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Author: Mike Sugarbaker

Everything old is psionic again: Dark Sun setting for D&D 4e in ’10

August 14, 2009 Mike Sugarbaker Board Games, Dungeons & Dragons, Roleplaying Games 5 comments

Yeppers. As the linked interview notes, Dark Sun has much more distinctive flavor than a lot of the other settings WotC could have revived. It sounds like a considerable number of crunchy bits will be distinctive to this book as

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This just in from 5:00 on Thursday at Gen Con 2009

August 13, 2009 Mike Sugarbaker Conventions 3 comments

Here’s the show, here’s your notes: The Diana Jones Award. Catalyst has the old WizKids booth spot, right by the entrance. From a polished toy manufacturer to punks in kilts with BattleTech pods: I can get behind that. Hero doesn’t

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New edition of Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay announced

August 13, 2009 Mike Sugarbaker Uncategorized 11 comments

Yeah, whole new edition… and it looks fascinating. Possibly fascinating in the car-wreck sense, but it’s a bit early to know for sure. Also, it’s a box set at a planned MSRP of $99 – which people will see as

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This just in from This Just In From Gen Con 2009

August 13, 2009 Mike Sugarbaker Conventions 3 comments

Once again it’s on: Ryan Macklin is re-attempting his mildly insane project of podcasting semi-live from Gen Con, and we’re doing his show notes semi-officially this time. For the Thursday 11am show: Pandemic and its On The Brink expansion. You

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Dominion wins 2009 Diana Jones Award

August 12, 2009 Mike Sugarbaker Board Games, Card Games, Dungeons & Dragons, Geek Culture, Industry, LARP, Roleplaying Games One comment

Huzzah and congratulations. My game group played three consecutive games just last night; I’m pretty sure that’s a record for us. Dominion beat out multiple big-name nominees, which are listed over here. Other news coming in via Twitter: lots of

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Fascinating details on LEGO’s board game line

August 12, 2009 Mike Sugarbaker Uncategorized Leave a comment

BrettSpiel has a good-sized interview with freshman designer Cephas Howard, who was on the cusp of getting a couple of board games published when he landed what I think we can all agree is a pretty sweet job: lead designer

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My next band is called Stardust Overdrive: Yu-Gi-Oh rolls on

August 10, 2009 Mike Sugarbaker Card Games Leave a comment

Thing about TCGs is once they have enough momentum, they don’t seem to ever stop rolling, ever. It’s like comics: there will always be people who act like comics collectors, even though neither the paper drives of the 40s that

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Where has all the cheapass gone?

August 10, 2009 Mike Sugarbaker Board Games, Industry 4 comments

I don’t refer to , of course, hence the lower-case C above; they’re still in corporate hibernation, safely ensconced in . I refer to the general concept of inexpensive-yet-substantial board games, which would seem pretty ripe for the current financial

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OgreCave is on Twitter

August 7, 2009 Mike Sugarbaker Computer and Console Games, OgreCave Leave a comment

Feel free to come follow. In addition to convenient notices of new posts, you will receive occasional witty banter, things we don’t think are quite worth a post, and some complaining when our server is slow. OgreCave: happy to be

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This week in alleged WotC digi-fail: D&D fan site policy (not) unveiled

August 7, 2009 Mike Sugarbaker Dungeons & Dragons, Industry, Roleplaying Games 6 comments

Long story short, said policy – actually a fan site kit policy for a kit of approved fan site content – is unclear in spots and totally forgets to talk about what happens when you go outside the content contained

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There is crying in Elfball, as long as it’s noble, immortal crying

August 6, 2009 Mike Sugarbaker Uncategorized 2 comments

Just a quick right-on to Impact! Miniatures, who are doing some much-needed exploration of the Blood Bowl gamespace with their appealingly lo-fi Elfball sets. Check the rules PDF here if you care to. They’ve also acquired a fantasy-themed basketball game

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Smith and Tinker steps to the (gold-plated) plate with Nanovor

August 6, 2009 Mike Sugarbaker Card Games, Computer and Console Games, Industry 5 comments

When Jordan Weisman first announced his new company Smith and Tinker, he stated its mission as being to create toys, games, and other real-world media that leverage networks in order “to compete with the dynamic and exciting world of the

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In which two of Mike’s obsessions combine to destroy him

August 5, 2009 Mike Sugarbaker Board Games, Geek Culture One comment

LEGO Games. Not available until next year in the US, Lord only knows how good any of them are, and many of the site links lead you to the lame Flash teaser that we Yanks are apparently meant to be

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A little 16-or-so-bit action for your table

August 4, 2009 Mike Sugarbaker Board Games, Computer and Console Games 2 comments

If you poke around in the various print-and-play tags on BoardGameGeek, you can find some pretty interesting stuff. Take, for example, , a counter-based light wargame ripped, quite literally (if you decide that the digital sense of the word “rip”

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Gamers: helping the forms exhaust their variety since 1971

August 3, 2009 Mike Sugarbaker Miniatures Games Leave a comment

Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the exciting new tabletop miniatures game, Teddy Bears of the Caribbean.

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