The Mongoose Publishing machine is chugging along at full speed, so D20 players beware. The company’s website has details on the four new releases planned for next month: The Slayer’s Guide to Dragons (penned by Gary Gygax) The Quintessential Elf The Planes: Zahhak – Ash Waste of the Abyss Encyclopaedia
Month: May 2002
2000 AD RPG Site Up
Mongoose Publishing is finally giving us a look at the Judge Dredd RPG on the game’s new official website. Cruise around the site to see a few technical specs, the planned release schedule for both Judge Dredd and the Slaine RPG, and an 8-page PDF preview of the Judge Dredd
More Monsternomicon & Warmachine On Display
The Warmachine website has added a few more images of figures and concept art from the upcoming miniatures game. While no release date has been announced yet, Privateer Press has said it’s “quite likely” the rulebook will be included in both CD-ROM and book forms. For an idea of the
Neverwinter Nights Module Builder Beta Available
Want to see how good NWN will be at letting you create whatever you want? Go suck down the 241MB beta version of the Toolset. Here’s an introductory user guide. I’m not gonna be sucking down a 241MB anything anytime soon, so can someone report back on whether this is
Oh, Hey, You Can Vote On The Origins Awards Now
At least I don’t think we’ve reported on this already. Go to town. We hope to have a short feature up with our Origins picks, slams, and generally entertaining bull-puckey in the next couple of weeks.
2002 Spiel des Jahres Nominees Announced
The prestigious annual German game award has announced its preliminary nominees. From these games, a short list of three will be picked next month, then a final. The Children’s Game award, born last year, is now getting its own full jury process as well. DVONN is the second game in
Attack Of The Clon– I Mean Clown— I Mean Dragons
FFG has finally, formally announced the release date for the Dragonstar Guide to the Galaxy as May 28. This companion book to the Starfarer’s Handbookwill actually contain the background of the Dragon Empire, thereby making it clear to people at long last why they should buy the Starfarer’s Handbook. (Which
Invisible City Builds Big Ancient Structure with Dominoes
The May game of the month from Invisible City is here. Ziggurat is a pleasant reminder (for two or four players) that dominoes are good for more than just knocking over in sequence — they’re also good for piling up strategically in an effort to score the most points. If
Orientation At Necromantic U.
Green Ronin has posted a preview of Secret College of Necromancy, the company’s latest D20 supplement and the second in its Arcana series. Game industry veterans David “Zeb” Cook (he did the original Oriental Adventures, remember?) and Wolfgang Baur (former Dragon Magazine editor), Secret College covers all the best dead
Smart People Like Rio Grande Games
The latest newsletter from Rio Grande Games has some interesting announcements. For one thing, Dvonn, part of the Gipf series of interlocking abstract strategy games, has won a Mensa Select Award, making it the second Gipf entry to receive this distinction. Also interesting in a less braggy sort of way
Missing Monsters Returned To Life By Necromancer
After some minor negotiations with WotC, Necromancer Games will publish the D20 supplement Tome of Horrors, a “Compendium of New Monsters and Creatures Converted from First Edition to Third Edition.” The hardcover tome, headed by Creature Collection veteran Scott Greene, will be 300+ pages and will contain the following head
Demon God’s Fane Review Posted
Joe’s given us a look at the high-level Malhavoc Press adventure Demon God’s Fane. Find out if the adventure’s right for your 14th level campaign. Wait… you’ve got a 14th level campaign? Geez. Mine’s at a nice, respectable (and still killable) 7th level. Best of luck with your demigods.
This Is Hell… This Is Hell On Earth… This Is Hell On Earth On D20
Pinnacle has decided to publish Hell on Earth D20 to bring more gamers into the Wasted West. Fred Jandt, former head of West End Games, has written the new version, which includes “Legend Chips, powers for Templars, Doomsayers, Junkers, rules for fully-automatic weapons” and more. For an early taste of
Godlike Review Posted
Today, Nathan provides not only an informative review of Godlike, but the story of a gamer (himself) and how he came to know and love a new game system. Have a look at the superhero game that even non-supers gamers are falling for.
Zombies!!! Actually Back, Actually
The last time they smacked us up with a press release, the folks at Twilight Creations were not totally forthright about the fact that they really were going to have Zombies!!! back in print, under the same name that is, with expansions and such. All they had clear info on