Steve Chenault of Troll Lord Games has just given word on the Troll Lord forums that original D&D publisher and co-creator Gary Gygax has died in his home, last night or this morning. Details are still sketchy and the forum site is not loading so well at the moment, but
BTRC peddles disease with updated wargame
Looking for a cheerful, lighthearted game to take your mind off things? Or would you rather play a disease and wipe out a continent? Yeah, me too, so BTRC‘s Black Death [EDIT: a new version, apparently, not an entirely new title] seems right up my alley. For 2-6 plaguers –
Remember, kids, stealing genes doesn't make you cool
Suave-looking straight-up 2D . Free, free, free. I don’t know about network play, though.
Doors opening to more Portal goodness
In case you couldn’t tell from our Portal themed podcast a while back, the OgreCave crew really enjoyed our participation in the Aperture Science experiment. Well, we aren’t the only ones, as during last week’s Game Developers Conference in SF, the show’s Game Developers Choice Awards gave Portal the nod
FFG licenses Black Industries and Sabertooth stuff, and more
Okay, I think this justifies the word “huge.” (And not just because it’s a PDF link.) Everyone’s always clamoring for the old Games Workshop board games, and if Fantasy Flight really now gets to have them across the (um) board, instead of piecemeal, that’s exciting, but sadly the deal does
Hidden City hidden up Gen Con’s… website?
For those who didn’t spot my comment, I went back and played Dragon Hoard, the in-browser casual game hosted rather incongruously on a section (which it currently occupies all by its lonesome) of Gen Con’s site labeled “Gen Con Now.” I have no idea how long it’s been there, but
Hero announces 6th Ed in 09, Champions MMORPG?
Yesterday at DunDraCon, Hero Games‘ home-base convention in many ways, they announced that they’d be doing a revision of the HERO System for next year, in the form of two core books (one for character building, one for everything else) and a Champions book. That isn’t the end of the
Seriously, what the hell is up with Gen Con LLC
Gen Con LLC files Chapter 11. Okay. That and the Lucas thing, kind of not wonderful together. Kiiiind of crazy. Bankruptcy is by no means a death sentence or a threat to the Indy show, most likely, but the list of crazy isn’t over. Here’s the new Gen Con LLC
FFG takes two CCGs to potentially interesting fixed-set model
Okay, this is creepy. I was literally just thinking about how the CCG was only one model of business, and of game design, in what is probably a much wider array of yet-undiscovered possibilities, and about how much I’d like to see somebody start exploring that (the same way that
LucasFilm sues Gen Con LLC over charity auction of Star Wars memorabilia
It’s hard to know what to make of this item, so here’s a quote: “LucasFilm says that Gen Con, a company that puts on gaming conventions, failed to uphold a contract to deliver proceeds from a ‘Star Wars’ memorabilia auction to the Make-A-Wish Foundation. […] According to this complaint, Gen
New sources of enlightenment for spendthrifts: Push and Second Person essays online
Despite its being the only print source for two RPGs everyone should own – namely, James Wallis’ Baron Munchausen and John Tynes’ Puppetland – I imagine that not all of you bought MIT Press’ Second Person when it came out last year. Well, now some of the at MITP’s Electronic
World of Warcraft Minis Game, because Blizzard can’t allow a licensed-product gap with Halo
Well, that’s probably not the reason. To me, the interesting bit about this announcement is the attribution of “paint scheme design” to Mike McVey, the painter that Privateer made, um, I guess famous for some definition of the word. The addition of a “name” painter to the marketing is interesting,
2nd Dark Heresy printing rumored coming soon; next Warlord CCG printing confirmed coming from Germany
Multiple sources tell us that another printing of the WH40K Dark Heresy RPG rulebook is indeed on its way, despite the . So, you might wanna hold off on hoarding those extra copies for eBay. Uh, a single source tells us that AEG is for all future support. But that
Judges Guild founder struggling with cancer
We heard yesterday, but waited for the official announcement: Dear Guildmembers and Fellow Gamers, It is with deepest regret that I announce that the Judges Guild’s President, Bob Bledsaw has been struggling against terminal cancer, and has but a short time left with us. He is in good spirits, with
Board Game Geek now geekier, so you don’t have to be
I’ve always wanted to get more use out of BoardGameGeek.com but have been stymied by its user interface. Well, they’ve given the front page and controls a nice overhaul – I’m not sure how recently – and I’m finding the site a lot more pleasant to use now. (Unfortunately there