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Category: Game Design

2020 Diana Jones Award honors Black Excellence in Gaming

July 29, 2020 Allan Sugarbaker Conventions, Game Design, Industry Leave a comment

This year’s Diana Jones Award has been announced, and it repairs some mistakes of the past with its list of honorees. For 2020, the Diana Jones Award committee has recognized the concept of Black Excellence in Gaming. In the announcement,

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Passing the Talisman Around: Licensing the Classics

August 29, 2019 Allan Sugarbaker Board Games, Computer and Console Games, Game Design, Geek Culture, Industry Leave a comment

So you may have heard of the collaborations between The Op (formerly USAopoly, best known for its hundreds of versions of Monopoly) and Games Workshop (best known for Warhammer 40K and numerous fantasy or sci-fi board games). One of the

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Chaosium founder Greg Stafford passes away

October 12, 2018 Allan Sugarbaker Game Design, Geek Culture, Industry, Roleplaying Games Leave a comment

Founder of Chaosium and longtime game industry trailblazer Greg Stafford passed away yesterday. Greg founded Chaosium to get his work on the fantasy world of Glorantha published, and from there went on to design Pendragon, co-design the roleplaying games of

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2018 Origins Award winners

June 17, 2018 Allan Sugarbaker Board Games, Card Games, Dungeons & Dragons, Game Design, Industry, Miniatures Games, Pathfinder, Roleplaying Games Leave a comment

You’ve already read through the 2018 Origins Award nominees, right? And played all of them, as you were instructed? Okay, good – let’s proceed. As always, congratulations to all the nominees. Here’s the winners: 2018 Origins Award winners Best Board

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2018 Origins Award nominees announced

June 1, 2018 Allan Sugarbaker Board Games, Card Games, Conventions, Dungeons & Dragons, Game Design, Industry, Pathfinder, Roleplaying Games Leave a comment

The Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts and Design has announced their 2018 Origins Award nominees. There will also be Fan Favorite categories, voted on by attendees of the Origins Game Fair (as usual). Let’s peruse the list, shall we? Then,

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2018 Spiel des Jahres nominees announced

May 15, 2018 Allan Sugarbaker Board Games, Card Games, Game Design, Industry Leave a comment

This year’s nominees for the Spiel des Jahres – Germany’s Game of the Year, a highly regarded title in tabletop gaming – have been announced, along with nominees for the Kennerspiel des Jahres (“Expert Game of the Year”, intended for

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OgreCave review: Goblin Grapple

May 6, 2018 Allan Sugarbaker Card Games, Game Design, Reviews Leave a comment

On the day of it’s Kickstarter launch, Lars Roberts brings us a review of Goblin Grapple from Silver Gaming Company. A fantasy-themed card game of speedy combat, this Stratego-like design is perfect for playing a few rounds between longer games.

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Eleven Games to Play at your Stranger Things Party

October 27, 2017 Allan Sugarbaker Board Games, Card Games, Dungeons & Dragons, Features, Game Design, Geek Culture Leave a comment

More than anything, watching the kids on Stranger Things obsess over their favorite games hits us with heavy nostalgia for those classic games of the 1980s. When you celebrate this modern classic of kids against the supernatural, whether you binge-watch

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Z-Man posts preview of Pandemic Legacy: Season 2

September 30, 2017 Allan Sugarbaker Board Games, Game Design Leave a comment

Z-Man Games has posted a preview of Pandemic Legacy: Season 2, the follow-up to the critically acclaimed 2015 boardgame. Designers Rob Daviau and Matt Leacock have created a game of both exploration and resource management in the anticipated co-op sequel,

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Gen Con game convention wins 2017 Diana Jones Award

August 17, 2017 Allan Sugarbaker Board Games, Card Games, Conventions, Game Design, Geek Culture, Industry, LARP, Roleplaying Games Leave a comment

At Gen Con 50, the winner of this year’s Diana Jones Award for excellence in gaming has been announced as… Gen Con itself! First organized in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin by Gary Gygax himself, Gen Con has grown to become an

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Gaming News Update – Anna Meade (Uprising: The Dystopian Universe RPG)

August 12, 2017 Allan Sugarbaker Card Games, Conventions, Game Design, Geek Culture, Podcast, Roleplaying Games Leave a comment

In this Gaming News Update interview, we throw new OgreCave contributor Lars Roberts to the wolves and have her interview Anna Meade, co-author of Uprising: The Dystopian Universe RPG from Evil Hat Productions. Due to hit Kickstarter for a 2018

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Game Designer Eric Lang wins 2016 Diana Jones Award

August 6, 2016 Allan Sugarbaker Board Games, Card Games, Conventions, Game Design, Industry Leave a comment

At Gen Con 2016, the winner of this year’s Diana Jones Award for excellence in gaming has been announced as prolific and impressive game designer Eric M. Lang. Lang is known as the man behind Chaos in the Old World,

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OgreCave video: KublaCon 2015, Goodman Games, Cheapass Games

October 16, 2015 Allan Sugarbaker Board Games, Card Games, Conventions, D20, Dungeons & Dragons, Game Design, Geek Culture, Industry, Interviews, Roleplaying Games Leave a comment

Because we got some great footage at KublaCon 2015, we’re doing our best to ambush you with some of it (Flashback Friday, anyone?). We’ve included a general look at parts of the convention, but also managed to talk with Joseph

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OgreCave video: Luke Laurie, CelestiCon

September 5, 2015 Allan Sugarbaker Board Games, Card Games, Conventions, Game Design, Miniatures Games, Roleplaying Games Leave a comment

Around the Cave these past few months, Real Life (TM) has been busy, so gaming has suffered. But even hibernating ogres need to stretch, wake up, and hunt for good gaming now and then. To facilitate a good hunt for

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Gaming News Update – Paranoia Reboot (James Wallis)

November 27, 2014 Allan Sugarbaker Game Design, Geek Culture, Industry, Interviews, Roleplaying Games Leave a comment

With the holiday season already upon us, roleplaying gamers are looking for quality RPGs to pick up, and some of us are planning ahead. In this Gaming News Update interview with James Wallis, notably of Spaaace: the Games Consultancy and

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