Month: April 2001

Deep7, publisher of the 1PG line of cheap and quick role-playing games, is currently looking for unsigned bands who might be interested in contributing to a soundtrack for use with the second edition of its “teen horror” game, Shriek. This is a great opportunity for musically-inclined gamers (or their friends)

The next supplement for Blue Planet v2, Natural Selection, is at the printer and should be in stores and at Fantasy Flight Games by late April. The newest oceanpunk supplement will detail the ecology of the waterworld Poseidon, allowing for more exploration of the wet wilderness. Preview the Scars Sword

Pinnacle has moved into high gear by posting several new tidbits. Among them is a recounting of the first playtest session for the D20 game, Weird Wars. How did the first playtest session go? Well, after a WWII combat against some basic Germans, the PEG playtest team determined that “the

Wizards of the Coast has posted some downloadable character sheets for the psionic classes found in the Psionics Handbook. Carefully document your mental prowess, lest you hear the DM utter the phrase that strikes fear in disorganized players: “If you didn’t write it down, you don’t have it.” ‘Twould be

Gamers can finally get their hands on an RPG based on the works of author Jack Vance now that Pelgrane Press has given us Dying Earth. Written by Robin Laws, John Snead and Peter Freeman, the game takes players to a ruined world of desperation and magic. From everything we’ve

The solitaire gamebook scene has been dead for far too long; apart from some interesting online efforts and a handful of simplistic Choose Your Own Adventure books, almost nothing notable has seen print since the late nineties. Fortunately, Panurgic Publishing, the brainchild of Fighting Fantasy author Paul Mason, has begun

Artist and all around great guy John Kovalic has put out a call to fans of his hilarious gaming comic, Dork Tower. John’s looking for your opinion of which Dork Tower strips should be in this summer’s Best of Dork Tower #1, and he’s offering a bribe — er, prize

Back from GAMA and settling into their new website nicely, Pinnacle has begun an ongoing column to chronicle the creation of Deadlands D20. As Deadlands fans may recall, the D20 project was scrapped when Pinnacle was purchased by Cybergames last September, but when PEG regained its independence in January, the

(Just doing that to get interesting search engine traffic. No offense.) Steve Jackson Games has pre-announced another non-collectible expansion set for , the collectible version of Illuminati. Purists may scoff, but lots of folks played INWO, and its streamlined rule set helped make a ridiculous explosion of cards and concepts

Since a day without WotC news is like… well, just go read this more complete outline of their 2001 plans. Harry Potter and major league sports, oh my. No mention of the Potter RPG, which further confirms the news that the RPG has been called off.

Most gamers don’t understand the game distribution business, and frankly, we here at the Cave aren’t way ahead of you. But we do understand that Alliance Game Distributors‘ acquisition, announced Friday, of Berkeley-Topline Distributors and “selected assets” of Barchetta Distribution will change the industry in massive ways. Berkeley and Barchetta

Deep7, the company responsible for the 1PG line of quick and easy role-playing games, has just released a new card game. In Snake Oil, each player is a quack attempting to sell allegedly miraculous potions and oils in an effort to become rich at the expense of the gullible masses.