Hero Games Layoffs
I haven’t played Champions since high school, but I remember it as a fine game for the genre (in my own case, it got displaced by TSR’s Marvel Super Heroes, but that wasn’t through any fault of Champions). There’s a Read More
A Pilgrimage to Gaming Mecca
I refer to a trip I undertook, braving the crossing of the mighty Hudson River, from New Jersey into the borough of Manhattan, to visit what has been the centerpoint of gaming in the greater New York City area for Read More
Pathfinder MMO Game Coming
The good folks at Paizo have announced that they have licensed their Pathfinder game to Goblinworks to develop an MMO game. Now, I play neither MMO’s nor Pathfinder, but I am a fan of the way Paizo does business, and Read More
Metatopia After Action Report
Metatopia is a must-attend event for aspiring game designers, and is an invaluable resource for established companies in the field. It’s sort of a “reverse convention”; companies are encouraged to bring their new designs and ideas to be both playtested Read More
Lots of Merchant of Venus News
If you’re a fan of the Avalon Hill board game Merchant of Venus, you have a surfeit of good news, it seems. Perhaps not so good for the companies involved, though… Yesterday saw two announcements regarding this classic game. First, Read More
Greg Leeds (WotC CEO) Interview
Avast, ye lubbers! The good folks over at ICv2 have posted a two-part interview with the CEO of Wizards of the Coast, Greg Leeds. Part 1 is here and part 2 is here. There be some pretty interesting stuff there Read More
