Just a little conceptual glue for ya. Plenty of roleplaying capsule reviews in this one, and Chris has a question for you which we hope will lead to a lot of interesting talk: “What does roleplaying mean to you?” That’s deliberately open-ended… give us what you’ve got below.
The Dreamblade dinner, or: when retailers attack!
Chris’ own title for his report on WotC’s Dreamblade reveal at GTS is subtitled “How not to make a presentation at a trade show.” So there’s your roaring start. On a happier note, he’s hearing unconfirmed reports that a new hardcover edition 2.0 of Flames of War will be announced
Audio Report: DunDraCon 2006
Allan’s recordings from DDC are up, featuring talks with Steve Kenson, Hero Games’ Darren Watts, and a raucous Steve Chenault and Joseph Goodman. Two more shows are wrapped and in the pipeline, so line up now.
Secrets of Kenya overview posted
As Tatters of the King pulls in glowing reviews, Chaosium continues to build – uh, corrupt, ancient steam, I guess. The next Call of Cthulhu release, Secrets of San Francisco, has been at the printer for a week now, and today a chapter-by-chapter overview of Secrets of Kenya went up
Audio Report: Aldo Ghiozzi of Wingnut and Impressions Advertising & Marketing
Our interview with Aldo Ghiozzi is (finally) up. Throw down in the comments with your thoughts on the distribution channel and small publishers. And, as always, enlist or get dissed.
And now a classified ad
Since I don’t have the podcast up yet, this thing that would have been in it: Bay Area GMs are invited to come run any RPG in print at the April Fool’s Con at Endgame in Oakland on the 1st and 2nd. Pimp your favorite game and enjoy some fine
D&D Minis ’06: Hugeness confirmed
For those that missed the catalog mention, impending hugeness was reiterated last week. Wizards made a D&D Miniatures news announcement on its website that mostly repeated known plans for 2006. Perhaps most important, it brought more attention to the War of the Dragon Queen set, coming in July. Adding more
Audio Report: return with us to the thrilling days of yesterweek
In this episode, we discuss the mysterious upcoming WotC announcement that, um, isn’t so mysterious since we recorded the show. Also the various WizKids announcements, and a play report on Infinity. Stay tuned later this week for our talk with Aldo Ghiozzi of Impressions and (late of) Wingnut.
Heroscape castles sighted. Wallets at the ready…
Now, is this ToyFair picture a sign that HeroScape is getting completely out of hand, or yet another “It must be mine!” item? (*sigh*) Possibly both.
10 Days in Africa arrives at GameTable Online
If you’re up for an online version of a nifty boardgame (one nifty enough to have had a pair of sequels), GameTable Online has something to entice you with. From tomorrow though the end of February, a new online version of 10 Days in Africa by Out of the Box
Whispers of WotC’s surprise game announcement
There’s been considerable speculation about what Wizards of the Coast will reveal in its “big announcement about our newest game for 2006” at the Monday dinner at GTS next month. Sure, most of it has been by retailers, both fearful and anxious about what WotC plans to put into the
Out Of The Box distributes Rio Grande, or something
The press release is a bit vague (see below) – along with the usual boilerplate from the respective companies’ leaders about how thrilled they are to be working together, there are just a few sentences about what is actually happening. But it looks like Apples to Apples publisher Out of
Paizo prepping Ptolus minis
Having displayed the ability to create high quality metal miniatures in its Gamemastery: Compleat Encounters sets, Paizo Publishing now has an agreement with Monte Cook and Malhavoc Press to publish miniatures for the Ptolus uber-campaign setting. A series of monthly minis releases will begin in May, leading up to and
Avalon Hill preparing another course of Garfield
With the semi-recent rerelease of Roborally, and his appearance at Magic Worlds 2004, it seems Richard Garfield will continue to dabble in Wizards’ business. I’m all for it, though I have to admit to being a bit undecided on his upcoming game. Garfield’s next Avalon Hill boardgame, Rocketville, hits next
Audio Report: all cons, most of the time
Here it be. Hey, if you need something to comment about, how about this: how can conventions change to serve gamers better? (Keep it at least a tiny bit realistic, please.) Subscription link, as if you still need it, is available here.