When I read the press release headline, I was hoping WotC had struck some kind of deal with that biker bar in the Mission District, but alas, no: D&D creator Dave Arneson’s new-ish company has announced a licensing agreement with WotC that will return Arneson’s Blackmoor campaign world to print,
Month: April 2004
Cheap “laughs” at the expense of a game? company
You know, like how poor, innocent ethnic restaurants will put “the ‘best’ food in town” on their menus? I just want to point out that, thanks to a misconfigured HTML character set, the new official product page for Pirates of the Spanish Main has some amusingly placed question marks in
Kubla Khan at Kubla Con
Troll Lord Games will be bringing a special limited edition d20 tournament module to KublaCon at the end of May. Called The Temple of Kubla Khan, the adventure is written by Casey Christofferson, author of several books for Necromancer Games. Here’s the description: An ancient ruined bastion and the forces
Now I can be a warlock anywhere
Got a PalmOS handheld? Got a gamebook fetish? Go wild.
Grog d’Or ’04: burninating the peasants
French roleplaying association GROG has announced the nominees for this year’s Grog d’Or award, which goes to what the membership decides was the best roleplaying product, line or setting of the last year… whether or not it was new. English-language nominees include Mongoose’s B5, Mutants & Masterminds, Orpheus, Savage Worlds,
Dwarven Reforged
The fine folks at Dwarven Forge have made several website improvements, adding a wish list to the shopping cart, and a message board. Next month, in addition to having the new Sci-Fi sets hit stores, the company will also put a “Tile Construction Kit” into place on the website. Finally,
A&A D-Day gets columnar on your ass
His run of weekly behind-the-scenes articles on Axis & Allies 2nd Edition concluded, developer Mike Selinker starts running it down about Axis & Allies D-Day. “As you evaluate what’s different about this game, always remember the following: Axis & Allies is strategic, Axis & Allies D-Day is tactical.” Mmmm, tactics.
Chaosium, RPGnet exchange threats
In the aftermath of the GAMA Trade Show, a feud has erupted between Chaosium, the company behind Call of Cthulhu, and one of the biggest roleplaying websites, RPGnet. Each has sent out a press release about the incident, below. All I have to say is, I’ll win.