Spectrum Games and Z-Man Games have set loose a new take on the superhero RPG supplement. Omlevex poses as the official sourebook of Omlevex Comics Group, a fictional comic group. With stats for Silver Age Sentinels, M&M Superlink, and the Hero System, it seems like all the bases are covered.
Category: Roleplaying Games
Z-Man shows us the funny
Z-Man Games will soon be publishing the Tome of Levity, a 48 page book of unusual spells. No, not levitation, levity. As in, “funny but useful spells for most fantasy campaigns.” Like what? I’ll let the press release below clue you in.
Archfiends miniatures gallery up at Wizards
Though the images have been floating around the web for a couple of weeks already, Wizards of the Coast has put up an official figure gallery for the entire Archfiends Expansion of D&D Miniatures. They’ve also done a close-up preview of some figs from all four alignment factions, most recently
Atlas directs you to Northern Crown
Over at the Atlas Games Dispatch page, Northern Crown: New World Adventures is mentioned. Just as Nyambe took d20 to Africa, Northern Crown will take d20 to colonial North America. An entire campaign setting, Northern Crown is still in early development, but will certainly contain witches, wendigo, and other weirdness
OgreCave review: Slayer’s Guide to Elementals
To start the week off right, Joe’s provided us with his thoughts on The Slayer’s Guide to Elementals by Mongoose Publishing. Did he give a yea or a nay to this d20 book of combative natural resources? Find out for yourself.
Return of the King wins Best Movie, ten others
In case you missed it, there are now eleven more reasons for New Line to make The Hobbit. Only Titanic and Ben Hur won as many Oscars in a single year as The Return of the King just did. Now if only Decipher would keep publishing the dozen or so
D&D Minis go Huge in June
The price increase on Expansion Packs of D&D Miniatures didn’t come to pass, thankfully. At least, not yet. The Archfiends set releasing next month will still carry the MSRP of $9.99 per box, but the price will go up with the Giants of Legends set in June. Perhaps in an
Invisible City releas…AAAAAH! PROBES!
It’s once again free game time at Invisible City Productions, and this month’s offering is something a little different. In Alien Abduction, one player is the abductee while the rest are aliens. Each alien chooses a different phobia with which to afflict the abductee as a result of his or
Mongoose announces Paranoia XP, designers blog it live
In the wake of the industry seminars at DunDraCon (on which more later), it’s kind of nice to have some good RPG news to report. Paranoia creator Greg Costikyan is finally throwing down on a new edition, he’s got some highly talented friends doing the heavy lifting, and the treasonous
Green Ronin to publish for Human Head
Green Ronin Publishing and Human Head Studios have partnered up. Starting now, all Human Head tabletop game products will be published by Green Ronin. First up will indeed be Dracula’s Revenge, designed by Matt Forbeck, Director of Human Head’s Adventure Games Division.
WotC plans for D&D 30th anniversary
Wizards of the Coast has revealed more details about their celebratory events around the thirtieth anniversary of D&D. The coffeetable book, with as-yet-unnamed celebrities appearing in its pages, gets mentioned again, as does a new Basic Set and a huge party at Gen Con 2004. A worldwide D&D Game Day
Mongoose lays the Smackdown
In the March/April issue of Game Trade Magazine, there’s a product listing for Games Company Smackdown by Mongoose Publishing. Due in April for $19.95, it seems to be, well, a game about running a game company. Here’s the blurb: Packed full of strategy and intrigue, Games Company Smackdown is a
Mongoose Year in Preview
On the heels of Mongoose‘s Starship Troopers announcement, the company has outlined this year’s planned releases. Bruce Graw, formerly of Agents of Gaming, has joined the Mongoose staff, and will bring his Babylon 5 Wars experience to the company’s plans for miniatures games. Planned product highlights include: a new boardgames
Starship Troopers licensed by Mongoose
Now that Conan: the RPG is out, Mongoose Publishing decided to get the impending license anticipation building again. The company’s newest license is Starship Troopers, the grim-and-gritty story of mankind versus aliens in a war to the death. Mongoose has plans for a licensed RPG in late 2004, based on
Companies gearing up for GTS ’04
WizKids has announced their GTS premiere and giveaway, of course. But I’m hearing that AEG will have a surprise to give to retailers, too: the Spycraft CCG. I haven’t been able to confirm this yet, but that’s what I’m hearing. I’ve also heard that the next expansion set for the