Goodman Games has posted detailed previews of its February releases, Complete Guide to Treants and Dungeon Crawl Classics #1: Idylls of the Rat King, both due to hit stores in February 2003. In Treants, you’ll “learn about the dark side of treants: fury, hatred, revenge, and the charred, undead creatures
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Mongoose to produce Conan and Lone Wolf RPGs
This morning, Matthew Sprange sent out the following announcement on the Mongoose Publishing email list: Mongoose Publishing is proud to announce the acquisition of the Conan licence, to be released in January 2004 (I said it was for the future!). We have the entire vista of Conan and his world
Terra Primate ships… then climbs Empire State Building
Eden Studios has announced the Terra Primate RPG has arrived from the printer and is shipping to distributors and preorders now. The 256-page hardcover will bring all aspects of intelligent apes to gamers, the same way Eden’s All Flesh Must Be Eaten explored the various themes zombies work well in.
Quintessential Druid web enhancement
Mongoose Publishing has another free web enhancement to offer up, this time for Quintessential Druid. The PDF contains a free chapter of the book that had to be cut out for lack of space. Ever thought Druids should be more adapted to the terrain they live in? Then this is
Monsters of Norrath hits stores
The grand experiment continues over at Sword & Sorcery, where the second installment of the Everquest RPG has already gone out and arrived in stores. The book in question, Monsters of Norrath, provides beasts for the game, something sorely lacking with just the EQ Players’ Guide on the market for
Monstrous freebies at Firefly Games
While we wait for Escape from Monster Island to come forth and crush us, Firefly Games continues cranking out support for the original Monster Island. The Official Errata File is up and running, to keep those rules questions from turning into brawls. Also available for download is Monster Island’s first
Chains and Misery, without Jacob Morley
Chains and Misery has just been released by Skald Books. No, it has nothing to do with Dickens. Instead, it’s a 2.6 Mb PDF for Skald’s Maidenheim Campaign Setting, or any d20 System game, really. Chains and Misery dives into how slavery works “as a legitimized social institution rather than
Another glimpse of WarMech
Our friends over at ENworld are showing off a 2-page preview from WarMech – Armageddon 2089. The game’s on Mongoose‘s schedule for a March ’03 release, but between this and the background preview, you should be getting a fair idea of what to expect.
Quintessential Samurai art preview
To whet our appetites for next month’s Quintessential Samurai, the guys at Mongoose Publishing have posted an art preview. A few tatoos, an attractive female samurai, and a whole lot of katanas fill the six page PDF. Have a look.
Pinnacle gives away village. Inhabitants not included
Pinnacle has another Thanksgiving freebie for us: a Mexican Villa Map created by Joseph Wolf. You’ll need the Campaign Cartographer Viewer for it, but it could prove useful for your Deadlands, Deadlands: Hell on Earth, or… um… well, anything that needs a Mexican village.
Shadow & Flame for LotR Battle Game
In other Games Workshop news, we’ve been given a first look at some of the miniatures from the first Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game supplement Shadow & Flame, due in stores June 2003. The picture shows Balin and his dwarf guard, painted in the always-excellent GW style.
OgreCave Interview: James Wallis/Hogshead Publishing
Now that the news has come out about Hogshead Publishing calling it quits, we can let you see the interview with Hogshead’s Director and all-around nice guy, James Wallis. He explains some of the reasons for the announcement, muses on the state of the industry, and deftly avoids telling us
Necromancer provides alternative to white or dark meat
Necromancer Games have a pair of d20 downloads to help keep your game going through the holiday weekend. The first is a free Thanksgiving module, Feast of the Gobbler by Casey W. Christofferson, which spans 29 pages and 5.4 mb. The adventure’s for 4-6 characters of 3rd – 5th level,
Hogshead Publishing calls it quits
For today’s big news, Hogshead Publishing has just announced that as of November 30th, the company will be leaving the adventure-gaming industry. As the press release stated, the company hasn’t gone broke or anything. Instead, the shutdown is because “we are bored, creatively frustrated, and increasingly despondent about the future
Gold Rush at Origins. Get your mining gear
Gold Rush Games is looking to tempt you into running its games at Origins 2003. If you run 16 hours of registered GRG gaming at Origins, including Sengoku, Usagi Yojimbo, San Angelo: City of Heroes, Action! System or anything else, you’ll get a bonus thank you. Not only will you