Just hand over that entire carton of egg nog, because the OgreCave crew is here with its Christmas Gift Guide 2006. Over the next few days, we’ll complete our sixth annual guide to all things gamers want to sink their teeth into. Starting things off is our first list, 12
Month: November 2006
For Christmas, reenact scenes from The Godfather
We’ll have much more on the holiday gift front for you shortly with our Christmas Gift Guide [now available! – ed.], but in the meantime, my wife came across this gem – the Furreal Friends Butterscotch Interactive Plush Pony, a 2.5 foot tall animatronic pony toy meant to be the
Audio Report: go forth and buy things with your dollars
It’s the holidays again, and aiding and abetting our forthcoming Gift Guides is this episode of the report. Featured at the top, though, is lengthy incredulity at the fact that the WoW CCG is okay. Also, D&D Worldwide Game Day and how it could work better. Join us!
Audio Report: wow, someone bought a CCG
The WoW news leads off this show, followed by another trip into the bad neighborhood that is the RPG PDF market, and some final thoughts about Gen Con SoCal before we charge into some thorough and fascinating RPG play reports from the last Endgame MiniCon. Check it.
Gaming Report purchased by Scrye
Yep, Scrye Magazine bought Gaming Report. An FAQ, press release (repeated below), and farewell message from founder Dan Sivils (also repeated below) tell the full story. It remains to be seen whether this will have any significant effect on either party.
Outsourcing your minis-painting to Asia isn’t just for the big boys anymore
“We are a Sri Lankan miniature painting service that offers high quality, traditional miniature painting (no cheap speed painting tricks!) at the lowest rates on Earth […] Quality the average Western painter charges as much as $9-$12 to paint, we do for only $3.”
What do you get a Great Old One for its anniversary?
Today marks the 25th anniversary of Call of Cthulhu, and instead of locking the doors, barring the windows, and hiding under the bed, our friends at Yog-Sothoth are celebrating. Check by the Yog Radio page for a special podcast episode to commemorate the event, featuring CoC designer Sandy Petersen and
White Wolf merges with EVE Online publisher
Yes, folks: White Wolf is merging with CCP, the Iceland-based publishers of the “space MMO” the world knows as EVE Online (who made a small splash at Gen Con this year with a self-licensed CCG). That sound you hear underneath the wailing and tooth-gnashing of the Camarilla people may indeed
What happens when people stop being polite and start making up Magic cards
For all the fun of a reality show with more Magic card design geekery and fewer hair-pulling catfights (or maybe I just haven’t found that forum yet), hit up the Great Designer Search. Fifteen would-be designers compete in a series of absurd challenges for an internship with WotC R&D. I
Games Workshop shuts down forums
A reader pointed out that Games Workshop has decided to shut down its internet forums as of November 15. This is considered by many gamers, both GW fans and detractors alike, to be a bad move, something which GW is quite good at making these days. At least this time