Saw a Simpsons TCG demo. The cards are simple, have non-lame quotes on them (not hugely exciting ones either from what I saw), and seem to be aiming for the middle-ground fan, rather than for Simpsons otaku. There is a vague similarity to the Looney Tunes design, but don’t be
Month: June 2003
Live from Origins 2003: why is it hotter in Oakland than here?
Upper Deck is showing the SpongeBob SquarePants CCG, which looks about like you’d expect for a game where you’re trying to convince the most people to eat Krabby Pattys. A casual look (all I’ve had time for) didn’t reveal any interesting game mechanics, but nothing egregiously stupid, either. However, in
Live From Origins 2003: A free gift from the Department of Homeland Security, just for being you
Played Initial D and HumAliens at the AEG booth. Both card sets look pretty final, although the games don’t come out until September or so. D is definitely the better game of the two from what I saw – the street racing mechanic is very pretty without sacrificing speed. Lots
Live From Origins 2003: the eternal struggle continues
That’s all I’ll say about that. But the good news is I’m comfortably ensconced in an ideal location and have all the net I want for no extra cash. Also, this year I plan to actually sign up for actual events actually. We’ll see how that goes. I only had
Make an Elder God, Win a Kewpie Doll
Yog-Sothoth.com has announced a joint contest with Toy Vault, the folks who made all those stuffed Cthulhu toys. The challenge? Create your very own plush Cthulhu. Yep, Toy Vault wants to pick your brain for variant ideas on Cthulhu and company, and is offering up one of each Cthulhu plush
Topps buys WizKids
No joke. Read the press release. “The acquisition of WizKids represents an important step in our strategy for growing the Entertainment segment of the business as it provides efficient entry to the growing collectible games market.” Anyone else got a feeling we’ll see two or three new licensed games from
Oh dear God, not again
Naughty and Dice: An Adult Gamer’s Guide to Sexual Situations
Your organism is important to me
As Mr. Ernest mentioned in our interview, Cheapass is a third computer game from the Digital Eel folks. What we didn’t know is that the demo’s available now, which I noticed over at Slashdot. Anyway, Dr. Blob’s Organism is like a cross between Tempest and those Life screensavers that look
Drop the little blockies and make ’em go down
When something reminds me of Icehouse, I post it: Triptych is a puzzle game for Windows, Mac, and Linux in which you drop groups of three colored blocks, and when three of the same color touch each other they disappear. The trick is that this happens with real physics –
Cosmic Encounter is online for reals this time
Hey, did you know that Cosmic Encounter Online has relaunched, with a much snazzier tool for online play, a much busier pool of players, and a wider selection of alien powers? Of course you didn’t! The new Flash-based engine supports new aliens like “The Dork,” whose “power to annoy” causes
OgreCave Interview: James Ernest
Though a bit laid up with the latest tropical disease, I can still manage to post a new interview. This time we’ve put a few questions to James Ernest, founder and President of , and prolific game designer. Which of his numerous game designs gave him the most trouble? Read
FFG gets WarCraft board game license
Well, WotC sure as hell wasn’t doing anything good with it: Fantasy Flight Games will be doing a WarCraft board game for this Christmas, the design of which will “make time itself a resource.” That’s not the way I’d handle the problem of translating RTS gameplay to a board game
Free Adventure Posted for M&M
To start your superheroics off right this week, Green Ronin has decided to provide a free Mutants & Masterminds adventure. Steve Kenson’s “The Heist” introduces new characters to the world of crime fighting while saving the GM some work. The 6.4 MB PDF can be downloaded from this part of
That Averages to About Five Cents Each
Philip Reed has done it again: released a damn useful PDF for d20 gamers. This time, it’s 101 Divine Spell Components, a 33-page resource of all the nifty spellcasting ingredients GMs normally have to improvise, for a mere $4.95. This follows the example set by Phil’s earlier PDF product, 101
Crocodile Crawling to GenCon Indy
Crocodile Games, the company behind those excellent WarGods of Aegyptus miniatures, has announced their plans for GenCon Indy. There are sure to be previews of Crocodile’s upcoming WarGods of Olympus, as well as a party on Saturday night (I picture a really drunk guy screaming “Minis! WOOOOO!!”), matched only by