Yep, Scrye Magazine bought Gaming Report. An FAQ, press release (repeated below), and farewell message from founder Dan Sivils (also repeated below) tell the full story. It remains to be seen whether this will have any significant effect on either party.
Outsourcing your minis-painting to Asia isn’t just for the big boys anymore
“We are a Sri Lankan miniature painting service that offers high quality, traditional miniature painting (no cheap speed painting tricks!) at the lowest rates on Earth […] Quality the average Western painter charges as much as $9-$12 to paint, we do for only $3.”
What do you get a Great Old One for its anniversary?
Today marks the 25th anniversary of Call of Cthulhu, and instead of locking the doors, barring the windows, and hiding under the bed, our friends at Yog-Sothoth are celebrating. Check by the Yog Radio page for a special podcast episode to commemorate the event, featuring CoC designer Sandy Petersen and
White Wolf merges with EVE Online publisher
Yes, folks: White Wolf is merging with CCP, the Iceland-based publishers of the “space MMO” the world knows as EVE Online (who made a small splash at Gen Con this year with a self-licensed CCG). That sound you hear underneath the wailing and tooth-gnashing of the Camarilla people may indeed
What happens when people stop being polite and start making up Magic cards
For all the fun of a reality show with more Magic card design geekery and fewer hair-pulling catfights (or maybe I just haven’t found that forum yet), hit up the Great Designer Search. Fifteen would-be designers compete in a series of absurd challenges for an internship with WotC R&D. I
Games Workshop shuts down forums
A reader pointed out that Games Workshop has decided to shut down its internet forums as of November 15. This is considered by many gamers, both GW fans and detractors alike, to be a bad move, something which GW is quite good at making these days. At least this time
Audio Report: the SoCal run-up begins
It’s almost time for the biggest little game convention, or the littlest big one, whatever. Steve joins us for a foray into all the nooks and crannies, plus plenty of board gaming and even some resin-casting misadventures. Word.
RPGNow and DriveThruRPG merge
The tabletop game industry’s two biggest sellers of electronic products, RPGNow and DriveThruRPG, have merged to become a bigger gestalt robot called OneBookShelf. The new company website will eventually take the place of the original two sites, and publishers formerly only at one or the other will get a wider
Mixing it up at Kuma Pageworks
The famed Mix-O-Tronic, a random idea generator used to spin off game design inspirations, has returned, this time in the form of a contest. Retasked as the Mix-O-Tronic Challenge, the contest aims to create a gaming think-tank community akin to what Game Chef has built, but with a wider focus,
Hellboy lends his oversized hand to HorrorClix
Hellboy has given WizKids a reason to try a HeroClix/HorrorClix crossover product… other than the desperation retailers saw when WizKids announced the return period on HorrorClix would be cancelled for any distributor making a reorder. Even a windowed “Hellboy and the B.P.R.D Action Pack” with the Dark Horse Comics logo
Audio Report: BattleLore! Top fives! Thunder Road!
Neither rain nor sleet nor five consecutive network failures will keep the OCAR staff from doing their appointed rounds… eventually. We spend a good long time in this show on our picks for the top 5 RPGs of all time, and some interesting choices were made indeed. Check it out.
From the RPG-PC-tools desk, something that might not suck
Character creator software for RPGs is not exactly an innovation. Nonetheless I still thought it was sort of cool that the people behind Army Builder and Card Vault are doing a generalized RPG tool called Hero Lab. Oddly, given the name, they haven’t announced a kit for the Hero System
Dungeons & Dragons Online wins British award
On Thursday, the British Academy of Film & Television Arts (similar to the Oscars) announced its 2006 winners in Video Games categories – and we’re as surprised they have the categories as you are. In the Multiplayer category, Atari’s Dungeons & Dragons Online: Stormreach took the prize, which must mean
Bastion Games calls it quits, hands off titles
Seems the siren call of the computer game industry has lured another creative spirit toward better funded pastures. In a pair of press releases today, Bastion Press announced that starting now, other companies would be taking up support of its properties. Specifically, Bastion’s President Jim Butler has handed off nearly
GPA elects 2006-2007 Board
The Game Publishers Association has elected its new Board of Directors, making Tony Hellmann of Technomancer Games the new Executive Director. So far, there don’t seem to be any GAMA-style election protests, so I guess that’s a good sign. Other election results are below.