We’ve got a pair of new reviews for you this morning: Greg’s look at Jade Magi Sewer Crawl by Monkeygod Enterprises, and Matthew’s analysis of The Slayer’s Guide to Bugbears by Mongoose Publishing. Have at them!
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Fantasy Flight Releases D20 On Multiple Fronts
Though still getting former AEG guy Kevin Wilson settled, Fantasy Flight has managed to keep cranking out the hits. The Nocturnum campaign just might be available in time for GenCon, which is sure to decrease the sanity of many Call of Cthulhu D20 characters. The modern day horror campaign details
Cheapass Switches Promo Ploys At GenCon
For the past few years, has run ads in the program books at Origins and GenCon. Usually, these featured free Button Men that could be cut out at the Cheapass booth and made into the fully operational model. This GenCon, the company’s skipped that in favor of a Milwaukee area
Boston Massacre Next Month
The first supplement for Tyranny Games‘ The End is at the printers and scheduled to reach stores next month. Entitled The Boston Massacre, the book will provide details on the Boston region, describe the Boston-D.C. conflict, and supply game stats for the area’s important personalities. A new class, the Founder
Hay! Battle Cattle Minis Re-Release
Wingnut Games has just released the Battle Cattle miniatures with new (and greatly improved) packaging. The Medium Battle Cattle is also seeing light for the first time in this release, so those of us who got our figs from the first release still need to get to stores for the
Krusty Would Approve
Wizards of the Coast has announced plans for The Simpsons TCG. The game will first arrive this October in the form of 40-card decks featuring Bart, Homer, Lisa or Mr Burns. Naturally, 11-card boosters will also be available. Ex-cellent. Interview With Bad Axe Games Joe has cornered Bad Axe Games
WotC Rumblings: Online Store, E-Tools, And So On
With Hasbro’s quarterly earnings announcement due this coming Monday, it comes as no surprise that Wizards of the Coast‘s online store has closed down. Why? Because WotC has finally announced part of what’s been rumored for weeks now: someone else will be handling online retail sales for them from now
ENnies Awards Voting Open
EN World has just opened up online voting for the seventeen categories of the ENnies. The awards focus on the same subject as EN World, the D20 System, and will announce the winners in a ceremony at GenCon next month.
Origins Photo Gallery Posted
Mike took the digital camera along to Origins a week or so back, and now we’re showing you what he saw. Have a look-see at OgreCave’s Origins 2002 Photo Gallery. And if you feel tempted to push any little girls into the spike-lined trap, you’re a sick, sick individual. Welcome
Mystic Eye Buys Thunderhead Games
Considering their cooperation on supplying FFG with Dragonstar support, it shouldn’t be too surprising that Mystic Eye Games has purchased Thunderhead Games. Thunderhead will now become a line of products for MEG, which has placed Hal Greenberg, former CEO of TG, as Vice President of Marketing and Art Director of
Bring In The Siege Weapons!
Arcane Games is releasing a full-color version of Tower Siege, a non-collectable, customizable card game. According to the description, 2-4 players (up to 8 in teams) will each take the role of a powerful mage and “battle against one another with the aid of Minions, Items, Scrolls and Relics.” Each
EN World “Ennies” Nominations Announced
The panel of five experts has selected the nominees for each category of GenCon and EN World‘s “Ennies” d20 System Awards. While votes aren’t being taken until next week, the nominees can be seen, and discussed in preparation for voting, on the awards page. Weird West Mosies Into RPGA The
MechWarrior: Dark Age Delayed
WizKids has just announced that MechWarrior: Dark Age will be slightly delayed in reaching stores. According to Martin Stever, WizKids Executive Vice President, “the shift in the release date was necessary because our orders have far outstripped our original estimates.” Now there’s a good problem to have. WizKids will send
Blight Magic Review Posted
In our latest review, Joe gives us a look inside the tainted world of Blight Magic from Mystic Eye Games. The concept reminds me of the Defiler mages from TSR’s Dark Sun setting, though MEG has taken it much further. Have a look. Fantasy Flight To Publish Dragon Ball Z
It Makes A Nice, Inconspicuous Get-Away Vehicle
Games Workshop has been the victim of Grand Theft Auto. The U.S. branch is letting everyone know that “the Games Workshop America Battle Wagon was stolen by persons unknown sometime during the late evening or early morning of Tuesday, July 9th and Wednesday July 10th, 2002 from the parking lot