Gale Force Nine announced yesterday that they’ve offering two new varieties of movement trays for use (presumably) with Warhammer. To quote the announcement on their site “GF9 has placed movement trays to accommdate these large units in a new section called HORDE FORMATIONS. These larger trays fit ranks of soldiers that are ten models wide. [...]
Following are news items I picked up from various retailers: WarPath Games is taking pre-orders for products in a variety of lines, including Forged in Battle, Do Gooder Press, Black Scorpion Miniatures, Artizan Designs, Fred Games, GMT Games, Dan Verssen Games, Reaper Miniatures, and more. The full pre-order list is here. They also have new [...]
If you have tried to visit this site in the past 24 hours, you’ve probably noticed it was down. I decided to upgrade the WordPress installation from 2.8 to 3.0. I used the automatic upgrade feature, which… well…. didn’t. It got part way done and conked out. I’ve since repaired it, and the site is [...]
Following are the news items I picked up today: 15mm.co.uk is offering the “Laserburn” 15mm science fiction miniatures game rule set. The Classic Battletech web site lists three new ePub/PDF products today: XTRO:Boondocks, Periphery (1st Edition), and Luthien Crusader Miniatures has listed a number of new products on their site, including “MAA6 – The Austro-Hungarian [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]