by Melissa Brinks | Oct 15, 2018 | Lists, Tabletop Games
The best thing about tabletop RPGs becoming more popular and accessible than ever is that it’s far easier to find a group to play with. Artists are filling social media feeds with gorgeous art of their tabletop characters, and it’s natural to want some gorgeous art of your own—but how to find the right artist? What if your fave isn’t doing commissions? Is it rude to ask? What if you don’t know every artist out there and you can’t find exactly the right person to draw your invincible punch-mage?
Fear not, fellow players. We here at Sidequest have rounded up our favorite artists who specifically enjoy designing tabletop characters! They may not always be open for work, so please double-check their websites and social media before reaching out!
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Melissa Brinks is Sidequest’s editor in chief, co-creator of the Fake Geek Girls podcast, author of The Compendium of Magical Beasts, and an aspiring beekeeper. She once won an argument on the internet, and tweets at @MelissaBrinks.
by Nola Pfau | Jun 12, 2018 | Reviews, Video Games
The Banner Saga
Stoic Studio
Versus Evil
PC/Mac/Linux, iOS/Android, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
January 14, 2014
Sidequest was provided a copy of The Banner Saga for the Nintendo Switch in exchange for a fair and honest view.
I played Banner Saga when it originally came out for PC, but I never got that far in it—as much as I love turn-based strategy games, they don’t mesh with PCs for me. I’m a fidgety gamer—I move around, I pace, I bounce on the balls of my feet. Since PC gaming typically requires time spent immobile in a chair, and doubly so for strategy games, it’s the kind of thing I can only engage in sporadically, at best. I like turn-based strategy, though, a lot, so when I heard it was being ported to the extremely mobile Switch, I jumped at the chance to review it.
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by Naseem Jamnia | May 13, 2018 | Reviews, Video Games
Azure Saga: Pathfinder
MassHive Media
PC/Mac
March 13, 2018
Sidequest was provided with a copy of Azure Saga: Pathfinder for PC in exchange for a fair and honest review.
I love RPGs. They’re by far my favorite type of game, especially when they have that mysterious “Japanese” in front of them. When Azure Saga: Pathfinder came across my inbox, hailing its immersive world and classic “old school” feel, I had to try it.
Let’s not bury the lede, here: I was deeply disappointed in this game.
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Sidequest’s former managing editor Naseem Jamnia used to do sciencey things, but they now slam their keyboard and call it art. Their debut novella, THE BRUISING OF QILWA, introduced their queernorm, Persian-inspired secondary world; their middle grade horror debut SLEEPAWAY comes out in 2025.
by Elvie Mae Parian | May 10, 2018 | Reviews, Video Games
Roguemance
Lucas Molina
PC
February 14, 2018
Can love truly bloom on the battlefield?
Roguemance, developed by Lucas Molina, presents itself as a “roguelike with romance,” utilizing simple, 8-bit like graphics and a playful premise to provide lovers of RPGs and other similar genres a good time.
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Elvie somehow finds bliss in purposefully complicating the art of storytelling and undertaking the painful practice of animation. If you see her on Twitter at @lvmaeparian, she is doing neither of those things. She currently helps with managing the socials to ensure that the secret recipe will never be revealed.
by Angie Wenham | May 7, 2018 | Interviews, Tabletop Games
Having spent unrepentantly large portions of my life shipping fictional characters (from Sherlock Holmes and Irene Adler to Dr. Bashir and Garak), I was intrigued to learn about Star Crossed. This tabletop roleplaying game (RPG) is written and designed by Alex Roberts, who has contributed to other tabletop RPGs such as Misspent Youth, Dialect, and Damn the Man, Save the Music!. She is also the podcast host of Backstory, as well as the Project Coordinator for Bully Pulpit Games, who have teamed up with her to publish Star Crossed.
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Angie writes reviews and stories whenever she is not investigating the latest dating sim or visual novel. She is a full-time Dragon Age obsessive but also plays board games and tabletop RPGs when she can. Besides games, Angie enjoys manga, broody tattooed elves, and TV cannibals.
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