Hollywood’s been shopping for games again, and now DreamWorks may be courting Tim Burton to direct a feature film based on the Monsterpocalypse property. DreamWorks picked up the movie rights to Privateer Press’ collectible miniatures game last month, and is working on forming the right team to make big screen
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2010 Spiel des Jahres nominees announced
I’m a little behind on this, but since I’ve finally played one of this year’s nominees for Germany’s game of the year award (better known as Spiel des Jahres), I thought I’d research the others a bit and get to know them. In no particular order, this year’s nominees are:
OgreCave review – Zombie State: Diplomacy of the Dead
OgreCave reviewer Lee Valentine has fought through hordes of the walking dead, and returned to tell us all about it – namely, all about Zombie State: Diplomacy of the Dead. This zombie apocalypse board game revolves around resource management and worldwide doom, but what was Lee’s impression of it? Read
WizKids/NECA to develop Star Trek Clix game
Though I doubt it will be the final frontier for the game, WizKids/NECA announced today that it will make a Clix game using the Star Trek license. More specifically, the company will create “HeroClix branded miniature games to be sold both physically and digitally, set in the Star Trek universe,
OgreCave GNU: KublaCon – Free RPG Day ’10
We’ve returned from our annual pilgrimage to KublaCon (well, it was a week ago, but you get the idea), and we have a Gaming News Update interview to share from the event. Take a few minutes to check out our talk with Aldo Ghiozzi of Impressions on Free RPG Day
OgreCave review: Dungeon Lords
Lee has explored the depths of the dungeon-management game Dungeon Lords by Z-Man Games, and he’s lived to tell the tale. This game has been seen at game shops and conventions lately, a sprawling affair with multiple boards and numerous fun components. Whether his tale is a gruesome account of
OgreCave interview: Random Encounter with Gareth Hanrahan
Let’s start this week around the Cave with an interview – specifically, an interview with Gareth Hanrahan about The Laundry RPG, due to hit stores this July. No, you won’t find stain removal tips in the details Gareth reveals. Instead, we present a far more useful briefing on what rookie
J. Eric Holmes, D&D “blue box” author, dies
Once again, sad news has surfaced regarding an early champion of the roleplaying hobby – Cyclopeatron reports that J. Eric Holmes, author of the first D&D “blue box” set, has passed away at 80 years old. A former associate professor of neurology at the University of Southern California School of
Chaosium cannibal sale doesn’t eat your greens
We’ve received word that the fellows at Chaosium are holding a sale this week, in honor of the Donner party. Yeah, they’re funny like that. I’ll let the press release tell you more: The Chaosium.com Cannibal Sale has begun! To celebrate the eventual rescue of the Donner party and the
Wizards offers a “D&D junior” as free download
From time to time, new roleplaying gamers – or parents that play RPGs, or gamers trying to bring their buddies over from consoles and PCs – ask me to recommend the best way to get them into tabletop D&D. Lately, I’ve been at a bit of a loss, not having
Convention report: PAX East 2010
PAX East 2010 recently landed in Boston, MA, and being a local, loyal Cave dweller Lee Valentine was more than happy to check out the show for us. From nifty card and board games to big-budget electronic titles, the Penny Arcade Expo doesn’t disappoint, as Lee tells us in his
Clix and other distant rumblings from GTS 2010
Sadly, the OgreCave crew didn’t make it out to the GAMA Trade Show this year, but if we had, we’d probably be talking about the following news trickling out of Vegas right now (other than the Origins Awards nominees, of course): HeroClix, now coming to us from NECA/WizKids, is back
Origins Awards 2010 nominees announced
As per the usual pattern, as the GAMA Trade Show ends, this year’s contenders for Origins Awards get sorted out and announced. As per the selections made by the Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts and Design, the nominees for 2010 are listed below. In Card Games, The Stars are Right
Catalyst monetary trouble rumor gets official reply
For most of us, it started two days ago when a former freelancer for Catalyst Game Labs, going by the login “Frank Trollman”, posted his take on recent rumors concerning CGL’s future. In Trollman’s post (copied below, after the jump), “reliable sources” claimed that approximately $850,000 had been discovered to
Spycraft Third Edition announced for 2011
Crafty Games, having just gone rogue from Mongoose’s Flaming Cobra imprint and moving to Studio2, is planning several new releases over the coming months. Primary among the company’s announced projects is Spycraft: Third Edition, due Spring 2011. According to Crafty Games’ Patrick Kapera, “Updating Spycraft gives us the chance not