The Wizards of the Coast web site published a set of updates for the Dungeons and Dragons Player’s Handbook, Forgotten Realms Player’s Guide, and Martial Power. The updates modify “key portions of the game that weren’t working as we intended” and “bring these mechanical elements back in line with the game’s base expectations”.
A quick look [...]
WotC Publishes Updates to D&D, Forgotten Realms, Martial Power
Impressions of Bootlegger by Eagle Games
At Gen Con Indy 2008, I spoke with someone who said that Eagle Games’ “Bootleggers” was one of the best board games she’d played in a while. I wasn’t able to play it there, but I did manage to schedule a game at Origins this week.
Bootleggers is set during the Prohibition era of American history, [...]
Impressions of Goodtime Games’ “Code War”
I’ve seen the “Code War” game in Origins and Gen Con programs in the past and thought it sounded like an intriguing idea for a board game. The event catalog describes it this way:
Program a robotic tank to traverse a rally course, passing check points as you go. Bump other players’ tanks or blast them [...]
New White Wolf Releases
On Tuesday, White Wolf added Seers of the Throne preorder information to its site. This character book for Mage: The Awakening provides the history and society of the Seers of the Throne, spells, supernal artifacts, and minions. It also includes sample antagonists, lore on the Exarchs, new legacies of power, and more. As of this [...]