Author: Mike Sugarbaker

” ‘I think this product will stop men thinking of women as the weaker sex.’ said Louis Porter, Jr., President & CEO of Louis Porter, Jr. Design.” Hey, that’s nothing – we’re working on a D20 adventure that’s going to cure lupus. [insert knee-slap here] But seriously, folks: this sounds

The gods of Wingnut have smiled upon us again. Here’s a taste of what you’ll be getting in the upcoming Land of Og supplement, The Complete Caveman’s Club Book. No, it’s not just a catalog of clubs – you get Smart Caveman Kits like this one: PHILOSOPHICAL SMART CAVEMAN Uses

First Ren and Stimpy, now obscure Kids in the Hall references… someday, I will get 1992 out of my system. Anyway, FFG has announced a new game called, yes, Armada, a “customizable disk game” (evidently not collectible) set in the Twilight Imperium universe. This new stuff page has it coming

Whyyyy didn’t you believe me?! Just because that sad little “More to come!” has been sitting over in the Reviews box for a while… um… okay, then. But now it’s time to put on your happy helmet and heed Michael Suileabhain-Wilson’s review of Ars Magica: The Mysteries. Just how you

That sounds kind of salacious, doesn’t it? Pagan Publishing, the fine folks behind the acclaimed Delta Green supplements for Call of Cthulhu, confirmed earlier this week in a press release (way, way below the fold) that their staff will be writing the WotC-published D20 System version of the Call of

Would you pay a dollar a month to read reviews and get into flame wars? Aaron Powell of Gaming Outpost hopes you will. While the articles and forums at GO will be accessible only to subscribers, the news page will remain free, and will go to a Slashdot-style model with

(Just doing that to get interesting search engine traffic. No offense.) Steve Jackson Games has pre-announced another non-collectible expansion set for , the collectible version of Illuminati. Purists may scoff, but lots of folks played INWO, and its streamlined rule set helped make a ridiculous explosion of cards and concepts

Since a day without WotC news is like… well, just go read this more complete outline of their 2001 plans. Harry Potter and major league sports, oh my. No mention of the Potter RPG, which further confirms the news that the RPG has been called off.

Most gamers don’t understand the game distribution business, and frankly, we here at the Cave aren’t way ahead of you. But we do understand that Alliance Game Distributors‘ acquisition, announced Friday, of Berkeley-Topline Distributors and “selected assets” of Barchetta Distribution will change the industry in massive ways. Berkeley and Barchetta

I was worried that the conclusion of John Tynes’ WotC elegy on Salon would send a message of “corporate openness and freakiness bad” with its dramatic rhythms, even as Tynes actually says “corporate openness and freakiness good.” (Although he seems a little defensive about the whole goblins thing.) You know,

Well, okay, so John Tynes‘ much-talked-about piece for Salon probably won’t end up saying that, laying the blame (blame? For the “death” of a company that still dominates the gaming industry and seems to be headed for profitability again in the near term?) on mere corporatism instead. But that cliffhanger

WotC has posted what they call a “web goody,” and maybe that’s the best name for it. The Encounter Level Calculator does some simple math and rounding for you (adding up the Challenge Ratings of a homogenous or mixed group of monsters, into a CR for the whole fight), but

Fantasy Flight Games continues to pull ninja fake-outs on the tired minds here in the Cave: the new news is that Drakon is happening after all, shipping now in fact, though it no longer bears designer Tom Jolly‘s name quite so prominently. Vortex is a separate project (of which diskwars.com

Hey, look at us, we have a poll! So does everyone, but keep in mind that “everyone” has a paid staff. So there. Like what you see? Have comments? Suggestions? Mail Sven, of course.