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Mike took the digital camera along to Origins a week or so back, and now we’re showing you what he saw. Have a look-see at OgreCave’s Origins 2002 Photo Gallery. And if you feel tempted to push any little girls into the spike-lined trap, you’re a sick, sick individual. Welcome

Considering their cooperation on supplying FFG with Dragonstar support, it shouldn’t be too surprising that Mystic Eye Games has purchased Thunderhead Games. Thunderhead will now become a line of products for MEG, which has placed Hal Greenberg, former CEO of TG, as Vice President of Marketing and Art Director of

Wizards of the Coast has released their new Epic Level Handbook and you can win an autographed copy.  Author Andy Collins is holding a contest on his personal web site for signed copies of the new WotC release. If you can match each Bloodlines character to the player who created him,

Well the new Origins Metagame from Flying Buffalo seeks to settle that dispute (the real question is can Dave Arneson whoop Gary Gygax, but alas there is no Gygax card in the deck).  Origins Metagame is a card game featuring some of the famous games and people connected with Origins. 

“Hey – that promo die – it’s huge!”

Arcane Games is releasing a full-color version of Tower Siege, a non-collectable, customizable card game. According to the description, 2-4 players (up to 8 in teams) will each take the role of a powerful mage and “battle against one another with the aid of Minions, Items, Scrolls and Relics.” Each

The panel of five experts has selected the nominees for each category of GenCon and EN World‘s “Ennies” d20 System Awards. While votes aren’t being taken until next week, the nominees can be seen, and discussed in preparation for voting, on the awards page. Weird West Mosies Into RPGA The

The new fantasy miniatures game from i-Kore is back from the printer and ready to ship.  Celtos is a table top fantasy miniatures game published by i-Kore who has not had nay of their vans stolen recently.  If you check out the i-Kore site you can see some great new

WizKids has just announced that MechWarrior: Dark Age will be slightly delayed in reaching stores. According to Martin Stever, WizKids Executive Vice President, “the shift in the release date was necessary because our orders have far outstripped our original estimates.” Now there’s a good problem to have. WizKids will send

After numerous rocky starts (and near-finishes), GW’s Epic Warhammer 40,000 is in playtest for a new edition. Tentatively titled Epic Armageddon, the initial playtest files are available here. Jervis Johnson of the GW’s Fanatic division promises greater detail and more realistic combat. “Your precious Terminators aren’t so tough in 6mm,

In our latest review, Joe gives us a look inside the tainted world of Blight Magic from Mystic Eye Games. The concept reminds me of the Defiler mages from TSR’s Dark Sun setting, though MEG has taken it much further. Have a look. Fantasy Flight To Publish Dragon Ball Z

I must admit that I don’t quite know anything about these books, but I am sure that someone does.  Banshee Screams is available from Pinnacle. Banshee Screams was written by Clay and Susan Griffith, writers of several TICK comics from New England Comics.  SPOOOOOOOON!!! GAMA Europe Game Trade Show Postponed

Games Workshop has been the victim of Grand Theft Auto. The U.S. branch is letting everyone know that “the Games Workshop America Battle Wagon was stolen by persons unknown sometime during the late evening or early morning of Tuesday, July 9th and Wednesday July 10th, 2002 from the parking lot

The H.P. Lovecraft’s Birthday Party Gaming Convention has been announced.  In honor of the dark lord himself, there is a Cthulhu gaming convention being held in Vancouver.  This convention will feature all manner of Cthulhu gaming and a call is out for GMs to blindly slaughter all comers.  Sign up

While at Origins, visit the Giant Ball of — by which I mean, while at Origins I looked at Mystic Eye’s Giant Monster Rampage as well as Firefly’s Monster Island. Both are slim 8.5×11″ books with giant monster combat games in them, whose rules are more or less sourced out