The latest edition of Green Ronin’s Mutants and Masterminds will be compatible with the newly announced DC Adventures Game license the RPG publisher secured. In fact, it looks very much as if the new DC Adventures RPG is the reason why Green Ronin are pushing out Mutants & Masterminds 3rd edition. Green Ronin’s President Chris […]
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Amnesty now, but did Posthuman and Catalyst war over the Eclipse Phase RPG
First up, let me say that Posthuman’s Catalyst / BattleShop Amnesty Program is a good move and a great gesture from Posthuman and Adam Jury. In short, if you bought Eclipse Phase RPG products from Catalyst Games’ BattleShop, then Posthuman will replace your products. This matters because PDF RPGs sometimes receive updates, and without a […]
Free to Download: Signs and Portents 80
Mongoose have published their free to download ezine Signs and Portents. We’re up to issue 80. I’ve taken two book excerpts out from the freebie as well as a chunk of text about The Sword Worlders in Mongoose’s Traveller (the latter follows the magazine embed). Enjoy! This first quote comes from the LBB1 Mercenary book […]
Green Ronin will produce DC Adventures RPG Books
Popular RPG publisher Green Ronin has today announced a licensing deal with DC Comics. The DC Adventures RPG book is scheduled to hit shelves this August and is based on Green Ronin’s, already popular, Mutants & Masterminds series. Freeport Pirate and Green Ronin President Chris Pramas said; “It is DC’s 75th anniversary this year and […]
D&D for Kids: Cute monsters but disappointing reach?
This isn’t a full play test as I’ve not had a bunch of kids play through The Heroes of Hesiod for me. I can’t think of much worse than mixing the escapism of my roleplaying with the real world horrors of kids. Of course, loads of gamers have happy and busy families. It makes sense […]
Traveller – Mongoose issue errata for Book 2: High Guard
Mongoose publishing have issued an errata for Book 2: High Guard in their Traveller series. The three page errata covers such things as Shockwave Missile, Ortillery Missile and Planetoid hull updates plus a whole lot more. Previously Mongoose had made two previews for the book available for free download so I’ve added them on below […]
West End Games finally closes; Torg to be sold
West End Games (known as WEG to many of us) was started in 1974 Daniel Scott Palter. It’s had a number of big name franchises in it’s lifetime: Star Wars Ghostbusters Men in Black Xena: Warrior Princess Hercules: the Legendary Journey DC Universe Tales from the Crypt The World of Indiana Jones It’s the company […]
Interview with Simon Rogers – Night’s Black Agents
Authors Robin D Laws and Kenneth Hite are both talking about a vampire spy thriller game called Night’s Black Agents. It’ll be coming out Pelgrane Press and will be a Gumshoe title. So, what’s a vampire spy thriller? Hite uses some popular movies to describe how the game will feel; “Imagine the movie Ronin. All […]
Magechantry publishes the Book of Darkness: Guide to Shadow Magick
The Book of Darkness: Guide to Shadow Magick is now available in PDF form. Publishers Magechantry promise the book will be in print before the end of April. The book is the first in a series and targets the Pathfinder and Wizards of the Coast OGL. As key aspects of the book are OGL it […]
The Dresden Files RPG – Evil Hat opens the pre-orders
Jim Butcher‘s The Dresden Files enjoyed a TV series in the States back in 2007. It’s going to get an RPG too and publishers Evil Hat are now openning the pre-order. There’s a list of talent working on this game. In fact, The Dresden Files RPG site lists Jim Butcher, himself, as one of the […]
