker and Polidori before vampires became SFDW (safe for drawing rooms).

Josh Heath, the author of RPGs and adventures such as Army Men, Snowhaven and Dealing with Your Demons, is about to Kickstart his latest roleplaying game, May I Enter.

The Last Starfighter (Universal Pictures, 1984) is a meritocratic, sci-fi-opera western featuring an arcade game in a mundane trailer park - or in my ten year old mind - a chip-shop in Redditch. Unbeknownst to the deep-fryers, the most skilled players were secretly being recruited as pilots for an interstellar war. The ultimate fantasy for everyone who was trapped in the hopeless mundanity of the 8-bit working class: your gaming skills might mean something, someone is watching and you're special. The high-score was a key that could unlock a gateway to another life entirely.

Derby Museums and Mythic Echoes are throwing open the coffin lid this May 3rd, The Vampire Games Day transforming The Wardwick at Derby Museum and Art Gallery into a haven for heavy eyeliner and undercooked steak enthusiasts to celebrate the city's Gothic literary heritage and particularly Bram Stokers ‘Dracula’.

Hey kids! Do you like Dracula? Do you like miniatures? Then you’ll love Crooked Dice Games Design Studio’s new Dracula miniatures!

James Hoare, a pedigree journalist whose scribing skills were honed in the annals of specialist titles from extreme art to historical analyses, is now realising his first mid-life crisis deep passion for tabletop gaming - Secret Passages, a love letter to the gritty, unpredictable RPG scene of the 80s and 90s. This quarterly, sixty-four-page magazine reflects a time when fantasy gaming was in its rebellious youth, flicking Vs at ‘video games’ and riding its knockoff BMX roughshod over linear fiction on the way to Firetop Mountain.