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In their Illuminator Newsletter, Steve Jackson Games has announced that the Hellboy RPG has been sent to the printers.  SJGames seems very excited about the new game, calling it the most beautiful book they have ever done.  For those who do not know what the hell all of the fuss

Those of you who don’t like to play nice will want to check out Green Ronin‘s art preview of The Assassin’s Handbook. The second in title in GR’s Master Class line claims to present an assassin that’s much closer to the original, first edition version. Penned by Wolfgang Baur (Assassin

Monster Island: The Game of Giant Monster Combat from Firefly Games has arrived from the printer and is ready to ship.  If you have not heard about the game, it’s a cross between Jurassic Park and the Golden Girls (or Godzilla. Whichever).  Here is the Plot: giant monsters imprisoned on

…as opposed to chucking it out. Which, as a system, it doesn’t deserve. No it doesn’t. Anyway, WEG/D6Legend has announced that its D6 system is available under a cheap, not free, license. When Allan heard this he of course got excited about Torg, but it looks like their “non-licensed worlds”

Another game company has returned to the fiction milieu.  IHero Entertainment has announced that beginning today they will be adding a new monthly installment of stories set in the I,Hero universe.  July’s tale is called The Other, as Just as Fair.  These stories will be in addition to the their

Steve Jackson announced today that due to “creeping crud” (illness) at the Steve Jackson Games Austin office he will not be attending Origins.  This means that many of activities planned for the convention will not come off.  Get well messages can me sent to sj@io.com

In a story on Gaming Report.com, it has been reported that Wizards of the Coast has recently concluded a revision of their patent for the Magic.  The purpose of the revision is to clarify WotC’s ownership over the innovations that made Magic such a success.  The net result of this

Matthew gives us the lowdown on GURPS Traveller Heroes 1: Bounty Hunters by Steve Jackson Games. Does the book manage to bring ’em back alive? Matthew tells all inside.

Malignant Games has announced the availability of a PDF demo version of their new game, Dread.  By emailing their website you can get information on receiving the demo.  Dread is a new modern horror game that, if nothing else has a good tag line. The new life will probably end

Call of Cthulhu publisher, Chaosium is in the market for some twisted ideas.  Chaosium has put out an open call for submissions to an upcoming Call of Cthulhu D20 project. For a submission packet, sample format and guidelines, drop an email to xenophon@att.net. Deadline for submissions is August 24th.  Relatives and

Well, not really – his Line of Sight column on this week’s big WotC hoo-hah is as level-headed as it is insightful. In my opinion Chainmail was mismarketed from the get-go, and it looks like a lot of people agree. But here’s the thing: Monte’s comments open up another thing

Judges Guild Moves To Necromancer Necromancer Games is reporting that starting in January 2003, they will be putting Judges Guild products back into circulation. Bob Bledsaw, owner of Judges Guild, has announced the termination of the Guild’s relationship with QuikLink Interactive as of the end of 2002. QLI had been

Details are still sketchy at this point, but ENworld is reporting that Wizards of the Coast has sold off their periodicals department, sending both Dragon Magazine and Dungeon on their merry way. Rumors abound as to who has bought the department, but once something is confirmed, we’ll let you know.

End of a (really short) Era at Wizards of the Coast Today WotC announced that they will no longer be supporting the Chainmail brand. For those of you unfamiliar with Chainmail, it is (was) a really promising WarHammer-ish game that is only a year or so old. WotC has gone

Fantasy Flight Games has both posted an eight page PDF preview of their new D20 book Path of the Sword and announced the release of their new Traps & Treachery book. Traps & Treachery is going to be an indispensable codex of ways to kill off those pesky PCs with