The last time I was this excited about an upcoming online game, it wasn’t really about anything. This time, it’s about pirates, and since I basically look like one, well, you can imagine how I feel. Yohoho! Puzzle Pirates is the full title of the game, it’ll be available for
Month: April 2003
Leaden rhetoric
Somebody sat there and sculpted that. Probably a grownup.
Neato: miniatures reference for gamers
“This site is the largest reference for lists and pictures of Fantasy and Science Fiction miniatures, whether used for wargaming, role-playing or simply for show. We do not sell anything nor are we associated with any retailer or manufacturer.”
Mr. Buckethead Continues Battling Evil
Mr. Buckethead, the superhero with a bucket for a head, now has a gamebook series thanks to Cybergecko, the company responsible for Super Giant Monster Showdown. In the Mr. Buckethead Adventure Game Series, readers wander from comic book panel to comic book panel (and sometimes from book to book) gathering
OgreCave has no comment
Fantasy Sex Roleplaying Game Releases October 2003. Given that there seems to be no corporate website, maybe it’s a prank. Well, I guess that’s a comment.
Online tools for your dead-CCG obsession
CCG Workshop is an online purveyor of the cardboard crack of the past, and allegedly the future. Games currently playable online include DoomTrooper (if I’d known, I might not have spent five dollars on those five pounds of cards over the weekend), Wildstorms, BattleTech CCG, Kult, NetRunner (yaaaaay!), Shadowrun CCG,
Fighting Fantasy and D20 Combine
Myriador, a new D20 publisher, has made arrangements with Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone to adapt their gamebooks into D20 modules. The first two titles are The Warlock of Firetop Mountain and Caverns of the Snow Witch, and other classics like Deathtrap Dungeon should be on their way. The initial
EverQuest II CCG no longer just rumor
Sabertooth Games legitimized the rumor we’ve been hearing for weeks now: the company has signed a deal with Sony Online Entertainment Inc. to create an EverQuest II Collectible Card Game. Tentatively titled Guild Wars, the game will pit players against each other as guilds fighting for prestige on a server.
Columbia Games selling direct only
“After 30+ years, we have concluded that our products can best be sold directly. To improve product output and customer service, all Columbia Games products will henceforth be sold ONLY by mail order, telephone, or via www.columbiagames.com.” This is the kind of shakeup I was talking about when Games Workshop
And if you complain once more, you’ll meet an army of sheep
“In Settlers of Catan, you get to build villages, cities, roadways and even armies. But in one of the most glaring oversights in the history of boardgaming, you cannot attack using your armies!“
Hasbro might not be (as) screwed
Hasbro Posts Earnings of Penny Per Share, healthily beating analysts’ prediction of a 6-cent loss. Hasbro CEO Alan Hassenfeld says these results are “gratifying when considering many factors that could have worked against us, including […] the substantial reductions in Star Wars revenue”. Maybe the Star Wars RPG and TCG
First casualty of GW’s new Internet scorched-earth policy
“Hobby Workshop will cease to exist at the end of the month.” We-hell now!
Also not dead: old school miniatures company
I have it on good authority that these folks competed with Ral Partha back in the day. I confess I didn’t know offhand who they were, and I still can’t figure out what RAFM is supposed to stand for. (Requisition A F%@#ing Miniature?) They do appear to have big plans,
Arrh, mateys, he ain’t dead after all
It’s reasonable to be a little confused as to why this press release is circulating the news sites. Until you know that one of the developers of this dark-horse massively multiplayer online game is Unknown Armies developer John Tynes! That’s right: as a consolation prize for the Delta Green PC
HeroClix and WizKids get GEMs
WizKids and HeroClix got some recognition this week from Diamond, the big boys of comic book distribution. The GEM Awards, which are voted on by retail store owners, named WizKids 2002 Game Publisher of the Year, and HeroClix 2002 Game Product of the Year by the GEM Awards. What does