ICV2 has released their figures for hobby game sales in the US for the winter of 2012. It’s good news for the year wrap-up with hobby store growth being at 15%, that follows from 20% the year before and in wonderful contrast to the 5% decline we saw in 2008. In fact, 2012 is the […]
Inside the mind of the man emailing you monsters
“Let’s find out why you’d want monsters in your email.” Nicholas Cloister is an artist based in Sweden. As a gamer he’s played the likes of MERP, Dungeons and Dragons, Warhammer FRP, Skyrealms of Jorune as well as Swedish RPGs. Cloister has drawn for Paizo and Fantasy Flight Games with his Monsters by Email, which […]
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 Enemy Within returns for Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay
Over on the Roleplaying Games community in Google+, Johnn Four asked; “Which is the best published adventure you’ve come across”. What a great question. For some people the old Warhammer FRP adventure “The Enemy Within” may have come to mind. As it happens, Fantasy Flight Games has just released a re-imagined version. The original dates […]
Updates from Free RPG Day
Saturday, June the 15th, 2013 is the next Free RPG Day. That may feel like a long way off but Impressions the games distribution service company who promote it are busy trying to woo sponsors. Publisher? Sign up via this PDF form link. There are already big names onboard; Paizo Publishing, Fantasy Flight Games, Troll […]
The best selling RPGs of the summmer (2012)
Industry watchers ICv2 have released their count of the top five selling roleplaying games this summer. Tallies will always differ but ICv2 run interviews with manufacturers, distributors and retailers. The top five are; Pathfinder (Paizo Publishing) Dungeons & Dragons (Wizards of the Coast) Dark Heresy/Rogue Trader/Deathwatch (Fantasy Flight Games) Dragon Age (Green Ronin Publishing) Dungeon […]
Are these the best horror RPGs of all time?
Halloween is sneaking ever closer and around the world gamers will be wondering what to do. Some gaming groups will have especially spooky encounters and others will play one off horror games. It’s little surprise that horror RPGs have a spike of sales around about now. Geek Native asked the kindly souls at OneBookShelf (RPGNow […]
Call of Cthulthu CCG European Championships
The 2012 Call of Cthulthu: The Card Game will be held this year in Liège, Belgium, on the 27th of October. It’ll take place during the 30th International Rendex-Vous of the Object-Jeux association and will have two side events. Cue last minute searching for flights to Liege. The main event starts at 10am, will feature […]
Cryptozoic’s The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey board game due early 2013
The poster above is the latest teaser for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. It features the White Council at Rivendell. That’s Gandalf, Elrond, Galadriel and Saruman. Saruman seems like a grim chap; glad he’s on our side. Cryptozoic have announced a license dealwith Warner Bros Consumer Products that allows them to produce a new board […]
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: […]
