“Hey – that promo die – it’s huge!”
That’s What I’m Talking About
Phil mailed to let me know that he’s done more than name-check Epic Duels. Hot damn!
I Can’t Believe We Still Haven’t Posted About Star Wars Epic Duels
It’s really fun. The covert gamer’s-game nature of this Hasbro-branded, direct-to-Toys-R-Us product has been slowly percolating up into the consciousness of hobby gamers for a couple months now – you might have seen Phil Reed name-check it when he wrote up his 3D Frag standards. Or you might have heard
Bring In The Siege Weapons!
Arcane Games is releasing a full-color version of Tower Siege, a non-collectable, customizable card game. According to the description, 2-4 players (up to 8 in teams) will each take the role of a powerful mage and “battle against one another with the aid of Minions, Items, Scrolls and Relics.” Each
EN World “Ennies” Nominations Announced
The panel of five experts has selected the nominees for each category of GenCon and EN World‘s “Ennies” d20 System Awards. While votes aren’t being taken until next week, the nominees can be seen, and discussed in preparation for voting, on the awards page. Weird West Mosies Into RPGA The
Celtos Core Rule Book from I-Core Ready to Ship
The new fantasy miniatures game from i-Kore is back from the printer and ready to ship. Celtos is a table top fantasy miniatures game published by i-Kore who has not had nay of their vans stolen recently. If you check out the i-Kore site you can see some great new
MechWarrior: Dark Age Delayed
WizKids has just announced that MechWarrior: Dark Age will be slightly delayed in reaching stores. According to Martin Stever, WizKids Executive Vice President, “the shift in the release date was necessary because our orders have far outstripped our original estimates.” Now there’s a good problem to have. WizKids will send
The Game System that Would Not Die
After numerous rocky starts (and near-finishes), GW’s Epic Warhammer 40,000 is in playtest for a new edition. Tentatively titled Epic Armageddon, the initial playtest files are available here. Jervis Johnson of the GW’s Fanatic division promises greater detail and more realistic combat. “Your precious Terminators aren’t so tough in 6mm,
Blight Magic Review Posted
In our latest review, Joe gives us a look inside the tainted world of Blight Magic from Mystic Eye Games. The concept reminds me of the Defiler mages from TSR’s Dark Sun setting, though MEG has taken it much further. Have a look. Fantasy Flight To Publish Dragon Ball Z
New Lost Colony Novel from Pinnacle
I must admit that I don’t quite know anything about these books, but I am sure that someone does. Banshee Screams is available from Pinnacle. Banshee Screams was written by Clay and Susan Griffith, writers of several TICK comics from New England Comics. SPOOOOOOOON!!! GAMA Europe Game Trade Show Postponed
It Makes A Nice, Inconspicuous Get-Away Vehicle
Games Workshop has been the victim of Grand Theft Auto. The U.S. branch is letting everyone know that “the Games Workshop America Battle Wagon was stolen by persons unknown sometime during the late evening or early morning of Tuesday, July 9th and Wednesday July 10th, 2002 from the parking lot
Happy Birthday to Cthulhu
The H.P. Lovecraft’s Birthday Party Gaming Convention has been announced. In honor of the dark lord himself, there is a Cthulhu gaming convention being held in Vancouver. This convention will feature all manner of Cthulhu gaming and a call is out for GMs to blindly slaughter all comers. Sign up
Everyone Loves Giant Monsters
While at Origins, visit the Giant Ball of — by which I mean, while at Origins I looked at Mystic Eye’s Giant Monster Rampage as well as Firefly’s Monster Island. Both are slim 8.5×11″ books with giant monster combat games in them, whose rules are more or less sourced out
Silly Rumor At Origins, And Hall Of Famers
Somehow a rumor got started that Ted Turner (yes, that Ted Turner) had purchased D&D from WotC. This is not true. The rumor apparently originated in a LARP that got a bit out of control. As one industry insider commented, “Why would he want D&D anyway? WotC already prints in
Queen Of Lies, What’s That Smell?
Makes for an interesting sentence, doesn’t it? Joe has made this little combo possible with his two new d20 reviews, of What’s That Smell from Wicked Press, and Queen of Lies from Fiery Dragon Productions. I could have fun twisting those titles around a bit more… nah, better not. That