The Settlers of Catan are bolding expanding where no settler has dared expand to before. There will be a Star Trek Catan game from Klaus Teuber and Kosmos. Settlers of Catan in space. We’re expecting the game to be, basically, Settlers of Catan but with Star Trek terminology used on top.
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RPG publishers react to D&D Next
On Monday, Wizards of the Coast announced that D&D 5e project is live. The Hasbro owned company promised that the fanbase would be involved in product development. The news was covered by the likes of Forbes and the New York Times and the media pointed out just how divisive Dungeons and Dragons 4e had been. […]
WotC to announce Dungeons and Dragons 5
Liz Schuh directs the publishing and licensing rights for Dungeons & Dragons is quoted by the New York Times today; We want to take that idea of the players crafting that experience to the next level and say: ‘Help us craft the rules. Help us craft how this game is played.’ The article seems to […]
Are Air Swimmers any good for LARPs?
I’m pretty sure you could use these inside as part of an encounter when a touch by an air swimmer equals trouble. You might even be able to get away with dressing up the air swimmer and still having it light enough to fly.
Games Workshop calls attack lawyers off Paulson Games
Paulson Games and Games Workshop have agreed on the range of products Paulson Games is permitted to sell without violating Games Workshop’s claimed rights in its Warhammer 40,000 characters and have agreed to terminate the litigation between them.
Games Workshop scores a critical hit as profits boom
It’s a tough economy out there. Just this morning this blogger read about another familiar high street name going into administration. Then it was time to find out about Games Workshop. The company’s trading statement said; “As a niche business, we, in general terms, neither benefit nor suffer from macroeconomic factors as our current results […]
Pathfinder RPG becomes a comic book
Paizo Publishing have granted Dynamite Entertainment a license to create and publish a Pathfinder comic book. As Paizo is quick to point out; Pathfinder is now tied with Dungeons & Dragons as the best-selling hobby RPG. It was first published in 2009. Dynamite is a little older, founded in 2004, it now has a range of […]
Fantasy Flight’s Petersen apologies for Mansions of Madness ballsup
It takes guts to step forward and say sorry. It takes twice as much guts to do so when you’re embarrassed about your mistake. So kudos to Christian Petersen the CEO of Fantasy Flight Games. Mansions of Madness is an expansion for Forbidden Alchemy and it had serious playability issues. In other words it snuck […]
Clockwork and Chivalry 2nd Edition
“The best British fantasy setting since WFRP 1st edition.” – Newt Newport, author of OpenQuest That’s how the email notification that Cubicle 7‘s Clockwork and Chivalry has reached its 2nd edition over on DriveThru RPG. A bold claim. The 2nd edition of Clockwork and Chivalry uses new Renaissance rules; fast, grim but heroic and based […]
Merry Krampus as RPG covers
All around the web today you’ll see the coolest RPG blogs post about Krampus. Here’s Stargazer’s post. So what’s going on? This is part of a Carnival organised by Nevermet Press, that features the impressive work of Steven Austin and is released under Creative Commons. This blogger has no artistic talent what so ever and […]
