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The Alan Moore approved Watchmen supplements for the DC Heroes RPG get reprints

December 16, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Those three supplements are Who Watches the Watchmen?, Taking Out the Trash and Watchmen Sourcebook.

Filed Under: Comics, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Alan moore, Dave Gibbons, dc comics, dc heroes, Mayfair Games, watchmen

Mayfair Games stops game publishing; sells to Asmodee North America

February 11, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The iconic Mayfair Games has been sold to Asmodee North America. The company said; As of today, the management team at Mayfair Games, Inc. announces we will wind down game publishing. After 36 years, this was not an easy decision or one we took lightly, but it was necessary. Once we had come to this […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Asmodee, Mayfair Games

Settlers of Catan sold, Mayfair Games to continue

January 7, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

Settlers of Catan is one of those board games that’s made it out of the geek world fame and earned more mainstream status. There may well be people at your work or university who’ve never heard of Pathfinder but who know what Settlers of Catan is. Have you heard of Asmodee? They’ve just bought the […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Asmodee, Mayfair Games, Settlers of Catan

Good news for roleplayers as Gen Con breaks records

August 20, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The RPG hobby scored a hit this week as Gen Con broke attendance records. A successful convention, whether you love it or loathe it, helps prove to companies that the industry is busy and worth paying attention too. This year Gen Con expanded by 14% which makes it the fourth consecutive year which the convention […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: gen con, Mayfair Games, Paizo Publishing, wizards of the coast

Superhero Week: 10 brave superhero RPGs step into the wrestling ring

June 30, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood 11 Comments

For the last two years we’ve put 10 superhero RPGs in the ring and Geek Native readers have voted for their favourites. Who deserves to win this year? Can’t see your favourite superhero RPG in the list below? Leave a suggestion in the comments below after you check the 2012 battle and the 2013 conflict […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Arc Dream Publishing, Better Angels, Evil Hat Productions, Mayfair Games, Pinnacle Entertainment, Prowlers & Paragons, savage worlds, superhero week, superheroes, vigilance press

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: aeg, Aetheric Dreams, Atlas Games, awards, Catalyst Game Labs, Cryptozoic, cubicle 7, Engine Publishing, gama, green ronin, mantic games, Margaret Weis Productions, Mayfair Games, Paizo Publishing, posthuman studios, Privateer Press, q-workshop, warlord games, wizards of the coast, wizkids

10 reasons to support International #TableTopDay

March 6, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Felicia Day’s Geek and Sundry have nominated March 30th to be International Tabletop Day and are asking gamers to support it. Not sure? Here’s 10 reasons why it’s a good idea. 1. You’ll be supporting local businesses This is a great chance for local businesses to attract gaming geeks into the store. This a chance […]

Filed Under: Online Shows, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Asmodee, Days of Wonder, Felicia Day, geek & sundry, International TableTop Day, Mayfair Games, Steve Jackson Games, Wil Wheaton

Mayfair announce “Catan: Explorers and Pirates”

December 23, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Mayfair games have a new $50 Settlers of Catan expansion. The Catan: Explorers and Pirates add-on supports three or four players and will last around 90 minutes. The new expansion includes three missions and five scenarios designed to be mixed and matched to extend the number of unique uses you’ll get from the game. The […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: board games, Mayfair Games, pirates, Settlers of Catan

Rebuilding Settlers of Catan: An interview with Bill Trammel

October 23, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

A few days ago Geek Native covered the Kickstarter project to produce carefully designed Settlers of Catan gaming boards. In that time the project has raised many more thousands of dollars and hundreds of backers. At the time of writing Bill and Nate’s project is worth more than $150,000. We’re very pleased to say that […]

Filed Under: Interviews, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kickstarters, Mayfair Games, Settlers of Catan

Aaron Loeb e-View | Echoes #3

December 19, 2009 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Aaron Loeb is the mastermind behind the Green Ronin published and widely acclaimed The Book of the Righteous. In this e-View we pester him about the Book of the Righteous, future plans, past projects and discover just how dangerous he is with a suitcase full of d6! GameWyrd’s questions appear in strange blue and Aaron’s […]

Filed Under: Echoes from the Wyrd Tagged With: echoes from the wyrd, green ronin, interview, Mayfair Games, Monte Cook, rpg

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