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Games Workshop has posted their initial product plans for the Lord of the Rings Tabletop Battle Game. There are plans for everything from Saruman and the Ringwraiths to scenery such as Balin’s Tomb. The main game and first smaller sets will be released shortly before Christmas. Check out the full

It looks like Wizards of the Coast is dusting off a legendary name in gaming for another go ’round this October. The upcoming skirmish-level miniatures game we’ve been hearing about since last year’s Origins convention will assume the mantle of the Chainmail name. From the press release, it looks like

The most savage denizens of the World of Darkness are finally getting their own live-action makeover. White Wolf is now taking pre-orders for Laws of the Wild Revised Limited Edition. The deluxe version of the standard Mind’s Eye Theatre paperback will feature a leather cover, a cloth bookmark, and eight

It’s confirmed: Decipher has hired the former staff of Last Unicorn Games (we mentioned this a couple weeks back). Christian Moore, former president of LUG, will be in charge of Decipher’s new RPG and miniatures division. The team’s first task will be building the new Star Trek RPG, a task

Fantasy Flight Games continues to pull ninja fake-outs on the tired minds here in the Cave: the new news is that Drakon is happening after all, shipping now in fact, though it no longer bears designer Tom Jolly‘s name quite so prominently. Vortex is a separate project (of which diskwars.com

Anime RPG fans, take note: is on the prowl again. While working on the Tenchi Muyo! and El-Hazard RPG resource books, GOO and Pioneer Entertainment got to know each other quite well, and have decided to build on the relationship even more. Under a new multi-year license, GOO will produce

SWRPGNetwork has posted the stats for the Firespray-class Patrol Craft. Doesn’t ring a bell? It’s the basic ship type that Boba Fett made heavy modifications to as he built Slave I. The stats are available for both versions of the Star Wars RPG, West End’s D6 and Wizards’ D20. Chatting

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Jagged Edge Games has posted a downloadable version of the Shadowlands core rules. The D20 game is still in prerelease stage, but should be finished for a April release. JEG also announced the decision to follow up the game’s release with its first supplement, Religion & Sorcery, in May. Rappan

Chaosium has just announced that Dragon Lords of Melniboné is on its way to stores. Elric finally has arrived in D&D. Now if my anti-paladin — excuse me, Blackshield (must be D20 compatible, you know) — could just get his hands on Stormbringer… Wick at Wondercon John Wick, the designer

Tyranny Games announced its acquisition of the assets of Scapegoat Games. This gives Tyranny ownership of the post-biblical apocalypse RPG, The End. The game’s designer, Joseph Donka, is joining Tyranny’s staff as well. A deluxe revised version of The End is scheduled for late 2001, with supplements following next year.

For those of you who shelled out some cash for the Nemoren’s Vault adventure from Fiery Dragon Productions, you can now get some added value from your purchase. By going to FDP’s website and entering the Runes of Passage code from the module, you can download The Quest for Amelia,

Okay, so we were wrong. Or, more likely, things have changed a lot, even in the short time since DunDraCon. But Gaming Outpost has the press release: the new game from the team that designed DiskWars will be known as Vortex. It’ll be a collectable game with hex tiles for

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Wizards of the Coast has just added an interesting new item to their long list of free downloads: a long out-of-print solitaire gamebook. The book, entitled Gnomes — 100, Dragons — 0, is the second volume in the attractive Catacombs series, and it comes with all the rules necessary for