Added details have been released regarding White Wolf and its plans to publish materials for the Pendragon Arthurian roleplaying game. Apparently this is not just a mere license, as we thought earlier: Green Knight Publishing has sold ownership of the game to White Wolf’s imprint, ArtHaus Publishing. Even the remaining
Gen Con Indy ’04 Wrap-up: Social Games joins forces with R. Talsorian Games
Social Games has joined forces with R. Talsorian Games to produce five new supplements for the Cyberpunk 2020 roleplaying game beginning with Firestorm: Tempest.
Gen Con Indy ’04 Wrap-up: OgreCave T-shirt Throwdown – Postgame analysis
I warned you not to take me on, Steve. Your t-shirt gathering prowess is no match to my own. You went down like the Hyatt elevator overloaded with sweaty gamers (which isn’t that funny if you’ve been there, believe me). I’ll take my victory lap now, and recount the story
OgreCave review: Nobody But Us Chickens
Matthew sent in his review of Nobody But Us Chickens, the Origins Award nominated card game from Dancing Eggplant Games. Have a look and see what he thought of it.
Gen Con Indy ’04 Wrap-up: Sails ahoy!
No really, there was a giant mast, 20 feet high, at the front corner of the WizKids booth. As Mike just reported, WizKids will bring an expansion to Pirates of the Spanish Main out in March. However, I’ve got slightly more info to report than the public press release has
Spanish Main expansion planned for March, third printing of core set planned for never
This bit of news is not terribly surprising or rich in details, nor has it been officially confirmed by anything resembling a press release. Normally I’d hold off on posting it on that basis, but “Pirates of the Spanish Main will get an expansion” is about as shocking as “winter
Gen Con Indy ’04 Wrap-up: Finish Him! OgreCave T-shirt Throwdown
Yeah, it’s over. Gen Con Indy has come to a close for us. The t-shirts have been counted and a winner has been declared. I must admit, I thought I had this one. By the time we had to leave the convention and meet the car to the airport, I
Live at Gen Con ’04: OgreCave T-shirt Throwdown – Three
There is one day left in the ultimate OgreCave t-shirt throwdown! By the middle of the day tomorrow, one of us will be going home with the championship belt while the other will be taking the walk of shame!
Live from Gen Con ’04: White Wolf gets Pendragon
Details are sketchy at this point, but after checking with White Wolf‘s Stewart Wieck, we’ve confirmed that White Wolf has acquired the rights from Green Knight Publishing to publish new materials for Pendragon. Novels and online games will continue to be produced by Green Knight, but White Wolf has the
Live at Gen Con ’04: Gloom-y days ahead
Lurking in the Atlas Games booth, I ran into Keith Baker, creator of WotC’s Eberron, and Lee Moyer, major contributing artist for same. After talking for a few minutes, Keith mentioned his upcoming card game Gloom, for which John Nephew helpfully brought out the prototype. Set for release in October,
Live at Gen Con ’04: ENnie winners announced
The winners of this year’s ENnie Awards were awarded at a quicker-than-usual ceremony, and much fun was to be had. Here’s the list of winners: Best Aid or Accessory Gold: Roleplaying Tips GM Encyclopedia (Roleplayingtips.com) Silver: Counter Collection Gold (Fiery Dragon Productions) Best Art (Interior) Gold: Nocturnals: A Midnight Companion
Live at Gen Con ’04: OgreCave T-shirt Throwdown – Part Deux
Okay, it’s been a rough day but I’m starting to make up some ground on that punk with six t-shirts. Today’s count: four for me, six for for the guy who is soon to be humiliated on his own website.
Live at Gen Con ’04: The Red Star
To call the world of The Red Star merely an alternative universe or alternative future is to do it a disservice. The comic book created by Christian Gossett seems to be so much more than that.
Live at Gen Con ’04: Finding monsters expeditiously
Suzi at Expeditious Retreat Press brought the noise and the funk — or at least a thorough list of D&D beasts. Monster Geographica: Underground, a collection of 200 3.0 and 3.5 monsters, released here at Gen Con with a new approach to its menagerie listing. As the title suggests, all
Live at Gen Con ’04: OgreCave T-shirt Throwdown
So, it all started at last year’s Gen Con Indy when both Steve and I, through random acts of fate and generous game companies, both ended up with six free t-shirts apiece. At Gen Con SoCal a few months later, we both actively tried to outdo each other in t-shirt