The Game Publishers Association has elected its new Board of Directors, making Tony Hellmann of Technomancer Games the new Executive Director. So far, there don’t seem to be any GAMA-style election protests, so I guess that’s a good sign. Other election results are below.
Author: Allan Sugarbaker
WizKids shuffles product releases
Though some circles still report the Battlestar Galactica CCG simply hasn’t taken off, WizKids is still planning Betrayal, the game’s first expansion set. A popular TV show tie-in, autographed cards (Crewman Cally cards, signed by actress Nicki Clyne), will be adding to the expansion’s lure. However, the 165-card set’s release
Audio report: coming down from Gen Con ’06
Chris and Mike got out to Gen Con Indy this year, as you’ve already seen from the set of audio interviews. But what did they really think? We sat down a few days back and discussed everything that came to mind, rational thought or not, which resulted in our Gen
OgreCave review: Faery’s Tale
I’d hoped to post this last Friday, but an eye appointment and my resulting dilated pupils made for rather poor typing skills. So now we have Brian “Kuma” Hollenbeck’s look at Faery’s Tale by Firefly Games. Have a read, and see what makes this versatile-yet-child-friendly RPG tick, or look over
A step beyond making scene selections
I’m surprised our gamebook specialist Demian never posted about this, but then again, he’s adjusting to being a newlywed (congrats, man!): the first Choose Your Own Adventure animated DVD. This thing is being pushed hard – I keep running into online ads and TV commercials for The Abominable Snowman, which
“License” no allowed word in Og
Neither is “allowed”, for that matter… or “word”. Anyway, in the Unexpected License Department, Firefly Games has announced an agreement with Wingnut Games to create a new edition of Og, the comedic caveman game with a limited set of words players can use. In today’s press release (see below), Firefly’s
ENnies Award 2006 winners announced
As expected, the ENnies Award winners were announced Friday night at Gen Con. Among those taking away the prize were Green Ronin Publishing (Best Game, Best d20/OGL Product – Mutants & Masterminds 2e; Fan’s Choice Best Publisher; multiple others), Paizo Publishing (Best Campaign Setting/Setting Supplement, Best Adventure – The Shackled
OgreCave review: Grand Tribunal
We’ve got a new review to squeeze in between all the Gen Con reports. Today Brian gives us his take on Grand Tribunal, the Ars Magica themed boardgame from Atlas Games. If you couldn’t make it to the Best Four Days in Gaming… well, console yourself by reading some of
Tenacious preview of The Spoils at Gen Con Indy
Another game is preparing to enter the collectible card game market: Tenacious Games’ The Spoils. The game setting strikes me as a blend of steampunk and fantasy, with some sci-fi anime influences as well. The early art from beta samples we’ve received are high quality, and occasional hardcore combat scenes
WizKids brings in Mike Elliott as Senior Designer
Stage one of WizKids’ regrouping after its recent layoffs and product cancellations appears to be bringing in new talent. In a press release today (see below), WizKids announced that Mike Elliott, formerly of Wizards of the Coast, has been brought aboard as the new Senior Designer of R&D. Elliott, who
A new age of RuneQuest
Plenty of gamers are excited that the new RuneQuest arrives in stores (and at Gen Con) this week, and Mongoose Publishing is making sure players hit the ground running. Aside from the main rulebook being a mere $24.95, multiple support products are in the wings (three supplements in August alone),
World of Warcraft TCG will be along shortly
Originally announced as a Spring ’06 release, Upper Deck’s World of Warcraft TCG will be shown off at Gen Con Indy next week (according to the official site, titled WoW TCG Online as if to entice existing MMORPG players). Will this be the next Yu-Gi-Oh!-sized sensation? Not if the depressed
Guardians of Order's last words
has posted its own announcement of closure, the timing partly due to George R.R. Martin’s posting a summary of the situation last Friday on his website. GoO President Mark MacKinnon mentions continued efforts to rectify the remaining problems caused by the company “going dark” weeks ago, which many (correctly) saw
Confirming the already-obvious death throes
Author George R.R. Martin’s news page confirms what everyone’s known for a while now: Guardians of Order is shut down. The unanswered phone calls and emails told that story already, but Martin offers news that “[Mark] MacKinnon is presently attempting to place some of GoO’s games with other companies.” More
Announcing the winners of the 2006 Ogre’s Choice Awards
Welcome to the Ogre’s Choice Awards, the first of our long-threatened annual awards, honoring what we of OgreCave deem to be the best products in the tabletop gaming industry. These are the games we’ve enjoyed most over the past year, and simply had to seek out, bash over the head,