Category: Uncategorized

That’s right, today’s the first ever Free RPG Day! Your mission: get out to your local participating store, get your freebies, and check it out. Then, let us know how it went and where you are in our comments. Good luck!

by Allan Sugarbaker GameMastery: Critical Hit Deck Published by Paizo Publishing Designed by Jason Bulmahn 52 full-color playing cards, & 1 rule card $9.95 The GameMastery line from Paizo Publishing started down the path to success by providing high-quality map tiles, which at times have accompanied a short d20 adventure.

Not sure exactly how behind this one we are, but it can’t be too long because there are still a couple of these games without English editions. The one I’ve seen in stores most often is Arkadia, and I’m interested to learn of this animal-themed sequel to the simple-but-deep card

Gen Con SoCal 2007 is cancelled, as are all future SoCals. The press release mentions competing shows in the area, none of which I know of, so I hadn’t considered that as a factor, but in no way does the release imply that as the main factor. Peter Adkison’s writeup

We’ll have much more on the holiday gift front for you shortly with our Christmas Gift Guide [now available! – ed.], but in the meantime, my wife came across this gem – the Furreal Friends Butterscotch Interactive Plush Pony, a 2.5 foot tall animatronic pony toy meant to be the

According to a New York Post story, the cult-favorite cartoon Futurama (Matt Groening’s other masterpiece) will have at least 13 new episodes on Comedy Central by 2008. The power of Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim can no longer be denied! To those who couldn’t care less about the fate of another

Here’s a quick break from feasting, shopping, or whatever you’re up to this Thanksgiving weekend: the best car commercial ever, in my humble opinion, is this one. Cthulhu fans, take note, and have a happy holiday weekend.

We stopped by the Turbine booth to check out their upcoming massively multiplayer online roleplaying game: Dungeons and Dragons Online. Check out the video. Turbine Presents: Dungeons and Dragons Online (Quicktime required)

It was already known that a live action Transformers movie is in the works, and that Spielberg is attached to the project, but this was all to happen in the vague, distant future. Well, today’s announcement sets the date as July 4th, 2007, which Dreamworks should be able to adhere

So this new Score CCG called Epic Battles, which I don’t know anything else about, will be sold exclusively through Blockbuster Video at first, then trying to feed customers from Blockbuster back to hobby stores, via organized play. The latter point sheds some light, I think, on why all these

Eden enters the crowded supers market, but with the considerable force of this license behind them, might they actually prevail? Find out next issue! (Okay, Eden, after a joke that lame on my part, nobody else will be reading the rest of this post, so here: start putting your press

The fine folks at Firefly Games, publishers of the not-so-miniature combat game Monster Island, have a new contest. The person who submits the best haiku (monster themed, of course) will be rewarded with a free 30-day membership in Firefly’s new fan club, and the haiku will be published in a

For those of you still unsure what to buy your gaming buddies for the holidays, or perhaps plotting what to spend gift certificates on after the big day, OgreCave dutifully continues its Christmas Gift Guide lists of 2004. In this batch, we suggest Twelve Games Under the Tree (12 Games