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Monday, May 8, 2006
OSU, GAMA and the Wargamer want to ask you some questions
In the “Do Market Research or Die” sweepstakes, it would seem that someone’s finally chosen the former. Although really this survey is more about “[w]hat motivates continued game play and preferences for types of games,” that can’t help but be useful to the industry. For some reason the online survey is only up until the end of May. Hell, maybe they’re going to take this and somehow interpret out our votes for the Origins awards.
Tuesday, May 2, 2006
Keith Baker to work with D&D Online
Turbine, the company behind Dungeons & Dragons Online: Stormreach, has just announced that Eberron creator Keith Baker will write storylines and fiction for the massively multiplayer online RPG. The folks at Turbine continue to put great support behind their game, and are offering a free seven-day trial if you’re curious. The fight against World of Warcraft is going to be a tough one, but with moves like this, D&D Online just might carve out its own kingdom (plus, they bought us drinks in Chinatown late last year, so we hope things work out).
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Goodman releases more Battle Tiles
Goodman Games released its third Battle Tiles set over the weekend, bringing the total of miniatures- and RPG-compatible scenery tiles to over thirty. The PDF tiles sets provide key areas of interest to spice up combats or adventure sessions, letting GMs concentrate on story and tactics rather than props. Each Battle Tiles set is available for download at a price of $6.99, and was designed by yours truly. All of which makes this a shameless, self-serving plug, yes.
Monday, May 1, 2006
Audio Report: awards, awards, awards
Our run-through (with a halberd) of the Origins Awards nominations finally hits the air. Also discussed before too long are a lot of possibilities for the Ogre’s Choice awards, which we really are working on. And the usual sundry stuff.
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