OgreCave

Those who attend this year’s Origins are sure to see many new publishers entering the field of battle. One such company will be Vengeance Games, producers of supplements like the Friday Night Six Pack. The Six Pack will contain six pregenerated characters, fully illustrated and at three different experience levels.

Two major Necromancer Games releases will hit gamers at GenCon 2001. Firstly, the next section of the legendary dungeon is presented in Rapan Athuk: The Middle Levels (they’ve already posted a preview of the cover art). Secondly, the first Necromancer module from D&D co-founder Rob Kuntz, Prisoners of the Maze

Another episode of the heart-wrenching drama, Roleplaying Tips Weekly, has unfolded for your viewing pleasure. Go there now and see if Keith will come out of his coma, if Teri’s baby can be saved from the kidnappers, and the tips for creating NPC voices.

Those who follow Mage Knight found out last week that WizKids will be retiring the Rebellion line of Mage Knight figures, and this past week’s shipment will be the last. So, for the rest of you, if your local game store seems crowded and insane on Monday, that’s why. This

Lidda, Regdar, Mialee and Tordek are among the characters replacing Mr. Green and Ms. Peacock in the upcoming Dungeons & Dragons Clue. The Archmage has been murdered, and the doors to the castle won’t let the characters leave until they determine which one of them did the foul deed. Rooms

The massive Red Dragon Mage Knight figure (well, massive compared to other Mage Knight figures) is available starting today. There’s a good picture of the beast on the Mage Knight website. If you like what you see, you may want to grab one quickly — even at $24.95, the Wizkids

When it Runes, it pours. Earlier today, the day after lauching our Rune RPG feature, Alex from Atlas Games let us know their plans for the first Rune adventure supplement. This August, Crouching Wizard, Smashing Hammer by Chris Aylott will reach aspiring Vikings everywhere. Here’s the details: When the evil

Considering all the Elmore-related promotions they’ve been running lately, is it at all surprising that Games Unplugged has a preview of next month’s SnarfQuest Card Game? Everything from individual card previews to a .pdf of the rules are available from Agents of Gaming’s new game. Larry Elmore himself will be

We told you a surprise was coming. We just didn’t tell you it involved battling Loki’s minions to stave off the end of the world. That’s right, it’s our Rune RPG feature, the first of our special editorial features. We’ve got two contrasting viewpoints on Atlas Games’ new Rune RPG,

Aldo at Wingnut Games tells us that Battle Cattle: The Card Game is on its way to the printers, and should be reaching stores in September from Steve Jackson Games. For now, you can check out the boxshot and begin selecting opponents to gore. Heck, just challenge anyone that gets

This month’s update to all things Freeport has surfaced over at Green Ronin. It includes a new beast, the plague wraith, as well as a related adventure hook, new disease, and a new spell. All this, and Legions of Hell is being printed this week? (**holds hands together with fingertips

If this week’s topic, Using Limericks To Spice Things Up, makes you hesitate like I did, you owe it to yourself to go take a look. Just don’t end any lines with “City of Brass,” or you could be going down that slippery slope to words that rhyme with Nantucket.

This month, Invisible City Productions has brought something completely different to light: rules for a free swimming pool game called Roboctopus! The game is essentially a Marco Polo variant, but it’s a Marco Polo variant involving a bloodthirsty, sonar-equipped, mechanical mollusk, so I say “go for it!” It’s not as

After weeks of building excitement (not to mention assembling a soundtrack), Deep7 has completed its Shriek: 2nd Edition CD-ROM. This disc contains an expanded version of the previously-online-only 1PG along with a musical soundtrack that would be appropriate for the slasher movies that inspired the game. The CD-ROM, which costs

With the Third Edition Forgotten Realms in stores just over a week, Wizards presents us with a look back at previous incarnations of the Realms from Elminster himself, Ed Greenwood. It’s an interesting read, and gives a glimpse into what’s involved in presenting a massive campaign setting to the D&D