I’ve got my hands on it and it is indeed the new Epic Duels. (Except that that other thing is more literally the new Epic Duels, because it’s just like the old Epic Duels. Yeah.) If Blood Bowl is too ponderous for you but seems to hold some appeal, you
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Line noise: Peter Adkison on GenCon slaps and bennies
Peter Adkison released an “open letter to the Internet” today on the problems and successes with the first Indianapolis GenCon. The unedited text of his letter is included below; I think you know where to click.
GenCon wrap-up: unearth those arcana
We’ve kinda known this all weekend but haven’t quite gotten around to reporting it till now: Monte’s Bizarro World Players Handbook, better known to the world as Arcana Unearthed, has been rocking it all over the competition at the show. This whole world-of-the-Diamond-Throne thing looks to have dominant traits; will
I’m just waiting for the Hungry Hungry Hippos wargame
Oh, and I found a little more on BattleBall. Apparently it’s also a Toys-R-Us kinda game, actually branded Milton Bradley but demoed at the Wizards booth anyway. It’s been described as “like Blood Bowl meets Epic Duels,” which pretty much means it’ll kick your ass, and then take your ass’
They finally did it! Damn you all to Cybertron!
This game is fully compatible with, and properly power-scaled to, Star Wars: Epic Duels. (That’s legalese for LET’S GET IT THE HELL ON)
No longer live from Gen Con: the real photo gallery is pending, ho ho
But in the meantime, this cat has a decent one. The first couple are broken for me, but just keep scrolling. Suddenly I’d really like to know what BattleBall is.
Not very live from Gen Con: corral those electrons
Those interested to hear another outside perspective on the big news of Gen Con, and a good summation of the show’s big PC gaming announcements, can check out this convenient index of GameSpy’s coverage. This quick rundown of the WotC-licensed PC games coming out over the next while is particularly
I hated to do that… but it's the law of the West
Word on the Cheapasses mailing list is that the preview version of One False Step For Mankind sold in limited quantity at GenCon is not only a surprisingly strong game for the neglected-of-late box line, but it’s not that cheap for the money! The board and cards are in full
On having one's priorities straight
You know, I guess I can forgive the White Wolf folks for having let the creativity of the World of Darkness product line flag a bit over the last few years… because as Jane reports over at out of fear of offending the tender souls among you in the Cave’s
It’s totally different – the character’s hair is black and white, see? Totally different.
“Duel Masters, one of the hottest card games in Japan, is heading for the U.S. […] The problem for WotC and Dreamwave will be to create a separate identity for Duel Masters so that the property doesn’t end up playing ‘Digimon’ to Yu-Gi-Oh’s ‘Pokemon.’ ” Yeah, that’s a challenge all
BattleTech fiction junkies to get the hookup online?
Longtime CBT novelist Loren Coleman is apparently now officially in talks with WizKids to write BattleTech/MechWarrior fiction to be delivered to subscribers at his BattleCorps website. Online delivery makes perfect sense for fans of this kind of material, who know exactly what they want and who they want it from.
A Game of Thrones CCG gets gamier (have I used that joke before? I think I have)
Hey, Jane: go to the FFG booth, they’re debuting a new edition of AGoT that has starter decks for all five Houses. There are just five, right? You would know better than I would. The Game of Thrones board game is also there, if it hasn’t sold out.
Big GenCon announcement #1: Mage Knight refurbishment
I am dimly suspicious that we already knew about this in some way, shape, or form, and I didn’t report on it because I didn’t think it was all that big. But, still. Mage Knight 2.0 features an overhauled combat dial format, as well as new collectible pieces for terrain,
Nevermind whether it's a game, I'm just glad it's not a fetish
Our buds at have launched the first issue of their “Virtual Magazine” today, including Justin’s piece on, er, water play. It’s not what it sounds like. Anyone who’s interested in expanding their thought on what it means to play would do well to check out GGA. (GGA’s editor Jane is
Privateer readies another sneak-preview sale for new Warmachine box
If you lust for the Warmachine, stay up late on Thursday night and get your order in for the new, not-in-stores-for-a-while box, chock full of “Magnus the Traitor and his personal battlegroup”. They’ll also be selling the box at Gen Con, natch. On a side note (literally), the Iron Kingdoms