Posts Tagged "wizards of the coast"

  • Stainless Games grabs Darren Barnett

    Barnett comes to Stainless via Eidos where he was their Development Director. At Eidos Barnett oversaw games like Tomb Raider and Hitman.
    Stainless Games, based in the UK, have been ramping up their senior management team after the success of the Magic The Gathering, Duels of the Planeswalkers, game and a new deal with Wizards of [...]

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  • Sapphire College for Elf Maidens

    In response to the Book of Erotic Fantasy Wizards of the Coast updated the rules and regulations around the use of the d20 logo.
    Needless to say; GameWyrd set out to break them!

    “At Sapphire College sexy elf maidens frequently engage in wanton bathroom activity! They do so twice a day!”
    Apriale Raytho’lor: female elf; CR ½; [...]

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  • Wizards and Star Wars part company; a deeper look

    One of the big announcements this week was that Wizards of the Coat would no longer be producing the Star Wars Miniatures and RPG.
    The news, often rumoured, was made official via the Wizards’ forums by moderator and employee WotC_BigGuy.
    First off, let me slip my marketing hat on and say that using the forums for this [...]

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  • R.A. Salvatore gets six more books with Wizards

    Wizards of the Coast has issued a press release to announce that they’ve signed R.A.Salvatore on a new six-book deal. No one will be surprised to discover that Drizzt Do’Urden from the D&D Forgotten Realms setting will be in each of the six books.
    R.A. Slavatore said in the press release;
    “I’ve always maintained that I [...]

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  • RPG Industry News
    D&D 30th Anniversary Details
    Paranoia XP Announced
    Green Ronin Licenses The Black Company
    Blue Rose

    D&D 30th Anniversary Details
    Celebrate as a pop culture icon turns 30! Since it first released in 1974, the fantasy roleplaying game Dungeons & Dragons® has taken millions of players on imaginary adventures of epic scale. Today, Dungeons & Dragons is universally regarded [...]

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  • No Publicola, no

    Writing in for a post in Publicola Sam Machkovech gives his suggestion for the top five gaming failures of 2009 and he gets it all wrong.
    At least, that’s what I think and I don’t mind saying so.
    He starts off by slamming ODST. That’s wrong. ODST has a simple campaign single-player level but it’s not a [...]

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  • RPG News: Wizards sue Nintendo over Pokémon | Echoes #15

    RPG Industry News
    Hasbro Demands Gamemaker Stop Selling Ghettopoly Board Game
    Wizards sue Nintendo over Pokémon
    WizKids Layoffs and Statement
    Earthdawn Goes “Down Under”

    Wizards sue Nintendo over Pokémon
    SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTER
    The Pokemon trading card game has entertained more than 30 million children worldwide.
    But now the companies that helped turn the game into a billion-dollar sensation are fighting like two kids [...]

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  • Michael Hopcroft e-View | Echoes #15

    This GameWyrd interview first appeared in the RPGNow’s Downloader Monthly This month the free ezine looks at the Nuts and Bolts of the EABA system, has a round up of the latest PDF releases, Repetierpistole , top ten PDF RPG charts and some other stuff. It’s well worth taking a look.
    GameWyrd’s questions appear in strange [...]

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  • Monte Cook e-View | Echoes #14

    This GameWyrd interview first appeared in the RPGNow’s Downloader Monthly This month the free ezine looks at the Nuts and Bolts of the Active Exploits system, has a round up of the latest PDF releases, V Shane’s “Whack it Good!” comic, top ten PDF RPG charts and some other stuff. It’s well worth taking [...]

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  • Sapphire College for Elf Maidens | Echoes #14

    GameWyrd News
    Sapphire College for Elf Maidens
    Evil Eye, Treasure Hunt and Approval Winners

    Sapphire College for Elf Maidens
    Let’s recap Wizards of the Coast’s new rules.
    In determining whether a product complies with community standards of decency, Wizards of the Coast uses, but is not limited to the following. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Wizards of the Coast reserves the [...]

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