This year’s ENnies are open for voting business now. If participating in the RPG-focused awards appeals to you, head on over and fill in a ballot. The polls close this Saturday, August 1st, and as always, the winners will be announced at Gen Con in Indianapolis.
Lone Wolf gamebooks to become feature film
Variety.com reports that Convergence Entertainment has secured the rights for a live action Lone Wolf feature film. Joe Dever’s classic fantasy gamebook series has already made the transition to full roleplaying game through Mongoose Publishing, but the leap to the movies is a big step. Convergence also secured the rights
Family Games 100 contributor list announced
Following in the footsteps of the excellent Hobby Games: The 100 Best – which we recommended in our 2007 Christmas Gift Guide – Green Ronin has been hard at work on its follow-up book, Family Games: The 100 Best. Edited once again by James Lowder, the 400 page paperback will
NECA buys HeroClix, selling exclusive fig at SDCC 2009
Reports are trickling out of San Diego Comic Con of NECA Toys selling an exclusive HeroClix figure at the show. Yes, I said HeroClix – NECA is selling a Marvel HeroClix: Hammer of Thor figure called Thor’s Mighty Chariot, which depicts exactly that. NECA is also offering , where a
Richard Garfield Announces Next Game
Gamasutra reports that Mind Control Software is joining with Magic: The Gathering‘s creator Richard Garfield and Skaff Elias to produce a new game called Mind Twist. The game will be playable on iPhones and as a Flash application on Facebook. Apparently this will be a wargame playable in 10 minutes
Gaming Report.com = gone?
For a while, GamingReport.com was a go-to site for tabletop game news. After the site was purchased by F&W Media, Gaming Report became the online home of Scrye magazine. Ever since Scrye was cancelled back in April, there’s been speculation the languishing news site might be headed for the same
Original Talisman designer self-releases follow-up after 26 years
So this is interesting: Bob Harris, who designed Talisman for Games Workshop in 1983, has published a short-run limited edition of Mythgardia, a new fantasy adventure game that, at first glance, both does and doesn’t remind one of Talisman. It is self-published and seems to straddle the line between handmade
Random Encounter interview: Jamie Chambers
Just over a week ago, we told you about Signal Fire Studios and Metamorphosis Alpha. We wanted more details though, so we went straight to Jamie Chambers, President of Signal Fire, for the skinny on plans for the MA relaunch. Our Random Encounter interview with Jamie offers a quick Q
Kindle brings up the PDF versus print debate again
This is scary: a number of Amazon Kindle owners learned . Merely because a publisher decided to change its corporate mind and stop offering certain books in electronic form, those who paid for said downloads had them automatically removed from their Kindle devices. Sure, the price of those e-books was
Cubicle 7 licenses Call of Cthulhu, adds to momentum
Cubicles must be much larger these days than what I remember, because Cubicle 7 has a ton of upcoming products under its banner. The UK based company just announced that Chaosium granted Cubicle 7 licenses to publish Call of Cthulhu and Basic Roleplaying products. The company has already made plans
OgreCave review – Kachina
Though it may still be working its way to stores near you, we already have a review of Kachina by Bucephalus Games. Demian had a look at this tile-laying strategy game, and gives us his verdict. (‘Tis rather favorable – oops, I spoiled it, didn’t I?) Proceed to his review,
2009 ENnies nominees announced
Though voting isn’t open yet, the ENnies Awards have posted the current list of 2009 nominees. These selections will be put to the online vote starting July 24, so get your research done beforehand if you plan to chime in. Winners will be announced at Gen Con, as always.
Get ready to count the 4E jokes: interview on card-based RPG in development
LivingDice is definitely a blog to keep in the ol’ aggregator – most recently, it’s brought Untold to our attention. It’s still under development – and maybe I’m cynical, but when I see someone developing a full color card-based roleplaying game, I take “coming soon” with a grain of salt
Signal Fire Studios ignites with Metamorphosis Alpha
Today Jamie Chambers, the designer of the Serenity RPG and the Cortex System, just let the world know about his next venture, Signal Fire Studios. This new game company will focus on “creating a strong lineup of role playing game titles starting in 2010 that include some familiar names” –
OgreCave review – Small World
Some games generate a lot of buzz even before hitting store shelves, and Small World from Days of Wonder is such a game. With its mysterious previews and its current race/power design contest (which is still going on right now!), this area-control fantasy board game hasn’t been shy. Now Lee