Wiz Kids’ kung fu is superior. Having just recently gained the license to make a CMG similar to Mage Knight that’s based on DC Comics properties, they have now gained the license to do the same for Marvel Comics. The rules to the Marvel CMG will be written by the
Houston, We Have Denial
ICv2 brings the world an official statement from mega-distributor Diamond that . Of course, rumors have been flying at least since Origins about TSR getting sold, and any number of potential buyers have been discussed, so maybe Diamond just lost a bidding war. (Doing my part to keep the mill
Eric Noah’s D&D 3 Site Shutting Down
This just in: the biggest, and arguably best, site for D&D 3 and D20, Eric Noah’s Unofficial D&D 3 News, is shutting down in the next few days. The invaluable resource and news site has lead the charge in all things related to D&D 3, and is thought by some
Ronin Runs Rampant
Green Ronin has posted some art from their upcoming Spaceship Zero RPG,and has let the world at large know about their revised plans for the Freeport: The City of Adventuresourcebook. “It’s now going to be a 160 page hardback sourcebook … it features a beautiful poster-sized map of the city.”
Notes on Necromancy
Over at Mongoose Publishing, they’ve posted a preview of the upcoming Necromancy book in the form of designer’s notes. Matthew Sprange reveals a bit about the process of making mages of death fun to play again without unbalancing them. White Wolf on the Prowl White Wolf made so many announcements
Fading Suns Goes D20
In a press release, Holistic Design let the world know that their stylish Fading Suns RPG setting will make the leap to the D20 System this November. Not only that, but “Fading Suns: D20 will include Open Gaming rules for high-tech devices and artifacts, ranging from blasters and energy shields
Stuper Quickstart
Wingnut Games has posted the Quickstart rules to StuperPowers Deluxe. The humorous RPG of superheroes with silly or useless powers will be arriving in October, and weigh in at 112 pages. Pro-Am Adventures Surface The first round of results from Citizen Games’ D20 adventure writing contest has been posted on
New Look for Cheapass Website
If you haven’t been by the in a while, go take a look at the site and see what you think. Personally, as much as I like the company’s products, I can’t say anything good about the main page. It’s entirely unintuitive, serving only to drastically slow you down as
Download Nastiness
Viking Games has posted an 11-page preview of their D20 book, Monster Menagerie.Check out the stats and descriptions for several beasts, including the Banshee, and the Mantoid, which sounds suspiciously similar to a Tri-Kreen from Dark Sun.
Master Tools Gets New Master
Due to a number of developments, not the least of which being Hasbro lobotomizing the electronics division of Wizards of the Coast and feeding the properties to Infogrames, the Master Tools D&D 3 software has been delayed until the first quarter of 2002. Considering how far the product vision had
You’ve Loved The Carrot – Now, Meet The Stick
This ICv2 report has a (precious) few more details about the WotC d20 crackdown we reported on early in the week. They say: “Is this a laudable attempt to standardize procedures and enforce a necessary discipline on sloppy publishers, or is it the stunned reaction of an organization that has
Desperado Preview
Citizen Games has a preview up of the Desperado RPG, which uses the D20 System. This looks like a pure western game, with none of that horror or fantasy stuff. Still, I’ll be interested to compare this to Pinnacle’s Deadlands D20.
Green Ronin Gets Arcane
In October, Green Ronin will present Arcana: Societies of Magic, a D20 sourcebook on mystic organizations, secret or otherwise. Written by Kevin Brennan and James Maliszewski, this promises to be a good one. Here’s the details: Arcana: Societies of Magic details six different organizations that employ unique styles of magic
Episode II Named
The official Star Wars website has announced some preliminary details about Episode II. Specifically, the name of the movie has been announced as Star Wars: Attack of the Clones. Uhh… oh-kay. Certainly inspires confidence, don’t it? :-/
Friends and Foes Takes Flight Soon
I checked with Fantasy Flight at GenCon about their expansion to the Lord of the Rings boardgame (formerly a WotC game). There was a single, unopened copy of the expansion, Friends and Foes,at a booth dedicated to nothing but the boardgame. From looking at the back, the game will have