Friday night at GenCon means ENnies. The ENnies are easily one of the most prestigious awards in the roleplaying industry and combine public vote and the role of judges. Best Adventure Dead Rock Seven (Pelgrane Press) Invasive Procedures (Pelgrane Press) The Rending Box (Pelgrane Press) Silver: Madness at Gardmore Abbey (Wizards of the Coast) Gold: […]
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A peak at the free-to-play Marvel Heroes MMORPG
Gazillion Entertainment, led by David Brevik, the creator of Diablo, let press get a peak at the forthcoming Marvel Heroes MMO in Gamescon this week. Those who got to sneak behind the curtain got to take on the roles of the iconic Marvel characters, fighting against Megneto in the streets of Mutant Town and Fort Stryker.
Super impressive Game of Thrones Risk board
This is a handmade and luxury version of Risk. The crafting, by Fay Helfer, is simply fabulous. In an even more geektastic twist this Risk board is actually Westeros. This is Game of Thrones in Risk.
Lionhead pitch Fable: The Journey to fans
Some fans are worried about Fable: The Journey and some say early demos have not gone very well. Fable: The Journey is a change. It’s a Kinect game. This means you play a wizard. Why? The Kinect could track your hands as if you were wielding a sword but it can’t give the impact feel […]
Darksiders II – All who live know my name
Darksiders II is nearly out in the UK. If you’ve an inbox like mine you may have one or three emails from GAME telling you that you have to act now if you want to pre-order and get the limited edition. If you make a last minute dive for the limited edition you get extra […]
Priests of Mars, Warhammer 40K
This post was intended to show off the rather fantastic front cover of the hardcover Priests of Mars, Warhammer 40,000 book from Games Workshop games designer Graham McNeill. The early reviews are in and have a similar theme. This book does not keep the spotlight just on Mechanus. It’s very true to say that this […]
Scrabble champion caught cheating in $10,000 tournament
One of America’s top youth Scrabble players has been caught cheating and has been expelled from the national championship tournament being held in Flordia. A player on a nearby table noticed the un-named player dropping some blank tiles and hiding them. Blank tiles can be used as wildcards in Scrabble so hiding them, storing them […]
LARPers watch out: eBay bans the sale of potions and spells
The auction super-power eBay has updated its rules. As a result the selling of advice, spells, curses, hexing, conjuring, magic, prayers and the similar are no longer allowed. The move is likely aimed at the very real practise of selling good luck or sex and love charms on the site as well as curses. This […]
LEGO Lord of the Rings – surprisingly funny
This LEGO Lord of the Rings trailer is surprisingly funny. The game, from Warner Bros, is due out in the Autumn for a wide range of devices; 3DS, DS, PC, PlayStation 3, PSV, Wii and Xbox 360.
Handsome Jack introduces Borderlands 2
Handsome Jack is the apparent hero of the rough and ready planet Pandora in Borderlands 2. It looks like some time has past since Borderlands 1 and that adventure with the mystical vault – there are bigger, shinier, cities and Handsome Jack claims he has bought peace. Although it doens’t look very peaceful to me. […]
