Having left Wizards of the Coast, Anthony Valterra has joined in on one of the most controversial d20 ventures to date: the Book of Erotic Fantasy by the Valar Project, Inc. Drawing inspiration from the Book of Unlawful Carnal Knowledge, and pointing to the Book of Vile Darkness as proof
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GenCon wrap-up: Goodman builds toward Autumn
Though their anticipated release of the Complete Guide to Beholders, co-written by Keith Baker (the WotC setting contest winner), didn’t make it to the show in time, Goodman Games has big plans. Looming on the horizon are a number of products nearing completion that will hit stores in the next
GenCon wrap-up: Dragonlance support already taking flight
When Wizards of the Coast published Call of Cthulhu d20, there was a complete failure on the part of Chaosium to cash in on their marketing by putting out supplementary releases. That hasn’t happened with WotC’s Dragonlance d20 release and the company lined-up to support it, Sovereign Press: the first
GenCon wrap-up: Flesh and Magic
No, this isn’t about the Book of Erotic Fantasy. I’ll get to that shortly. In the meantime, let me give you my impression of Eden Studios this year: a company on the verge of becoming huge. With the Army of Darkness RPG planned for October, and the CCG as well,
GenCon wrap-up: Where’s Johnny Depp when you need him?
Green Ronin was having a great show, having sold out of Mutants & Masterminds related products early in the convention, and having won eight ENnie Awards. However, one of the things that caught my eye at the company’s booth was the cover art for Skull & Bones, a d20 product
GenCon wrap-up: Aarrrrrr!!
Living Imagination has refined their booth display to near perfection, creating a dockside bar in the middle of the exhibit hall. Those who stopped by for a chat couldn’t find a drink, but heard the details of the company’s two newest d20 products. Pirates, a book that sports a classic
GenCon wrap-up: Warriors… come out to play-ay…
Just in time for GenCon, Skirmisher Publishing rolled out the sequel to their acclaimed d20 supplement on an NPC class, Experts. The new book, Warriors, is 126 pages of the same approach, only focused on the more combat inclined NPC class. Jumping over to the company’s website, I found even
GenCon wrap-up: Space – the revisited frontier
Darkfuries Publishing had its impressive Masterwork Maps d20 title, Inns & Taverns, in all its print-format glory. The pages were packed with extremely detailed maps for food and lodging establishments of all sizes — damn useful stuff in and of itself. Combine that with authentic, old world recipes in the
GenCon wrap-up: FFG keeps busy
Fantasy Flight Games was having brisk sales on the new A Game of Thrones boardgame. The same box size as the Lord of the Rings game, the $40 product pits 3-5 players against each other in a… um… game of… thrones… uh, yeah. Not only could gamers take control of
GenCon wrap-up: Fairies, monsters, and minis
Next to the drifts of Hackmaster products, which I confess to having no interest in, were a couple of new Kenzer & Company goodies. Though a repackaged Fairy Meat boxed set was a good bargain for the money ($40 for the original game, the two expansions, and all five metal
Live from GenCon: World of Darkness ending. Make travel arrangements now.
So yeah, the World of Darkness is coming to an end, as Mike mentioned. I find myself looking at White Wolf with a bit of admiration after hearing their plans, and how long they’ve been secretly building toward Gehenna, the Apocalypse, the Ascension, or whatever you want to call it.
Mediocre news comes in threes: White Wolf kills World of Darkness, sort of
Even bigger than the rumored announcement of a product with no colon in its title (Anthony at the store came up with that joke, although he seems to have forgotten about Exalted), White Wolf announces the Time of Judgement. When I saw they were casting this as a “Year of
Live at GenCon: Indie RPGs
There’s big buzz surrounding the Forge booth! People were crowding around to check out independently created, published, and owned role-playing games. In addition to industry philosopher and The Forge co-founder Ron Edwards’s Sorcerer, there were a number of great-looking games. One that generated a lot of excitement was Paul Czege’s
Lore Gaming Returns
After disappearing for a little while, Lore Gaming, the future publisher of the Lore: Uprising, Lore: Origins and Lore: Hunters RPGs, has returned to the gaming scene. The first game, Lore: Uprising, is due out in the second quarter of 2004, and the search for beta testers in the Hampton
Unbidden Arrives
Politically Incorrect Games announced the release today of Unbidden, an 80-page PDF roleplaying game of “modern horror – both psychological and real.” Using a variation of the game mechanic that powers Shady Gulch and The Colonies, the new game imposes both power and madness on unique individuals, forcing them to