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Firefly, BSG, Supernatural RPGs’ system now owned by D&D Beyond

September 21, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood 3 Comments

D&D Beyond’s parent company buys the Cortex RPG system, hires its creative director and talks about all the TV and movie possibilities.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Battlestar Galactica, cam banks, cortex, cortex prime, demon hunters, firefly, Margaret Weis Productions, Marvel Heroic Roleplaying, serenity, Supernatural

Disqualifications strike the 2015 ENnies

July 1, 2015 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Blackwyrm Games, Catalyst Game Labs, Chaosium, cubicle 7, Don Mappin, eden studios, en world, ENnies, Evil Hat Productions, Games and Gears, Genesis of Legend Publishing, Green Ronin Publishing, Gun Metal Games, Imaginary Empire, Inkwell Ideas, lamentations of the flame princess, Libraries Unlimited, Lone Wolf Development, Mad Norwegian Press, Margaret Weis Productions, mass effect, Modiphius, Monte Cook Games, Moon Design Publications, Paizo Publishing, Pinnacle Entertainment Group, Privateer Press, q-workshop, roll20, Syrinscape, third eye games, Via Ludibunda, wizards of the coast, wizkids

MWP’s Monica Valentinelli addresses Firefly RPG questions

November 9, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: dark horse, firefly, firefly rpg, Margaret Weis Productions, Monica Valentinelli

How to get the exclusive Gaming in the ‘Verse: a Firefly RPG Preview

May 7, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: drivethrurpg, firefly, firefly rpg, gen con, Margaret Weis, Margaret Weis Productions, Monica Valentinelli

MWP part ways with Marvel; offer 150% refund and pull books

April 25, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Margaret Weis Productions, marvel, Marvel Heroic Roleplaying

Origins names nominees for the best tabletop games of 2013

April 6, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: academy games, aeg, Aetheric Dreams, alliteration ink, Atlas Games, aventine miniatures, awards, battlefront miniatures, bombshell games, buried without ceremony, Catalyst Game Labs, collins epic war games, Cryptozoic, cubicle 7, dread pod 9, Engine Publishing, fireforge games, fireside games, forged in battle, gama, gmt, great escape games, green ronin, gripping beast, mantic games, Margaret Weis Productions, Mayfair Games, origins, Paizo Publishing, perry miniatures, posthuman studios, Privateer Press, pulp action library, q-workshop, queen games, strategic elite, studio tomahawk, upper deck, vesper-on games, victrix ltd, warlord games, wizards of the coast, wizkids, zvezda

Monica Valentinelli on the difference between the Firefly RPG and the Serenity RPG

March 28, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Interviews, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: cortex, firefly, firefly rpg, Joss Whedon, Margaret Weis, Margaret Weis Productions, Monica Valentinelli, sci-fi, Steve Jackson Games

Margaret Weis Productions signs Firefly RPG deal

February 22, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood 6 Comments

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 […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: cortex, firefly, firefly rpg, Joss Whedon, Margaret Weis, Margaret Weis Productions, sci-fi

The 2012 ENnnies winners

August 18, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood 3 Comments

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: […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: 0one Games, aeg, Blackstar Studios, Catalyst Game Labs, Chaosium, Chapter 13 Press, cubicle 7, Engine Publishing, ENnies, Evil Hat Productions, fantasy flight games, Fire Mountain Games, green ronin, Margaret Weis Productions, open design, Paizo Publishing, Pelgrane Press, Sneak Attack Press, VSCA Publishing, wizards of the coast

Who’s leading the Ennies 2012 pack?

July 14, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: 0one Games, Adamant Entertainment, aeg, Atomic Overmind Press, Blackstar Studios, Catalyst Game Labs, Chaosium, Chapter 13 Press, cubicle 7, Engine Publishing, Evil Hat Productions, fantasy flight games, fiery dragon productions, Fire Mountain Games, galileo games, Gaming Paper, Graham Walmsley, green ronin, Hero Games, Inc, Inkwell Ideas, Kenzer & Company, Maps of Mastery, Margaret Weis Productions, Midnight Syndicate Soundtracks, Nightfall Games, Okumart Games, open design, Paizo Publishing, Pelgrane Press, Pinnacle Entertainment, posthuman studios, Reality Blurs, Sneak Attack Press, Steve Jackson Games, T. Shield Studios, VSCA Publishing, white wolf, wizards of the coast

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