D&D Beyond’s parent company buys the Cortex RPG system, hires its creative director and talks about all the TV and movie possibilities.
Disqualifications strike the 2015 ENnies
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 […]
MWP’s Monica Valentinelli addresses Firefly RPG questions
Geek Native’s already dug into the differences between the Firefly RPG and the Serentiy RPG. We get it; different companies issue the rights. It also seems clear why so many fans don’t get it or don’t care to get it. We’re talking the same mythos. We’re talking versions of Cortex. I suspect this will be […]
How to get the exclusive Gaming in the ‘Verse: a Firefly RPG Preview
Update: There’s been a price drop on this preorder. If you’ve bought already; you’ll get credit. Margaret Weis Productions announced an exclusive Gen Con product for their new Firefire license. You can pre-order and pick up at Gen Con or get it delivered to your door. Gen Con will be held some 6,043 klicks from […]
MWP part ways with Marvel; offer 150% refund and pull books
Margaret Weis Productions have posted a pipline post discussing future projects. Tucked in the end of the post is the news that the company will stop producing Marvel Heroic Roleplaying: Basic Game. The reason? Success was not good enough. Christi Cardenas explains, in the post, that; Our first event, CIVIL WAR, was successful and well […]
Origins names nominees for the best tabletop games of 2013
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 […]
Monica Valentinelli on the difference between the Firefly RPG and the Serenity RPG
Monica Valentinelli is a game designer, writer, and consultant who will have responsibility on Margaret Weis Productions recently announced Firefly RPG line as both a writer and brand manager. Valentinelli has worked on “All Flesh Must Be Eaten”, “Ninja Burger”, “Strange, Dead Love,” and Posthuman’s Studio’s “Rimward” among others. She was the Marketing Director for […]
Margaret Weis Productions signs Firefly RPG deal
MWP, the publisher behind the Marvel RPG, Dragonlance, Leverage, Smallville and Supernatural RPGs have added another TV show license to their roster of games today – Firefly. The first releases for the Firefly RPG may be out in just a few months, in print and digital, using MWP’s Cortex system. The deal was struck with […]
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: […]
Who’s leading the Ennies 2012 pack?
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 […]
