Posts Tagged "lord of the rings"

  • New Lord of the Rings RPG on the way: The One Ring

    Hot off the success of The Doctor Who: Adventures in Time and Space Roleplaying Game – which was the highest ranked RPG according to Diamond in December – Cubicle 7 have another simply breathtaking license.
    Is Lord of the Ring the Holy Grail of fantasy RPGs? Sure; it’s been done before but it seems certain it [...]

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  • Yay. Good news for Games Workshop

    I’m so used to reading bad news about Games Workshop’s financial fortunes and then kicking off the annual debate about protecting Intellectual Property versus supporting fans. I almost read the headline wrong when I noticed a report stating that; Games Workshop was increasing its profits forecast.
    Games Workshop has more than 340 retail branches (a [...]

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  • RPG News: Steve Jackson Games abandons minatures | Echoes #12

    RPG Industry News
    Adkison’s Open GenCon Indy Letter
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    Steve Jackson Games abandons minatures
    Lord of the Rings minature game
    The Dark Eye RPG

    Steve Jackson Games abandons minatures
    “At the end of this month, SJ Games will close down its miniatures operation. During that time, we plan to cast enough metal to allow for [...]

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  • RPG News: New Marvel RPG | Echoes #6

    These stories have been rounded up from all over the internet but many of them come from GamingReport which, as a partner site, remains GameWyrd’s number one choice for industry news. Direct quotes from GamingReport appear in blue text.

    Topics
    Info on the revised d20 core rules.
    New Marvel Roleplaying Game
    The next version of Chainmail
    Lord of [...]

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  • Echoes from the Wyrd #6

    This month’s Echoes from the Wyrd has something of an artistic theme. In the preview section we have a world exclusive set of Vistas of the Arcane from V Shane’s Heathen Oracle, a gallery of concept art from Perpetrated Press forthcoming Factory, a downloadable teaser sample of Goodman Game’s Idylls of the Rat King and [...]

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  • RPG News: Lord of the Rings | Echoes #2

    These stories have been rounded up from all over the internet but many of them come from GamingReport which, as a partner site, remains GameWyrd’s number one choice for industry news. Direct quotes from GamingReport appear in blue text.

    Topics
    New Dragonlance novels and RPG.
    … and will Vin Diesel star in a Dragonlance movie?
    Buffy RPG [...]

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  • Hobbit casting begins – who would you select?

    Fan favourite Peter Jackson has begun the casting drama for the forthcoming Hobbit film.
    Let’s give Ian McKellen the role of Gandalf (could anyone take it from him?). Who would you put in the other roles? We’ve Bilbo to fill and a total of 13 dwarves! That’s a lot.
    Rumours claimed that James McAvoy was offered the [...]

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  • Game: The Lord of the Rings RPG
    Publisher: Decipher
    Series: Lord of the Rings: Coda
    Reviewer: Wyrdmaster
    Review Dated: 9th, September 2002
    Reviewer’s Rating: 8/10   [ Really good ]
    Total Score: 37
    Average Score: 7.40
    There are some people who’ll tell you that whether it’s any good or not you really should buy Lord of the Rings RPG. Why? Would you [...]

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