While finishing a final tour of the exhibit hall today, I ran into Keith Baker, winner of WotC’s D&D setting search contest with his land of Eberron. Apparently, there’s considerable online buzz already about what little information WotC has released, particularly the lightning train image, and the “strong presence of
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Live from GenCon: World of Darkness ending. Make travel arrangements now.
So yeah, the World of Darkness is coming to an end, as Mike mentioned. I find myself looking at White Wolf with a bit of admiration after hearing their plans, and how long they’ve been secretly building toward Gehenna, the Apocalypse, the Ascension, or whatever you want to call it.
Live from GenCon: Gothica stakes its claim
Human Head had their new d20 supplement, The Redhurst Academy of Magic, prominently on display. The “widescreen” format of the book looks good, though it’s hard not to notice that the cover text is designed to be equally readable when seen vertically or horizontally (wouldn’t want to get the retailers
Live from GenCon: WotC setting winner announced
Apparently only a couple of us news types managed to hear about the WotC plan to announce the setting search contest winning entry, Eberron, and only a few press were present for the announcement. I never heard about it, so I’ll quote the press release that was in the press
Live from GenCon: 2003 ENnie Award winners
I’ve just returned from the 2003 GenCon EN World D20 System Awards (the ENnies, for short). The awards were far better attended this year than last, and the continued partnership with GenCon has proven to have its advantages, with a projector display of nominees. Of course, that display also caused
Live at GenCon: Pale Writer soon publishing
So there’s this little d20 company toward the back of the hall, in the shadow of the largest booth (which isn’t WotC this year; it’s Upper Deck), called Pale Writer Publishing. The website doesn’t have any info yet, but PWP’s small booth has been a whirlwind of activity and interesting
Live at GenCon: Llama makes Penguins
I would be remiss if I failed to mention Eight Foot Llama‘s game coming this October, particularly because of its subject matter. The Penguin Ultimatum will follow the tradition of slightly wacky, but very solid, games the company has produced, like Who Stole Ed’s Pants?, which was runner-up on the
Live at GenCon: D&D v3.5 press conference
Wizards of the Coast held a special press-only seminar on this little game release you might have heard of, D&D v3.5. Overseen by Bill Slavicsek, WotC’s Director of RPG Design and Development, a general discussion of the changes made to the biggest roleplaying game in the world. “We believe firmly
Live at GenCon: Yes, Virginia, there is a Mage Knight 2.0
Seemingly subtitled “The New Hotness,” the big WizKids announcement was indeed a major revision of Mage Knight. This revelation, however, was not revealed to those of us in attendance until nearly two hours of build up and odd delays. Still worth waiting through, but I never got a slice of
Jordan Weisman and Nobilis tie for Diana Jones Award
Having just returned from the 2003 Diana Jones Award ceremony, I can now inform you that the traveling trophy has now been jointly awarded to two worthy parts of the game industry, selected for “seeing something missing, and filling that void”: Jordan Weisman, founder of WizKids, and Nobilis: Second Edition.
Human Head to preview Dracula’s Revenge
Looks like I won’t have to dig for details on Human Head Studios’ upcoming boardgame. At both GenCon and Gamefest Milwaukee, the company will be previewing Gothica: Dracula’s Revenge, a two-player game set a few years after Bram Stoker’s Dracula novel, where Dracula and his forces face off against Van
Unbidden Arrives
Politically Incorrect Games announced the release today of Unbidden, an 80-page PDF roleplaying game of “modern horror – both psychological and real.” Using a variation of the game mechanic that powers Shady Gulch and The Colonies, the new game imposes both power and madness on unique individuals, forcing them to
Diana Jones Nominees Announced
The increasingly coveted Diana Jones award will once again change hands at GenCon ’03, and the short list has been announced of who or what will be awarded the remains of a burnt game. Created in part to recognise worthy people or items in the industry missed by other awards,
Gameboard Breaks 3.5 Street Date, Makes Many Friends
ICv2 reports that Gameboard Distributors has already shipped D&D 3.5 and is selling them at Gameboard retail stores. This is despite the WotC mandated street date of July 18, and despite the fact that Gameboard is not an authorized WotC distributor. Many folks in the industry are angry at this,
Human Head Rolls Onward
Yes, the folks who created the Rune PC game are continuing their expansion into the tabletop game market (or “adventure game” market, a moniker I still find amusing), and a new website is the next logical step. As already reported, the first Human Head RPG product will be The Redhurst