Ronin Arts fans can now grab a limited print copy of the company’s latest M&M Superlink product, Superline #1: Tomorrow’s Headlines. For those who weren’t aware, Superline is a new series of supplements that will “present fan-oriented gaming material for M&M Superlink in a comic book format and with comic
Category: Roleplaying Games
Cartoon Action Hour story
Z-Man Games and Spectrum Games have been collaborating to pack each Cartoon Action Hour release with energon cubes – um, sorry, entertaining campaign material. Their newest product, currently in PDF at the Z-Man site, looks to be no exception. Star Warriors is the third series book for CAH, a 64-page
That hobby with the dungeons and stuff
A friend pointed out a London Times article about Games Workshop‘s recent decline in share value. Other than strangely comparing GW’s drop in profits to “Jessops, the camera shop, and Topps Tiles, the ceramic tiles specialist”, this article was notable for one other reason: the reporter sites GW as the
Deathknell heard, loud & clear
Today marks the release of the latest D&D Miniatures expansion, Deathknell. Chock full of unholy walking dead (as seen in the numerous preview articles on the WotC site), the boosters for this set changed the rarity distribution of the figures. Now in each new salvo of minis gamers buy, there’s
Paizo readies meals in a box for GMs
That’s right, Doritos and Pepsi shipped to your door every month. No. No, that’s not what they’re doing at all. The GameMastery line “offers GameMasters everything they need to run a complete short encounter – including unique high-quality metal miniatures, four double-sided map cards that join together to form a
It’s not the size, it’s how you delve it
The uberdungeon of the ’90s, TSR’s Ruins of Undermountain, is getting the floors redone and a new coat of paint in a series of web articles on the WotC site. Now this is the way to bring a mind-numbingly large, sprawling dungeon to the the gamer masses: in bite-sized chunks,
There’s a monster in the Flash, and it does a modern dance
Dan Davis, co-creator of the visually luscious free online campaign book Agyris, has started blogging over at Monster Machine. Those interested in blingin’ illustrations and the future of online RPG distribution might want to add it to their inventory. If you need some room, chuck out that old dagger +1.
DragonMech: Second Age preview online
Giant mechs of dwarven design will continue to dent and blast the mechs of other races, in DragonMech: Second Age of Walkers. Fresh today, Goodman Games has a 15-page preview download on the autocratic Stenian Confederacy, providing the first detailed look at the DragonMech world. Though I haven’t taken the
Equip your GM for GM’s Day
Or grab stuff for yourself, take your pick. Lots of folks are offering savings today in celebration of GM’s Day: the RPGnet Store, as well as DriveThruRPG.com (who have their sale through the whole weekend), and RPGnow, among others. Purchase your GM bribes now, and ensure your survival in the
Issaries’ next order: one HeroQuest, hold the Glorantha
At DunDraCon this past weekend, Issaries announced QuestWorlds, a new “poly-genre” roleplaying system built on top of Robin Laws’ system for HeroQuest. Here’s the closest thing I can find to an official online announcement. The authors have done some work before for HeroQuest and All Flesh Must Be Eaten; at
WotC senior designer on why books are not great sometimes
You don’t see this getting talked about in public much. And, well, it’s possible we weren’t supposed to see it in public at all. But more likely it came out of a forum or something. This (specifically, the curtailing of the scope and selection of Forgotten Realms sourcebooks) is what
AEG loses Stargate license
In a forum post on the Alderac boards, Stargate SG-1 RPG Brand Manager Rob Vaux announced that AEG will no longer be publishing Stargate products. According to Vaux, negotiations with Sony Entertainment to renew the license failed. AEG hopes to continue supporting the game online, but no additional products will
Slaying enemies is hard! Let’s go shopping!
Hasbro’s showing something at Toy Fair that they are openly calling a roleplaying game for pre-teenage girls. Star Sisters didn’t teach them a lesson, apparently. It’s called Dreamlife, and it seems to be some sort of self-contained electronic thingie. I’m actually really intrigued by this. I’m not sure whether it’ll
Hero emphasizes direct sales; retailers emphasize unhappiness
After giving a respectful shout to their colleagues at Guardians of Order, the Hero Games folks announce a preemptive strike to keep from meeting the same fate. “Effective immediately, we’re going to start putting all of our books in the Online Store as soon as they become available to retailers.
Shut your mouth! Just talkin’ ’bout Solid!
After non-paying creditors caused OtherWorld Creations to announce the halt of production on nearly all products, a partnership with Wingnut Games has allowed the much-anticipated Solid! to approach completion. Using d20 Modern rules, Solid!: The D20 Blaxploitation Experience “allows players to experience the soul, power, and action of the movies