No, Peter Jackson hasn’t resurrected the beast from the first Lord of the Rings movie. I’m talking about Cave Troll, the latest board game design from Tom Jolly, by way of Fantasy Flight Games. For the curious types out there, FFG has posted the Cave Troll rules, but the gist
Cindy Lu Hoo, who was no more than 2nd level
If you were really into some of the Thanksgiving downloads game companies offered up last month, prepare to wet yourself out of sheer joy. In the Christmas spirit, Dragonlance.com has a free adventure download for AD&D 2nd Edition based on The Grinch Who Stole Christmas. Want to run a D&D
12 Games of Key 20
This holiday season, Key 20 Publishing is playing host to the 12 Games of Christmas. No, it’s not a gift suggestion list, like ours; instead, Key 20 will present us with “new schools, mods, hooks, and promos for a variety of games […] 12 exclusive gaming tidbits for such games
Privateer locks, loads, primes, and ships
An interesting next step in the Iron Kingdoms plan for world domination, Lock & Load: Iron Kingdoms Character Primer ships to retailers next week. Weird: Lock & Load is apparently the name of a line, but the cover art has it all big like a title, and the individual Character
First glimpse of Dragonlance D20 available
It’s not out until July or August or something, but get a look at the cover art and all that stuff. Why are the words “CAMPAIGN SETTING” bigger than the title? Whatever.
Battle Cattle 3 ships in time for (insert cow-related holiday pun of choice)
Battle Cattle Third Edition, with cover art by the same Colin Adams you see rockin’ it up in the corner every day here in the Cave, is now shipping to your game store, and orderable directly from Wingnut if you accidentally blew up your game store. Now that I’ve played
SpongeBob Squarepants CCG coming
Upper Deck has just announced a multi-year deal with Nickelodeon. Yes, this means you’ll be seeing trading cards and CCGs based on the cartoon shows SpongeBob Squarepants, Jimmy Neutron, Fairly Odd Parents, and Rocket Power, all of which my daughter has watched (and therefore, so have I). Of these, I
Alien Menace adopts Ill-Tempered Squirrels
Alien Menace will be bringing three of Mythrole Games’ downloadable games to print in March 2003. The Mythrole titles Witch Hunt, Shrimpin’, and my personal favorite, Night of the Ill-Tempered Squirrel will join the Alien Menace lineup. It’s great to see Tyler Sigman’s game designs from Mythrole reach stores in
OgreCave’s Christmas Gift Guide – part two
The second part of OgreCave’s Christmas Gift Guide is up for all to see. What would we suggest as the best gamer gift for $40 or less? You’ll have to read on to find out.
Rio Grande Games Expands Puerto Rico Free of Charge
Rio Grande Games has just released a new expansion for Puerto Rico, their board game of construction in the New World. The expansion, which adds a number of new buildings to the game, can be downloaded for free from Rio Grande’s website.
Mutants & Masterminds counters available
Green Ronin has posted a PDF of stand-up counters to compliment your Mutants & Masterminds sessions. The file provides 19 skillfully drawn, full-color counters, in the Cardboard Heroes style.
Cookie Fu attacks dice game market
Dice games can either be great fun (like Diceland) or uninspired. Or worse yet, collapse under their own weight, like the collectible dice games Dragon Dice and Dice Master. Entering this treacherous arena is new company Blue Kabuto with Cookie Fu!, “the collectible dice game of Kung Fu combat.” Here’s
New Review: Quintessential Witch
Bubble, bubble, toil and — ah, skip it. Joe has an indepth look at one of Mongoose Publishing‘s latest d20 supplements, The Quintessential Witch. How does it measure up against the other witchly concoctions out there? Read on to find out.
Steve Jackson Needs YOUR Help (again)
Steve Jackson Games has some new job openings for the aspiring game designer. They are looking for an expert on India to fact-check their manuscript for GURPS India. If you have ever lived there, or have studied the region extensively, send your qualifications to Mr. Andrew Hackard. Also, you ace
WotC setting contest finalists interviewed
Wizards of the Coast hasn’t forgotten about the fantasy setting contest, don’t worry. In fact, WotC has posted interviews with the three finalists, Keith Baker, Rich Burlew, and Nathan Toomey. Which will be the chosen one? Dunno. But at least each of them is $10,000 richer so far.