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Disqualifications strike the 2015 ENnies

July 1, 2015 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

The list of official 2015 ENnie nominations can be found below or at EN World. The list is a little different today as one nomination from the Best Electronic Book, Best Free Product and Product of the Year has been removed. The game in question is the unofficial Mass Effect RPG written by Don Mappin […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Catalyst Game Labs, Chaosium, cubicle 7, eden studios, en world, ENnies, Evil Hat Productions, Genesis of Legend Publishing, Green Ronin Publishing, Gun Metal Games, Imaginary Empire, Inkwell Ideas, lamentations of the flame princess, Margaret Weis Productions, mass effect, Modiphius, Monte Cook Games, Paizo Publishing, Pinnacle Entertainment Group, Privateer Press, q-workshop, roll20, Syrinscape, third eye games, wizards of the coast, wizkids

Free to Download: Valiant Entertainment partner with DriveThruComics

August 18, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

We’d seen Valiant get a little cosy with OneBookShelf over at DriveThruRPG as the Valiant Universe RPG launched. DriveThruRPG had the exclusive and Valiant helped with temptations like the free to download Valiant RPG QS. Today that relationship got closer. The two companies have announced a new partnership. DriveThruComics will make Valiant’s complete library of […]

Filed Under: Comics Tagged With: Bloodshot, Catalyst Game Labs, drivethrucomics, free to download, shadowman, unity, valiant

5 ENnie award winners already announced as voting opens

July 23, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

5 ENnie award winners already announced as voting opens Team EN World opened the voting booth for the 2014 ENnie Awards this week. Voting started with 5 winners being announced for the 2014 Judges’ Spotlight award. So, who won? Hobomancer Companion from Hex Games Deep Magic from Kobold Press Rocket Age RPG from Cubicle 7 […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: 13th age, Achtung! Cthulhu, Arc Dream Publishing, Call of Cthulhu, Catalyst Game Labs, Chaosium, Chronicle City, crafty games, cubicle 7, Engine Publishing, ENnies, evil beagle games, Evil Hat Productions, frog god games, Genesis of Legend Publishing, green ronin, Imaginary Empire, Inkwell Ideas, kobold press, Modiphius, Monte Cook Games, Numenera, Paizo Publishing, pathfinder, Pelgrane Press, Pinnacle Entertainment, Reality Blurs, savage worlds, Shadowrun, Sneak Attack Press, third eye games, Trail of Cthulhu

Free RPG Day – including 3679 free RPG downloads

June 21, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

Today is Free RPG Day. The event is managed by Impressions, a company that helps put RPGs in your hands, and is designed to encourage you to support your local game shop. The site has a interactive map which you can use to find a retailer taking part in the event near you. It costs […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Catalyst Game Labs, chessex, free rpg day, goodman games, lamentations of the flame princess, onyx path publishing, paizo, pathfinder, Pelgrane Press, q-workshop, Troll Lord Games

Free to Download: Harbinger Wars – Bloodshot for the Valiant Universe RPG

May 18, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

At the start of the month Geek Native highlighted the free to download Valiant Universe RPG quick start and the planned set of freebie releases. Yesterday, the quick shot rules supplement Harbinger Wars: Bloodshot was added to list. This is a deal with DriveThruRPG and so that’s your destination if you’d like to tap into […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Catalyst Game Labs, free to download, valiant, valiant universe

Free to Download: Valiant Universe RPG Quick Start

May 1, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

I’ve been charting my progress through Valiant Comics’ super group “Unity” in my Irregular Reconnnaissance Comics column. It was billed as a way to get into the Universe as the Unity team took on the mighty X-O Manowar. Did that work?  I’ve struggled at times but I’m still reading it and, in fact, the latest […]

Filed Under: Comics, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Bloodshot, Catalyst Game Labs, free comic book day, free to download, shadowman, unity, valiant

Who’s leading the Ennies 2013 pack?

July 16, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

The nominations for the 2013 ENnies are out. These are a big set of awards in the roleplaying publishing world. Counting by hand, I reach 57 publishers nominated and that’s up from just shy of 40 from 2012. Paizo Publishing and Pelgrane Press lead the pack with 7 nominations each, with Cubicle 7 in third […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: 0one Games, Aetheric Dreams, Arc Dream Publishing, Battlefield Press, Catalyst Game Labs, Chaosium, Chronicle City, cubicle 7, Darklight Interactive, DramaScape, Engine Publishing, ENnies, fantasy flight games, green ronin, Hero Forge Games, Hero Games, Imaginary Empire, kobold press, lamentations of the flame princess, neca, North Wind Adventures, Paizo Publishing, Pelgrane Press, Pinnacle Entertainment, posthuman studios, Privateer Press, Studio 2 Publishing, The Orr Group, third eye games, wizards of the coast

Origins names nominees for the best tabletop games of 2013

April 6, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

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 […]

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The 2012 ENnnies winners

August 18, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood 3 Comments

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: […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: 0one Games, aeg, Catalyst Game Labs, Chaosium, cubicle 7, Engine Publishing, ENnies, Evil Hat Productions, fantasy flight games, green ronin, Margaret Weis Productions, Paizo Publishing, Pelgrane Press, Sneak Attack Press, wizards of the coast

Who’s leading the Ennies 2012 pack?

July 14, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: 0one Games, Adamant Entertainment, aeg, Catalyst Game Labs, Chaosium, cubicle 7, Engine Publishing, Evil Hat Productions, fantasy flight games, galileo games, Gaming Paper, Graham Walmsley, green ronin, Hero Games, Inkwell Ideas, Kenzer & Company, Margaret Weis Productions, Nightfall Games, Paizo Publishing, Pelgrane Press, Pinnacle Entertainment, posthuman studios, Reality Blurs, Sneak Attack Press, Steve Jackson Games, white wolf, wizards of the coast

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