Yeah, it doesn’t look like much of anyone has a well-oiled journalism machine in operation at GAMA this year. GR (which does not mean Green Ronin) has , here’s some annotated-for-your-convenience highlights and extra bits: New TITAN. Yes, that one. These folks are bringing it but nothing’s on the site
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Green Ronin takes over A Song Of Ice And Fire RPG duties
Mind you, they won’t be taking over the version that Guardians of Order did; they’re doing a new one. Targeted for 2008. Awesome quote: George R.R. Martin says in the release that “[t]here were days I felt like Scarlett O’Hara at the Twelve Oaks barbeque” when the RPG rights were
Audio Report: we have explosive!
Just in time for GTS, listen to our talk on the final – like, really final – aftermath of Games Expo. And on the Endgame Minicon, the naval-miniatures boomlet and lots of other fun stuff. As always, join us if you haven’t.
They also announced Rocketmen! (sound of crickets)
Okay, so Allan beat me to the post. Savor the flavor, hotshot. But anyway: Xbox Livers and PS3 owners (all twelve of them) will be getting this tweaked-up Rocketmen game in the fall. No word on whether it’ll have some kind of collectible-sales aspect, probably because no one cares. Me,
Uncivilized goblins attack in May; Knizia on Nintendo DS in the fall?
Savvy readers will recall “The Goblin Game”, now titled Uncivilized: The Goblin Game and hitting public beta in about another month. Promo materials for Uncivilized name all four factions in the game (the League of Tyrants has a snazzy recruiting poster), and a few words about the world: “familiar fantasy
Underestimate the pretty collectible horses at your peril
I told you not to count Hidden City Games out; they’re now the exclusive licensor outside of Scandinavia for a product called Bella Sara. What on Earth’s that, you ask? Why, it’s “an imaginative, joyful world of horses, where every girl is special and uniquely beautiful! Horse cards can be
Audio Report: Games Expo, card models, and dragon junk
The complete rundown on this year’s trade events, past and future, plus the twin announcements of what we used to sort of call “constructible strategy games” for June, are the meat of this show. Fans of Currently Playing have a ton of mini-reviews to chew on as well. Also, check
Transformers card-model game for summer: Wizards transforms into me-too company
I think this news might make me a little sad. Not because a Transformers CSG is something I don’t want to see in the world – I’m fine with it, I think card models that can “transform” will sometimes be pretty neat, and I am especially hoping they don’t design
Privateer makes more P3 and more card game
Despite P3 paints getting a mixed response (no pun intended), P3 will become a full hobby line this year, including brushes, other tools, and Privateer’s first standalone painting guides. Even harder to comprehend, except from a pure game-design standpoint – Matt Wilson’s minis rules have always set the hobby’s standard
Paizo collects D&D minis, game designers
Paizo is giving us more than a few reasons to scratch our chins lately, the latest of which being that they are buying up large collections of D&D Minis. Why? Doesn’t say. We know they have a big year planned, with “new and exciting products, company changes, and a late
Audio Report: DunDraCon, Goodman Games and Troll Lord
Allan’s interview with two D20 survivors – Goodman Games and Troll Lord games, respectively – is the meat of this show. We also report on DDC more generally, and threaten to talk about lots of other stuff. Get with it.
Topps sold to former Disney CEO’s consortium
Actually Eisner’s company is splitting it with some other company, and I guess I’ve just blown the only chance I’ll get for a while to use the word ‘consortia’ in a headline. What does this mean for Topps’ wholly-owned subsidiary WizKids? My guess is as good as yours, but there
BattleLore gets epic, then flexible
Okay, so, we slept on this a little – in part because the first portion, the Epic BattleLore expansion that’ll open the game up to 6 players at a time, was expected. But this Call to Arms business is entirely intriguing, offering an alternate card-based army deployment system. It’ll hit
Audio Report: live in person! On tape!
This is our best show in a long time, even leaving aside that it’s our only show in a long time. It’s our best show in longer than that. Chris talks about changes in cross-over gaming, we all talk about licensed games, and Allan hits us with the awesome power
Perplex City season 1 really, really over
Yeah, you know the Cube, right? The one that’s worth 200 grand? Some English guy found it. [This exciting account of the find doesn’t quite explain how the general area to search in was deduced, but once it was, the solve essentially came down to one card. A common, even.