The classic Michael Jackson disco track “Don’t Stop Till You Get Enough” is today’s pop culture reference. It’s been showing up in like half the things I read, ever since that karaoke night a couple days ago. I’m trying to kind of exorcise its power over me by mentioning it
Month: November 2002
Chronicles of Arborell Just Keeps Growing
Wayne Densley’s Chronicles of Arborell online gamebook series seems to be doing quite well. Although the second volume of the adventure, the reportedly massive Earth and Stone, is still not yet complete, the original volume, Windhammer, has been receiving quite a bit of attention. It is now a permanent part
WordSnakes Sighted at Penny Games
The Penny Games has just posted the rules to WordSnake, a new game for use with their Alpha Playing Cards. The game allows two to five players to simultaneously build words using their hands and a common pool of extra letters. If you like Scrabble but hate waiting for your
Sword & Sorcery to bring back Gamma World
Just when you thought you’d never see Gamma World again, and began mourning the loss of your mutants, Sword & Sorcery Studios announces that it has gained the rights from WotC to bring Gamma World back in a new form. The new edition (and subsequent game line) will be for
WarMech background revealed by Mongoose
Over on the ENWorld Forums, an interesting preview has shown up. Mongoose Publishing posted this thread giving the game background for its upcoming WarMech RPG. The lengthy background preview describes Earth circa 2089, and parallels could be drawn between the grim future described and the BattleTech setting (though at this
Tome of Horrors ships
Necromancer Games has shipped the Tome of Horrors, containing more than 400 monsters to harass and wound your characters with. As per the “First Edition Feel” Necromancer is always after, the book will give d20 players all the beasts from original AD&D that hadn’t yet crossed over to Third Edition.
DC HeroClix: Kickin’ ass and Takin’ names
According to the latest info from WizKids, the DC Heroclix CMG is an even bigger hit than some of us may have realized. According to today’s press release, DC HeroClix: Hypertime “has sold more than one million starter sets and booster packs, which translates into more than five million figures
Wingnut Games SOAPs up
Wingnut Games recently announced a publishing agreement with Ferry Bazelmans to bring his SOAP roleplaying game to print. Recently released as a PDF, SOAP is a game of “soap opera mayhem.” Yes, indeed. As the company blurb says, “your character is likely to be shot by ex-lovers, undergo a life-threatening
Class of ’99 on schedule for Buffy CCG
The cheerleader/vampire-fighter games just keep on coming. Score Entertainment has announced that Class of ’99, the new Buffy CCG expansion, is at distributors now and should arrive in stores on November 18. Each Class of ’99 booster will contain details on a contest to win more of the CCG, some
Black Dawning Wolf at Mystic Eye
Mystic Eye Games as added the Black Dawning Wolf to the free downloads for Nightmares & Dreams. This latest N & D web enhancement is in addition to the Necrosphinx and the short scenario, The Crawling Terror, which can both be found on the Hunt: Rise of Evil downloads page.
No Gen Con For You!
According to the GenCon.com front page, “Due to reorganization Gen Con So Cal has been pushed back to April 2004 and a new show, Gen Con Games Spectacular, will take place in Amsterdam in November of 2003.” First they make us drive, then they make us wait. *sigh* Are they
ACD heads west
ACD Distribution is taking steps to improve its shipping times to the western side of the US by opening a new warehouse just a bit down the road from me, in Fresno, CA. The California warehouse will begin shipping out orders on December 2. Retailers will be able to continue
Want More Playtest Reports?
This guy does a bunch of them here. Check out his reports on the Essen game fair in Germany.
OgreCave Interview: Steve Jackson
Craig recently posed a few questions to gaming luminary Steve Jackson, and got some interesting responses. What does the long-time game designer and GURPS creator have to say about the state of the industry, or the future of Steve Jackson Games? To learn more, you’ll have to read, buddy.
New Review: Game Mastering Secrets
No power outage today, so we’ve got stuff for ya. Joe has checked out Game Mastering Secrets: Second Edition from Grey Ghost Press, and tells all in his latest review. Is it exactly what the beginner GM in your circle of friends needs? Perhaps so. Find out inside.