Are you into darkly humorous card games? Are you into stick figures? Are you confused yet? What I’m getting at is Atlas Games‘ October release, Let’s Kill: Second Edition, a gruesome little game that indulges your inner axe murderer. Players gain fame by killing off annoying people (cheerleaders, beatnicks… you
What the World Series of Poker needs is more critical hits
Here’s a nice consolidation of the recent chatter about Celebrity Dungeons and Dragons having in essence been pitched to Comedy Central a ways back. Paget Brewster was involved; I bet she fancies a half-elf bard.
Possibly the best title since The Penguin Ultimatum…
It’s free game of the month time at Invisible City, and they’ve come up with a memorable title if nothing else. Uncontrolled Squid is a game for two teams, and the basic rules are so simple that they can be summarized in a couple of sentences. Every player starts with
Patiently awaiting Serenity
As the game is on the verge of being available in stores (printed and shipping, reportedly), Margaret Weis.com has posted a Serenity RPG Q&A. I just saw my first TV commercial for the movie, opening on September 30, earlier today. Looks pretty damn good to me. Combine that with nearly
Vegas Showdown details emerge
Avalon Hill has started turning the crank on their little board-game-marketing machine, giving us box and board-element pics plus some rules for Vegas Showdown. I visualize the board-game marketing machine as looking a bit like the dice tower from the old Parker Brothers game The Inventors, and as having cost
Gen Con Indy now probably Gen Con… um… somewhere
At GenCon, we taped, but didn’t post, a long coda to Peter Adkison’s con-focused press conference. It was by a representative of the Indianapolis Convention Center, announcing the big plans to start expanding the center, virtually right after GenCon closed up. Well, apparently they aren’t gonna be done by next
Banestorm weather forecast at SJ Games
The world of Yrth is getting a makeover for GURPS Fourth Edition, and Steve Jackson Games is footing the bill. The sidebar of the GURPS Banestorm webpage links to new preview downloads, giving gamers an idea of what the updated setting will provide. Written by Phil Masters and Jonathan Woodward,
He’s played Tactics II? SEIZE HIM!
In the Summer 2005 issue of Games Quarterly, Hasbro’s former CEO and still Chairman of the Board, Alan Hassenfeld, namechecked several old Avalon Hill titles (including his claim to have had a Tactics II “phase”) and described himself as a current player of contemporary titles like Duel Masters and Heroscape
Invisible City Offers Full Scholarship to Magic School
I’m a little late in posting about the latest free game of the month from Invisible City, but it’s just as well — I’d hate for it to get lost in the sea of GenCon posts. Magic Spell casts players as students of magic attempting to learn spells as quickly
Audio Report: slowly driving a stake into the heart of GenCon
Yup. 45 minutes of action. We put plenty of links in the show summary this time, and you can have at the discussion here.
GenCon 05 aftermath: return of the Audio Report
Back on the stick! Back in the seat! Back on maybe some metaphor that doesn’t sound as dirty! Here’s 28 minutes of good stuff from the GenCon show floor. We might paste some more into the regular on-mic podcast, which should get back on track for next week into the
I am a rocker, I rock out
Witness the all-out free RPG onslaught that is Metal Öpera!!!
GenCon 05 aftermath: the smallest game at the show
I didn’t find many little tiny small-press surprises at Gen Con… not the kind that I always find at Origins, anyway. Maybe the really tiny companies are priced out of Gen Con’s booth space, or maybe the smaller games are just always gonna be of the roleplaying persuasion (and hence
Halo movie plans confirmed
According to Variety, Microsoft’s hit X-box game Halo will see a movie adaptation in 2007. The rights to the film were up for grabs for some time, and Fox and Universal finally took the bait jointly. Now, while I’m a big Bungie fan, I’m still a bit gunshy after the
GenCon ’05 aftermath: WotC & Upper Deck pre-game shows
By request, Steve has uploaded video of the missing press announcements foreshadowed by Peter Adkison in his “State of GenCon” press conference. Here’s the (very) short press announcements on Indy’s first day, from Claire Vail of Wizards of the Coast and Claudine Ricanor of Upper Deck. WotC and Upper Deck