You probably got a first look before we did, but hey. Beautiful cover, isn’t it? Kind of iffy writing in the opening chapter about the game world, huh? Not bad writing, exactly, but a little dry and stiff. Nice interior art, though, and… hmm, I notice there are no little
Month: January 2002
Beware Of Geeks Bearing Gifts?
I admit that all I really know is that Avalanche Press offered several gaming-press websites, via email, the opportunity to host an image of the cover of their new D20 pirate supplement, Black Flag: Pirates of the Caribbean. They may get a phone call from Disney sometime soon, but anyway,
Greenrock Review Posted
We’ve got a new review up, this time from our news cohort Demian. Go take a look at what he had to say about The Secret at Greenrock, a d20 adventure from Citizen Games. I’ve already read what Demian had to say, and for some odd reason, I got the
New Forums Abound At Green Ronin
Sited by the company itself as “a vast improvement,” Green Ronin Publishing has replaced its discussion forums with a brand new one. Head on over and post away, or browse for the skinny on GR’s latest projects. Flurry Of Godlike More Godlike RPG teaser tidbits have been posted to further
Details On New BattleTe… Uh, MechWarrior CMG
If you care about collectible miniatures, you were all over this a couple days ago, but if not, hey, we’re here for ya! WizKids has posted a lengthy, chatty article about the new collectible BattleTech, now actually titled MechWarrior: Dark Age, which contains more than a few things I didn’t
Mage Knight Dungeons First Look
News flash for the inattentive (such as myself): Mage Knight Dungeons is not a Mage Knight expansion. It is not, in fact, a miniatures game. While MK Dungeons does use conventional MK figures, it is played on a square grid, and resembles old dungeon-crawl board games like DungeonQuest more than
Godlike Goodies
Hobgoblynn Press has posted multiple Godlike dicerollers, one online and two for download, on their Godlike resources page. There are also some “Glazier” mission reports to peruse. When I try this system, I’ll be leaning toward the gritty, realistic, low-powered end of the spectrum. Superheroes that actually die, for example.
Hostile Climes For D20 & Other PEG Action
Seems that Pinnacle is working on a new d20 series designed to work with any setting (read:generic) entitled Hostile Climes. The series will concentrate on a particular kind of environment in each book, using new rules, feats, skills, equipment, and some of those new prestige classes all the kids are
Catchy News Title #1: Living City Registration Is Organized
The OrganizedPlay website has just posted a Living City campaign page. Registration software for Living City events is now up and running, though the credit card functions may not calculate your charges quite right, so watch yourself. Still no graphic design elements on the site, really, but those aren’t nearly
Fighting Fantasy is Back
has just confirmed the rumors it hinted at a few months back: Fighting Fantasy gamebooks are coming back into print! The first title, Warlock of Firetop Mountain, will be released in the UK in August, and more will follow. The series will be somewhat reordered (presumably just to confuse collectors
Invisible City Reflects on 2001
Invisible City Productions has just released an article featuring variants and commentary on all of their free games released in 2001. It also has a preview of things to come; not only does it list all of the games planned for release in 2002, but it also suggests that commercial
Wizards To Publish New Star Wars CCG
As we reported last Friday, the current incarnation of the Star Wars CCG is in peril, as Decipher revealed that Lucasfilm did not renew their license. We also reported that Wizards of the Coast appeared to be the — um, force driving Lucasfilm’s decision. Well, sure enough, WotC just announced
Games Workshop Buys Sabertooth Games
I suppose it was inevitable, considering the popularity of the Warhammer 40,000 CCG : Sabertooth Games has had 85% of the company bought by Games Workshop. The prediction is that this will result in higher product quality, a crossover of popular WH40K artists, and a minor delay in the release
Classic Miniatures Change Hands
The Miniatures Page reports that Dark Ages Miniatures has gained ownership of the award winning Grenadier Personality Series One and Series Two miniatures lines sculpted by Julie Guthrie. I own several of these classics, and you probably do too (there were 188 figures total). Emperors Choice, which was bought by
The First Seal Is Broken? Then Why’d I Bother Coming Back To Work?
Tyranny Games has informed us that to announce the upcoming release of the d20 system RPG, The End: Lost Souls Edition, “Pestilence stalks the Earth once again. As The End approaches, Pestilence and its agents bring old and new plagues to the world. New strains of Smallpox, Ebola, and Influenza