We’ve just learned that popular game author Robin Laws has been signed on as the writer for issues 65-69 of the Iron Man ongoing comic book. According to this interview with Marvel editor Tom Brevoort, current Iron Man writer Mike Grell is leaving after issue 64, leaving an unfinished storyline
Big miniatures news from GW, WotC; crazy WizKids rumors
Games Workshop announced they’ll be doing a Lord of the Rings pre-painted, hex-based collectible game this Christmas. “Combat-Hex” is intriguing, and suggests that maybe GW will be weaseling their way around the WizKids combat dial patent and doing something similar. Wizards has also all but announced a new plastic, pre-painted
New Harn News from Columbia Games
For all of you who pre-ordered Harnmaster and HarnPlayer Third Edition, they are in the mail now. The folks at Columbia Games have also posted a handy new Harnic Calendar for your every day use. You can download the free calendar as a PDF here. The new Harn 3rd edition
Races of Faerun and Unapproachable East Recap at Wizards
Wizards of the Coast has posted a chapter by chapter recap of two of their forthcoming Forgotten Realms books. Races of Faerun details, well the races that inhabit Faerun (I guess that is logical). Unapproachable East is another in the Forgotten Realms travelogue. Check out the chapter recaps and get
Companion Robot Preview from Perpetrated Press
The guys at Perpetrated Press have posted a preview from their new book Factory, arriving in March. Factory is a compendium of magical computers, robots and all sorts of other things. Factory will allow players to create and play cybernetic characters to use in all manner of games. The one
New Call of Cthulhu Modern Adventure FOR FREE
Bring me the head of Sandy Peterson, or maybe just a new Call of Cthulhu adventure from the company that makes Scary worth the trouble. Chaosium has added a new modern COC adventure to their The Great Library of Celaeno: Call of Cthulhu Annex. The Brunholt Head , by Dr.
New Web Enhancement for Book of Vile Darkness
Monte Cook and the benevolent rulers at Wizards of the Coast have posted a free web enhancement of his Dungeons and Dragons Book of Smut (oops, Allan is gonna edit that). For this eleven page PDF Mr. Cook as come up with some new baddies for your evil campaign. The
Green Ronin Goes Biblical
D20 mainstay Green Ronin has announced a gutsy move in the world of d20 supplements. Green Ronin announced their plans to release Testament: Roleplaying in the Biblical Era in April. This new world will be part history, part religious zealotry (or at least I hope it will). “I conceived this
Rolemaster Gets a Facelift
Stalwart RPG Rolemaster has been given a nice face life in the form of a new logo. Iron Crown art director Kieran Yanner created a new, hip, next millennium for a forgotten age, kind of logo (oh maybe they can use that). I must say, I could not have done
Checkers + Icehouse = Magic
After a slightly longer than usual hiatus, Invisible City Productions is back with a new free game of the month, a Checkers variant called Sorcerer’s Apprentice. The game uses a standard Checkers set plus some Icehouse pieces to create a contest in which pieces gain special abilities as the game
Welcome to our world of toys, it’s called Chapter 11
FAO Schwarz succumbs to bankruptcy. Maybe not real relevant to your life as a gamer unless you’re looking to pick up some cheap LARP space in Vegas. With a big horse. It certainly does not seem to pay to be in the medium-high-end space of, well, any business right about
GAMA posts trade show schedule for 2003
Yup. They sure do. They do that all the time. Have a look.
WotC’s big hot schedule for summer
According to ICv2, Hasbro won’t be giving up on RPGs at least until after the summer. Highlights include the fact that Matt Forbeck is writing Forgotten Realms stuff, which I didn’t know although I am famously inattentive; the big book for Urban Arcana, probably the most interesting of the three
Kenzer is your Best Friend
Kenzer and Company continues to come up with better and better ways to be your best friend. The folks in Chicago have posted PDF copies of player’s handouts for Hackmaster. For all of us who have played for over twenty years, the idea of having nice, clean players handouts that
Area game company issues clever press release
Cheapass’ new press release about their 2003 “Year In Space” release schedule has drawn a mixed critical response, ranging from “a bold step forward in press releasing” to “too clever for its own good.” But, really, how clever is good for you? The critics are silent on that one. Its