July 2004 – OgreCave

Board breaking at GAMA, karate not involved

July 30, 2004 Allan Sugarbaker Industry 2 comments

The new GAMA Board of Directors has hit rough waters already, after being appointed a month ago, and has lost two members. According to the press release sent yesterday (see below), Ryan Dancey has resigned as Treasurer of GAMA after

Pokémon gets up on soapbox

July 30, 2004 Allan Sugarbaker Card Games, Industry

Seems like companies are all searching for that elusive advertising venue these days, that crowd of potential customers that haven’t yet realized how badly they need to purchase games and toys. Or maybe I’m just hearing about the various promotional

The corpse of Twonky rises to feast on the flesh of its enemies

July 29, 2004 Mike Sugarbaker Board Games, Computer and Console Games

I just keep findin’ em! (Confession: – found via .) RoboTournament is a cross-platform, networkable near-clone of RoboRally. The changes are improvements, in my view; at least they’re improvements for the online domain. For one, I very much like that

WizKids’ Pirates hit the streets, search for rum

July 28, 2004 Allan Sugarbaker Board Games, Miniatures Games

Today’s the street date for WizKids‘ latest innovation, Pirates of the Spanish Main, designed primarily by Mike Selinker and James Ernest. I’ve managed to get my hands on some packs of the game, and yes, every $3.99 pack has at

A board game design convention only two blue cards away

July 28, 2004 Dave Chalker Board Games, Card Games, Conventions, Industry

This past weekend the first annual Pow Wow conference was held in Charlottesville, Virginia. Like its predecessor Protospiel, the idea was to get together a group of German-style board game designers and have them play each other’s prototype games. Each

Extended Return of the King scenes online

July 26, 2004 Allan Sugarbaker Industry 3 comments

For you Peter Jackson/Tolkien fans out there, this site has footage of the extra Return of the King scenes from this December’s upcoming extended edition previewed at San Diego Comic Con this past weekend. Apparently, the Voice of Sauron appears

Steal a gene, go to jail: it’s the law

July 26, 2004 Mike Sugarbaker Miniatures Games

If there is only one of you, according to the most careful accounting you have available, you can play Space Hulk second edition rules on Windows.

Rumors of John Wick’s death are greatly exaggerated

July 22, 2004 Mike Sugarbaker Roleplaying Games

Hey, so look who shows up all of a sudden! Enemy Gods is the new style being rocked by the famed L5R and Orkworld author, who has a new publishing house and domain name, apparently co-owned by the author of

The kimono finally lifts on Doom board game

July 22, 2004 Mike Sugarbaker Board Games, Computer and Console Games One comment

This interview with FFG’s Kevin Wilson over at one o’ them video-game sites reveals that, no, Doom: the Boardgame will not in fact be much like Frag. He describes it as “a cross between Heroquest and Space Hulk.” Not only

Paranoia XP cover posted

July 22, 2004 Mike Sugarbaker Roleplaying Games

According to the development blog as well as the visual evidence, the cover artist of the original Paranoia is back and apparently in fine form. Whether the book is going to be at Gen Con Indy is a matter of

When the time limit expires, a giant sneaker fills the screen

July 21, 2004 Mike Sugarbaker Card Games, Computer and Console Games

So, while I’m thinking about virtual CCGs that cross card gaming with established computer-gaming genres: Magnant is a real-time strategy game driven by card play. The CCG haters among you will be happy to know that any and all actual

Werewolf relaunch delayed to February

July 20, 2004 Allan Sugarbaker Roleplaying Games

Originally planned for a November release, White Wolf‘s Werewolf relaunch, Werewolf: The Forsaken, is now scheduled to arrive in February ’05. Why the delay? According to Ken Cliffe, White Wolf’s Vice President of Editing and Development, “All of us have

Month: July 2004