Yes the rumors are true; the recently defunct Hogshead Publishing has risen from the ashes under new management. Mark Ricketts, an industry new comer, has purchased the former powerhouse from head hog, James Wallis (although after Wallis had sold off all of the important properties that Hogshead owned). Even though
Way of the Witch review
Joe hits us with a review of Citizen Games‘ Way of the Witch sourcebook. Only the second D20 book about witches that we’ve reviewed… I think.
Big News From Columbia Games and ProFantasy
Columbia Games has announced that extremely cool RPG software company ProFantasy is making a new interactive Harnic atlas. The first planned installment is the Kingdom of Kanday, with an expected release date sometime this spring. ProFantasy’s Campaign Cartographer is one of the greatest additions to gaming since dry erase hex
The Zeppelin Age Finally Comes to Life
In anticipation of the release of their new game The Zeppelin Age, Heliograph, Inc. have begun adding content to www.zeppelinage.com. The first update is a list of Zeppelin resources to help people get up to speed on the time period before the game’s release later this year. The Zeppelin Age
So much for Creepy Freaks: it’s non-violent
Apparently ,we haven’t had enough WizKids news after all: GamingReport brings in a few details on the under-10-pitched Creepy Freaks. Just two figures in a booster for $3.49, which is actually a decent price when you compare it to… Gregory Horror Show (the figures were good, okay?). Will kids take
Previews of two new WizKids games (not those games, the other ones)
Promo figures for Creepy Freaks and Indy HeroClix. Get your Dredd on. Do we have enough WizKids news for this week yet? Jeez.
“Say hello to my little friend!”: Ogre Mark IV review
Matthew has reviewed the Ogre Mark IV mini from Steve Jackson Games. This is not quite our first review of actual lead, but still: neat. Check it out.
A few D&D collectible miniatures details
ICv2 brings the pain – WotC’s new miniatures guy, also named Chris, answers precisely four questions about the upcoming pre-painted, randomly sorted D&D minis game. The most intriguing bit here is there will be some Chainmail figures in the first set, so that investment won’t be rendered worthless for the
One Last Look at Denizens of Freeport
Green Ronin has posted one last preview of Denizens of Freeport, which hits the stores this week. This nice little three page PDF lists 60 + of the major characters in Freeport. Check it out before the rush to the stores beings.
Yet more WizKids whisperings from the UK Toy Fair (with Dropship photos!)
Still nothing about the two new games, except that another person thinks they’re cool and they may reveal more details at the US Toy Fair (which is next month, right?). But there is something here about a game for the under-10 set called Creepy Freaks, which I hadn’t yet heard.
Arborell Goes Serial
Wayne Densley, author of the popular online gamebook series, The Chronicles of Arborell, reports that while his current interactive writing project, the epic Earth and Stone, proceeds slowly, he has managed to create another work to tide fans over in the meantime. This time it’s “Blood and Iron,” a piece
If you’re not reading Greg Costikyan’s weblog,
you may be used as reactor shielding.
GURPS Online Goes Live!
The new homepage for GURPS online is up and ruining [I love this typo so much that I’m going to leave it — misuba]. While there is not much content just yet, you can see the FAQs for the first two planned games, Transhuman Space and GURPS Old West. You
WizKids Invites you to their Headquarters
Ok, not all of you at once. It’s more like a contest kind of thing. WizKids has decided to conduct the Four Shards of the Amulet contest along with their new Mage Knight: Uprising expansion. Here’s the deal: The goal of the contest is to be the first player or
Iron Crown Keeps the Free Stuff Coming
The ever expanding Iron Crown page grew dramatically last week. Besides offering a whole bunch of new Rolemaster logo stuff at their Cafepress site, here are a few of the new updates: A complete ICE product list (less the ever-sticky Middle Earth stuff). ICE-related articles posted on The Guild Companion