Firefly, BSG, Supernatural RPGs’ system now owned by D&D Beyond
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.…
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.…
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.…
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.…
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.…
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.…
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 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: Streets of Zobeck (Open Design)
Best Aid/Accessory
DungeonMorph Cards (Inkwell Ideas, Inc.)
Mutants and Masterminds GM’s Kit (Green Ronin)
Shadowrun Runner’s Toolkit (Catalyst Game Labs)
Silver: Masks: 1,000 Memorable NPCs for Any RPG (Engine Publishing)
Gold: GameMastery Chase Cards (Paizo Publishing)
Best Art, Cover
Black Crusade: Core Rulebook (Fantasy Flight Games)
Mutants and Masterminds Gamemaster’s Guide (Green Ronin)
Neverwinter Campaign Setting (Wizards of the Coast)
Silver: Cthulhu by Gaslight (Chaosium Inc.)
Gold: Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Beginner Box (Paizo)
Best Art, Interior
Book of Drakes (Open Design)
Do: Pilgrims of the Flying Temple (Evil Hat Productions)
Legend of the Five Rings, Fourth Edition: The Great Clans (Alderac Entertainment Group)
Silver: Dragon Age: Set 2 (Green Ronin)
Gold: The One Ring: Adventures Over the Edge of the Wild (Cubicle 7)
Best Blog
Campaign Mastery
Roving Band of Misfits
Sly Flourish
Silver: Gaming as Women
Gold: Gnome Stew
Best Cartography
Harker Asylum – Virtual Boxed Set (0One Games)
Mass Transit III (Maps of Mastery)
The Shadowlands Conversion Guide (BlackStar Studios)
Silver: Madness at Gardmore Abbey (Wizards of the Coast)
Gold: Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Jade Regent Map Folio (Paizo)
Best Electronic Book
Advanced Encounters: Terrain Toolbox (Sneak Attack Press)
Spookybeans: The Gothic Comics RPG (Chapter 13 Press)
Way of the Wicked Book One: Knot of Thorns (Fire Mountain Games)
Silver: GURPS Social Engineering (Steve Jackson Games)
Gold: Cthulhu Apocalypse: The Apocalypse Machine (Graham Walmsley & Pelgrane Press)
Best Free Product
Black Crusade: Broken Chains (Fantasy Flight Games)
Dragon Age Quickstart Guide (Green Ronin)
The Shadowlands Conversion Guide (BlackStar Studios)
Silver: The One Ring: Words of the Wise (Cubicle 7)
Gold: Pathfinder Module: We Be Goblins!…
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.…
