AEG’s Love Letter is one of risk, deduction and luck. It’s proven to be very popular. In Love Letter you’re attempting to woo the princess of Tempest who has locked herself in the palace. Not only do you have to get your love letter to the princess – you have to stop your rivals from […]
Shortlist for 2013 Diana Jones announced
The Diana Jones Award for Excellence in gaming was established in 2001. This year the prize will be presented at the annual Diana Jones Party, held at the Cadillac Ranch, the night before Gen Con in Indianapolis this August. The shortlist includes five very different contenders; a RPG, a card game, a convention, a book […]
Origins names nominees for the best tabletop games of 2013
The Origins Games Fair is a big one. It runs from June 12th to 16th this year in the Greater Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, Ohio, USA. It showcases board games, tabletop roleplaying games, CCGs, miniatures, LARPs and has an electronic games room this year. The Origins Awards is run by The Academy of Adventure […]
An exclusive look inside A Gallery of Rogues
A Gallery of Rogues is a project from artist Eric Lofgren and the game designer Jim Pinto. Pinto created the World’s Largest Dungeon which sells on eBay for well over $100, King for a Day as well 7th Sea material and Legend of the Five Rings material. Logfren has worked for the lives of AEG, […]
The 2012 ENnnies winners
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: […]
Who’s leading the Ennies 2012 pack?
The nominees for the 2012 Ennies have be announced ahead of Gen-Con. There’s just shy of 40 different publishers, excluding blogs, who have a nomination this year which proves what a diverse and well balanced industry RPG publishing is. Looking at the publishers with the most nominations we discover that the top five all have […]
Superhero Week: 10 superhero RPGs battle it out
We’re halfway through superhero week for 2012 and it’s about time we dug out the roleplaying games. RPGs have given superhero genre plenty of attention over the years. We’ve had some fantastic games. Which is your all time favourite superhero RPG? Check out the list below. Is your favourite game included? Leave a note in […]
Playdek share some Nightfall teaser videos
RPG stalwart AEG teamed up with mobile game experts Playdek to transform their Nightfall card game to an iOS app. In Nightfall supernatural forces like werewolves and vampires battle against one another. It’s a game that features deck building but tries to do without the rude luck factor that some collectible, booster, games are subject […]
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 […]
Nightfall card preview: Enraged Wight
The folks at AEG have bowed to Facebook pressure and released another preview card from their forthcoming Nightfall card game. It’s a ghoul card. It might well be the case that ghouls aren’t as common as vampires, werewolves and hunters in the base set. One might well imagine that expansions add rather more ghouls and […]
