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Tuesday, April 20, 2004
Conan adventure available from Mongoose
Mongoose Publishing has begun the electronic age of Hyborian adventure with the first PDF adventure for Conan the Roleplaying Game. For a mere $8, gamers can download The Black Stones of Kovag-Re, “a boisterous tale of kidnap and intrigue for a party of 1st-3rd level characters.” You can grab a copy for yourself here at RPGnow.
Monday, April 19, 2004
Atlas announces intimate new Dungeoneer sets for couples
Well… a coupla gamers, anyway. The new two-player sets Dungeoneer: Haunted Woods of Malthorin and Dungeoneer: Den of the Wererats ship in July and each have just enough room for you and someone you love to beat on: three new character types apiece, plus wilderness Map cards and city Map cards respectively. Will they go together nicely? Will they be out in time for Origins? Do you need a breath mint? We’ll find out? Okay?
Friday, April 16, 2004
News flash: computers are bad GMs
Enjoy this excessively vitriolic, unclear and unsound article alleging that paper roleplaying rules systems are a poor foundation for computer RPGs. He might be right, but he reasons like a rabid Shar Pei with one leg staked to the ground. The thought of even beginning to take this essay apart just kind of exhausts me right now, so you guys go ahead.
Thursday, April 15, 2004
Pinnacle invites you to rip, mix and burn - IN HELL
Pinnacle has posted a PDF preview of their new skirmish minis game Rippers. The six-page preview is all story - what the minis gamers call “fluff” without any pejorative intent - but I’d lay odds that the rules are very similar to the Showdown! skirmish rules based on Savage Worlds. The whole “ripping” mechanic wherein one takes DNA from a victim and adds it to an ally sounds like it could be really creative; in fact, this whole game kinda reminds me of the mismarketed, underrated (like most other things Cell Entertainment did) game LAB. Speaking of marketing, I have to question whether retailers will make room for yet another indie miniatures game right now, but mmm, tasty clear plastic boxes. You make the call.
Wednesday, April 14, 2004
Gary Gygax suffers stroke, recovering
According to a post by Eric Noah on the forums over at ENWorld, Gary Gygax, co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons, is not in the best of health. Sure, he’s been chain-smoking for years, but that’s not the main problem; the stroke he suffered on April 1st is the problem. Gary is recovering now, and we wish him and his family the best. And next time, I advise him to keep his Cloak of Protection on (sorry, couldn’t resist).
Monday, April 12, 2004
Blackmoor revival finally underway
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, and possibly to PC screens if the other half of Zeitgeist’s mission statement bears fruit. Negotiations about the licensing have been going on for some time now, but it seems the core book will finally be out this fall.
Friday, April 9, 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 certain browsers. They’ll probably fix it shortly, but in the meantime, they’ve crystallized many gamers’ thoughts eloquently. Anyway, the ships still look cool, the price point is still right, and the release date is still July. I have my Origins-bound fingers crossed.
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 of chaos! Horror, dread and decay! All this and much more await those willing to accept the challenges offered in the The Temple of Kubla Khan. Discover the secret of the Mad Lord and challenge the Crawling Queen herself in her horror filled subterranean lair. The Temple of Kubla Khan combines fast paced action with challenging role play and mind boggling puzzles at every turn. Including four brand new monsters and a plethora of new magical items, The Temple of Kubla Khan is designed to keep your players on their toes and provide hours of dungeon crawling mind mangling fun.
The adventure is also described as “completely compatible” with Dwarven Forge’s Master Maze dungeon sets. This makes perfect sense, since a month ago the KublaCon email newsletter mentioned having multiple sets of Master Maze available for GMs to use. Most likely, KublaCon will make a set or two available to the Trolls. The Temple of Kubla Khan is a 32 page adventure for 4-6 characters of levels 6-8, and will be available only at KublaCon or by special order, for $10.95.
Wednesday, April 7, 2004
Tuesday, April 6, 2004
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, Tribe 8, and Vampire: the Masquerade. Interesting list to say the least; winner gets announced in a month or so.
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