According to the official Star Wars site, the Star Wars Roleplaying Game will get an upgrade late next year with a Revised Rulebook. The revised edition will make “rules improvements drawn from customer feedback” and will have material based on Star Wars: Episode 2 (whose name we dare not speak
Month: November 2001
Tri-Stat Tekumel Delayed Until May
has updated its release schedule for early 2002, which among other things revealed the delayed release date of Tekumel: Empire of the Petal Throne under the Tri-Stat system. Now coming in May, the book has swelled to an estimated 304 page and increased its pricetag to at least $44.95. I
Wheel Of Time RPG Page Launched At WotC
After the all-too-busy holidays, I finally got around to checking out the new Wheel of Time RPG page on the WotC website. Some interesting stuff, especially if you’ve read the books. I’ll be interested to see if the page gets updated regularly. It’d be nice to see a new game
HACK! Ready To Ship
Eden Studios has joyously announced the arrival of the Knights of the Dinner Table: HACK! Card Game. After a few delays (I think HACK! was originally expected at GenCon), the game will be shipping from the printer straight to anxious distributors, and should be available in stores just in time
Dime Heroes and Supplement Now Available
Deep7 has announced the availability of their latest 1PG, Dime Heroes. The pulp action mini-RPG is only $3.95 to download, and as a special bonus you can get the Jungle Adventures supplement for only a dollar more. If you’ve been going through 1PG withdrawal during the last year or so,
For The Crowd’s Favor
Our latest review from Matthew takes a look at Gladiator: Sands of Death by Mongoose Publishing. If you want to take Ridley Scott’s place and call the shots in the arena, come see if the D20 supplement has what you need. Phoenix To Rise From Ashes of ICE As we
Oh, Hey, I Just Noticed Something
Steve Jackson Games is hard at work on Munchkin 2: Unnatural Axe, a new set of 112 cards for the popular hack-and-slash card game Munchkin. New art from John K (no, not that one), a new race to play (orcs, baby!) and a price that seems to be missing the
Chaosium Posts Free Cthulhu Scenarios
The all-too-quiet folks next door to my office have posted several PDF scenarios for Call of Cthulhu. There’s quite a few to check out. Spanning the Atlas The Last Dance, the latest D20 adventure to come out of Atlas Games’ Penumbra line, has shipped. Accompanying it to market is At
D20 License To Exclude Miniatures
According to Ryan Dancey’s post on the OGL mailing list, companies taking advantage of the D20 license will soon have to stay away from doing D20 miniature figures: When the STL was drafted, there was no firm commitment to proceed with a D&D-based miniatures game. Internally, the business managers all
It’s HellRail… Without All The Hell!
Glastyn Games has announced that FrachtExpress, the rethemed, family-oriented German version of HellRail, is now available in American stores. Most people will probably want to stick with the English-language, damned-soul-filled edition from Mayfair Games, but it’s always nice to know that you have freedom of choice….
Mongoose Goes Wild
Some pre-release details and the cover art have been posted for Mongoose Publishing‘s next Encyclopedia Arcane, Chaos Magic. I’ve been dubious about wild magic since 2nd Edition wasted the opportunity and made it silly. I’ll be interested to see how Mongoose handles the topic.
D20 Fu
Today, Joe brings us a review of Buring Shaolin, the Feng Shui/D20 crossover adventure by Atlas Games. Prepare to get your wuxia-style leaps on, and dive in. Roleplaying Tips Weekly #99 Tips on Metagaming form the majority of this week’s Roleplaying Tips. What’s Metagaming, you ask? Well, for the most
Zocchi Distribution To Close Doors
Icv2 and other sources have reported that Zocchi Distribution is shutting down. The general slowdown in the economy, plus the effects of the September 11th tragedy, were sighted as major factors to the distributor’s unfortunate demise. I’ve been hearing that today was the company’s last day, but considering their plans
Buffy The Roleplayer
Eden Studios has been hinting lately that they may be doing a licenced Buffy the Vampire Slayer RPG sometime next year. Keep your eyes peeled for an announcement in the weeks to come. Issaries Revises Product Schedule Siting the unavoidable delay caused by their layout artist’s emergency Cesarean section (she’s
Friends And Foes Shipping, Diskwars Fixing, Dragonstar Dragging
FFG finally got the Lord of the Rings board game expansion Friends and Foes back from the printer, and is kicking it back out the door as fast as they can. It looks like the rebranded FFG version of last year’s award-winning (heh) board game will be going great guns