The One Ring is a new RPG for the Lord of the Rings series that’s coming our way via Sophisticated Games and Cubicle 7. Sophisticated Games will handle the board game side of things and the well-connected Cubicle 7 will be handling the RPG. The first pictures of the RPG, due out in August, are […]
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Paris Gothique: eBook free with pre-order
Triple Ace Games are a RPG house based in the UK. They produce the All for One: Régime Diabolique setting – a cinematic style RPG, with a focus on storytelling set in France at the time of Louis XIII and Cardinal Richelieu. This France is a land of powerful magic, vile monsters as well as […]
20 gamers to follow on Google+
Do I mean “follow”? I think the Google+ term might be “circle”. Okay, try again; 20 gamers to circle on Google+. Google+ is Google’s attempt at a social network. It’s eary days yet but the signals are good. Not everyone is pleased but many people are. It’s been hard to get in but if you […]
The runners and riders of Ennies 2011
The 2011 Ennies have been announced. Who are the runners to pay attention too? There are 8 entries for Green Ronin, 11 for Cubicle 7, 10 for Paizo Publishing, 4 for Pelgrane Press, 8 for Wizards of the Coast, 6 for Posthuman Studios, 3 for Gaming Paper, 5 for Arc Dream Publishing, 6 for Catalyst […]
Jump into the D&D Encounters video
The D&D team have had a long form ad for Encounters up on YouTube for just under a week. It’s worth a watch just for the curiosity factor. This video is an interesting marketing angle. It’s too long to be an ad. It doesn’t deep dive into Encounters enough to be educational. I think it’s […]
Does your RPG suffer from female armour syndrome?
I nearly opened this blog post with “I wonder what the figures are…” that would have been a bad start. Let’s return to figure issues later. I wonder what the stats are; the percentage of male gamers who play female characters versus the percentage of female gamers who play male characters. Of the male gamers […]
Has Pottermore.com hurt the Kindle and helped RPG eBook publishers?
This blog took part in the Pottermore speculation. It was fun. When the news was finally announced it felt, at first blush, a bit of an anti-climax. JK would let Harry Potter eBooks be sold from the site. She had some extra Potter mythos to share with the world. We might be able to do […]
WizKids brings HeroClix online [pictures]
HeroClix is coming to the online world and the paid beta program opens today. WizKids teamed ip with Icarus Studios to create a game in which players take part in matches and tournaments on a virtual 3D tabletop. The paid beta makes use of HeroClix sets like “Hammer of Thor” and the “Fantastic Four starting […]
Paizo and WizKid reveal their new Pathfinder prepainted minis
The first of the prepainted minis from the Paizo and WizKids partnership were released last night. The minis are designed for Paizo’s popular Pathfinder RPG and are due for release in October 2011. The Pathfinder Beginner Box Heroes as a recommend retailers price of $12.99, stand on 1-inch bases and include a female human cleric […]
Wu Xing: The Firebrands review
Last year Third Eye Games released Wu Xing. This was a ninja RPG with fantasy powers and which edged towards the dark and gritty rather than bright cinematic heroics. Wu Xing: The Firebrands is the first sourcebook in the series. It’s a clanbook. The main rules detail a number of clans; the Bamboo Herbalists, the […]
