The Dark Orb

06/06/2025

It has been a while! We did a thing!

Metis Creative Studio
Radio Retrofuture

Any criticism is intended to be constructive, please consdier it as such. Both of these products look great

Join Phil as we together uncover what’s under the hood with two great kickstarter campaigns for tabletop roleplaying Astra Arcanum and Nightwatch!

06/05/2025

Don't worry, gamers, we haven't forgotten about you! - There are a few things in the pipeline, but whilst we work on those we've got a little bit of additional content for those of you of a music-loving persuasion.

This one is especially heavy, but it's the latest. We also fixed some strange EQ issues, so future videos will sound better than the previous ones did (more dynamic range), we promise!

Strap in and pour your strongest brew — this is a wake‑up call for the Nintendo generation! Today on The Dark Orb Rocks, I’m reacting to the crushingly atmos...

02/05/2025

Did you like our little music reaction video? If so, follow our new page The Dark Orb Rocks for more!

29/04/2025

Hmm... So... Did a thing... A second channel is tentatively on the way.. Let's see how this goes? Pelagic Records Hemelbestormer

The Dark Orb Rocks! brand new channel exploring the weirder melodic side of Metal and Rock kicks off with Pelagic Records' blistering new release 'Usil' from...

14/04/2025

We did a thing with the awesome Tomas Härenstam of Free League Publishing

On the fence about the new Alien RPG “Evolved Edition?” We get some questions answered over a cup of coffee!

In this engaging conversation, Phil and Tomas Hörenstam discuss the exciting developments surrounding the Alien RPG, particularly the Evolved Edition. They a...

04/04/2025

Looking for an amazing, rules-lite, dark and narrative Viking-themed MÖRK BORG compatible RPG that’s taking Mörk Borg back to its roots? Check out our interview with Andreas Lundström of Nordic Skalds and Sweden Rolls about the incredible YGGDRASIL BURNS, now on Kickstarter

Phil and Andreas Lundström discuss the upcoming tabletop RPG 'Yggdrasil Burns', a dark adaptation of Mork Borg set in a post-apocalyptic Viking age. They exp...

27/03/2025

Chaosium founder Greg Stafford was named the 2025 recipient of the E. Gary Gygax Lifetime Achievement Award today.

27/03/2025

New video innit!

We have been taking a different approach for our review videos lately. Do you prefer it? Shorter form, a bit swishier. Much more annoying to edit 😆😆😆 - let us know in the comments!

Alien RPG Enhanced Edition - KIckstarter Review

Join Phil to discuss the new Alien RPG Enhanced Edition, currently Crowdfunding here:https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1192053011/alien-rpg-second-edition...

19/03/2025

We have a new video up on YouTube! It’s a brand new format which I thought we could give a whirl. What do you think?

Join The Dark Orb to talk about awesome developments, upcoming releases and exciting events in the world of Tabletop RoleplayingCome talk to us on discord ov...

22/02/2025

GM Submissions are now open for Orbtoberfest 2025! All details can be found in our Discord! (Link in comments)

01/12/2024

Dragonmeet this year was awesome, was only there for the one day this time but so great to catch up with so many people. If we talked, thank you so much for taking the time to chat to me/us. You make my life brighter by being in it (probably! 😹) - If we intended to catch up and didn’t, I’m sorry, it was a short visit, if you were there and we missed each other let’s try and make up for lost time before the next one.

If we met for the first time at the show, no doubt you rock muchly and cheers for humouring me.

Afraid I took zero decent photos as I’m a terrible content creator. I didn’t even take a photo of the things I bought, will do it tomorrow (out again for a couple of days now)

Big shout out to Monte Cook Games, Edge Studio and Rebellion Unplugged for the great chats and for your amazing work on cool products. (I didn’t buy anything from MCG because I already own almost everything I want from there, but it was great to meet the incredible Shanna. I did buy Arkham Horror RPG core book and starter set after stealing a bunch of time from Edge’s Michael, and I finally bought the three “Adventure Presents” books from Rebellion Unplugged!)

An even bigger shout out to John Dodd plus family and the wider Dragonmeet team for just doing what you do and pulling it out of the bag again with the finest large-format RPG event in the country.