The nominations for the 2013 ENnies are out. These are a big set of awards in the roleplaying publishing world. Counting by hand, I reach 57 publishers nominated and that’s up from just shy of 40 from 2012. Paizo Publishing and Pelgrane Press lead the pack with 7 nominations each, with Cubicle 7 in third […]
Visions of War leads Paizo’s 2013 & 2014 product releases
Pathfinder publisher Paizo have released details of a range of 2013 & 2014 products. A front runner, expected August 2103, is the 256-page, 10-year retrospective of the work of fantasy artist Wayne Reynolds. Visions of War: The Art of Wayne Reynolds ($29.99) has full colour covers, interior art and cart art from the artist who’s […]
Paizo and Dynamite launch Pathfinder goblins comic book series
Following on Jim Zub’s successful Pathfinder comic book series, now also being offered in a collection called Pathfinder: Dark Waters Rising, Paizo have launched a Pathfinder goblins series too. Erik Mona informed fans; “A goblin horde stormed the offices of Paizo, demanding we chronicle their adventures from a goblin point of view,” “With the threats […]
Paizo release Pathfinder: Dark Waters Rising graphic novel
The large hardback collects the firstin a single compilation. As the comic book series has been including Pathfinder RPG goodies this means Dark Waters Rising has, characters, and world detail which includes a map of the region the adventure takes place in. The hardback features a new front cover by Matteo Scalera and a 10-page […]
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 […]
The best selling RPGs of the winter; Pathfinder rules and D&D slips to third (2012)
ICV2 has released their figures for hobby game sales in the US for the winter of 2012. It’s good news for the year wrap-up with hobby store growth being at 15%, that follows from 20% the year before and in wonderful contrast to the 5% decline we saw in 2008. In fact, 2012 is the […]
Awesome Pathfinder Dungeoneer’s Handbook frieze
You’ll need to wrestle with this image to see it entirely. It may once have been the practise to have works of art that started at one wall of a castle or noble house and which then reached their way around, telling a story as they went, but it’s extremely rare now. However, that’s exactly […]
Pathfinder’s lead designer launches own imprint, issues first product
Jason Bulmahn works for Paizo Publishing as the Lead Designer of the Pathfinder RPG. He also runs Minotaur Games as an imprint publisher. Today, Minotaur Games launched their first product Monster Focus: Skeletons. No surprise that it’s a supplement for the Pathfinder RPG. The download includes 3 new feats, 6 new alchemical items, 5 spells, […]
Inside the mind of the man emailing you monsters
“Let’s find out why you’d want monsters in your email.” Nicholas Cloister is an artist based in Sweden. As a gamer he’s played the likes of MERP, Dungeons and Dragons, Warhammer FRP, Skyrealms of Jorune as well as Swedish RPGs. Cloister has drawn for Paizo and Fantasy Flight Games with his Monsters by Email, which […]
Waking from its slumber Green Ronin’s Freeport discovers Pathfinder
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1780208966/freeport-the-city-of-adventure-for-the-pathfinder/ [Support this Project] Freeport is part of Green Ronin’s history. I remember when the first books started to appear back during the dizzy days of the d20 bubble. In this video Chris Pramas admits Freeport has been off the boil, in fact the series has been slumbing like a Great Old One. Given the […]
