Catching up with some news:
Green Ronin announces DC Adventures RPG on the Mutants and Masterminds engine. Great for GR, but I’m trying to imagine DC-owned characters I’d want to play with, and the only one coming to mind is the Spirit, which I don’t think really counts. Not feeling drawn to Watchmen, even, unless it had an awesome pirate minigame. Tiny Titans would be fun though.
Looney Labs announces Back to the Future: the Card Game. I’ve played Chrononauts variants that focus on a small set of fictional events, and they’re great – the game can really be a platform for interesting things, in the same way that Fluxx can. Of course, we don’t know yet whether this will be that, exactly.
Some of the LEGO Games line is on Amazon now. I’ve got Lava Dragon and Minotaurus.
That’s right, bring Papa some Roman action. (Link is less dirty than I just made it sound.) As Purple Pawn noted, Arcane Legions has a foot in two worlds but isn’t really finding its footing in either. Pro tip for Wells Expeditions: that booster bundle is pretty pricey. If I could get its contents piecemeal, though, I’d probably have given you that $80 by now. And no, I don’t have a way to give it to you piecemeal.
In other news I’m reading the Dresden Files RPG and it’s hot. If it’s gonna be in Borders (and it is), then it’s mainstream, and this is most of the last ten years of indie innovations in traditionally-structured gaming, brought to the mainstream. Don’t let anyone tell you it’s “indie in mainstream clothing:” as of this book, this stuff is mainstream, simple as that. If I understand correctly, you can now buy the PDF separately from the print preorder, so if an urban-fantasy game is up your street, hit that up.
Heck, my local Borders has a copy of Mouseguard the RPG. One of these days I’ll pick it up with one of those 40% off coupons they keep sending me…
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I wasn’t aware of that! I guess with Archaia handling some distro, it makes sense.
Mouseguard was handled by Diamond for a while, who sells into the big box stores. Dunno if they are still with Diamond now though….
Excited about a DC Heroes release based on MnM. Personally, as a fan of Doom Patrol, Secret Six and the Wildstorm (DC onwned) titles, I’m crossing my fingers and counting on Green Ronin to make the most of the license.