This year’s ENnies are open for voting business now. If participating in the RPG-focused awards appeals to you, head on over and fill in a ballot. The polls close this Saturday, August 1st, and as always, the winners will be announced at Gen Con in Indianapolis.
Category: Geek Culture
Family Games 100 contributor list announced
Following in the footsteps of the excellent Hobby Games: The 100 Best – which we recommended in our 2007 Christmas Gift Guide – Green Ronin has been hard at work on its follow-up book, Family Games: The 100 Best. Edited once again by James Lowder, the 400 page paperback will
Original Talisman designer self-releases follow-up after 26 years
So this is interesting: Bob Harris, who designed Talisman for Games Workshop in 1983, has published a short-run limited edition of Mythgardia, a new fantasy adventure game that, at first glance, both does and doesn’t remind one of Talisman. It is self-published and seems to straddle the line between handmade
Random Encounter interview: Jamie Chambers
Just over a week ago, we told you about Signal Fire Studios and Metamorphosis Alpha. We wanted more details though, so we went straight to Jamie Chambers, President of Signal Fire, for the skinny on plans for the MA relaunch. Our Random Encounter interview with Jamie offers a quick Q
2009 Origins Award winners
We’ve known the nominees for a while now, and resisted judging too harshly for having a t-shirt in the “Game Accessory” category. This year’s winners were awarded in a ceremony overseen by James Ernest last night at Origins. A notable winner was the Mouseguard RPG for Best RPG, despite being
Doctor Who RPG finally arriving this October
Early today, Cubicle 7 announced its upcoming Doctor Who: Adventures in Time and Space RPG has finally chosen when to appear – October 2009. This must mean the company has sucessfully jumped through the BBC’s licensing hoops, and won’t need to go offline again anytime soon. The new game will
Come Out and Play ’09 came and played
Another June, and once again, I’m somewhat annoyed that I didn’t get myself out to New York City to participate in Come Out & Play, the annual weekend festival of city-wide games that strike an odd balance between LARP, sport, and flash mob. Sprawling throughout Times Square, Central Park, Brooklyn,
Audio Report – Rumors of demise are highly exaggerated
Okay, mostly exaggerated. I’ve struggled to get this podcast recording functional for many moons (well, more like a couple moons). A few months and a hardware upgrade later, and we have, at long last, the DunDraCon ’09 episode of the OgreCave Audio Report. You’ll notice this episode takes the news
OgreCave Gaming News Update: Cornering folks at KublaCon ’09
Another convention, another salvo of OgreCave Gaming News Update interviews! This time we made it out to KublaCon ’09 in Burlingame, CA, just south of San Francisco. Four new interviews from the show are at your disposal: Harley Stroh (Goodman Games) on upcoming Age of Cthulhu and Dungeons & Dragons:
Car Wars for real, baby
It took long enough for someone to make a Car Wars-style tv show, but finally, at long last, the Discovery Channel is giving Weaponizers a trial run. Sure enough, this show has vehicles battle it out with everything from blades and fireworks to big ol’ machine guns, in true autodueling
Dave Arneson passes away at 61
Though some sites posted news of this prematurely, it is now confirmed: Dave Arneson, co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons, passed away today after a long battle with cancer. Arneson was the creator of Blackmoor, a game of medieval miniatures exploring creature-filled dungeons, which had profound influence on the original D&D
The snuggly warmth of your own Tauntaun carcass
As usual, April Fool’s Day spawned a number of hoax announcements, including one about this Star Wars sleeping bag. Note the intestine pattern on the interior, to maximize the realism of being stuffed inside a freshly gutted tauntaun. Also note the “glowing lightsaber zipper pull” that opens the carcass, which
Explaining Anime
When I stopped by the office yesterday, I got a nifty bonus. David from Chaosium gave me a peek at a near-final draft of the creatures chapter from Secrets of Japan, the upcoming sourcebook for Call of Cthulhu. The chapter contained some excellent artwork of rather disturbing creatures, including a