Now this is just weird: Palladium will be sharing their Gen Con booth with Nokia – yes, the Finnish cell phone empire and makers of the thus-far lackluster game deck N-Gage. The form-factor problems with the N-Gage have been at least partially solved, but the bigger problem was a games
Essen 04: if I can make it there, I’ll make it anywhere
GameFest has an Essen ’04 preview that is mostly kind of perplexing. It’s meant to collect all the details for all the pre-announcements of board and card games coming out this year at Germany’s preeminent game fair, but sometimes the details are pretty sketchy. Some highlights: a European-map version of
But running them down in a burnt-out Hummer is no challenge!
Phil Reed, who among his other fine qualities has the distinction of being the very first financial contributor to OgreCave (he gave us a dollar!), has released a new PDF RPG called MotoCaust. I was disappointed to learn that it has little to do with motocross, the retro sport of
New Line snags Vampire: The Requiem option
ICv2 has reported that New Line Cinema has optioned the rights to make feature films based on White Wolf‘s upcoming release, Vampire: The Requiem. How this will impact that ongoing lawsuit between White Wolf and Sony Pictures over the movie Underworld remains to be seen. Hey, maybe the entire World
The prequel to Catan… of Catan
Candamir: the First Settlers is a new game by Klaus Teuber, author of The Settlers of Catan. Candamir will indeed be a prequel – the story of the very first settlement in the land of Catan. Due in October in Germany and who knows when in the States, it’s a
Laws harps on LARPs
In his latest installment of See Page XX, Robin Laws points out the enormous popularity of LARPs in Hollywood these days (go on, think about it. I’ll wait). Laws goes on to compare TV’s version to the game convention version, with some interesting conclusions. In particular, he makes this statement:
Then again, it works for Games Workshop
Open letter to whoever’s in charge of the D&D Miniatures web presence: uh, it might be kinda good to have a PDF of the Quick Start rules booklet from the Entry Pack up there? You know, seeing as how the Entry Pack is now out of print, and the next
My God… it’s full of… well, you know
I don’t think I ever mentioned that the Star Chamber folks had a booth at Origins, pimping the first expansion (at least I’m pretty sure the other title they toss around – which is “Origins,” confusingly enough – refers to their starting card set) to their CCG/4X masterpiece. The new
Well, we’ve got some, but it’s a bit runny
This cute essay over on GameFest’s GameWire is worthy reading for the game snob in your life. However, I am not sure its point is quite incisive enough to get over. People sure are having fun picking the low-hanging analogies in the comments, though. *sigh*
True Dungeon sells out for Gen Con Indy
The word is out, and as a result, True Dungeon sessions at Gen Con Indy next month have already sold out. Over 1,500 event tickets have been snatched up for the walk-through dungeon adventure game, at nearly $20 each. If the True Heroes sessions, themed around superheroes and backed by
Blackmoor reveals more
The road has been long for Goodman Games as it has tried to publish Dave Arneson’s Blackmoor, but the time is finally drawing close. To increase anticipation even more, a new PDF preview is available on the company’s website, showcasing some of Blackmoor’s new races, such as the Blackmoor 500
Rio Grande Report
Rio Grande Games has posted another newsletter announcing a wealth of new releases. Highlights include Jambo, an African-themed trading game, Dawn Under, a family-friendly vampire game that’s quite popular in Germany, and High Bohn Plus, the first new Bohnanza expansion in a while.
We represent the Blood-of-the-innocent Guild, the Blood-of-the-innocent Guild…
Just when you thought the Munchkin money machine couldn’t roll on any further without making an illegal U-turn, Steve Jackson Games announces Munchkin Bites!, a swing at the World of Darkness (or whatever they’re calling it now) that may or may not re-introduce (ahem) some jokes from Chez Goth. Like
Gaming mag Games Elite launching in August
Hoping to fill the void left by Games Unplugged, Shadis, and so many other now-dead gaming publications, Games Elite was announced today. Planned for an August release, the bi-monthly magazine will cover just about anything related to “the gaming world and culture.” The first issue will be handed out at
Uberplay/Eagle merger, deep thoughts
We haven’t commented yet on the recently-announced corporate merger between newish German-games reprinter Uberplay and conquest-gaming stalwarts Eagle Games. Both brands are going to continue as they’ve been, intact, although Uberplay is pushing more into straight family party games and Eagle is now publishing PC games that don’t have anything