There will probably be a short lull in posting.
Saturday, August 18, 2007
2007 ENnie Winners
The ENnie winners were announced at GenCon yesterday. It looks like the Summer Revolution has failed.
Best Fan Site, presented by Russell Morrissey:
Silver: Planewalker
Gold: Dragonlance Nexus
Best PodCast, presented by Dan Repperger of Fear the Boot:
Silver: Yog Radio
Gold: Have Games, Will Travel
Best Cover Art, presented by Kevin Kulp:
Silver: Hollow Earth Expedition, by Exile Games Studio
Gold: Five Fingers, Port of Deceit, by Privateer Press
Best Interior Art:
Silver: Qin, by 7th Circle
Gold: Mutants and Masterminds, Ultimate Power by Green Ronin Publishing
Best Cartography:
Silver: WFRP GM Toolkit, by Black Industries
Gold: Ptolus, City by the Spire, by Malhavoc Press
Best Production Values:
Silver: Mutants and Masterminds, Ultimate Power, by Green Ronin Publishing
Gold: Ptolus, City by the Spire, by Malhavoc Press
Best Writing:
Silver: WFRP Children of the Horned Rat, by Black Industries
Gold: Five Fingers, Port of Deceit, by Privateer Press
Best Rules:
Silver: Spirit of the Century, by Evil Hat
Gold: Mutants and Masterminds, Ultimate Power, by Green Ronin
Best Adventure:
Silver: Mutants and Masterminds, Time of Vengeance, by Green Ronin Publishing
Gold: WFRP: Lure of the Liche Lord, by Black Industries
Best Setting, presented by Kieth Baker:
Silver: Five Fingers, Port of Deceit, by Privateer Press
Gold: Ptolus, City by the Spire, by Malhavoc Press
Best Supplement, presented by Kevin Kulp:
Silver: Mutants and Masterminds, Ultimate Power, by Green Ronin Publishing
Gold: WFRP Companion, by Black Industries
2008 ENnies Judge Election, announced by Richard Miller:
Kathryn -Gertie- Barden (Xath)
Elizabeth Bauman (Queen_Dopplepopolis)
Chris Gath (Crothian)
Zachary Houghton (Zachary The First)
Kevin Kulp (Piratecat)
Best Aid or Accessory, presented by Kevin Kulp:
Silver: GameMastery Combat Pad, by Open Mind Games/Paizo Publishing
Gold: Deck of Many Things, by Green Ronin Publishing
Best Miniature Product:
Silver: EZ Dungeons, by Fat Dragon Games
Gold: Game Mastery: Flip-mat Tavern, by Paizo Publishing
Best Regalia:
Silver: Liber Chaotica, by Black Industries
Gold: Order of the Stick, No Cure for the Paladin Blues, by Giant in the Playground
Best Free Product:
Silver: Classic Battletech Free Package, by Catalyst Games
Gold: Savage Tide Player's Guide, by Paizo Publishing
Best Electronic Book:
Silver: Magical Medieval Society: European Warfare, by Expeditious Retreat Press
Gold: Classic Battletech Free Package, by Catalyst Games
Best d20/OGL Product, presented by Rodney Thompson of Wizards of the Coast:
Silver: Five Fingers, Port of Deceit, by Privateer Press
Gold: Mutants and Masterminds, Ultimate Power, by Green Ronin Publishing
Best Game, presented by Rob Boyle of Catalyst Games:
Silver: Qin, by 7th Circle
Gold: Scion, Hero, by White Wolf
Product of the Year, presented by Peter Adkinson:
Silver: WFRP, Children of the Horned Rat, by Black Industries
Gold: Ptolus, City by the Spire, by Malhavoc Press
Fan's Choice, Best Publisher:
Silver: Green Ronin
Gold: Wizards of the Coast
Thursday, August 16, 2007
'D&D 4th Edition' Announced at Gen Con
Wizards of the Coast is announcing at GenCon today that it will release the 4th Edition of its category-leading Dungeons and Dragon roleplaying game in 2008, the first full new edition in eight years. The three core books will be released next summer on a monthly schedule: Player's Handbook in May, Monster Manual in June, and Dungeon Master's Guide in July. Pricing and page counts of the new products will be consistent with current packaging. Graphics have been updated, art will be used on the covers, and interior design has been opened up to make the books less intimidating to new players.
Lead-in products, Wizards Presents: Classes and Races and Wizards Presents: Worlds and Monsters, will be released in December. An April release, Keep of the Shadowfell, will include a set of quickstart rules for 4E.
Speculation Runs Rampant
GenCon starts today. The granddaddy and biggest of the gaming conventions.
Yesterday, Wizards of the Coast changed their D&D home page to have a placeholder titled "4dventure" with a countdown that has, apparently, been reset a couple of times. From another source, a graphic has surfaced that specifies today (Thursday the 16th) at 6:30pm.
Does this mean that Wizards will announce the fourth edition of D&D today? I guess that we will find out soon enough.
Speculation begins.
Yesterday, Wizards of the Coast changed their D&D home page to have a placeholder titled "4dventure" with a countdown that has, apparently, been reset a couple of times. From another source, a graphic has surfaced that specifies today (Thursday the 16th) at 6:30pm.
Does this mean that Wizards will announce the fourth edition of D&D today? I guess that we will find out soon enough.
Speculation begins.
Green Ronin To Publish Wild Cards RPG Line
Green Ronin Publishing has reached an agreement with New York Times bestselling author George R.R. Martin to license the Wild Cards series of shared world anthologies. Green Ronin will publish a line of Wild Cards roleplaying game books next year for its Mutants & Masterminds RPG. The first of these books, the Wild Cards Campaign Setting by series author John Jos. Miller, will debut next August at Gen Con 2008.
Monday, August 13, 2007
The Abduction Lamp
Abduction is a lamp for Sci-Fi fans of all ages. A light bulb inside the metal UFO lights up the beam and the windows. The glass of the beam is frosted to distribute light in all directions. Abduction is currently at a concept stage. Visit herrklein.com if you're interested in the details behind the lamp.
Thanks Jonny!
Comic Artist Mike Wieringo
This is a pretty staggering loss.
The comics industry lost a luminary this weekend - Mike Wieringo passed away Sunday of a sudden heart attack. Details are still sketchy as of this time, but according to close sources, the acclaimed artist had chest pains at some point during the day and called 911, but the responders did not make it in time.
Wieringo was 44 years old. He was a vegetarian, and 'one of the healthiest ones of us in the bunch,' as his longtime friend and collaborator Todd Dezago described him. Currently, there are no details about services or a funeral.
Wieringo worked every day, updating his blog and website with a constant stream of sketches at MikeWieringo.com.
Above is the last sketch completed by Wieringo, posted to his website on Friday.
Sunday, August 12, 2007
The ABCs of Sex Education for Trainables
A 70's training film for people who need to teach sex ed. classess to the mentally disabled.
Former British spy claims mystic powers
You know, if you can't figure out how to work this idea into a game, well, you just aren't trying hard enough...
A renegade former British spy who was jailed after blowing the whistle on alleged wrongdoing in the intelligence services has claimed to have new-found powers as a mystic.
David Shayler told British cable channel More4 News that he had visited a psychic who he believes channelled the spirit of Mary Magdalene and anointed him as the Messiah.
'Suddenly my whole life made sense,' the 41-year-old former officer with Britain's domestic intelligence service MI5 said in an interview broadcast Thursday evening.
'I felt a sense of peace, I suddenly realised why it had been how it had, why I seem to get such a strange deal from the universe, when I seem to be trying to tell the truth about everything.'
Thursday, August 09, 2007
Official Announcement
For Immediate Release
August 9th, 2007
DeadWorld Owner Gary Reed and Seraphim Guard Join Forces For DeadWorld Role-Playing Game.
The DEADWORLD RPG is based upon Gary Reed's DEADWORLD comic, previously published by Caliber Comics and Image Comics, and soon to be released through Desperado Publishing. One of the forerunners of the zombie comic, DEADWORLD was an early work of artist Vincent Locke who went on to work on DC/Vertigo's SANDMAN and A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE, recently made into a major motion picture.
DEADWORLD will utilize the first BRP license Chaosium has given out for it's upcoming BASIC ROLEPLAYING: THE CHAOSIUM D100 SYSTEM to release later this year.
Seraphim Guard plans to release the DEADWORLD RPG in fall 2008, at the Wizard World Chicago comic convention.
"We expect this to be a lot of fun" says Dustin Wright, of Chaosium Inc. "Zombies and Basic Roleplaying, what's not to love?"
"I have been a fan of the BRP system since I picked up a CALL OF CTHULHU boxed set back in high school," says Christopher Helton co-owner and Creative Director of Seraphim Guard. "I am excited and extremely enthused to be able to be designing something using the system that has given me so many hours (and years) of enjoyment."
"Even though Deadworld has been licensed for apparel, CDs, masks, and other products, this is the one I find the most exciting," says Gary Reed owner of DEADWORLD and many other former Caliber Comics Properties. "Deadworld fans have been clamoring for a role playing game for over a decade so I'm sure they're just as excited as I am about it."
Chaosium is a California based publishing company that has been releasing high quality games since 1975. http://www.chaosium.com
Gary Reed is the owner of DEADWORLD. For more information see his website. http://www.garyreed.net/Deadworld/home.htm
Seraphim Guard is an Ohio-based game publisher best known for publishing HEARTQUEST, a shoujo anime role-playing game that was the first commercially published Fudge system game. http://www2.seraphim-guard.com/
August 9th, 2007
DeadWorld Owner Gary Reed and Seraphim Guard Join Forces For DeadWorld Role-Playing Game.
The DEADWORLD RPG is based upon Gary Reed's DEADWORLD comic, previously published by Caliber Comics and Image Comics, and soon to be released through Desperado Publishing. One of the forerunners of the zombie comic, DEADWORLD was an early work of artist Vincent Locke who went on to work on DC/Vertigo's SANDMAN and A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE, recently made into a major motion picture.
DEADWORLD will utilize the first BRP license Chaosium has given out for it's upcoming BASIC ROLEPLAYING: THE CHAOSIUM D100 SYSTEM to release later this year.
Seraphim Guard plans to release the DEADWORLD RPG in fall 2008, at the Wizard World Chicago comic convention.
"We expect this to be a lot of fun" says Dustin Wright, of Chaosium Inc. "Zombies and Basic Roleplaying, what's not to love?"
"I have been a fan of the BRP system since I picked up a CALL OF CTHULHU boxed set back in high school," says Christopher Helton co-owner and Creative Director of Seraphim Guard. "I am excited and extremely enthused to be able to be designing something using the system that has given me so many hours (and years) of enjoyment."
"Even though Deadworld has been licensed for apparel, CDs, masks, and other products, this is the one I find the most exciting," says Gary Reed owner of DEADWORLD and many other former Caliber Comics Properties. "Deadworld fans have been clamoring for a role playing game for over a decade so I'm sure they're just as excited as I am about it."
Chaosium is a California based publishing company that has been releasing high quality games since 1975. http://www.chaosium.com
Gary Reed is the owner of DEADWORLD. For more information see his website. http://www.garyreed.net/Deadworld/home.htm
Seraphim Guard is an Ohio-based game publisher best known for publishing HEARTQUEST, a shoujo anime role-playing game that was the first commercially published Fudge system game. http://www2.seraphim-guard.com/
Subscribe to:
Comments (Atom)