Warduke Comes To Idle Champions

Warduke D&D


Fans of retro Dungeons and Dragons related stuff rejoice,  fan favourite and 1980’s icon Warduke is coming to everybody’s favourite side-scrolling browser game, Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms.

In the game Idle Champions this trained killer wields a magical flame-tongue sword that increases damage with every swing. The Tanking/DPS Champion occupies slot 8 in the game. His Bodyguard For Hire power allows him keep the rest of the party alive. He also has the ability to adjust party order, meaning that his allies can use some of their abilities more effectively. Warduke is best known as one of the bad guys from the 1983 Dungeons and Dragons Cartoon show; he worked for Venger and didn’t say much.

His eye-catching action figure came out the same year for the Advanced Dungeons and Dragons toy-line. A special Action Figure skin for the villain in available in the Idle Champions game. It comes with an adorable baby Nightmare familar. The evil barbarian mercenary, Warduke, first appeared on the cover of Dragon Magazine back in the late 70s, though it’s mostly just his helmet.

He would go on to appear in a variety of comic-strip based adverts for Dungeons and Dragons in the 80s, and was the big bad guy in 1984’s introductory adventure, Quest for the Hearthstone. Recently, he’s turned up (again as a villain) in modern D&D adventure,  The Wild Beyond The Witchlight.

The launch of the character will be celebrated on Codename Entertainment’s Twitch Channel www.twitch.tv/cnegames and you can find out more about the company here. A youtube video of Warduke in action is here.

A special code to unlock more treasure in the Idle Champions game can be found in Issue 480 of Starburst Magazine, in the Roll For Damage Column; available in all good geek shops.

Or you could just use the code below to unlock Warduke himself (we’re so very, very good to you all).

First-Time Filmmaker Smashes Kickstarter Target On First Day

Megan Tremethick debut kickstarter

The Kickstarter campaign for the H.P. Lovecraft adaptation The Haunter of the Dark has gone down splendidly on the crowdfunding site, surpassing its goal by 500% in six days! 24-year-old Megan Tremethick, who starred in Dragon Knight, makes her debut as a director with the indie horror film.

The Haunter of the Dark follows the chilling midnight adventures of a man, who is lured from his bed to investigate the dark recesses of a mysterious church tower. There, and alone in the darkness of that place, he encounters a chilling entity… a silhouetted figure, guarding an ancient crystal of incredible power. A crystal that carries a terrible curse. 

The short film stars Gordon Holliday best known for Andy Stewart’s festival hit film, Dysmorphia as an enthusiastic amputee, a role that was praised by the Soska Sisters, 

The overwhelming success of Megan’s crowdfunding campaign has now also led to the successful funding of a second Lovecraft-inspired short film entitled Revenge of Innsmouth, which is set in a dystopian future, in which – in a reversal of roles – the oppressed inhabitants of Innsmouth mount a violent bid for liberation against their hated human oppressors. Caught in the maelstrom of terror during the first night of their revolution is a young waitress, whose diner becomes the setting for brutal violence and unspeakable horror. 

But… who are the real monsters? The feared, fish-like creatures of Innsmouth, or the humans who keep them under lock and key?

The campaign now continues to raise funds for both films on Kickstarter, where Megan is offering digital downloads, artwork, production credits, and even walk-on roles. 

You can find the Kickstarter page here: http://kck.st/3WYVoMg

Creature Concept Art – The Haunter of the Dark