…but I’m not too preoccupied to go down to the store and play a test game between House Lassiter and House Baratheon.
I’m A Little Preoccupied
Moonbase Commander. Moonbase Commander. Moonbase Commander. Moonbase Commander. Moonbase Commander. Moonbase Commander. Moonbase Commander. Moonbase Commander. Moonbase Commander.
Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation Playtest Report
I got to play this two-player Knizia game (not to be confused with the Sauron expansion to the multiplayer LOTR game) once right after Origins, before it really hit stores, and then extensively last week. It is, right now, my favorite two-player strategy board game. It’s like Stratego for smart
Spell Decks, Other Printings From Paradigm
Let’s face it: TSR’s old spell decks were a good idea gone horribly wrong. Paradigm Concepts has a new attempt at easy reference spell cards with three sets of Spell Decks : Mysteries of the Arcane (arcane spells), Blessings of the Divine (divine spells), and Songs of the Wild (spells
Citizen Games Harasses OgreCave Reporter
Michael and Rob of Citizen Games tried to influence my posts while at GenCon (they got online from the computer next to me at the convention center). I resisted their offers of cash, and had already received Sidewinder and the new Masterscreen: Customizable GM Screen before the subject of bribery
Hellboy Hardback Flies Out The Door
Steve Jackson Games has announced that their special hard bound edition of the Hellboy rule book has sold out. SJGames printed 1000 copies to only fill pre orders and a few to sell at GenCon and those are, apparently all gone. Advice from Steve himself is to check out their
Blaster Law Ships This Week
Blaster Law, the new Spacemaster supplement from Iron Crown Enterprises is finally going to ship on August 14th. Blaster Law is the complete guide to energy weapons and their use in combat for the Spacemaster system. This is a great accomplishment for a company that went under and was sold
WizKids Defends Convention Sales Of Unreleased Products
Here’s ExecVP Martin Stever of WizKids, telling the world of gaming retailers why it’s actually okay that they sold DC HeroClix at the San Diego Comic Con and at Gen Con (along with MechWarrior: Dark Age packs, in the latter case, and Allan, you had better have gotten your hands
Big Eyes, Brawl Louts
(I’m not sorry.) Here’s an interesting project: fella on the Cheapasses mail list has not just converted a bunch of characters from the real-time card game over to characters, but he’s working on modifying the BESM rules until they play like BRAWL. More roleplaying, less time! Faster, ! Kill, kill!
Schedule Changes at Steve Jackson Games
SJGames has announced on their web site that there have been some minor changes in their release schedule. All Car Wars material scheduled for release (except those already at the printer) will be pushed back so Mr. Jackson can concentrate on finishing up the new Vehicle Design System. No new
Eden Finds Paradise At GenCon
The premiere of Eden Studios‘ Buffy: The Vampire-Slayer RPG is going great guns: of the 14,000 print run, half were sold on preorder, outdoing Decipher‘s Lord of the Rings RPG. The stock here at GenCon may not last through Sunday, so if you’re here or plan to be, get yours
New Releases Slowly Lurching Forth at Pagan
I gave Pagan Publishing a hard time about the continually-upcoming The Hills Rise Wild supplement, The Reanimated. According to Pagan, the set is ready, entirely done, but stock market changes have… delayed funding. The current estimate is to release the set by Christmas, unless someone with cash to spare wants
Fast Forward Speeds Along
Fast Forward Entertainment has a variety of new products selling like hotcakes at the show. Orcfest is an introductory d20 adventure that helps guide new players into the vast realms of adventure ahead. The new issues of Campaign and Games Unplugged were lurking in the booth as well, and the
Game of Powers at GenCon
Hogshead Publishing was proudly displaying both Nobilis, the world’s first coffee table RPG, and The Game of Powers, live-action rules for the Nobilis game. James Wallis was proudly showing the company’s wares, and provided general estimates on the amount of beer the crowd put back at the Diana Jones Awards
ENnies Award Winners Announced
On a stage near the donut vendor and the miniatures gaming room (pointing out again how inadequate this convention center has become for GenCon’s purposes), the first annual EN World d20 System Awards (or “ENnies”) were doled out before a crowd of industry members and gamers. Not too surprisingly, WotC