Normally we don’t post about unusual dice, but these are just cool (and may provoke a SAN check). To quote the Q-workshop website: “Cthulhu Fhtagn ! The stars will be right in September, as Q-workshop and Chaosium Inc. unleash the Cthulhu Dice upon the mortal world. Available in all standard
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Paizo blazes a trail to Pathfinder
Pathfinder, Paizo Publishing‘s post-Dragon project, is expected to ship the first volume next week, but another early peek is available. Paizo is offering up a free PDF download of Pathfinder: Player’s Guide to Rise of the Runelords, a 16-page character-building aid that will get players ready for the Pathfinder adventures
Mongoose to publish Traveller
After resurrecting a number of other RPG lines (including Paranoia and Runequest), Mongoose Publishing has announced today that it will now turn its attention to Traveller. Stating that its goal is “to halt the fragmentation of the Traveller game, and reintroduce one solid system (based on Classic Traveller)”, Mongoose went
BSG RPG, Dragonlance trailer at GenCon ’07
Gen Con announcements have started rolling in, and Margaret Weis Productions sent a pair of good ones. First, a reaffirmation that the Battlestar Galactica RPG will make its debut at Gen Con, as will a Quickstart Guide which contains a full adventure. Second, the animated movie trailer for Dragonlance: Dragons
Halo miniatures big as housepets
Well, this one is, anyway. WizKids is obviously going whole-Warthog into the Halo ActionClix CMG, as proven by the recent press release and photos from the San Diego ComicCon. That Scarab figure, the big, menacing convention exclusive for this year’s round of shows, is far too big to be in
Audio Report – Conventions, awards, and sundry
In our latest show, Mike, Chris and I talk of things that came from Origins ’07. That leads to the Origins Awards, rambles into discussion of the ENnies, of our upcoming 2007 Ogre’s Choice Awards, and several other things along the way. This time, we’re wondering what you’d nominate for
Free RPG Day 2008 announced, expanded
Hot on the heels of this year’s inaugural event, Impressions Advertising & Marketing has just declared the second Free RPG Day to be June 21, 2008. Not only that, but as any of you who heard our post-FRPG Day interview with Aldo Ghiozzi of Impressions already know, next year’s event
2007 ENnie Awards voting open
We’ve been remiss in our failure to post this sooner, so here goes: the 2007 ENWorld/GenCon RPG Awards (aka the ENnie Awards) have announced their final nominees for this year’s categories. Voting just opened today though, so we aren’t late for that. Go here to weigh in anytime before voting
Audio Report: Roleplay free or die
Assuming you got to a participating store on Free RPG Day, of course. In this episode recorded last week, I met up with Free RPG Day founder Aldo Ghiozzi and Gary of Black Diamond Games to get their respective takes on the event. Our crew also gets into other recent
Diana Jones Award shortlist announced
This year’s nominees for the Diana Jones Award are public info, and as usual, they’re interesting picks: The Great Pendragon Campaign by Greg Stafford (White Wolf) Pieces of Eight by Jeff Tidball (Atlas Games) Stefan Pokorny, creator, sculptor and painter of Dwarven Forge’s Master Maze terrain As always, the committee
OgreCave review: Critical Hit Deck
Ever since our technical glitch, we’ve been working on streamlining OgreCave’s reviews section. So far, its not quite cooperating, but in the meantime, reviews shall proceed! To that end, I’ve put up my review of the Critical Hit Deck by Paizo Publishing, which my weekly group helped me put through
‘Tis Free RPG Day
That’s right, today’s the first ever Free RPG Day! Your mission: get out to your local participating store, get your freebies, and check it out. Then, let us know how it went and where you are in our comments. Good luck!
GameMastery Critical Hit Deck
by Allan Sugarbaker GameMastery: Critical Hit Deck Published by Paizo Publishing Designed by Jason Bulmahn 52 full-color playing cards, & 1 rule card $9.95 The GameMastery line from Paizo Publishing started down the path to success by providing high-quality map tiles, which at times have accompanied a short d20 adventure.
Paizo’s Stonehenge begins world takeover
Stonehenge: An Anthology Board Game, one of the boardgames I still have to look at, is expanding the number of games the pieces can be used to play. Already sporting five games by popular designers, Paizo Publishing‘s Stonehenge set will support play of three new game designs with the release
WizKids releases Star Wars PocketModel TCG
WizKids has let slip the dogs of Star Wars with their release of the Star Wars PocketModel Trading Card Game. The company is definitely pushing the multigenerational angle, as the press release (below) quotes WizKids president Lax Chandra (which was a character in Episode 1, wasn’t it?) as saying it’s