The tabletop Sea of Thieves RPG based on Microsoft’s Xbox game opens for box set pre-orders
Sea of Thieves uses the new Avast system and promises quick and straightforward mechanics.
Mongoose raises funds to bring back The Journal of the Traveller’s Aid Society
There will be new material in The Journal of the Traveller's Aid Society, but Mongoose is also looking back through the archives to repurpose and revive old favourites and will hunt through popular fan publications to find the best of the best.
Judge Dredd and The Worlds of 2000AD preview and system summary
In the last week of August, EN Publishing announced they’d won the rights from Rebellion to do a Judge Dredd and The Worlds of 2000 AD RPG. We were told there is a Kickstarter coming in September, that other 2000AD titles like Slaine and Rogue Trooper would follow and that the RPG would use the WOIN game engine.…
EN Publishing announce Judge Dredd and The Worlds of 2000 AD RPG Kickstarter
Towards the end of September, we’ll get the chance to back a Kickstarter from EN World’s publishing arm to make the Judge Dredd and The Worlds of 2000 AD RPG a reality.…
New Year, New Game: 2300AD
As is tradition, DriveThruRPG has a brand new sale to mark the start of 2015. The “New Year, New Game” sale is a favourite of mine for two reasons; Over 200 RPGs that are 15% off
A real push to persuade gamers to try a new game Gamers who are willing to try new games are really helping to keep the industry going.…
Breaking: Cubicle 7 leaves Rebellion Group
Gamers may never notice the change but today’s management buy-out of Cubicle 7 is big news. The British RPG publisher has left 2000 AD owners Rebellion.
Dominic McDowall, who led the successful management buy-out, said;
I’m excited to be taking Cubicle 7 into its next phase of development,”
“Rebellion’s investment and mentoring has given us a great start, and now we’re ready to go it alone.…
Good news citizen: Paranoia Kickstarter
I’ve fond memories of the original Paranoia roleplaying game. It’s fun, funny and has been an entrance game for the RPG-curious. Certainly when I was running the RPG club back at school (medieval era) it was Paranoia that greeted the yearly influx of new faces.…
The art of Jake Murray
Jake Murray is an illustrator from Columbus, Ohio who specialises in sci-fi. Jake creates for publishing and advertising markets as well as doing plenty of work in gaming. In particular, gamers might know his work for Fantasy Flight Games.…
Which new RPG does Cubicle 7’s reshuffle point to?
Cubicle 7 has announced the appointment of four new members of staff, including Andrew Kenrick who will be coming on board as the publisher’s new Managing Editor.
I asked whether Kenrick’s appointment meant any changes to the role of Dominic McDowall as CEO.…
Joe Dever takes Lone Wolf to Cubicle 7
Flash back to March and we had news of Lone Wolf and Mongoose splitting up. Details were sparce but “Megadeal” customers were offered credit.
At the time Matthew Sprange noted;
Termination of Mongoose Publishing’s Lone Wolf gamebooks and RPG range has been actioned by mutual consent of the author and the publisher.…
