This month Steve Jackson Games will announce two new Munchkin extras, Ogre Pocket Edition and Hipster Dice. Munchkin Board of Health The Munchkin Board of Health is a gameboard for Munchkin Cthulhu and Munchkin Zombies. There’s a dungeon room for every level, space for decks and discards and it comes with two sets of male/female […]
Steve Jackson Games acquires Chupacabra: Survive the Night
Back in April Steve Jackson wrote; To make a long story short: I’d like to plow some Munchkin money back into the game hobby. The gaming guru was looking for games to buy. Stalwart Phil Reed was put in place to manage the process. It looks like David Blanchard, Brian Frodema and John Jacobsen’s Chupacabra: […]
Monica Valentinelli on the difference between the Firefly RPG and the Serenity RPG
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 […]
Agatha H and the Clockwork Princess review
Agatha H and the Clockwork Princess is the second book in the Girl Genius series. It picks up the action from the Airship City as Agatha attempts to get home and there’s already a lot going on. Little wonder the novel is twice as long. The first thing the Clockwork Princess proves is that the […]
10 reasons to support International #TableTopDay
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 […]
Did Kickstarter cut roleplayers out of their gamer thank you?
It’s good of Kickstarter to recognise the roll of gaming in that too. Here’s how important gaming is to them; these stats come from Kickstarter, noting how games leap from 8th to 1st. 1. Games — $50 million 2. Film — $42 million 3. Design — $40 million 4. Music — $25 million 5. Technology […]
Who’s leading the Ennies 2012 pack?
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 […]
Superhero Week: 10 superhero RPGs battle it out
We’re halfway through superhero week for 2012 and it’s about time we dug out the roleplaying games. RPGs have given superhero genre plenty of attention over the years. We’ve had some fantastic games. Which is your all time favourite superhero RPG? Check out the list below. Is your favourite game included? Leave a note in […]
Interview with RPG designer James Desborough
James Desborough runs Postmortem Studios and is a self-employed games designer. This month Desborough finds himself in a whirlwind of attention when a petition against him urged Mongoose Publishing to drop his work. That petition used to be available here but now redirects here and has transformed into a petition to Steve Jackson Games to […]
Steve Jackson Games release five classic GURPS Conan titles in PDF
The original GURPS Conan titles were published for GURPS Third Edition and have not been available for nearly 20 years. Today, Steve Jackson Games re-release GURPS Classic: Conan Beyond Thunder River, GURPS Classic: Conan – Moon of Blood, GURPS Classic: Conan and the Queen of the Black Coast, GURPS Classic: Conan the Wyrmslayer and GURPS […]
