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04:32 PM: Greg Kessler says... I Just Lost $120,000
04:23 PM: Greg Kessler says... Before there was Greyhawk or Dungeons & Dragons there was Dave Arneson and his Blackmoor Campaign. While some people will claim that D&D was conceived and created by just one person (someone with the initials GG), the impact of Dave Arneson can never be discounted and the significance of Blackmoor cannot be overlooked. Blackmoor was a campaign Arneson ran in the early 70's and was included in the original D&D white box set from TSR. Now Dave's master creation is coming to D20. Dave's Zeitgeist Games is going to publish the converted sourcebook, and although no date has been set for the first book to be published, you can bet it is going to be a great day for the RPG world. If you cannot wait that long, you can download a PDF of the original book from Dave's expansive site.
03:53 PM: Greg Kessler says... Atlas Games is Just a Big Tease
03:31 PM: Greg Kessler says... Weapons and Castles of the Orient
12:42 AM: Craig Robertson says... Far Future Enterprises has this item listed on their website with a release date of March 2002. I received the following in reply to my questions: Far Future Enterprises announced that it has acquired the Twilight: 2000 role-playing game and will reprint every word of the original game and modules in compendium volumes. Twilight: 2000 has been described as "the ultimate military role-playing game." Set in various parts of the world after a massive nuclear world war, the game pits individual military characters against local forces, brigands, animals, and the forces of nature as the war rages around them. An award-winning game, the core system and its adventure modules have won major industry recognition. Twilight: 2000 was originally published by Game Designers' Workshop. "This reprint series will provide all of the Twilight: 2000 material in a series of uniform books for collectors. Many of the original modules are collector's items increasingly hard to find," publisher Marc Miller commented. "But there's more: Twilight: 2000 is eminently playable and enjoys a large following. Quite a few players want new copies for playing purposes. Ultimately, Twilight: 2000 players or collectors will have the entire set in a series of uniform volumes." The first volume of the reprint series will include the components and text of the original Twilight: 2000 first edition, plus four adventure Twilight: 2000 modules, all in a standard sized 8.5 x 11 bound book. It is scheduled for release in December, 2002. Retail price will be $32. Far Future Enterprises publishes science-fiction role-playing products (including the award-winning Traveller, Twilight: 2000, and 2300 AD) and licenses designs to other publishers (including Traveller for GURPS and for D20, and Imperium)."I don't know about you folks, but this sucker's going on my Christmas List. 2300AD is also on their release schedule for October of this year. However, that project may also be subject to delay. After all, FFE is a game company...
11:21 PM: Allan Sugarbaker says... As Wild Spellcraft and The Witch of Loch-Durnan wind their way to stores this week, Mystic Eye Games has announced the details of their upcoming D20 releases. Sit back, there's a bit to take in. In October, MEG will send in Raw Recruits, a 160 page Dragonstar campaign adventure aimed at taking characters from first to sixth level. The quests contained in the supplement will contain "strange planets, haunted factories, overrun freighters, experimental labs, pirate attacks" and more, all for a mere $24.99. Also in the pumpkin month, we'll see Interludes: Sands of Pain, a 64 page sourcebook that "brings the characters from Bluffside south to the Dragon Sands" in an Arabic style. $12.99 will get you the fourth level adventure, which will be adjustable to accommodate other levels, and MEG will provide web enhancements in a password protected area of its website. New creatures, items, Prestige Classes, spells and such will be included, naturally. I had a peek at Sands at GenCon, as well as the product it leads into, Dry Lands: Empires of the Dragon Sands, and I'm looking forward to both. In November, Mystic Eye will present Arcane Mysteries: Necromancer's Legacy. This 96 pager sounds creepy from the word go. In it's pages, you can "meet the Lotahm, a prestige class of those whose link with their bird companions grants them eerie powers; revel in the power granted by the Canopic Jar; or lust after the alabaster maiden as her gaze strikes you dead." New creatures, items, spells... sounds like this supplement will be all things dead and undead, so break out your $16.99 and your priest. As if that weren't enough, Foul Locales: Beyond the Walls will add 128 pages of detailed locations to drop into any quest. This time, MEG will take it outside, with monster lairs, mountain fortresses, and the like. A mere $19.99 will get you a copy. On top of all that, there's a couple of fan sites that have cropped up in support of Giant Monster Rampage, MEG's game of... um, giant monsters, rampaging. Get some extra monsters at this site, or the stats for a particular giant lizard here.
10:31 PM: Allan Sugarbaker says... Skotos Tech has announced an agreement that will bring Lovecraftian horror to online roleplaying. Under license from Chaosium, a design team has begun work on a new game entitled Lovecraft Country: Arkham by Night. Based in and around good old Miskatonic U. and the town of Arkham circa 1930, the brooding horror game will add special mechanics for dreaming and insanity to Skotos' prose roleplaying style. Lovecraft Country is targeted for an early 2003 release. Any game that fools with a player's perception of the game to simulate state of mind is worth a look, I think. SnarfQuest D20: 'Cuz you know you want it
07:24 PM: Greg Kessler says... New HeroClix at Wizkids
12:21 PM: Mike Sugarbaker says...
03:44 PM: Greg Kessler says... Learn to Read Hobo Signs with Blindside Press
03:23 PM: Greg Kessler says... Gary Gygax IS The Hermit
07:13 PM: Greg Kessler says... Green Ronin Wants to Teach you to Kill
08:34 PM: Allan Sugarbaker says... Speaking of D20 companies, we've got two new interviews for you. First is Monte Cook, of Malhavoc Press and D20 in general, who tells us what he'd tell WotC to release next. Our second new interview is with Bastion Press and another former WotC employee, Jim Butler. See what these two companies have to say about the state of the hobby and their plans for world domination.
06:31 PM: Greg Kessler says... Requiem for a God is On Sale Now!
01:31 PM: Greg Kessler says... New Western Dust Devils for Sale Now
01:15 PM: Greg Kessler says... Be Buffy's Master in Early October!
01:06 PM: Greg Kessler says... Metal Gods Cover Preview
12:51 AM: Mike Sugarbaker says... I now own one starter and two boosters of MechWarrior, and have a nice long 300-point game under my belt. With these new developments, I can say with definite confidence that MechWarrior has many more robots than Mage Knight does. Like, at least ten.
05:50 PM: Greg Kessler says... New Tunnels and Trolls E-Zine on the Way
11:05 AM: Allan Sugarbaker says... Joe managed to visit the Games Workshop Chicago Game Day a few weeks back, and he's sent us his impressions of the event. Have a look at miniatures run amuck.
05:15 PM: Greg Kessler says... Unbidden has gone live. In anticipation of the release of the new game the company has launched a brief web site with information about the game. The game is described as: Unbidden is a role-playing game of horror predicated on street legend and myth (called urban lore in the book). It is perpetuated by a displaced people seeking a sense of mission. Not much on the site yet, but keep your eyes open. Monte Cook Shows You His Auran d20 Posts Sanctuary Trailer
08:03 AM: Greg Kessler says... Help Me Aquaman! I Don't Have Any Real Powers!
07:57 AM: Greg Kessler says... New Star Wars Adventure from Wizards. And it's Free!
02:20 PM: Craig Robertson says... In conjunction with yesterday's release, the folks at Wizkids Games have updated their Mechwarrior site to include a complete online guide to all mechs, vehicles and infantry in the initial line. They are also preparing a series of storyline events. Just what I need, a new collectible game. And I haven't even finished my TI: Armada collection yet.
01:39 PM: Craig Robertson says... Who says that historical wargamers can't have a sense of humor? Check out Major General Tremorden Reddering's Colonial-era Wargames Page. In addition to some of the best battle reports I have ever seen (Lassenwelt Station is a classic), the site is filled with modeling guides for everything from land ironclads to gunboats and dhows. If you've ever thought about defending the Empire's interests in the depths of Darkest Africa, or expelling the White Devil from your tribe's ancient homeland, this is the place to start.
07:37 PM: Greg Kessler says... For what seems like an eternity the Larry Elmore site has been under reconstruction. Well the wait is over. The new site was relaunched this week with an all new look and all new store. For those not in the know, Larry Elmore is one of the great's of Role Playing artists. Along with people like Elizabeth Danforth and Erol Otus, Larry set the standard for art at TSR in the 1980's. Check out his site and buy some of his ever cool Snarf Quest chachkas and calendars.
07:02 PM: Greg Kessler says... This winter we get to see how much Peter Jackson is going to change to make The Two Towers an economic success for Hollywood (reportedly the naked Ents and the motorcycle chases at Helm's Deep are quite eye catching). This November, you can alter the course of Tolkien's masterpiece in your spare time by playing the second installment of games from Games Workshop. Today the nice folks at GW posted some really nice teaser pictures of the miniatures and box art for The Two Towers on their site. More Savage Worlds Previews at Pinnacle
01:22 PM: Mike Sugarbaker says... And he isn't talking about it, perhaps understandably. No, it's nothing bad. It's Frag PvP, another variant of the FPS board game, this time themed around the popular video-gaming comic strip by Scott Kurtz published in paper form by John K's Dork Storm Press. It should be out by Christmas according to Kurtz, but nothing's on the Frag website yet.
06:34 AM: Greg Kessler says... Steve Jackson Really Does Shock the World
06:38 PM: Greg Kessler says... Necromancer Press has announced a new partnership with Reaper Miniatures and Dwarven Forge. From now on Necromancer products will have information explaining which miniatures and dungeon tiles a appropriate for use with individual adventurers. Additionally, Necromancer has posted a preview of the cover of the upcoming release The Vault of Larin Karr. Busy day for the Necromancer.
06:28 PM: Greg Kessler says... AEG has corrected a problem for people who purchased their SwashbucklingAdventures Handbook. When the book was originally published AEG omitted the rules for cannon fire. Now you can go to the AEG web site and check them out for yourself.
03:28 PM: Demian Katz says... It's free game of the month time again at Invisible City Productions. This month's creation is MetalTalon, a space combat wargame in which the battling ships are represented by stacks of coins built from a 26-cent reserve. The rules are short and simple, but the inclusion of multiple races and lots of different ship combinations should make for lasting fun. As always, you can't beat the price (or absence thereof). Lost Nose Unveiled
04:40 PM: Greg Kessler says... Well that maybe an exaggeration, but Steve Jackson has announced on his site that they will be making a huge announcement Tuesday night. The announcement will be made first on their three on-line magazines (Pyramid, Journal of the Travellers' Aid Society, and their new D20 zine) but then everyone can check it out here. I am pinning my hopes on a new Be a Member of the Bush Family RPG (I can't tell you how long I have waited to play George W's brother Neil). Free Adventure Download from Tyranny Games Henry Hill Has a Hit out on You
01:31 PM: Mike Sugarbaker says... This is interesting. WK is trying to advocate for an end to the kind of loss-leading online discounts that retail store owners hate so much, for the simple reason that "[i]t leaves money on the table." WotC has never mounted a campaign like this, to my knowledge, even though this kind of thing certainly goes on with booster boxes. Why is WizKids suddenly interested in doing retailers a favor, after lowering their discount back in the spring? And why make a move that could be perceived as hurting the customers' bottom line, when the suggested retail prices for boosters (across all their games) are going up?
09:23 AM: Greg Kessler says... The RPG Realms official site for the new D20 Traveller has posted some more goodies in anticipation of the game's release.
10:23 AM: Allan Sugarbaker says... The folks at Black Orc Games made a great first impression on many GenCon attendees last weekend, including Joe Kushner. He's tracked the orcs back to their lair for an interview.
10:01 AM: Greg Kessler says... Games Workshop has invited everyone to take a look at their new new online store for the US. The new store front is as slick and professional looking as anything on the web. GW has also posted some new magic cards in PDF. These are little gifts from the WarHammer people, so you can print them out and not have to keep referring to the rule books all the time. The new cards include Orcs and Goblins and detail random spells and help keep track of used and remaining spells. Warriors of the Realms Needs You
08:16 AM: Greg Kessler says... The nice folks at Wizards of the Coast have posted a huge new preview of monster art on their site. The Gallery is filled with scads of new Monster Manual II art. There has to be over 100 drawings of all manner of beast. Included is a new drawing of Son of Kyuss (I wonder if Wizards will come out with a new D20 Queen of the Stone Age just to be fair). I am still waiting for a revised Ygorl, the wait goes on.
02:34 PM: Allan Sugarbaker says... Skeletonkey Games seemed to have fallen off my radar for a few months, but was out at GenCon pushing new items. Primary among these is Campaign Construction Paper, which is exactly what it sounds like: 20 sheets of paper made to look like gaming terrain, with movement squares built into the design. Ever wanted to cut out a random shape to have it represent the map? That's exactly what Skeletonkey's counting on. The first set, Caverns, will be out in early January 2003, and retail for $6.50.
02:23 PM: Allan Sugarbaker says... Just who is Jeseret Games? Well, it's a british company that was in the back right corner of the GenCon exhibit hall showing off Magical Arena. The game pits CCG players against wargamers in both skirmish miniatures and card game formats, simultaneously. Of course, the cards and minis can play separately, but why not take advantage of the opportunity to prove gaming superiority across game types? Yes, there are booster packs, and many cards have a corresponding miniature to use (if not, players can use the small plastic stands to hold the cards upright). Magical Arena isn't available in the States just yet, but with an idea like this, it shouldn't be long.
12:58 AM: Allan Sugarbaker says... Kenzer & Company had one of the nice big booths at the front of the GenCon exhibit hall. There was a long, winding table that displayed the various product lines from Fairy Meat to Hackmaster, and the traditional doodle wall, of course. The Villain Design Handbook for d20 was selling well, and when I learned of the "anti-feats" concept introduced therein (think flaws from GURPS, or hindrances from Deadlands), I was mildly tempted to pick one up. Of course, I've been wondering why someone didn't do this sooner, so it would've been more an informational purchase than a "Dear god, I've got to have it!!" But I was pulled away by the sight of a boardgame being shown off near the doodle wall called Dwarven Dig. Coming in Spring '03, the game touted itself as the "hard hitting, cave-smashing, grit-digging game of dwarves," and several gamers were deeply engrossed in the experience. I'll have to watch for that one, anti-feats or no.
12:14 AM: Mike Sugarbaker says... ...but I'm not too preoccupied to go down to the store and play a test game between House Lassiter and House Baratheon.
11:53 PM: Mike Sugarbaker says... Moonbase Commander. Moonbase Commander. Moonbase Commander. Moonbase Commander. Moonbase Commander. Moonbase Commander. Moonbase Commander. Moonbase Commander. Moonbase Commander.
06:29 PM: Mike Sugarbaker says... I got to play this two-player Knizia game (not to be confused with the Sauron expansion to the multiplayer LOTR game) once right after Origins, before it really hit stores, and then extensively last week. It is, right now, my favorite two-player strategy board game. It's like Stratego for smart people.
03:23 PM: Allan Sugarbaker says... Let's face it: TSR's old spell decks were a good idea gone horribly wrong. Paradigm Concepts has a new attempt at easy reference spell cards with three sets of Spell Decks : Mysteries of the Arcane (arcane spells), Blessings of the Divine (divine spells), and Songs of the Wild (spells for rangers, druids and bards). Each set contains 360 spell cards covering the range of core D&D3e books, plus a sprinkling of selections from Green Ronin, Twin Crowns and Ambient Press. Mastery of the Mind, a set of cards for psionic powers, is ready to go to print, but until the WotC corrects the admitted oversight in the SRD, psionic power descriptions are off limits. Paradigm expects to go to press shortly, though. Additionally, the company's website will soon have a PDF available of the metamagic feat cards, which can be printed and clipped to the appropriate spells.
03:13 PM: Allan Sugarbaker says... Michael and Rob of Citizen Games tried to influence my posts while at GenCon (they got online from the computer next to me at the convention center). I resisted their offers of cash, and had already received Sidewinder and the new Masterscreen: Customizable GM Screen before the subject of bribery even came up. So the post they asked for, stating simply "Citizen Games Rox!" in two inch high letters, will not come to pass. However, I'll tell you that several companies are working on PDF GM screens to print and use with Masterscreen, including Bastion Press, Gold Rush Games, Grey Ghost Press, Living Room Games, Otherworld Creations, Paradigm Concepts, Tyranny Games, and Wingnut Games.
06:34 AM: Greg Kessler says... Steve Jackson Games has announced that their special hard bound edition of the Hellboy rule book has sold out. SJGames printed 1000 copies to only fill pre orders and a few to sell at GenCon and those are, apparently all gone. Advice from Steve himself is to check out their Warehouse 23 mail-order site in a day or so to see if any came back from GenCon unsold (I guess there are some boxes to unpack yet).
05:46 PM: Greg Kessler says... Blaster Law, the new Spacemaster supplement from Iron Crown Enterprises is finally going to ship on August 14th. Blaster Law is the complete guide to energy weapons and their use in combat for the Spacemaster system. This is a great accomplishment for a company that went under and was sold at auction less than a year ago. Additionally, the first new Rolemaster product in five years, Fire & ICE: The Elemental Companion is also in stores now.
02:07 PM: Mike Sugarbaker says... Here's ExecVP Martin Stever of WizKids, telling the world of gaming retailers why it's actually okay that they sold DC HeroClix at the San Diego Comic Con and at Gen Con (along with MechWarrior: Dark Age packs, in the latter case, and Allan, you had better have gotten your hands on some).
11:33 PM: Mike Sugarbaker says... (I'm not sorry.) Here's an interesting project: fella on the Cheapasses mail list has not just converted a bunch of characters from the real-time card game BRAWL over to Big Eyes Small Mouth characters, but he's working on modifying the BESM rules until they play like BRAWL. More roleplaying, less time! Faster, pussycat! Kill, kill!
08:38 AM: Greg Kessler says... SJGames has announced on their web site that there have been some minor changes in their release schedule.
02:03 PM: Allan Sugarbaker says... The premiere of Eden Studios' Buffy: The Vampire-Slayer RPG is going great guns: of the 14,000 print run, half were sold on preorder, outdoing Decipher's Lord of the Rings RPG. The stock here at GenCon may not last through Sunday, so if you're here or plan to be, get yours fast. Next up for Eden is the September releases of the Director's Screen for Buffy, and Unseen Hand, the Black Book sourcebook for Conspiracy X. Then October will be even busier, bringing us the Terra Primate RPG, Pulp Zombies for AFMBE and a new zombie story anthology, the Book of More Flesh.
01:48 PM: Allan Sugarbaker says... I gave Pagan Publishing a hard time about the continually-upcoming The Hills Rise Wild supplement, The Reanimated. According to Pagan, the set is ready, entirely done, but stock market changes have... delayed funding. The current estimate is to release the set by Christmas, unless someone with cash to spare wants to step up and chip in. Pagan is also plugging away at Delta Green D20, a sure sell, which is also targeting a Christmas season release. The shelves weren't bare, though, as The Resurrected III: Out of the Vault is freshly released for GenCon. This book "resurrects" ten Call of Cthulhu scenarios from the earliest issues of The Unspeakable Oath. If you don't quite remember the other volumes in the Resurrected series, that's probably because they came out in the mid '90s.
01:40 PM: Allan Sugarbaker says... Fast Forward Entertainment has a variety of new products selling like hotcakes at the show. Orcfest is an introductory d20 adventure that helps guide new players into the vast realms of adventure ahead. The new issues of Campaign and Games Unplugged were lurking in the booth as well, and the Encyclopedia of Demons & Devils: Volume 2 arrived fresh from the printer on the second day of the con. Like its predecessor, Volume 2 is packed with nasty beasts and great illustrations, and is a big thick book capable of crushing small animals. Also, the dice game Inning-A-Minute: Baseball was making a fair showing, and looked like a potential winner with sports enthusiasts. The game requires players to select their dice to roll according to what play they'd like to attempt, match up the results and go with whatever comes up most. Football and Basketball versions will follow soon.
01:35 PM: Allan Sugarbaker says... Hogshead Publishing was proudly displaying both Nobilis, the world's first coffee table RPG, and The Game of Powers, live-action rules for the Nobilis game. James Wallis was proudly showing the company's wares, and provided general estimates on the amount of beer the crowd put back at the Diana Jones Awards ceremony a few nights night before. But I've sworn not to repeat the staggering amount, so mum's the word here.
08:17 AM: Allan Sugarbaker says... On a stage near the donut vendor and the miniatures gaming room (pointing out again how inadequate this convention center has become for GenCon's purposes), the first annual EN World d20 System Awards (or "ENnies") were doled out before a crowd of industry members and gamers. Not too surprisingly, WotC came up the dominant winner. Here's the award winners, in the order they were announced:
07:15 AM: Greg Kessler says... Wizards of the Coast has posted a new interview with the designers of Monster Manual II. Jeff Grubb, Rich Redman, Ed Bonny, Steve Winter, and Skip Williams sit down with the hard hitting interviewers of Wizards.com. This super team discusses how they chose monsters and made them even better at killing off your 15th level mage you like so much.
05:11 PM: Mike Sugarbaker says... Yeah, Jordan, we'll just be the judge of that latter part, OK? But I think he's actually talking about the impressive feat of licensing that WizKids pulled off to make this HeroClix expansion of characters from CrossGen Comics, Dark Horse, Top Cow and others, right down to some creators who aren't even affiliated with publishers. I thought it'd never happen, but here it is. Also, I can't find a press release on it but check out the Adventure Packs, Indoor and Outdoor flavors, supposedly due this month. Mmmm, plastic mailbox minis. (No, there's no date on the Indy HeroClix announcement.)
01:39 PM: Greg Kessler says... Dream Pod 9, makers of Heavy Gear and Jovian Chronicles, has announced that their new Jovian Chronicles book, Mars Planetbook, has arrived from the printers and we should be seeing it in stores soon. If you haven't checked out Jovian Chronicles yet, it's worth your time. Besides being a really cool science fiction game with Heinlein overtones, it has the only core rule book that suggests listening to Rush during game play. There ought to be an Origins award for that. Monte Cook has all kinds of new stuff on his web site this week
01:13 PM: Mike Sugarbaker says... And the winner is... Sorcerer! Ron Edwards' freeware-gone-print RPG of deals with various devils was judged by a panel of 17 semi-secret industry leaders to be this year's most significant development-and-or-developer in hobby gaming. Also announced at last night's awards party, a bit late due to the recipient's absence at the Origins Awards, was an Origins Hall of Fame Award for Dragonlance co-creator Tracy Hickman. Congratulations to Mr. Hickman (there are people who still don't know he's a guy!) on this recognition of his enduring contribution to gaming.
06:22 AM: Greg Kessler says... Guardians of Order have posted some new pdf previews of Silver Age Sentinels material. On their site you can download fast play rules, character sheets, sample characters and more. Go check out the newest freebies from the home of Big Eyes Small Mouth. End of Summer Violence (for those of us that couldn't afford GenCon)
03:01 PM: Mike Sugarbaker says... On top of WizKids' postponement of the MechWarrior release, Wizards announced yesterday that the announcement of the selections for the next round of the Fantasy Setting Search has been delayed again, until the end of the month. It's the same drill - lots of submissions, want to give everyone a fair shot, et cetera. It would have been very cool to have these announced at Gen Con, but we'll live. Hopefully, Allan will find a Kinko's near the convention center and be able to report soon on lots of reasons not to go into cryosleep for the next three weeks.
03:53 AM: Demian Katz says... Rogue Publishing has just released a new downloadable FUDGE adventure. This time around, it's Dead Sea Murder, a Middle-Eastern mystery adventure for the "pulp archaeology" Terra Incognita setting. The $4 PDF file is 47 pages long, containing complete adventure details (including variants for different types of campaign) and the essentials of the FUDGE rules.
09:48 AM: Greg Kessler says... Traveller News from Steve Jackson
04:51 AM: Demian Katz says... According to AdvancedFightingFantasy.com, sales of the re-released Fighting Fantasy gamebooks have been good enough to convince the publisher to pull forward some release dates. As a result, we'll be getting House of Hell in addition to City of Thieves and Crypt of the Sorcerer before the year is out. Of course, read "we" in the previous sentence as "everyone in the English-speaking world except for the United States" -- for now, Americans will still have to import their gamebooks via amazon.co.uk (or friends in Canada) if they want to relive the wonders of the early eighties.
11:48 PM: Allan Sugarbaker says... This is a d20 System alert: Privateer Press has announced that The Monsternomicon will be in attendance at GenCon. The 200+ page book will add significant details from the Iron Kingdoms, including more than 80 creatures, each with a minimum of two pages devoted to it. A few new races, prestige classes, and special rules round things out, including what Privateer calls "Quickplates: quick templates to boost your monsters when you just need to bump up the Challenge Rating a bit." Should be interesting. Privateer will also be selling preview figures from the long-awaited WarMachine miniatures game, which isn't due to arrive in stores 'til November. Can't make it to the con, but need those minis? Privateer has you covered with a temporary e-commerce site to order your WarMachine through, but only during the GenCon timeframe. Gaming Frontiers Vol. 2 Review Posted
03:45 PM: Mike Sugarbaker says... So I was scanning for news, thinking how strange it is that there aren't more big Earth-shattering kabooms in press-release-land on the week of Gen Con, when I ran across a note from Pinnacle that casually notes that they're finally doing a Deadlands: Lost Colony core book. Everyone but me probably knew already, but if not, there you go. They also talk about demos of something new - a new roleplaying system, the release of which from a large company inherently shows some sack in the post-d20 era - called Savage Worlds. What has me excited about this is it allegedly isn't just Yet Another System - this one has design differences geared towards running large combats, quickly. I'll tell you right now, a rules system that's substantially faster and can still account for some tactical options could possibly get me back into roleplaying on a regular basis. I'll have to look at these rules and see whether they light my fire. No tangible products have been announced yet, but there's plenty to download.
10:48 PM: Allan Sugarbaker says... Joe asked Chris Pramas, head of Green Ronin Publishing, several questions, and got some interesting answers. Hence, the title "Green Ronin interview." Have a look.
12:46 AM: Allan Sugarbaker says... Our buddy Tom Jolly dropped us a line to say that one of the Cave's favorite games, Wiz-War, will be making the conversion to computer screens by the end of 2003. CodeFire, Inc. has acquired the interactive rights from Jolly Games, and intends to develop both a "3D action shooter for game consoles based on the Wiz-War property as well as an online personal computer version." Since Magic: The Gathering was inspired in part by Wiz-War, and Magic's been in computer form for some time now, is it any wonder that the classic Wiz-War will make the leap as well? Can I get an "amen"? That's not all the juicy Wiz-War news, either. Wiz-War: 8th edition will be out by the end of this month as well, featuring full color cards, 25 more cards overall, and art by David K. Wong. You know what we say: the bigger the Wiz-War, the better the battle. Hell, I may have to drag out my old set for GenCon, and possibly Drakon and Vortex as well. Anyone who calls me a Jolly ogre gets swatted, though.
04:45 PM: Greg Kessler says... Steve Jackson Games has announced a whole new slew of releases for November. Included in this schedule: I,HERO's Got Some Sad News WarHammer Chronicles has Invaded the Web
02:14 PM: Allan Sugarbaker says... Politically Incorrect Games has announced the release of The Colonies RPG. Clocking in at 67 PDF pages for $8.95, The Colonies provides all you could want in a sci-fi roleplaying experience: "powered armor, contagious nanotech units, genetic enhancements, loads of weapons, drugs, and bio-mechanical implants." The game can be purchased and downloaded from the PIGames' website, from the RPGnet Virtual Mall, or from RPGNow.com. Eden Revises Release Schedule Alien Menace Scanning For Victims
08:06 AM: Greg Kessler says... Pinnacle has dropped a couple of pieces of news in the last few days:
02:32 PM: Allan Sugarbaker says... Watch yer back at GenCon, 'cause the undead will be lurking. Twilight Creations, Inc. will be showing off the new expansions for Zombies!! fresh from the graveyard. The Bag O' Zombies!! will provide 100 glow-in-the-dark zombie figures for your boardgaming or other activities, for a mere $9.99. Even better, Zombies!!! 2: Zombie Corps(e), the military base expansion, will add 15 new map tiles like the Motor Pool and Secret Lab, along with 30 new event cards (Government Enhanced Zombies, anyone?), and six pack of glow-in-the-dark zombie figs. Zombie Corps(e) will sell for $14.99. Grab yours while they're cold and clammy. |
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