Okay, I’m back. Getting *to* GenCon was a minor nightmare that took 28 hours, but getting back went quite smoothly. Plenty of thunderstorms in both directions. And since my trip to GenCon was on non-OgreCave business (I’m working for Wizard’s Attic and Skotos Tech on a project to expand RPGnet.
Month: August 2001
Well, I’m on layover in
Well, I’m on layover in the Denver airport, but I’ll be movin’ on home soon. I’ll have some GenCon posts for you tomorrow, and an image gallery shortly thereafter. Stay tuned.
Gamebook Authors Interviewed Online
Since appearing more or less out of nowhere a few weeks ago, has grown into a remarkable resource for fans of the classic Fighting Fantasy gamebook series. In addition to the usual reviews and solutions, it has some exclusive looks at books that never made it into print along with
Risk 2210 A.D. First Look
For all I know, Allan’s still stuck in Oakland Airport, cell phone dead and out of quarters, reduced to trying to sneak some stale breakfast bacon out of the dumpsters. Or he’s at Gen Con, either unable to get online or too busy with his special top secret work to
Tri-Stat System Dons Spandex
, makers of the popular anime RPG Big Eyes, Small Mouth and its many spin-offs, has just announced that their Tri-Stat System will reach yet another popular genre next summer. With the release of Silver Age Sentinels, players will be able to adventure in the many potential worlds of “four-color-style”
Where’s Sven?
If things seem a little bit ominously quiet around here, that’s probably because Sven has left for GenCon. If you can’t make it to the convention yourself, you might enjoy visiting Wizards of the Coast‘s Virtual GenCon from time to time over the next few days. If you have a
Troll Lord Games: The OgreCave Interview
Ever wonder what it’s like to be Gary Gygax’s publisher, or what the guys who put those CD-ROM d20 modules on your game store’s shelves were thinking? Read all about it in the first of what are sure to be many OgreCave interviews. (Peep Colin’s fly new corner graphic while
Fantasy Flight Lifts Veil On Dragonstar
Just as surely as that dead wrestler has a posse, Brave New World author Matt Forbeck’s upcoming hybrid fantasy/sci-fi world for d20 now has a web site. There’s also a new page for Reiner Knisia’s Lord of the Rings board game, now that FFG is its new publisher. More Vortex
Sack Armies: Expeditionary Force Review
Just in time for Gen Con, for Allan to get on the plane and not be able to post about it, and for hell to freeze over, it’s Sven’s review of Sack Armies – technically, of the first set, Expeditionary Forces, which is now available in a store near you
Go Directly to R’lyeh, Do Not Pass Go, Do Not Collect $200
Just in case you weren’t satisfied with the Cthulhoid hybridizing found in games like Pokéthulhu, John Wick will soon bring a new unspeakable horror to light. He’s just announced that Necronomonopoly, “The Satirical Sanity-Blasting Game of Real Estate Acquisition and Bibliophilia,” will be available from Wicked Press during the first