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 […]
Gamers win in the Fantasy Flight and Stronghold “Merchant of Venus” showdown
Back in October 2011, Geek Native posted about game companies battling over Merchant of Venus. It was an awkward situation. Stronghold games signed a deal with the game’s designer and announced a new edition of Merchant of Venus. At the same time, Fantasy Flight Games announced a new edition of Merchant of Venus after signing […]
How to join the Warhammer 40,000 RPG beta test
Fantasy Flight games are now asking gamers to sign up for the beta test for their forthcoming Warhammer 40,000 RPG. The game, caleld Only War, has players in the role of Imperial Guardsmen fighting for Adeptus Terra and mankind. Fantasy Flight Games have the Only War: Core Rules Beta available at $20 at DTRPG. The […]
Free RPG Day: June 16th 2012
Free RPG Day is as it sounds – excellent – and a chance to get your paws on some free RPG loot. Created by the distribution company Impressions, the goal of Free RPG Day is to inspire roleplayers to pick up a new RPG and give it ago. Persuading gamers to try new games is […]
Fantasy Flight’s Petersen apologies for Mansions of Madness ballsup
It takes guts to step forward and say sorry. It takes twice as much guts to do so when you’re embarrassed about your mistake. So kudos to Christian Petersen the CEO of Fantasy Flight Games. Mansions of Madness is an expansion for Forbidden Alchemy and it had serious playability issues. In other words it snuck […]
Pathfinder tops summer RPG sales
ICv2’s quarterly chart of the best selling RPGs is out and, as expected, Pathfinder tops the chart. There’s a different publisher on each of the top five positions with old favourites and newer entries like Green Ronin’s Dragon Age making the cut. IVc2 reports that games had a great summer – with CCGs and especially […]
Game companies battle over Merchant of Venus
Someone has made a mistake, an honest mistake that will leave a host of people rather upset. Fantasy Flight Games and Stronghold Games have both announced they have the license and the rights to produce a re-run of Merchant of Venus. Merchant of Venus originally came out in the 1980s as an Avalon Hill game. […]
Introducing Brian, sometimes known as Brian Bloodaxe
There’s an interesting fellow on Twitter called Brian Bloodaxe. If you’re rubbish at spelling, like me, you might sometimes write that as “brain bloodaxe” which sounds even more gruesome. As it happens the name comes from an old Spectrum game that came out in 1985 and reminded many players of Monty Python’s Flying Circus with […]
Fantasty Flight Games buys Star Wars games license
RPG powerhouse Fantasy Flight Games has today announced that they’ve secured the license for Star Wars. The deal with Lucasfilm gives them the worldwide rights for card games, miniature games and RPGs for the entire Star Wars universe. There’s no specific mention of the internet. Whereas it’s not expected that Fantasy Flight will be making […]
Is Dust dust? Moves from AEG to Fantasy Flight Games
Fans of Dust Tactics will be interested in today’s news. AEG approached Fantasy Flight, suggested that they take on Dustic Tactics and a chunk of Dust Games library. Fantasy Flight Games agreed. So, why did AEG do this? Todd C Rowland, Senior Brand Manager at Alderac posted in the forums; First and foremost, our commitment […]
