One of the best things about going to a big gaming convention is, of course, all the cool new games you get to try out (and buy). And another is fun events that are made possible by large groups of people in one place. Here are some of the things we’re looking forward to at Gen Con this year.
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The Diana Jones Award committee announces its shortlist for this year’s award for excellence in tabletop gaming. Check out five items that made the cut!
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Here’s a closer look at the second adventure deck for Pathfinder ACG, The Skinsaw Murders.
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One of the games on my watchlist after Gen Con was the Pathfinder Adventure Card Game from Paizo. Here’s a closer look at how the game works.
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One of the hits of Gen Con this year was the Pathfinder Adventure Card Game from Paizo Publishing, which sold out on the first day of the show. I got a chance to ask a few questions of the game designer, Mike Selinker of Lone Shark Games.
Continue ReadingA while back, Reaper Miniatures — longtime stalwart of the tabletop gaming figures — launched a new line of figures called Bones. The thing that makes them different from your standard metal miniatures is that they’re made from plastic …
Continue ReadingWizards of the Coast announces a crowd-sourced effort for developing the next iteration of its venerable tabletop RPG, but will this be enough to bring back a fractured fan community?
Continue ReadingHot on the heels of announcing that a MMORPG based on their Pathfinder RPG is in development, today Paizo Publishing announced that Dynamite Entertainment will be launching a comic series in 2012 based on Pathfinder’s Golarion setting. I can’t say I …
Continue ReadingPaizo Publishing announced yesterday that it has licensed the MMORPG rights to its Pathfinder RPG to Goblinworks, a Redmond, WA, developer and publisher. Goblinworks will be developing the Pathfinder Online game which is planned as a massively multiplayer, sandbox-style fantasy …
Continue ReadingYesterday, Paizo Publishing and WizKids Games announced that they’re releasing a set of pre-painted plastic miniatures for use in the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Beginner Box. Slated for October 2011, this box will be an introduction to the best-selling spiritual successor …
Continue ReadingIf there’s one surefire geeky pastime that doesn’t involve staring into a glowing rectangle, it has to be tabletop role-playing games. They’ve been around longer than electronic-based fantasy games and most of us really dig the heady combination of tactics …
Continue ReadingShowing that Dungeons & Dragons 4E isn’t the only big kid on the tabletop RPG block, Paizo Publishing’s anticipated Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook has sold out. Apparently the first print run of the mammoth four pound, 576-page tome barely …
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