Dystopian Wars: The Imperium Arrives
Warcradle Studios has been steadily rolling out factions for the new edition of Dystopian Wars, their alternate-late-19th-century naval wargame, and this month the Kaiser sends his regards: the Imperium hits…
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Cogs & Clockwork: Fergus Steampunk Festival
Next weekend, September 11-12, downtown Fergus, Ontario gets the full SteamPunk treatment. Cogs & Clockwork is back for its 4th annual run, and the lineup is not playing around: Steam…
Big River Steampunk Festival
Twenty thousand goggles descended on Hannibal, Missouri this Labor Day weekend for the 11th Annual Big River Steampunk Festival, and if you slept on it again, that's on you. Historic…
Employee Handbook: Portsmouth Aeroshipbuilding Co.
Someone applied the Formulae to a WWII shipyard employee manual, and the result is exactly as beautiful and deranged as that sounds. South Carolina artist Tony Snipes is Kickstarting Employee…
Shadow of the Road
Feudal Japan. Boshin War. Steam-powered war machines stomping through ancient temple courtyards while yokai tear into imperial soldiers from the shadows. The British East Nippon Company (yes, really) has handed…
2026 Hugo Award Winners
The rockets have landed. Last night at LAcon V in Anaheim, the 2026 Hugo Awards were handed out at a live ceremony, and the sci-fi/fantasy community has (once again) argued…
Brass & Embers
A new steampunk TTRPG just landed on Kickstarter, and The Doctor is paying attention. Brass & Embers, from Questborne Studios out of Orlando, runs on a D6 system and drops…
The Ghost in the Shell (2026)
Science Saru (the studio that gave us Dandadan) just went and made the Ghost in the Shell adaptation the manga has deserved for thirty-plus years. Not a remake of the…
Weekend at the Asylum 16
It's here. Tomorrow. Weekend at the Asylum 16 descends on Lincoln, UK August 28-31, and if you're not already on a transatlantic flight with your brass goggles fogged from the…
Amherstburg Uncommon Festival
A free outdoor steampunk festival in a historic Ontario town near Detroit, running September 18 through 20: gears, top hats, axe throwing, teapot racing, a wizard academy, a steampunk opera…