Seek the Wolf in Thyself!
Chris Fisher, a buddy of mine, let me borrow the book-on-tape for World War Z by Max Brooks. It’s several accountings of the Zombie War set in the near future. So far it is very cool. I am only on disc 2. I had an idea though MACE. A “game series” if it can be…
From: Empire Games Reviewed by: Ron McClung I Drank What? is a new Card Game from Empire Games. A small gaming company is making a lot of noise in my local area. Empire Games rose out of a group of friends who simply have a lot of gaming ideas they want to share. In the…
From: Paizo Publishers Reviewed by: Ron McClung Rise of the Runelords #1 – Burnt Offering is a new d20 Fantasy Campaign Adventure from Paizo Publishers. Paizo has really impressed me in the past several months with their bold moves and quality products. This is evidenced now with their most recent Ennie Award for this very…
Dates: 7/5/2008 to 8/30/2008 Where: St. Lauticus Monastery, Pyre The group realized that this whole hunt not after some alien artifact or weapon, but a back door into one of the Inquisitions most coveted secrets – the hiding place of many of the known worlds worst Changed and occult anomalies – St. Lauticus Monastery
By Konami At GenCon 2008, many games were premiered, previewed, and prototyped. The world of gaming is far from dead I can assure you after seeing the number of new games coming out. One area that is still thriving is the battle to be the next Pokemon or Yu-Gi-Oh style collectible card game. Blue Dragon…
From: Fantasy Flight Games Reviewed by: Ron McClung Tide of Iron – Days of the Fox is a new Board Game Expansion from Fantasy Flight Games (FFG). Tide of Iron (ToI) is by far one of my top 5 favorite games of all time. Of course, as with other games that focus on specific areas…
Robert Gifford of Game Chic was kind enough talk with me at GenCon 2008. RM: Tell me the beginnings of this table. RG: Honestly it started out like a lot of gamers do – you sit around and say “If I could have the ultimate “something,” if I could have the ultimate table…” I was…
A Newbie’s Point of View Day 1 This is my first GenCon. I have been involved with cons for several years, been to Dragon Con several times, and am not unfamiliar with big crowds or the other standard convention experiences. However, I have not had the pleasure of experiencing the Mecca of Gamers. We drove…
Ran this at GenCon 2008 System: D6 System Ran the last adventure in the Fires of Marl sourcebook Death by Dime Novel in d6 Bloodshadows. Had 3 players and went very well. This was a well put together adventure and I added a little spice by creating a patch work group of characters that were…
Fantasy Flight Games (FFG) is a strong company with a ton of games, and they continue to go full steam ahead with new original games as well as licensed and acquisitioned games. Of course, recent news has had FFG acquiring properties from Games Workshop, Sabretooth Games, and Black Industries. With these acquisitions and many other…