ICv2 reports that Gameboard Distributors has already shipped D&D 3.5 and is selling them at Gameboard retail stores. This is despite the WotC mandated street date of July 18, and despite the fact that Gameboard is not an authorized WotC distributor. Many folks in the industry are angry at this,
Category: Roleplaying Games
Human Head Rolls Onward
Yes, the folks who created the Rune PC game are continuing their expansion into the tabletop game market (or “adventure game” market, a moniker I still find amusing), and a new website is the next logical step. As already reported, the first Human Head RPG product will be The Redhurst
Everything's Getting GOO-ey
As Mike reported at Origins, Big Eyes, Small Mouth d20 was released upon an unsuspecting world, and all of the rules content is Open Gaming Content. Now has taken the extra step of creating a BESM d20 System Reference Document, taking those three special little initials (SRD) and making them
Mongoose Plans for GenCon ’03
Mongoose Publishing‘s Matthew Sprange sent out a notice to the company mailing list which showed just how evil he can be when he wants to. Sure, the email let us know that the Babylon 5 RPG will be there in case we don’t have it already, and that several other
Roleplaying Tips Weekly #179
The latest issue of Roleplaying Tips Weekly features a guide to player types, a popular theme that comes up now and then in various forms. However, this list actually has useful suggestions on how to deal with those Munchkins, Power Gamers, Rules Lawyers and the like. Other than killing their
Origins 2003 hangover: BESM me, BESM me mucho
New at the show from was BESM D20, and the big news was that the whole rules content of the book is Open Gaming Content, not just the five percent or whatever demanded by the D20 System License. I had a long conversation with Mark MacKinnon about parallels between how
ENnies Nominees Announced
EN World has just posted the for this year’s ENnies (aka The 2nd Annual Gen Con EN World D20 System Awards). Voting will soon begin on the popular prize, and as with last year, the winners will be announced at GenCon. Notably absent from the nominees this year is Mystic
OgreCave Review: Highthrone
Cedric’s survived his finals, and now that he can concentrate on more important matters, has sent in his review of Highthrone by Mongoose Publishing. What grade did he bestow upon the intriguing city supplement? I ain’t tellin’. Find out for yourself.
Live from Origins 2003: No playing volleyball with Hamtaro!
A couple of quick bits: If anyone at the show is reading this, you might want to go to the booth that’s selling all the old booster boxes? With the pink tags on them? Yeah. They have Z-G figures for $5 each. Buy all three and check out an ass-kicking
Free Adventure Posted for M&M
To start your superheroics off right this week, Green Ronin has decided to provide a free Mutants & Masterminds adventure. Steve Kenson’s “The Heist” introduces new characters to the world of crime fighting while saving the GM some work. The 6.4 MB PDF can be downloaded from this part of
That Averages to About Five Cents Each
Philip Reed has done it again: released a damn useful PDF for d20 gamers. This time, it’s 101 Divine Spell Components, a 33-page resource of all the nifty spellcasting ingredients GMs normally have to improvise, for a mere $4.95. This follows the example set by Phil’s earlier PDF product, 101
Crocodile Crawling to GenCon Indy
Crocodile Games, the company behind those excellent WarGods of Aegyptus miniatures, has announced their plans for GenCon Indy. There are sure to be previews of Crocodile’s upcoming WarGods of Olympus, as well as a party on Saturday night (I picture a really drunk guy screaming “Minis! WOOOOO!!”), matched only by
Atlas Flips to Old Maps of Africa
In other Atlas news, the company’s very first African-themed roleplaying sourcebook, South of the Sun, is available once more. The Ars Magica supplement was first published in 1991, long before the Nyambe expedition, and centered on the mythical kingdom of Prester John and its surroundings. From dream-sorcerers and demon-haunted hills
Second Glimpse of Testament
A second preview of Testament has been posted over at Green Ronin’s site. This second peek at roleplaying in the Biblical era shows off some of the book’s new spell summaries for the Blackguard, Cleric, Paladin, Psalmist, Qedeshot, and Sorceror/Wizard classes. There’s also a quick look at the Desert, Fertility,
Covert Announcement at Goodman Games
Goodman Games has announced that its two latest releases, Dungeon Crawl Classics #2: Lost Vault of Tsathzar Rho and EN World Player’s Journal #2, are now available. Additionally, Goodman announced a free 24-page print magazine, Covert Ops, which will cover “games not ready for mention on our web site.” The