Mongoose Publishing have a new game on the way. It’ll be a solo boardgame and called Dark Eon Assassin: Tyrant of Acheron. A solo boardgame is an interesting idea. Something to do while you’re waiting for gamers to arrive or when you can’t sleep at night. In the game you’re a genetically bred assassin – […]
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Is this the best GM seat ever?
Have you ever encountered the “too many books – too few desk space” problem while running a game? You can’t leave books out on the floor; players might get a peak of what’s to come. In fact, sometimes you may want a book sitting harmlessly on its shelf until it’s needed so players don’t have […]
Wizards of the Coast and Atari settle legal battle: D&D digital return to WotC
In 2007 Atari signed a 10-year deal to look after the digital rights of Dungeons & Dragons. The goal was to have the computer game company do more of Dungeons & Dragons Online, Neverwinter Nights and other digital successes. It all went wrong in the last few days of 2009 with Wizards of the Coast’s […]
Vigilance Press: Interview with James Dawsey
There have been some recent changes at Vigilance Press. At the start of the month Chuck Rice, company founder, launched the Vigilance Blog. Over on Facebook Chuck Rice also announced that James Dawsey had not only joined the company but had taken the position as owner and publisher. Rice is expected to stay on both […]
Free to Download: Jaws of the Barracado
Jaws of the Barracado is a free (at the time of posting) to download adventure for Bulldogs! It’s from Galileo Games and uses the Fate rule system. This is a delivery adventure and your goal is the leader of the Barracado pirates himself. This means taking the package, with its mysterious seal intact, deep into […]
Gen Con Indy breaks records
This year’s Gen Con Indy has smashed previous attendance records. Compared to last year visitor numbers where up by 20%. Some 120,000 people went through the turnstile and nearly 37,000 were their for the “best four days in gaming”. Gameplay was up too. Organisers report that ticketed game sales were up 26% to over 250,000 […]
Margaret Weis Productions secures Marvel RPG license; 16 books coming
At GenCon Margaret Weis Productions announced they had secured the license to create the Marvel Heroes roleplaying game. There will be 16 books, the first launching in February with a strategy designed to map along with Marvel’s large crossover events. Cam Banks, creative director at MWP, said; “After the initial February release, we will have […]
Pathfinder outsells Dungeons and Dragons
You may have noticed that Paizo’s Pathfinder line went toe to toe with Wizards of the Coast in the ENnies. Paizo’s Bestiary 2 beat WotC’s Monster Vault in the Best Monster/Adversary group, Pathfinder: Inner Sea World Guide beat WotC’s Dark Sun Campaign Setting in Best Setting and in fan’s choice for best publisher; Paizo Publishing […]
D&D song: Tonight
This is a rather fetching song. It has charisma. It’s cute. It’s about D&D. Our singer songwriter is an actual D&D player who writes that she’s used the game to detach herself from aspects of real life. I think escapism is a healthy reason to roll the die. I also think this song needs a […]
Fantasty Flight Games buys Star Wars games license
RPG powerhouse Fantasy Flight Games has today announced that they’ve secured the license for Star Wars. The deal with Lucasfilm gives them the worldwide rights for card games, miniature games and RPGs for the entire Star Wars universe. There’s no specific mention of the internet. Whereas it’s not expected that Fantasy Flight will be making […]
