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,
Citizen Site Hacked; Finger Pointing Begins
Yesterday, the Citizen Games website had seemingly been hacked, displaying nothing but a Nazi flag and the German phrase “Bürger-Spiele ist zerhackt worden!” (translates to “Citizen Games has been hacked”). The offending post is down now, as is the entire site, and the accusations have begun. In the comment posts
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
WizKids Counting Down to Shadowrun: Duels
With Shadowrun: Duels releasing in just five days, WizKids is continuing to preview figures from the action figure combat game. The latest fig being shown off is Liada, an elf with major magic potential. That would’ve been nice as backup in the tournament at GTS, but Kyushi did just fine
Stargate RPG Website Up & Running
AEG has put its PR machine into gear and launched the official website for the Stargate SG-1 RPG. There’s not much on the site yet — just a set of character concept examples, some rules about the Stargate itself, and a link to the forum — but as the game’s
Fang & Fury Art Preview Posted
Green Ronin has thrown together an art preview for their upcoming vampire sourcebook, Fang & Fury. The six images showcased convey the dark, brooding mood appropriate for such powerful undead. what intrigues me are the images that feature what look like Stirges — those classic bat/mosquitoes — and a large,
OgreCave Review: Dynasties & Demagogues
Merwin’s here to argue his case on Dynasties & Demagogues from Atlas Games. I’m sure he’ll be using the political debate rules the d20 supplement offers in the process, too, so watch yourselves.
News flash: GAMES Magazine worth buying for once
Time to mobilize the Cave Army: head on down to a local newsstand that stocks GAMES, and pick up the August 2003 issue. It has a Hall-and-Oates-looking guy on the cover whom you might recognize as the guy on the spine of the Puerto Rico box. That’s right, GAMES is
More Details on Mongoose Magazine
Though news of Mongoose Publishing’s new magazine came out during GTS, and the first issue’s due next month, there’s still no sign of it on the company’s website. A friend of OgreCave pointed out that Matthew Sprange confirmed some details in a thread on the uk.games.roleplay newsgroup. Entitled Signs &
WotC Calms v3.5 Jitters
In an announcement that was surely designed to calm nervous gamers, Wizards of the Coast made it clear today that next month’s release of D&D 3.5 will not invalidate the WotC rulebooks. Or at least, in cases where things get changed, a free backward-compatibility guide will be available to straighten
Early Test of Testament
As I mentioned shortly after GTS, Green Ronin is bringing us a d20 setting of biblical proportions. Testament: Roleplaying in the Biblical Era is intended to be “part history, part mythology,” placing characters in the world of the Old Testament. The product announcement does it better justice than I: Play
OgreCave Reviews: Ultimate Equipment & Medusas
Two more Mongoose reviews have crawled out looking for readers today. First, Colin provides us with his thoughts on the Ultimate Equipment Guide and all the goodies therein. Then Orion enlightens us as to the contents of the Slayer’s Guide to Medusas, which he had a long look at and
Decipher to keep making LotR CCG expansions for a hella long time
Three expansions a year through mid-’07, eh? The ICv2 article makes a point of how Decipher’s CCG license extends beyond the films, to The Hobbit and other stuff. But will the audience persist for this game when the films are a distant memory in pop-culture terms, or will we see
d20 Weekly Passes On
Steve Jackson Games has called a halt to its newest online subscription magazine, d20 Weekly. The man himself, Steve Jackson, made the announcement: The current (May 28, 2003) issue of d20 Weekly will be the last. We’re glad we tried it, and we published quite a few articles that we’re
OgreCave Review: Enchantment
Continuing our Mongoose Publishing focus this week, Joe brings us a look at Enchantment: Fire in the Mind. Did the Fire burn and send Joe packing, or did it warm his soul as a gamemaster? Read on to find out.