The other site I work at, RPGnet, has announced the winners of the 2001 RPGnet Awards, also known as the Buzzies. These awards give recognition to the image, promotion and creation of products in the RPG industry. And the winners are: Most Anticipated Pre-launch of a Game: Lord of the
Trading Cards, Flying Robots and Shouting People
At long last, I’ve completed my review of Z-G, the CCG/action figure combat game from Mark Rein*Hagen and his new friends at Atomoton. This game hasn’t gotten the kind of press it merits, and I suspect it’s the fact of its apparent aim at a kids’ market (that it isn’t
Hogshead Update
Hogshead Publishing has let the world know that the release of Nobilis will be delayed slightly to January. In the meantime, we can all grab our copies of DeProfundis to ravenously read through and fondle, as it is now available. I mean, if James Wallis says “It is the most
New OgreCave Reviews: GURPS Traveller
Matthew brings us two new reviews today, both of GURPS Traveller products (from the Planetary Survey series, to be precise). First is Tobibak: The Savage Sea, followed by a chaser of Darkmoon: The Prison Planet. Sounds cheerful, eh?
Delta Delta Delta, Can I Help Ya Help Ya Help Ya?
See, ’cause the last headline said Delta, and one of these games has… Delta in the… right. FFG has posted details about two new board games, Delta V and Maginor. The former, designed in house, appears to build an interesting strategy game onto a Memory board, while the latter is
Delta Green On Your Screen
John Tynes, Pagan Publishing principal and co-creator of the justly praised Delta Green series of Call of Cthulhu supplements, recently announced on his weblog that the Pagans have signed a deal with an unspecified game developer to put DG on your PC. He says: “[W]ork is underway. The project is
Green Ronin Announces Master Class Series
Green Ronin Publishing has announced their plans for a Master Class line in 2002. The series will introduce a new core class to the d20 System in each volume, providing new skills, feats, equipment, spells, organizations, and the ever-popular prestige classes. Here’s a quick rundown of how the series will
New Rio Grande Newsletter Posted
Rio Grande Games has just posted a new newsletter. Though it doesn’t contain any particularly ground-breaking announcements, there is some information on a new limited-edition Gipf kit which should be of interest to fans of the series of interlocking abstract strategy games. Games Journal December Issue Online The December issue
Roleplaying Tips Weekly #101
Roleplaying Tips Weekly has begun work on their next 100 issues. This week’s issue deals with potty training… no, wait, that’s my daughter. Roleplaying and GMing Servant NPCs is RTW’s theme this time around, followed by a few random tips from readers, the first of which is dubious at best.
Mongoose To Release Judge Dredd RPG
Mongoose Publishing just let us know about their acquisition of the exclusive licence to produce RPG products based on the 2000 AD Comics. What this means to you is ’round GenCon next year (August), you should watch for the Judge Dredd RPG to hit stores, a fully-supported D20 System game
Star Wars D20 To Be Revised
According to the official Star Wars site, the Star Wars Roleplaying Game will get an upgrade late next year with a Revised Rulebook. The revised edition will make “rules improvements drawn from customer feedback” and will have material based on Star Wars: Episode 2 (whose name we dare not speak
Tri-Stat Tekumel Delayed Until May
has updated its release schedule for early 2002, which among other things revealed the delayed release date of Tekumel: Empire of the Petal Throne under the Tri-Stat system. Now coming in May, the book has swelled to an estimated 304 page and increased its pricetag to at least $44.95. I
Wheel Of Time RPG Page Launched At WotC
After the all-too-busy holidays, I finally got around to checking out the new Wheel of Time RPG page on the WotC website. Some interesting stuff, especially if you’ve read the books. I’ll be interested to see if the page gets updated regularly. It’d be nice to see a new game
HACK! Ready To Ship
Eden Studios has joyously announced the arrival of the Knights of the Dinner Table: HACK! Card Game. After a few delays (I think HACK! was originally expected at GenCon), the game will be shipping from the printer straight to anxious distributors, and should be available in stores just in time
Dime Heroes and Supplement Now Available
Deep7 has announced the availability of their latest 1PG, Dime Heroes. The pulp action mini-RPG is only $3.95 to download, and as a special bonus you can get the Jungle Adventures supplement for only a dollar more. If you’ve been going through 1PG withdrawal during the last year or so,