Author: Greg Kessler

The nice folks at Wizards of the Coast have posted a huge new preview of monster art on their site.  The Gallery is filled with scads of new Monster Manual II art.  There has to be over 100 drawings of all manner of beast.  Included is a new drawing of

Steve Jackson Games has announced that their special hard bound edition of the Hellboy rule book has sold out.  SJGames printed 1000 copies to only fill pre orders and a few to sell at GenCon and those are, apparently all gone. Advice from Steve himself is to check out their

Blaster Law, the new Spacemaster supplement from Iron Crown Enterprises is finally going to ship on August 14th. Blaster Law is the complete guide to energy weapons and their use in combat for the Spacemaster system. This is a great accomplishment for a company that went under and was sold

SJGames has announced on their web site that there have been some minor changes in their release schedule. All Car Wars material scheduled for release (except those already at the printer) will be pushed back so Mr. Jackson can concentrate on finishing up the new Vehicle Design System. No new

Wizards of the Coast has posted a new interview with the designers of Monster Manual II.  Jeff Grubb, Rich Redman, Ed Bonny, Steve Winter, and Skip Williams sit down with the hard hitting interviewers of Wizards.com.  This super team discusses how they chose monsters and made them even better at

Dream Pod 9, makers of Heavy Gear and Jovian Chronicles, has announced that their new Jovian Chronicles book, Mars Planetbook, has arrived from the printers and we should be seeing it in stores soon.  If you haven’t checked out Jovian Chronicles yet, it’s worth your time.  Besides being a really

have posted some new pdf previews of Silver Age Sentinels material.  On their site you can download fast play rules, character sheets, sample characters and more.  Go check out the newest from the home of Big Eyes Small Mouth. End of Summer Violence (for those of us that couldn’t afford

Traveller News from Steve Jackson Steve Jackson Games announced today that they have signed an agreement with Marc Miller (the creator of Traveller) to continue to publish Traveller for another three years. In addition, SJ Games is preparing to delve into a previously uncharted time period in the Traveller universe.

Pinnacle has dropped a couple of pieces of news in the last few days: Toxic Tunes is Back!  The Hell on Earth soundtrack, lost at the pressing plant, has been repressed by Pinnacle and is being offered for sale for the paltry sum of $8.00.  If you are really in

We have all seen our precious pen and paper games turned into computer games.  Well card players rejoice, for the tables have turned.  Access Denied is the new computer hacker card game from Interformic Games.  With a 63 card deck it is up to you to crack the code before

Gamemastering Secrets Second Edition is at the printers.  Grey Ghost Press has been promised 100 copies of their gaming opus by the time GenCon opens in August. This is going to be a great for all you first time GMs, you can learn the craft from the masters at Grey

Green Ronin has struck a deal with Charles Ryan to publish a D20 version of his ground breaking Ultramodern Firearms.  Ultramodern Firearms was originally released by Chameleon Eclectic in 1993 but fell by the wayside when Chameleon Eclectic went under. The new edition will feature all manner of new and deadly

In the tradition of the D20 Open Game License, Eternal Tempest has released their core rules, HALO. Eternal Tempest is giving away the system for any game company or designer to use.  They have posted the core rule files and usage guidelines on their site for download.  The system has been

Wizards of the Coast has released their new Epic Level Handbook and you can win an autographed copy.  Author Andy Collins is holding a contest on his personal web site for signed copies of the new WotC release. If you can match each Bloodlines character to the player who created him,