Privateer Press look to be ramping up their RPG activity for the Iron Kingdoms. The Iron Kingdoms Full Metal Fantasy: Monsternomicon is due in September. In addition to expanding the Iron Kingdoms Full Metal Fantasy RPG the Monsternomicon will also be compatible with the upcoming Iron Kingdoms Unleashed RPG. The Monsternomicon will be 100 pages […]
Top selling RPGs this winter: D&D slips even lower
Industry watchers ICv2 have released their research on which RPGs sold best in the Winter of 2013. This data is based on interviews with retailers, distributors and manufacturers. It’ll be US-centric too. The result? These charts aren’t bulletproof but still a pretty good indicator. You can see the chart for Summer 2013 here which had […]
Top RPGs this summer: Pathfinder top, D&D third and Fate Core new in fifth
ICv2 have released their 2013 summer research into the best-selling RPGs. This list is put together from interviews with retailers, distributors and manufactures. In other words they’ve not examined the bags of gamers leaving stores and some key players like large online book stores and second hand markets may not be included but this research […]
Who’s leading the Ennies 2013 pack?
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 […]
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 […]
Who won the 2012 Origin Awards?
A little late with this news but the winners of the 2012 Origin Awards are out. We see a good mix of winners with 18XX and Gamma World being added to the Hall of Fame. Two companies won two awards. Care to guess which? One was Wizards of the Coast – winning for Best Collectable […]
Privateer Press introduces the Iron Kingdoms RPG
Privateer Press is well known for Warmachine and Hordes. These are both fantasy war games. They also have the Iron Kingdom RPG. Iron Kingdom is not new. In fact, it won the 2004 Weird GameWyrd Game Awards as a wyrd winner for The Most Atmospheric RPG or Supplement. However, this video from Privateer Press was […]
