Over at GamingReport.com, the inimitable Ken Hite shares choices for his annual Outie Awards in his latest Out of the Box column. He also recaps 2005 in gaming and does a fine job of it. Ken’s one of the most imaginative souls working in RPGs these days. For a free sample of why that is, be sure to check out …
Dueling Pans
Before J.M. Barrie, the author of Peter Pan, died, he assigned the rights to his most famous creation to the Great Ormond Street Hospital. As a children’s hospital in London, the place happily accepted the gift, and the British government made a special exception to the copyright term for the book, extending it forever. How other countries and publishers choose …
The Road to Death Book Club Under Way
The book club discussion for The Road to Death is under way at Essential-Eberron.com. When you have a chance to read the book, please stop by and say hi. The discussion’s lively already, but adding more readers to the mix would make it even better.
Another Battle Dice Review
There’s a kind review of the game at This Gamer’s Life. I like his take on how fast the game plays and the kinds of players that would probably enjoy it best (“the littlest barbarian”).
Battle Dice Reports?
The next time you’re in a mass-market store (Wal-Mart, Target, Toys-R-Us, Etc.), I’d appreciate it if you could look to see if they have copies of Marvel Heroes Battle Dice in stock. You won’t find it stocked with the other games though. Look in the Boys’ Action aisle instead, right next to the action figures. If you manage a sighting, …
Battle Dice Review
Over on his Captain Toy website, Michael Crawford reviews Marvel Heroes Battle Dice. While it’s not a glowing review, Michael does a good job of stating his biases about the game right up front, and he admits to not having played much more than the basic game yet, so I can’t complain. It’s worth checking out, even if just for …
Who Owns these Guys?
On the forum at the new Essential-Eberron.com, where we’re now discussing The Road to Death, a reader with the handle Effect asks: The characters in the Lost Mark trilogy, do you have any control over them being used by other authors or do they simply belong to WoTC now? Not one bit. My novels for Wizards are work-for-hire. That means …
Prey for Us
My former compatriots at Human Head are getting closer to the release of Prey, their kicking first-person shooter for the Xbox 360. To highlight this, there’s now an official website for Prey. Also, 3DRealms, the company that originated the game and provided much of its funding, is hosting a weekly development update on its own site. The first update, from …
Games Gazette Hits 25
I just got my copy of the latest Games Gazette in the mail. it’s a great, little print zine about games of all kinds. In this issue, publisher Chris Baylis trumpets the fact that the Games Gazette is 25 years old. Congratulations, Chris! You’re a gentleman and a scholar and a connoisseur of fine games. Here’s to another 25 great …
AAGAD Needs a Secretary for the Origins Awards
Pete Panzeri, the chairman of the Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts and Design, is looking for an administrative secretary to help with the daily tasks of the Academy, the organization that handle the Origins Awards for GAMA. He’d prefer to have an Academy member fill the position, but if you work in the adventure gaming industry or have even a …