I only link to to point out that I was right. Also, I didn’t mention it before but I had vague wishes/suspicions that the name Chop Shop might be some kind of obscure shoutout to RoboRally, and now that I’ve heard it involves robots, well dammit, ¡viva la Twonky! We
Month: March 2004
Situation normal
We had a bad roll on the Technical Difficulties Table today – naturally, the very best time this could have happened – and it took a while to get straightened out. If you find anything irregular, let us know.
Live from GTS 2004: Sucking Vacuum doesn’t
Alien Menace is back in the swing of things with a revised version of Sucking Vacuum, which the company announced last week. The new boxed version is a gorgeous full-color product, with 18 tiles that are played to make the doomed International Space Station each player must escape from. Sci-fi
Live at GTS 2004: Situation Normal at Human Head
Left out of the Green Ronin presentation this morning was Human Head‘s next roleplaying project, Normal, Texas. Scheduled for the end of 2004, the game will be about an everyday little town with ooze monsters, giant spiders, aliens, miniaturized humans, and other freakish goodies. According to Matt Forbeck, head of
GTS Day 2 press wrapup
would be intriguing if it weren’t for the fact that every catalog-like thing that I’ve ever seen Wizards release has contained something that was either misnamed or actually cancelled some time after said catalog went to press. As it is, it’s just funny. Maybe Chop Shop is the boys’ equivalent
Live at GTS 2004: Green Ronin, SJ Games, others announce lots o’ stuff
Staggering out bleary-eyed for the retailer breakfast presentation, I walked toward the banquet hall through the Orleans casino and was suddenly joined by a well-dressed, middle-aged man who seemed to appear out of nowhere. He immediately caught me off guard by calmly, matter-of-factly stating “Yeah, the works of Satan are
Cardboard heroes, eh? How about cardboard <i>everything?</i>
No disrespect to the fine SJG line of folded paper, but, as in so many other genres, the Japanese have us sort of outclassed. This blog Boing Boing has been nuts for the folded paper over the last couple of days, including these Star Wars models that might be of
Live from GTS 2004: WotC wins crowd with GI Joe
I just staggered back from Peter Adkison’s party (thanks, Peter!), and find Mike has one-upped me. Curses! I’ll get you, evil brother of mine. Anyway… To kick off the banquet presentations here at the GAMA Trade Show, Wizards of the Coast gave a recap of a successful 2003, and previewed
GTS Day 1 press wrap-up
Looks like Duel Masters will be giving MtG’s Darksteel some competition in the new Origins Awards category, “Stupidest Name for a CCG Expansion.” Elsewhere in the WotC press dinner for non-D&D properties, a release date is announced for the GI JOE TCG (should be ready for Gen Con), and you
Fighting Fantasy on warpath at Myriador
Myriador Ltd. has announced their product schedule for most of this year. Of particular interest is the Fighting Fantasy Role Play Game due in June 2004. The game will use the d20 System, just as the other Fighting Fantasy derived Myriador releases, but remain a “fully contained game.” The company’s
Avalon Hill plans new game that doesn’t have an old game’s name
Betrayal at House on the Hill is a tile-based casual game with a haunted-house theme, set for release within the blast radius of Halloween. It’s a little unclear from the press release whether this is a reprint or not, but I don’t think it is. You’re welcome to correct me
Beer Money images on tap
Atlas Games just now (like, half an hour ago) posted some sample card art from the upcoming Lunch Money sequel, Beer Money. Some of my buddies from the days back at Gamers.com will be thrilled. In fact, the only way they’d be more thrilled is if Beer Money were also
Omlevex, the multi-talented supers supplement
Spectrum Games and Z-Man Games have set loose a new take on the superhero RPG supplement. Omlevex poses as the official sourebook of Omlevex Comics Group, a fictional comic group. With stats for Silver Age Sentinels, M&M Superlink, and the Hero System, it seems like all the bases are covered.
OgreCave review: Big Top
Matthew gives us his take on a new card game today: Big Top by APE Games. Did this circus-themed revision of a classic card game perform well under Matthew’s watchful gaze? Find out in his review.
Z-Man shows us the funny
Z-Man Games will soon be publishing the Tome of Levity, a 48 page book of unusual spells. No, not levitation, levity. As in, “funny but useful spells for most fantasy campaigns.” Like what? I’ll let the press release below clue you in.