Yes, drooling Cthulhu fanatics, Chaosium has finally answered your fevered prayers by announcing a 15th Anniversary Edition of Arkham Horror. Set for a late Summer/Fall 2002 release, demo games are already planned for Origins and GenCon this year. The infamous Cthulhu boardgame of monster hunting and insanity has been highly
Month: February 2002
Steve Jackson Ships Robin Laws GM Guide, New Editions Of Damn Near Everything (But Not GURPS… Yet)
Not only does today’s Daily Illuminator announce the shipment of Robin’s Laws of Good Gamemastering, a general guide to GMing by the renowned designer, new editions of Chez Geek and GURPS Horror, a Deadlands-branded Frag (is there a Wild West FPS they could have grabbed the license for?), the first
Deadlands Conversion Rules Coming Next Week
Until now, Pinnacle had been sticking to their guns by saying there would be no conversion rules to take original Deadlands across to Deadlands D20. But next Tuesday, Pinnacle will finally relent and give conversion guidelines to players new and old. Shane Hensley described the rules as they’re shaping up
Castle Dunmere Review
Joe delves into the fortress and its surroundings in our new review of Castle Dunmere, a d20 adventure from Citizen Games. What evil lurks in the heart of the castle? I ain’t tellin’ — but Joe is. Go take a look.
Green Ronin Gives Freeport Peek
The crime-ridden district of Freeport known as Scurveytown is detailed in Green Ronin‘s online preview of Freeport: City of Adventure. The three-page preview describes things such as the Beggar’s Market, and Krom’s Throat, a rather unsavory orc bar that requires hosing down each morning. The preview, combined with the reports
Rio Grande Games Just Can’t Stop
Hot on the heels of the last one, Rio Grande Games has released another newsletter! It elaborates on Dragonland and Clash of the Gladiators (both of which turn out to be Reiner Knizia designs), and it also describes a previously unmentioned (if memory serves) April release: Pizarro & Co., a
Ronin War First Look (Or, A Savage Journey Into The Heart Of The Swedish Dream)
Having to glue things together sucks. I mean, sure, I’m spoiled, wargames, uphill in the snow, yada blah foo. Maybe it’s just the plastic that’s giving me trouble. I tried to separate the little tank and airplane units, the ones that don’t require any gluing, and found that the connections
New Review – Backdrops
Once again, Matthew dives into a d20 supplement to give us the skinny. This time, it’s Backdrops from our friends at Atlas Games. How does a book of two-page city settings fare in Matthew’s estimation? Click over and have a look. The Penumbra line is coming along quite well, I’d
Undersea Number-Stacking
Invisible City Productions has posted another game of the month. This time it’s Sharon J. Cichelli’s Coral Reef, a two-player strategy game played with either two decks of playing cards or a set of number tiles. If you’re looking for a fast and simple time-filler, this should please you.
Vampire Hunters Of Europe, Rejoice!
Gamers in Europe will soon sink their teeth into their first taste of the Buffy CCG. According to the official newsletter, “Buffy CCG cards will be heading over to Europe as early as next week, for an immediate release upon arrival.” The cards were obviously slowed in their journey overseas,
The Return of Mythrole
This seems the be the week of returning web sites; after a long downtime, Mythrole Games‘ site is back up on a new server. It doesn’t have any new announcements on it just yet, but there seem to be rumblings of something to come. Piecepack Contest Announced James Kyle has
Details on Unknown Armies Second Edition, More
John Tynes‘ weblog, Dispatches from Revland, is a particularly good thing to read right now. It features copious details about the upcoming second edition of Unknown Armies (including a tentative completion date of April), the cover of said edition, a nugget of joy from the RPGnet forums, and a couple
Holy Flying Crap, There’s Going To Be A Wheel Of Time Supplement
The book that stood alone stands alone no more! Wizards has just announced (well, they probably announced it before but now they’re screaming about it) The Wheel Of Time: Prophecies of the Dragon, a nearly 200-page six-part campaign supplement. The events in the campaign dovetail neatly with the first five
So Did Anything Happen At DunDraCon?
Yeah, I guess so. A whole mess – possibly an entire passel – of Hero System fans were hanging around the joint, enjoying Hero Games‘ celebration of the 5th edition going to press. We also heard news from Ken Hite of Decipher, who assiduously avoided saying that he knew anything
AdvancedFightingFantasy.com Returning Soon
If you’ve tried to visit AdvancedFightingFantasy.com lately, you’ve probably noticed that it’s not there anymore. This is because it got so much traffic in the wake of its announcement of the Fighting Fantasy reprints that its cheapo web host got overwhelmed and took it down. Fortunately, the site will be