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Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica cover artist and two other D&D illustrators banned from entering America

August 28, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

Titus Lunter is an illustrator and concept artist who has worked on Dungeons & Dragons, Magic: the Gathering and for companies like Riot and Valve. Anna Steinbauer is an illustrator who has also worked on Magic: the Gathering.…

D&D’s Gary Gygax’s widow is being sued by Hollywood over a dungeon

August 15, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Urg, this looks messy. Two years ago the movie producer Tom DeSanto (X-Men, Transformers and this summer’s Bumble Bee) struck a deal to ‘oversee the Gygax catalog of published and unpublished works’.…

Is the Dutch solution to Loot Boxes more evil than the problem?

July 25, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Dutch banned Loot Boxes and Valve removed them in June. Wesley Yin-Poole has a nice write up the situation over at Eurogamer. In essence; Loot Boxes are gambling. You pay money for them and don’t know what you’ll get back.…

Games Workshop sued for $62,500,000

August 7, 2017 by Andrew Girdwood 5 Comments

Spikey Bits is reporting that a games store owner and legal council David Moore is suing Games Workshop for $62.5m in an American court. As the Spikey Bits video notes this lawsuit seems to have gone under the radar.…

Call of Cthulhu’s Sandy Petersen sues PayPal

December 29, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Petersen Entertainment LP has taken PayPal to court for withholding $57,000 in funds. The money due apparently relates to a Kickstarter for one of the 12 games the company has successfully funded.…

Cards Against Humanity faces lawsuit on Kickstarter bullying

December 13, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

You won’t find the card game Humanity Hates Trump on Kickstarter because a cease and desist letter from Cards Against Humanity was enough for the platform to pull the plug. Cards Against Humanity is normally a cool company so what was its beef with Humanity Hates Trump?…

Will Stephen Byrne’s animated Firefly ever air?

August 16, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This trailer for The Animated Adventures of Firefly will make you wish you could watch it now. We don’t know when it’s coming. We’re teased: soon. What will Fox do? Will they hold back the lawyers?…

Villains and Vigilantes lawsuit settled

April 25, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

I hope this is good news all around. The Villains & Vigilantes lawsuit has been settled. While the specific terms (including damages) will remain private important details have been released by Monkey House Games.…

Gygax Magazine to close

January 22, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

There had been some dispute over the name of the Gygax Magazine. The magazine had Luke and Ernie Gygax on board if not the whole Gygax Estate but now that’s changed.…

Forbidden Judge Dredd episodes to see print again

October 30, 2015 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

“The Cursed Earth” was the first epic length Judge Dredd storyline. It was published in 1978 and the full series has never seen the light of day again. Why not? Some episodes featured parodies of iconic corporate powers; Burger King, Ronald McDonald, the Michelin Man and even the Jolly Green Giant.…

Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica cover artist and two other D&D illustrators banned from entering America

D&D’s Gary Gygax’s widow is being sued by Hollywood over a dungeon

Is the Dutch solution to Loot Boxes more evil than the problem?

Games Workshop sued for $62,500,000

Call of Cthulhu’s Sandy Petersen sues PayPal

Cards Against Humanity faces lawsuit on Kickstarter bullying

Will Stephen Byrne’s animated Firefly ever air?

Villains and Vigilantes lawsuit settled

Gygax Magazine to close

Forbidden Judge Dredd episodes to see print again

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