Meet the Would-Be Survivors of the Apocalypse in a Look Inside The Nice House by the Sea
Three years ago, DC blew the lid off the comics industry with the launch of The Nice House on the Lake—a tense, gripping tale of isolation as a group of…
Linda H. Codega Tells io9 All About Their Queer Fantasy Debut Novel, Motheater
io9 has several acclaimed authors among its alumni, including Annalee Newitz, Charlie Jane Anders, Evan Narcisse, and Andrew Liptak. Another former io9-er, Linda H. Codega, will join their ranks early…
Get a First Look at the Gorgeous New Comic From the Team Behind Die
Here at io9, we’re massive fans of Kieron Gillen and Stephanie Hans’ fantastic RPG-horror series Die—an incredible, grippingly subversive tale of tabletop fantasies that was, in fact, so good at…
Gifts for the Tabletop Roleplayer Who’s Curious About What Else Is Out There
Including the unusual, hard-to-find, totally new and strangely wonderful, we’ve got a selection of gifts and games that will be appreciated by both hardcore tabletop roleplayers and people who are…
The Gaming Shelf Embraces the Violence of Gubat Banwa
You are a group of Dollys in a pinktastic plastic world who bought a Dolly Dream House to move in there together… Dolly, We Bought a Dream House is a…
The Gaming Shelf Draws the Hidden Isle Card
“The Trick or Treat Suite by Adam Vass/World Champ Game Co. consists of five brand new horror RPG zines, including Stab (a whodunnit slasher inspired by the Scream franchise), Ever…
The Gaming Shelf Feasts on the Undead Third Reich
“Eat the Reich is a tabletop roleplaying game in which you, a vampire commando, are coffin-dropped into occupied Paris and must cut a bloody swath through Nazi forces en route…
The Gaming Shelf Carves Out the Garden
“In Likeness Machines, you draw tarot cards to determine the future [of] the growing career of a fictional actor. But as your actor faces hardship and failure, the heads of…