According to a recent press release, WizKids has sold off some of the Ral Partha rights to Iron Wind Metals, which plans to continue some of the product lines. Bravo, I say… as long as the figures live up to the Ral Partha standard. Guess Iron Wind will carry on
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Wargames West Closing Down
One of the pillars of the gaming industry, Wargames West, will be closing its doors for good at the end of this month. CEO Wayne Godfrey sent out this message today to clients and industry friends: After twenty years of business in our industry, I have decided to close Wargames
Mutterings About Mongoose
Matthew Sprange of Mongoose Publishing dropped us a line to let us know what’s been going on over there. Here’s what he told us: Full details and the cover art for Ships of the Elves, the next expansion to Seas of Blood, is now up on our web site. This
Superheroes Coming From Green Ronin
Going where no d20 RPG has gone just yet, Green Ronin is taking the plunge into superhero roleplaying next Fall with Mutants & Masterminds. Author Steve Kenson, contributor to the Shadowrun, Marvel Super-Heroes, DC Universe, Champions and Aberrant game lines, will bring us an RPG that “features fast, simple mechanics
OgreCave’s Christmas Gift Guide – Part 1
Just in time for the big shopping rush, we present our Christmas Gift Guide – part 1. Have you got your big ticket game wishes picked out already, but you’re having trouble coming up with cheaper ideas? Or maybe you’re on a budget, but want to give something to everyone
Bastion Press To Support RPGA’s Living City
Ryan Dancey of OrganizedPlay issued a press release today that answers questions of adventure support of the Living City setting: OrganizedPlay, Inc., a developer of software supporting game player networks, and licensee of the RPGA Living city of Raven’s Bluff campaign, announced today that it has entered into a long-term
The End Goes D20
Tyranny Games has announced that The End: Lost Souls Edition will use the D20 system. According to the press release, “The End promises to challenge the d20 system conventions with realistic injury effects, achievement-base experience, and a single starting class: the Meek. The class levels for the Meek reflect experience
Another Misguided Artist
Misguided Games, still hard at work on the dieselpunk fantasy RPG Children of the Sun, has a new gallery featuring one of the game’s artists, John Shannon. Web Enhancement For Wheel Of Time Wizards of the Coast has posted a free web enhancement for the Wheel of Time RPG. The
RPGnet Awards Announced
The other site I work at, RPGnet, has announced the winners of the 2001 RPGnet Awards, also known as the Buzzies. These awards give recognition to the image, promotion and creation of products in the RPG industry. And the winners are: Most Anticipated Pre-launch of a Game: Lord of the
Hogshead Update
Hogshead Publishing has let the world know that the release of Nobilis will be delayed slightly to January. In the meantime, we can all grab our copies of DeProfundis to ravenously read through and fondle, as it is now available. I mean, if James Wallis says “It is the most
New OgreCave Reviews: GURPS Traveller
Matthew brings us two new reviews today, both of GURPS Traveller products (from the Planetary Survey series, to be precise). First is Tobibak: The Savage Sea, followed by a chaser of Darkmoon: The Prison Planet. Sounds cheerful, eh?
Green Ronin Announces Master Class Series
Green Ronin Publishing has announced their plans for a Master Class line in 2002. The series will introduce a new core class to the d20 System in each volume, providing new skills, feats, equipment, spells, organizations, and the ever-popular prestige classes. Here’s a quick rundown of how the series will
Roleplaying Tips Weekly #101
Roleplaying Tips Weekly has begun work on their next 100 issues. This week’s issue deals with potty training… no, wait, that’s my daughter. Roleplaying and GMing Servant NPCs is RTW’s theme this time around, followed by a few random tips from readers, the first of which is dubious at best.
Mongoose To Release Judge Dredd RPG
Mongoose Publishing just let us know about their acquisition of the exclusive licence to produce RPG products based on the 2000 AD Comics. What this means to you is ’round GenCon next year (August), you should watch for the Judge Dredd RPG to hit stores, a fully-supported D20 System game
Star Wars D20 To Be Revised
According to the official Star Wars site, the Star Wars Roleplaying Game will get an upgrade late next year with a Revised Rulebook. The revised edition will make “rules improvements drawn from customer feedback” and will have material based on Star Wars: Episode 2 (whose name we dare not speak