Routinely Itemised: RPGs #30
Routinely Itemised is a weekly summary of RPG news. This week we look into Dungeons & Dragons, Soulbound, Fallout and what's happening at Fantasy Flight Games' RPG department.
$250,000 for AEG as Thunderstone Quest: New Horizons loots Kickstarter
Thunderstone Quest is a deckbuilding game for 2-4 players by default (1-6 with the Barricades expansion) in which you venture through dungeons to score victory points and win the game.
7th Sea returns; AEG sells rights back to John Wick
John Wick, now at John Wick Presents, part of AEG’s original development team for the “swashbuckling and sorcery” RPG, has secured the publishing rights from the game.
The sellers, AEG, are clear these are publication rights and that they will still be publishing a number of products for the title over the next few years.…
12 windows into other worlds painted by Bram Sels
Bram Sels works as a concept artist for GriN in Belgium. You can find his official site at Art of Boco where he lists previous clients like Ubisoft, Wyrd Miniatures and Alderac Entertainment Group.…
The 2014 Origins Winners
The 2014 Origins Winners were announced during the Origins Game Fair last week. This is the 40th annual Origins Awards and winners include AEG, who one twice, Monte Cook and Green Ronin.…
Steve Jackson Games and AEG partner up on Munchkin Loot Letter
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.…
The art of Jake Murray
Jake Murray is an illustrator from Columbus, Ohio who specialises in sci-fi. Jake creates for publishing and advertising markets as well as doing plenty of work in gaming. In particular, gamers might know his work for Fantasy Flight Games.…
Useful and funny 7th Sea combat summary
7th Sea is a RPG from Alderac Entertainment Group. It’s a game of pirates, musketeers and high adventure on the seas. Expect political skulduggery, secret societies, cultures and ship-to-ship combat.
The game is available at DriveThru RPG (and in the GM’s Day sale; if you’re quick).…
5 tips for GMs running Legend of the Five Rings – from L5R’s Lead Designer
Yesterday was International GM’s Day. To celebrate the people who make your roleplaying enjoyment possible DriveThru RPG launched their biggest sale of the year. The good news? It lasts for two weeks.…
AEG releases Nightfall for iOS
AEG (Alderac Entertainment Group) will be bringing their relatively young collectible card game Nightfall to the iPhone and iPad.
Actually, as I recall Nightfall preferred ‘deck building game’ as a term since it represented an attempt to get away from the cash drain and un/lucky discoveries that can haunt other collectible card games.…
