Dungeons, decoded.
Fresh takes on RPGs, indie gems and honest hardware reviews — squeezed straight from the North of England for players who want more than a score out of ten.
Call +44 161 835 7135 · Manchester M1 5WW
From a shared flat to a full editorial desk
What started as two friends arguing about loot tables over cheap pizza is now a small independent outlet read by tens of thousands of players every month.
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2016
A blog is born in Fallowfield
The first 40 reviews were written on a battered laptop between shifts, focused entirely on the RPGs nobody else was covering properly.
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2019
Moving into the city centre
We took a small desk on Whitworth Street West and brought on freelance writers covering indies, retro and PC hardware.
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2022
100,000 monthly readers
Our co-op guides and buying advice crossed six figures a month, funded entirely by readers rather than publishers.
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Today
Independent, and staying that way
A five-strong team publishing daily, still refusing sponsored scores and still answering every email ourselves.
Everything a curious player actually wants
RPG deep-dives
Full 4,000-word breakdowns of builds, branching quests and endgame — the kind of coverage that respects your 90-hour save file.
Indie discoveries
A new hidden gem every Friday, most under £15 on release.
Honest hardware reviews
Handhelds, keyboards and GPUs tested for weeks, never hours.
Co-op guides
Step-by-step routes so you and a friend never get stuck.
Weekly UK release calendar
Every launch dated for GMT/BST, with prices in pounds and links to the cheapest legit stores.
Before & after: our capture desk
Drag the handle to see how we colour-grade raw gameplay captures into the crisp screenshots that headline every review.
Raw capture
Open-world dusk pass — restoring the atmosphere lost to auto-exposure.
Raw capture
Boss-fight clarity — cutting bloom so the mechanics actually read.
Loved by players across the UK
Harriet B.
Leeds
"Their handheld buying guide saved me from a £500 mistake. I bought the runner-up they recommended and it's perfect for my commute."
Deval M.
Manchester
"The Friday indie pick is the only newsletter I never delete. I've found at least a dozen games I'd have completely missed otherwise."
Sian O.
Cardiff
"Finally a site that reviews RPGs like people who actually finish them. Their 60-hour verdict changed my mind completely."
Tomasz R.
Glasgow
"The co-op guide got my partner and me through a boss we'd been stuck on for a week. Clear screenshots, no fluff."
Amara K.
Bristol
"No sponsored scores, and you can tell. When they say something's mediocre, you believe them. That trust is rare."
Jack N.
Newcastle
"I emailed a question about a GPU and got a proper, thoughtful reply the next morning. Try getting that from a big outlet."
Pitch a story or say hello
Got a tip, a game you think we've missed, or a review request? We read every message ourselves — usually replying within a working day.
- Phone
- +44 161 835 7135
- [email protected]
- Studio
- 58 Whitworth Street West, Manchester M1 5WW
- Desk hours
- Mon–Fri, 9:30am–6:00pm GMT