Author: Mike Sugarbaker

First, for those of you who never touch the scroll bar, we’ve got a PayPal donation box set up down there. Go stare at it. Second, speaking of PayPal, they’ve set up a really easy way to give money to the Red Cross. But, if it’s a choice between those

We only found out about this when we listened to Gaming Report’s audio interview, but apparently Dancey’s company was announced at GenCon. Unclear why there hasn’t been more news about this, although it’s possible that we’re just blind and missed it. He’s apparently continuing to do lots of work for

Gold Rush Games’ still-pretty-new ninjafication supplement for Sengoku gets the treatment from Darren MacLennan in our new review. (“The treatment” makes it sound pretty rough. He liked it, actually. Or, Shinobi’s just man enough to take it.)

I’m sorry, but this is excessive. (I’m not saying I don’t like excessive)

The creator of Unknown Armies and Delta Green drops a couple of bombs in our substantial new interview. Get with it. And go buy a copy of UA, dammit (I just did last week, to replace the one I gave Sven last year).

Munchkin is long. Or very, very random. Maybe the latter always leads to the former, I don’t know. We played with four players, and although you should always factor in some inflation for a first game, it took in excess of two hours for someone to get their “character” from

ICv2 brings the world an official statement from mega-distributor Diamond that . Of course, rumors have been flying at least since Origins about TSR getting sold, and any number of potential buyers have been discussed, so maybe Diamond just lost a bidding war. (Doing my part to keep the mill

This ICv2 report has a (precious) few more details about the WotC d20 crackdown we reported on early in the week. They say: “Is this a laudable attempt to standardize procedures and enforce a necessary discipline on sloppy publishers, or is it the stunned reaction of an organization that has

Ever wonder what it’s like to be Gary Gygax’s publisher, or what the guys who put those CD-ROM d20 modules on your game store’s shelves were thinking? Read all about it in the first of what are sure to be many OgreCave interviews. (Peep Colin’s fly new corner graphic while

Just as surely as that dead wrestler has a posse, Brave New World author Matt Forbeck’s upcoming hybrid fantasy/sci-fi world for d20 now has a web site. There’s also a new page for Reiner Knisia’s Lord of the Rings board game, now that FFG is its new publisher. More Vortex

Just in time for Gen Con, for Allan to get on the plane and not be able to post about it, and for hell to freeze over, it’s Sven’s review of Sack Armies – technically, of the first set, Expeditionary Forces, which is now available in a store near you

Overheard on AIM: did i bump into the ogrecave editorial meeting? and who the heck is WizKids? m_____: wizkids = mage knight m_____: it’s like, whoever has the most money in the industry gets gen con as a booby prize u___: “most money in the gaming industry” is already a

At long last, FFG has a web page for Vortex, the new effort from the team that gave you DiskWars. Check out some disk im- sorry, tile images, download sample tiles and rules, and generally sit back and admire.