There you have it. Wizards of the Coast’s Facebook D&D game has been removed from Facebook. This comes as a surprise to me as despite playing it a lot (hey; I travel) I was totally unaware that the game was about to retire. If you go to the old URL for the game application at […]
Wizards Of The Coast Articles
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D&D for Kids: Cute monsters but disappointing reach?
This isn’t a full play test as I’ve not had a bunch of kids play through The Heroes of Hesiod for me. I can’t think of much worse than mixing the escapism of my roleplaying with the real world horrors of kids. Of course, loads of gamers have happy and busy families. It makes sense […]
Lord of the Rings and D&D Online owner bought by Warner Bros
Turbine Inc, the company responsible for Lord of the Rings Online, Dungeons & Dragons Online and Asheron’s Call has been bought. Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Inc – part of the giant Time Warner Inc – is believed to be paying up to as much as $160 million for the Boston based company. The final figure […]
New Dungeons and Dragons comic book series
Hasbro and Wizards of the Coast have granted IDW Publishing a license to launch several new Dungeons and Dragons comic book lines. We’re expecting the first one to be available in August. IDW’s Dungeons and Dragons contribution is expected to be set in the “core” world, but then grow to include Dark Sun (January 2011) […]
Wizards of the Coast sues gamers; seeks to ban them from games
Wizards of the Coast have taken an Alabama couple and two of their friends to Court. The producers of Magic: The Gathering have asked the Court to ban Jonathan and Jennifer Clifton, Jason Bailey and Adam Schlagether from using any Wizards of the Coast products and $75,000 in damages. So, what happened that’s made Wizards […]
Magechantry publishes the Book of Darkness: Guide to Shadow Magick
The Book of Darkness: Guide to Shadow Magick is now available in PDF form. Publishers Magechantry promise the book will be in print before the end of April. The book is the first in a series and targets the Pathfinder and Wizards of the Coast OGL. As key aspects of the book are OGL it […]
Rules change: Is Mattel really letting proper nouns into Scrabble?
Yesterday a number of very good news sites ran the story that Mattel would be changing the rules of Scrabble. We’re talking about people like the BBC and The Telegraph. If this is true it means people’s names and place names are valid scores in Scrabble. Shakira, for example, would be worth 64 points (as […]
Ex-Wizards of the Coast editor starts new Sci-Fi and Fantasy imprint
Stacy Whitman, former editor of Wizards of the Coast’s Young Adult imprint Mirrorstone, has been picked up by Lee & Low. Lee & Low, an independent children’s book publisher, noticed Whitman after a campaign in Kickstarter which raised more than $10,000 (donations which will now be returned) and her blog. Whitman’s new imprint will be […]
Stainless Games grabs Darren Barnett
Barnett comes to Stainless via Eidos where he was their Development Director. At Eidos Barnett oversaw games like Tomb Raider and Hitman. Stainless Games, based in the UK, have been ramping up their senior management team after the success of the Magic The Gathering, Duels of the Planeswalkers, game and a new deal with Wizards […]
Sapphire College for Elf Maidens
In response to the Book of Erotic Fantasy Wizards of the Coast updated the rules and regulations around the use of the d20 logo. Needless to say; GameWyrd set out to break them! “At Sapphire College sexy elf maidens frequently engage in wanton bathroom activity! They do so twice a day!” Apriale Raytho’lor: female elf; […]
