I just staggered back from Peter Adkison’s party (thanks, Peter!), and find Mike has one-upped me. Curses! I’ll get you, evil brother of mine. Anyway… To kick off the banquet presentations here at the GAMA Trade Show, Wizards of the Coast gave a recap of a successful 2003, and previewed
GTS Day 1 press wrap-up
Looks like Duel Masters will be giving MtG’s Darksteel some competition in the new Origins Awards category, “Stupidest Name for a CCG Expansion.” Elsewhere in the WotC press dinner for non-D&D properties, a release date is announced for the GI JOE TCG (should be ready for Gen Con), and you
Fighting Fantasy on warpath at Myriador
Myriador Ltd. has announced their product schedule for most of this year. Of particular interest is the Fighting Fantasy Role Play Game due in June 2004. The game will use the d20 System, just as the other Fighting Fantasy derived Myriador releases, but remain a “fully contained game.” The company’s
Avalon Hill plans new game that doesn’t have an old game’s name
Betrayal at House on the Hill is a tile-based casual game with a haunted-house theme, set for release within the blast radius of Halloween. It’s a little unclear from the press release whether this is a reprint or not, but I don’t think it is. You’re welcome to correct me
Beer Money images on tap
Atlas Games just now (like, half an hour ago) posted some sample card art from the upcoming Lunch Money sequel, Beer Money. Some of my buddies from the days back at Gamers.com will be thrilled. In fact, the only way they’d be more thrilled is if Beer Money were also
Omlevex, the multi-talented supers supplement
Spectrum Games and Z-Man Games have set loose a new take on the superhero RPG supplement. Omlevex poses as the official sourebook of Omlevex Comics Group, a fictional comic group. With stats for Silver Age Sentinels, M&M Superlink, and the Hero System, it seems like all the bases are covered.
OgreCave review: Big Top
Matthew gives us his take on a new card game today: Big Top by APE Games. Did this circus-themed revision of a classic card game perform well under Matthew’s watchful gaze? Find out in his review.
Z-Man shows us the funny
Z-Man Games will soon be publishing the Tome of Levity, a 48 page book of unusual spells. No, not levitation, levity. As in, “funny but useful spells for most fantasy campaigns.” Like what? I’ll let the press release below clue you in.
More Sucking from Alien Menace
Alien Menace, the company known for producing cheap, humorous games and for giving a wider aucience to Mythrole Games‘ titles, has announced plans for a revised, expanded edition of Sucking Vacuum, the company’s Origins Award nominated board game. Called Ultimate Sucking Vacuum, the revised game will be a boxed product,
Archfiends miniatures gallery up at Wizards
Though the images have been floating around the web for a couple of weeks already, Wizards of the Coast has put up an official figure gallery for the entire Archfiends Expansion of D&D Miniatures. They’ve also done a close-up preview of some figs from all four alignment factions, most recently
Atlas directs you to Northern Crown
Over at the Atlas Games Dispatch page, Northern Crown: New World Adventures is mentioned. Just as Nyambe took d20 to Africa, Northern Crown will take d20 to colonial North America. An entire campaign setting, Northern Crown is still in early development, but will certainly contain witches, wendigo, and other weirdness
OgreCave announces new feed flavors, for your convenience/sanity
If you’re tired of seeing non-roleplaying news on OgreCave – or, conversely, of seeing any roleplaying news at all – we have good news for you. We’ve created two new XML feeds for consumption in your feed aggregator of choice (we recommend BlogLines) – one for roleplaying-related posts only and
Risk Godstorm arrives in July
Ever since seeing the game in a case at Gen Con SoCal, I’ve been curious about WotC’s impending board game release, Risk: Godstorm. Today’s press release (below) adds fuel to my curiosity. Players seem to take on the role of one of four ancient civilizations, and start conquering the world
Duel Masters Playtest Report
It’s high time I wrote about the that WotC was kind enough to send us; it’s a good game. I’d be very heartened about its advent if I didn’t know that 80% of the kids who buy it are going to make up their own rules or fail to play
WizKids wants your opinion
WizKids has a customer survey they want you and all your buddies to fill out. To compensate you for your time in answering the questions, you’ll be entered in a drawing that could result in a HeroClix Galactus figure, a MechWarrior: Dark Ages DropShip, all four of the Mage Knight