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Somehow a rumor got started that Ted Turner (yes, that Ted Turner) had purchased D&D from WotC. This is not true. The rumor apparently originated in a LARP that got a bit out of control. As one industry insider commented, “Why would he want D&D anyway? WotC already prints in

Makes for an interesting sentence, doesn’t it? Joe has made this little combo possible with his two new d20 reviews, of What’s That Smell from Wicked Press, and Queen of Lies from Fiery Dragon Productions. I could have fun twisting those titles around a bit more… nah, better not. That

Flying Mice Games has announced that their game Starcluster is ready to ship. Flying Mice has been developing Starcluster for three years and as the game hits the streets, the core rules, three supplements and a full adventure are available.  This is the way games ought to be released: fully

I was feeling kind of low Saturday morning, and then I realized: I have made no purchases! This is obviously the problem! Three games and a one-inch hex mat later, I had no more troubles and my life was perfect. Got to play MechWarrior for a couple rounds at WizKids.

To wit: Green Ronin has Hammer and Helm and the two Pocket Grimoires at the show. Hammer and Helm, a tasty-looking dwarf sourcebook, is the first book with the OGL Interlink logo. Chris explained this to me as a selling point – gamers will like knowing that this book is

So, for those who want a bit more info than what Mike had time to provide (he is typing from an internet café, after all), head over to the official recap of nominees, and then consult the following list of winners. Our congrats to all the nominees, and an extra

Not really Origins news, but the two games that gamers I hang out with considered frontrunners didn’t take it. They (Puerto Rico and Transamerica ) were on the short list of three, but the award went to Villa Paletti, a block-stacking dexterity game with an interesting new mechanic. Everyone told

Specifically, I thought I could skip the actual awards ceremony and just pick up the poster – the poster that lists all the winners and that, last year, was set out on free-stuff tables throughout the con halfway through the presentation. What I forgot, of course, is that WotC isn’t

More random bits: Chronopia is coming back into print. When I first started looking into miniatures games, some friends recommended Chronopia as a good, fast and fun set of rules – but it was out of print. But lo, I have seen a printer’s proof of the “five old books”

Everything marked $something.95 is actually 5 cents more expensive when you buy at a vendor booth. It’s amusing how widespread that is. Are your price guns broken, guys? The fancy stuff I hooked up to post from my Palm from the show floor has suddenly broken, so I’m back in

I am here at the show, at the moment in the Looney Labs demo and seminar room, and filing this via my VisorPhone and portable keyboard. I am the mack. More news shortly.

Suddenly, everyone’s got monsters. Here, I’ll show you what I mean… Eden Studios‘ d20 monster book, Liber Bestarius: The Book of Beasts, has arrived from the printers a week ahead of schedule and begun shipping. This means the 160-page hardcover will be available at Origins tomorrow, giving us all a

While the WotC contest extension Greg mentioned surprises no one, this caught me slightly off guard: tomorrow, Steve Jackson Games is launching an online d20 magazine. Along the same lines as Pyramid, the weekly online publication, aptly titled d20 Weekly, will be edited by former Dragon Magazine editor Dale Donovan

WotC announced today that due to the 10,000+ submission in their “design a fantasy world” contest,  they would be pushing back the timetable for selecting submissions for the second round.  Instead of the second week of July, designers moving on to the second round will notified the first week of

Nearly lost in the death of my old computer, we now have Matthew’s review of DeProfundis by the RPG visionaries at Hogshead Publishing. Want to know more about the game without risking your own sanity? Matthew’s got you covered, and he only went slightly mad in the process.