OgreCave

In a press release this morning, Paul Brown, President of Precedence Entertainment, announced that Precedence would be closing its doors on April 12. As the full press release explains, the company’s employees have been let go as of March 8th. Volunteers are putting together a liquidation sale that will start

Hex Games is about to embark on a roadtrip of gaming and debauchery, and heaven help anyone who gets in their way. After all, who’d want to keep them from posting images on their website, or keep them from reaching the GAMA Trade Show in Las Vegas next week (ostensibly

Living Imagination, Inc. announced today that their d20 System sourcebook Broadsides! would be delayed. When the book arrived at Wizard’s Attic, some of the books in the shipment were defective. LI decided to hold off shipping the books until the damaged copies could be sorted out. Once that’s been done,

It’s been pointed out that the wrong draft of Joe’s Interludes review was posted, and probably looked funny to most of you. The correct version is now up. My apologies to Joe, and to anyone who was confused by the rather odd-looking writeup.

Keeping our reviews rolling, Joe gives us his take on Interludes: Brief Expeditions to Bluffside (PDF version) by Thunderhead Games. As the full Bluffside: City on the Edge sourcebook heads to stores, what better way to decide if you plan to buy than a review of the introductory adventure? I

In a post on his website, Monte Cook gives a “thumbs up” to d20 Call of Cthulhu, which he’s seen an early copy of (makes sense – he co-wrote it). I’ve seen an earlier draft that was lurking around Chaosium, and if that version is any indication, the final book

An unconfirmed rumor can get you a long way in gaming journalism, wherein most reporters are doing their work after business hours and can’t call you for a confirmation. We’re no different here at the Cave, but GamingReport does tell us that Precedence Entertainment is going under. If true, this

Under an agreement with Fantasy Flight Games, Mystic Eye Games and Thunderhead Games will both be publishing adventures for FFG’s science-fantasy d20 System setting, Dragonstar. So FFG will be able to concentrate on the core d20 books they’ve been doing so well with, and two companies that are known for

So I got everything put together, filling the room with a mild odor of super glue in the process. Although one of my Ronin looks a bit like he has to pee and is holding it in, the pose on the other is quite appealing. Modeling these guys was not

Wayne Densley just announced the release of a special edition of his first online fantasy gamebook in the Chronicles of Arborell series. This expanded version of Windhammer features revised rules, 155 new sections and other changes based largely on reader feedback. Its sequel, the somewhat delayed Earth and Stone, is

Deep7 has just announced a partnership with Three-Sixty Publishing. Through this partnership, Three-Sixty will get to use Deep7’s XPG game system (which will also be featured in the forthcoming Red Dwarf RPG) and, in turn, Deep7 will become Three-Sixty’s sole distributor. The first product of this partnership will be Mean

Yes, drooling Cthulhu fanatics, Chaosium has finally answered your fevered prayers by announcing a 15th Anniversary Edition of Arkham Horror. Set for a late Summer/Fall 2002 release, demo games are already planned for Origins and GenCon this year. The infamous Cthulhu boardgame of monster hunting and insanity has been highly

Not only does today’s Daily Illuminator announce the shipment of Robin’s Laws of Good Gamemastering, a general guide to GMing by the renowned designer, new editions of Chez Geek and GURPS Horror, a Deadlands-branded Frag (is there a Wild West FPS they could have grabbed the license for?), the first

Until now, Pinnacle had been sticking to their guns by saying there would be no conversion rules to take original Deadlands across to Deadlands D20. But next Tuesday, Pinnacle will finally relent and give conversion guidelines to players new and old. Shane Hensley described the rules as they’re shaping up

Joe delves into the fortress and its surroundings in our new review of Castle Dunmere, a d20 adventure from Citizen Games. What evil lurks in the heart of the castle? I ain’t tellin’ — but Joe is. Go take a look.