Author: Allan Sugarbaker

Privateer Press has been very active of late. Not only have they launched IronKingdoms.com in support of their D20 setting, but Privateer Press is also featured on RPGaction. Best of all, along with the Matt Staroscik interview and company profile, the complete D20 stats for steamjacks are presented. Can you

The latest release from has swarmed store shelves nationwide. is a card game based on a new comic book series by the enigmatic Phil Foglio. The game mechanics are similar to those used in an earlier joint effort from James Ernest and Phil Foglio, Xxxenophile, but without the adult artwork.

Misguided Games has posted a new page on the races from their upcoming RPG, Children of the Sun. Due to arrive in Spring 2002, Children of the Sun is a dieselpunk fantasy setting that has already generated some interest at last month’s GAMA convention. Each month through the end of

I just realized it’s Friday the 13th. Let’s get on with the news before something goes wrong. 🙂 A brief article on the Chainmail miniatures game preview at GAMA is on the WotC site. There isn’t much info, but reports are that everyone was enthusiastic. Our friend Chris Pramas, Creative

WizKids has posted the complete list of figures from the new Mage Knight Lancers set. There’s over 100 new figures listed, and a few have images to view as well. Check out the scorpion rider, and pray your DM doesn’t use it as a drider.

Pinnacle has the new cover art for Weird Wars, and they’re showing it to the world. Seems enthusiasm for the game is growing, so new artwork has been commissioned. Looks great from where I’m sitting. Scarred Lands Needs Stories Sword and Sorcery Studios has issued an open call for short

Coming early this July is the D20 adventure Instrument of Destiny by John Nephew, from Atlas Games. It starts with a festival, goes into the desert, and things get ugly from there. Could the release be set in hopes of riding the tide of The Mummy Returns, perhaps? The adventure

Scorpion’s Nest Tactical Gaming has just announced that Impressions Advertising & Marketing will be working with them to increase exposure of their games, including Terminus 5. With a 422 page master rulebook, the Terminus 5 miniatures and role-playing game covers fog of war, plenty of weapons and vehicles, a detailed

The summer release schedule has been posted at Chaosium. Some of the highlights are 20th Anniversary Call of Cthulhu and 5th Edition Stormbringer (formerly known as the Elric! RPG). A reprint of the Complete Dreamlands and the Encyclopedia Cthulhiana, and a new Miskatonic University Graduation Kit, are among the other

According to the official GenCon page, all of the convention hotels are now fully booked. Don’t let that stop you from going, though; just expect to rent a car and drive in to the con from your distant hotel each day.

If you have your copy of Necromancer Games’ Demons and Devils, look up the product password and head to the company’s site for another free download. This time, 21 pages of additional material are available to supplement the already excellent D&D adventures in the book. As if that weren’t enough,

The next supplement for Blue Planet v2, Natural Selection, is at the printer and should be in stores and at Fantasy Flight Games by late April. The newest oceanpunk supplement will detail the ecology of the waterworld Poseidon, allowing for more exploration of the wet wilderness. Preview the Scars Sword

Pinnacle has moved into high gear by posting several new tidbits. Among them is a recounting of the first playtest session for the D20 game, Weird Wars. How did the first playtest session go? Well, after a WWII combat against some basic Germans, the PEG playtest team determined that “the

Wizards of the Coast has posted some downloadable character sheets for the psionic classes found in the Psionics Handbook. Carefully document your mental prowess, lest you hear the DM utter the phrase that strikes fear in disorganized players: “If you didn’t write it down, you don’t have it.” ‘Twould be