We played a fun two-player game of this on Sunday, but we’re torn as to whether to write up a playtest report when, odds are, in a few days you’ll have to wait until September to get the game. Retailers across the country are reporting that distributors have told them
2004 ENnie nominees announced
The ENnie Award nominees (aka, the 2004 Gen Con EN World RPG Awards nominees) are up as of yesterday, and online voting will be available soon. The ENnies, run by d20 System uber-website EN World, will announce the winners at Gen Con Indy later this month. The nominee list is
Army of Darkness card game at Gen Con Indy
Eden Studios plans to have the Army of Darkness Card Game at Gen Con Indy later this month, previewing before its Halloween release. Gamers have been waiting to use their boom sticks for a while now, and anticipation has simmered and increased slowly. It’s a sure bet that Eden will
Board breaking at GAMA, karate not involved
The new GAMA Board of Directors has hit rough waters already, after being appointed a month ago, and has lost two members. According to the press release sent yesterday (see below), Ryan Dancey has resigned as Treasurer of GAMA after revealing that he had been reading private emails from the
Pokémon gets up on soapbox
Seems like companies are all searching for that elusive advertising venue these days, that crowd of potential customers that haven’t yet realized how badly they need to purchase games and toys. Or maybe I’m just hearing about the various promotional experiments more often, and they were happening all along. Most
The corpse of Twonky rises to feast on the flesh of its enemies
I just keep findin’ em! (Confession: – found via .) RoboTournament is a cross-platform, networkable near-clone of RoboRally. The changes are improvements, in my view; at least they’re improvements for the online domain. For one, I very much like that the default mode is Deathmatch – Rally was never the
WizKids’ Pirates hit the streets, search for rum
Today’s the street date for WizKids‘ latest innovation, Pirates of the Spanish Main, designed primarily by Mike Selinker and James Ernest. I’ve managed to get my hands on some packs of the game, and yes, every $3.99 pack has at least two ships, some crew members, treasure, an island, and
A board game design convention only two blue cards away
This past weekend the first annual Pow Wow conference was held in Charlottesville, Virginia. Like its predecessor Protospiel, the idea was to get together a group of German-style board game designers and have them play each other’s prototype games. Each game is then work-shopped, offering suggestions on what works, what
Extended Return of the King scenes online
For you Peter Jackson/Tolkien fans out there, this site has footage of the extra Return of the King scenes from this December’s upcoming extended edition previewed at San Diego Comic Con this past weekend. Apparently, the Voice of Sauron appears briefly, and a good time is had by all. Follow
Steal a gene, go to jail: it’s the law
If there is only one of you, according to the most careful accounting you have available, you can play Space Hulk second edition rules on Windows.
Rumors of John Wick’s death are greatly exaggerated
Hey, so look who shows up all of a sudden! Enemy Gods is the new style being rocked by the famed L5R and Orkworld author, who has a new publishing house and domain name, apparently co-owned by the author of the praised indie game InSpectres. Enemy Gods looks like it’s
The kimono finally lifts on Doom board game
This interview with FFG’s Kevin Wilson over at one o’ them video-game sites reveals that, no, Doom: the Boardgame will not in fact be much like Frag. He describes it as “a cross between Heroquest and Space Hulk.” Not only will play be scenario-based like the WarCraft board game, but
Paranoia XP cover posted
According to the development blog as well as the visual evidence, the cover artist of the original Paranoia is back and apparently in fine form. Whether the book is going to be at Gen Con Indy is a matter of crossing one’s fingers at this point (and we don’t mean
When the time limit expires, a giant sneaker fills the screen
So, while I’m thinking about virtual CCGs that cross card gaming with established computer-gaming genres: Magnant is a real-time strategy game driven by card play. The CCG haters among you will be happy to know that any and all actual trading is not implemented yet. The geeks among you might
Werewolf relaunch delayed to February
Originally planned for a November release, White Wolf‘s Werewolf relaunch, Werewolf: The Forsaken, is now scheduled to arrive in February ’05. Why the delay? According to Ken Cliffe, White Wolf’s Vice President of Editing and Development, “All of us have been working flat-out on Vampire, and it became clear to