Author: Allan Sugarbaker

Gamers can finally get their hands on an RPG based on the works of author Jack Vance now that Pelgrane Press has given us Dying Earth. Written by Robin Laws, John Snead and Peter Freeman, the game takes players to a ruined world of desperation and magic. From everything we’ve

Artist and all around great guy John Kovalic has put out a call to fans of his hilarious gaming comic, Dork Tower. John’s looking for your opinion of which Dork Tower strips should be in this summer’s Best of Dork Tower #1, and he’s offering a bribe — er, prize

Back from GAMA and settling into their new website nicely, Pinnacle has begun an ongoing column to chronicle the creation of Deadlands D20. As Deadlands fans may recall, the D20 project was scrapped when Pinnacle was purchased by Cybergames last September, but when PEG regained its independence in January, the

After looking over the new Psionics Handbook, I was wondering where certain prominent psionic beasties had gone. Obviously, some of Wizards’ psions have been monitoring my thoughts, and the result is today’s post of extra psionic creatures. Bruce Cordell, the Psi Handbook’s designer, wrote up the stats for Thri-Kreen, Su

After an amazing response at last week’s GAMA convention, Tyranny Games is moving up the release of Sack Armies: Expeditionary Force from August to June. The game’s first two expansions, Colonization and Fortification, are still scheduled for December 2001 and Spring 2002 respectively. We’re eagerly awaiting our first expedition in

James Wyatt, designer of the upcoming Oriental Adventures supplement for D&D 3, has revealed some interesting tidbits about the book’s contents. For one thing, the setting will be Rukugan (of Legend of the Five Rings), not Kara-Tur. Wyatt also gave a rough estimate of the other contents of OA 3E,

Jim Butler, long-time veteran of TSR and Wizards of the Coast, is leaving the company after this Friday. As part of a corporate reorganization, his position was supposed to be eliminated in December of last year, but Jim had so much to do, his departure was slightly delayed. Butler’s next

GURPS Low-Tech ($20.95) has finally been completed. Obsidian daggers, leather armor, sundials and chariots galore pack the book’s 128 pages. There are even some new rules for piecemeal armor. Everything from the Stone Age to the Middle Ages is detailed in Low-Tech, so if you’ve been waiting for this supplement

One of our favorite game designers, Tom Jolly, dropped us a line recently. When we asked him how he likes working with Fantasy Flight Games on products like Diskwars and Drakon, he had nothing but praise for his co-conspirators. “We have a pretty good relationship,” said Tom. “Christian [Petersen of

At the official site for Ultima Online 2 (aka Ultima Worlds Online: Origin), there is now a statement from EA and Origin announcing the cancellation of the game. Apparently, the two companies have “decided to put those resources [formerly devoted to UO2] into growing and improving the core offering for

The 2001 product schedule for the Star Wars RPG line has been announced. In August, The Dark Side ($29.95) will be described, including dark side feats, powers, and weaponry. The Rebellion Era Sourcebook ($29.95), coming in September, will detail the original three movies, as the Rebellion struggles against the mighty

In another gaming coup, Decipher has grabbed the rights to produce the Lord of the Rings RPG. This is on top of their licenses for trading card games and electronic card games based on the movie trilogy. Current plans have the new RPG reaching stores by the end of the

Games Workshop has posted their initial product plans for the Lord of the Rings Tabletop Battle Game. There are plans for everything from Saruman and the Ringwraiths to scenery such as Balin’s Tomb. The main game and first smaller sets will be released shortly before Christmas. Check out the full

It looks like Wizards of the Coast is dusting off a legendary name in gaming for another go ’round this October. The upcoming skirmish-level miniatures game we’ve been hearing about since last year’s Origins convention will assume the mantle of the Chainmail name. From the press release, it looks like

It’s confirmed: Decipher has hired the former staff of Last Unicorn Games (we mentioned this a couple weeks back). Christian Moore, former president of LUG, will be in charge of Decipher’s new RPG and miniatures division. The team’s first task will be building the new Star Trek RPG, a task