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 […]
Gamers win in the Fantasy Flight and Stronghold “Merchant of Venus” showdown
Back in October 2011, Geek Native posted about game companies battling over Merchant of Venus. It was an awkward situation. Stronghold games signed a deal with the game’s designer and announced a new edition of Merchant of Venus. At the same time, Fantasy Flight Games announced a new edition of Merchant of Venus after signing […]
Free RPG Day: June 16th 2012
Free RPG Day is as it sounds – excellent – and a chance to get your paws on some free RPG loot. Created by the distribution company Impressions, the goal of Free RPG Day is to inspire roleplayers to pick up a new RPG and give it ago. Persuading gamers to try new games is […]
The live action Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013 ad
I think it’s safe to say that it can be pretty hard to create TV worthy ads for any roleplaying (or related) game. Even the best attempts can come across as cheesy. Computer game companies, I think, have had the most success and they’ve done this by simply tapping into the games themselves and letting […]
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 […]
The DnD Next playtest collections
Wizards of the Coast have reached an important stage in the production of the 5th edition of Dungeons and Dragons. The project, known as DnD Next, is being widely playtested by registered gamers across the world. There are some restrictions as to what these tabletop roleplayers can say – don’t expect to see many posts […]
Monte Cook quits D&D Next, defends team
The respected and popular designer, Monte Cook, unexpectedly announced he was quitting Wizards of the Coast and the D&D Next project this week. Cook’s return to the company, over a year ago, was one of the first signs that the next generation of the roleplaying game was on the way. Cook blames a difference of […]
Hasbro slips into the red despite growth in Magic: the Gathering
Hasbro have posted their financial results for the first quarter of 2012. There are some mixed signals but the overall performance of the company is down. To blame? Girls and bad games. The company has four product categories. Here they are along with their 2012 Q1 performance and percentage change. Boys made $302.8m in net […]
The Future of D&D panel at PAX East #dndnext
Lead Rules Editor Jeremy Crawford and D&D Senior Manager Mike Mearls held a “Future of D&D panel” at PAX East. They start by pointing out how much video gaming as grown since D&D was born and how some players now enter the roleplaying world these days via the digital front. Within seconds, however, they talk […]
SLA Industries movie on the way? Rights for TV series and film change hands
The 20-year-old SLA Industries from Nightfall games has sold the rights to a TV series and movie production to Romark Entertainment. Romark Entertainment is a full-service production company that specialises in turning high-level IP into films, television, video game and comic books. They have deals in place with Arcana Comics and Bit Fu Studios. In […]
