Author: Allan Sugarbaker

New card games were everywhere at GenCon this year. Let me see what I can remember… The Ebay card game from Journeyman Press looked promising, though uncomplicated. WotC’s Harry Potter CCG had major displays inside the castle, and seemed well designed from a cursory glance at the game. However, $3.29

One of the more entertaining single-space booths was the tribal tent of Outside the Asylum Productions, who were at GenCon promoting their boardgame, Nomad. In the game, which is packaged in a strange tent-like box, are several cloth gameboards and a number of game pieces. Each player uses a small

One of my roommates ran a scheduled playtest game of the new Tekumel RPG being developed by . The new game uses the Tri-Stat system, used throughout most of the GOO product line. Though I didn’t have a chance to join in, my roommate said the players thought the combat

Apparently, yesterday’s posts didn’t show up. They should now be displaying just fine, so check out my preliminary report on GenCon 2001. I’ll be adding more later today.

Over at booth #347, Sovereign Press had the entire line of last year’s Sovereign Stone RPG, now converted to the D20 System. There always seemed to be activity there, partly because Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman were at the booth, signing everything from Dragonlance to their Sovereign Stone novel. Don

Okay, I’m back. Getting *to* GenCon was a minor nightmare that took 28 hours, but getting back went quite smoothly. Plenty of thunderstorms in both directions. And since my trip to GenCon was on non-OgreCave business (I’m working for Wizard’s Attic and Skotos Tech on a project to expand RPGnet.

Well, I’m on layover in the Denver airport, but I’ll be movin’ on home soon. I’ll have some GenCon posts for you tomorrow, and an image gallery shortly thereafter. Stay tuned.

The Games Unplugged website is just displaying an image of the GenCon issue, along with a cryptic message saying “Come Back AUGUST 15th and Experience a new way of Looking at Gaming!” Hmmm… I’m hoping for virtual reality, but we shall see.

Most convention-goers know that Wizards of the Coast is getting out of the convention business — at least, they’re stepping out of their role as sponsors of Origins and GenCon. GAMA already has “custody” of Origins, but after this year’s GenCon (which starts Thursday), who will take over? According to

Fresh from their Origins Award wins a few weeks ago, is headed into GenCon at full steam. U.S. Patent Number One,a time machine game, will be released in August, and a new six-button expansion called Button Men: Samurai will reach stores in early September. Can’t wait that long for your

According to a new press release from WizKids, “The enduring, popular science-fiction setting has found great success as a miniatures war game, a pc computer game, site-based interactive entertainment and as a ground-breaking animated series. Now WizKids will take the Battletech Universe in an exciting, new direction.” What direction is

Tyranny Games and Precedence Studios are pleased to announce the release of Sack Armies: Expeditionary Force, now available from all major distributors. Sack Armies had an extremely successful debut at Origins, and is sure to do well at GenCon. To celebrate the game’s release, two new downloads are available for

Green Ronin has a pair of releases that will be showing up at GenCon (though you could always order them through Wizard’s Attic). Both Hell in Freeport and the D20 System Character Record Folio will storm GenCon like angry samurai. For those who won’t be attending the convention, Green Ronin

No, it has nothing to do with the Weird West. The official Dark Sun website, Athas.org, has posted a 70 page free PDF called Terrors of the Dead Lands. The supplement describes the undead of Athas, old and new, in preparation for the upcoming supplement Secrets of the Dead Lands.

The new D20 supplement from Mystic Eye Games is previewed on their site. The cover art, plus the back cover text, are available for you viewing pleasure here. The 128 page sourcebook will retail for $14.95, and arrives next month. Frag the Munchkins! Ah, what a combo that would make.