I forgot to mention something else I noticed yesterday during my sojourn into the world of mainstream children’s retail. I idly picked up a copy of manga warhorse Shonen Jump and it fell open to what looked like a page of tips on playing Go. It turns out that Hikaru
LEGO made a game that you need
So, they were out of HeroScape at Toys’R’Us, but they did have the X-Pod Collector’s Pack, which is exactly the box I wished they would make back when I first noticed the X-Pod Play-Off web page. Another thing I didn’t mention is that X-Pod Play-Off is designed by gamelab, the
My current mood is always challenging
Allen Varney, who recently administered an exemplary game of Lexicon, presents a new spin on that concept, called Noteworthy. It has a GM and seems intended for LiveJournal communities (but adaptable to other forms of the weblog medium). Most LiveJournal RPGs I know of do fine without rules of any
OgreCave interview: Richard Garfield
OgreCave’s visit to last month’s Magic: The Gathering Worlds ’04 in San Francisco now has icing on the cake: Steve’s sent in his interview with game design guru Richard Garfield. Be a fly on the wall as Richard talks about dream projects, the card game scene, and “collectible” being a
GAMA names new Executive Director
In a quiet announcement that apparently wasn’t sent to its news announcement list, GAMA promoted Anthony Gallela to the position of Executive Director. Gallela served as GAMA Operations Director and GAMA Event Manager previously, and co-owns one of the biggest game conventions out in my neck of the woods, Kubla
Joe Dever Captured by Mongoose
Well, perhaps that’s putting it a bit strongly… but Mongoose Publishing will be having an open house on November 6th which will feature a live appearance by Lone Wolf gamebook author Joe Dever. He will be chatting and signing autographs. Only one catch — you’ll have to be in England
OgreCave review: Dungeons of Doom
The latest map set from Green Ronin is in Matthew’s hot little hands, and he’s given us his impressions of it. See whether Dungeons of Doom scored well with him, or if he’d rather shelve it in someone else’s bookcase.
Taking in the scene
While I’m a big fan of Dwarven Forge‘s Master Maze sets for dungeon delving scenarios, and still have to budget for the new Fantasy Floors set, my outdoor and city terrain is somewhat limited. Sure, I’d love to load up on Miniatures Building Authority, but I’d like to keep my
HeroScape: you can also hit burglars on the head with the loaded box
I’ve been wondering when this year’s successor to Epic Duels and BattleBall – that is, this year’s cheap, silly WotC game with a Milton Bradley logo on it instead – would come out. Turns out it came out in June and I just missed it. Oh, and it’s $50. Heroscape
Your executive decision to kill time
I guess that if I spend the bulk of three days playing a web game, I should probably post about it. Nothing special about it, it’s just addictive like whoa. Or woe.
The Glorious Sound of Cheapass
If you thought their forays into video games were unexpected, sit down now. Thanks to the band Beatnik Turtle there is now an official album of songs devoted to the wonders of . Hey! Don’t just sit there.
More Rio Grande News
While it seems like it hasn’t been long since the last one, Rio Grande Games has produced yet another newsletter. Most of the game descriptions have been seen in past announcements, but they have revealed more details on their forthcoming Carcassonne releases. The new expansion will be called The Count
A Good Day for Arrowflight
Deep7 has just announced the release of a new issue of their King’s Dispatch newsletter for the Arrowflight RPG. It’s available, as always, in their free member’s area. They’re also offering a special sale on the game, so if you’ve been thinking of trying it, now is the time. In
Also, this game is not about psychic little kids in Disney movies
I held off on posting this earlier because the link to the game itself was broken, but 20×20 Room has some very interesting comments about a new one-shot PDF RPG called The Mountain Witch. What caught my eye about this at first was that there’s an actual stat for Trust
ARG: another acronym to embrace before it destroys you
Many of you likely know all about I Love Bees, the mysterious site the URL for which was flashed briefly at the end of an online trailer for Microsoft’s upcoming first-person shooter Halo 2. You may also remember the promotional online puzzle games that tied in with Steven Spielberg’s A.I.,