Early this week, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit rejected the claims in a lawsuit that challenged a ban on Dungeons and Dragons by the Waupun Correctional Institution in Wisconsin.
The law suit was brought by prisoner Kevin T. Singer, arguing that the First and 14th amendment were violated by the prison’s decision to ban DnD. With the decision also came the confiscation of his books, a 96-page manuscript he wrote, and additional materials.
With the fall semester being over, new updates come from the awesome DnD Surface team from Carnegie Mellon. At the beginning of the semester, they showed proof of concept of playing DnD on Window’s Surface. Now, they are showing some awesome progress, from accurate line of sight to a grid system that shows what can be done in a move action all the way up to full round action. We can only hope they continue improving the system next semester. Hopefully by the time they finish, I’ll have had saved up $13,000 to buy a Window’s Surface.
Paizo is already on the move to print more money with their Pathfinder franchise. Before they actually charge you for the product, though, they are having an open playtest for their 2010 Pathfinder Advance Players Guide. The content up for testing is six new classes that we will be able to test two at a time until January 31, 2010.
Remember the Magic The Gathering Jones Soda from a while back? It would seem the experiment was successful, considering the Seattle-based soda upstarts have just released a limited edition Dungeons and Dragons beverage set. The set includes such flavors as Eldritch Blast, Dwarven Draught, and Potion of Healing. For $10.99 + shipping, a six-pack collector’s set can be yours to drink or perch high above your mantle with that replica of Frostmourne you hold dear.
I love DnD, I love computers, and now, behold the perfect marriage of both. This looks to definitely help the whole experience of DMing. I really hope this project goes somewhere, and someday I will be able to have my own computer table awesomeness. You can check out how all this came to be and where it is going here.
That’s how they refer to Gen Con, but why? If you look at and compare all of the events at the convention, you’ll find that only 5% (at most) of the show is dedicated to video games.
Board games are the true stars. Let’s put the term “gaming” back in its rightful place.
I’ve been a huge fan of tabletop games, Dungeons & Dragons in particular, for the better part of my life. Most of the time, I’m right there with the majority in that I really don’t like people going in and mucking about with rules when everything is already oh so good.
But then, at GenCon, I played Pathfinder from Paizo Publishing LLC for the first time with the newly released and completed core ruleset, and I absolutely fell in love.
While at GenCon this weekend, the good people over at Corporate Espionage gave a tutorial of their card game and some free decks to those in attendance. Being the broke bloggers that we are, Tim Burke and I jumped on the chance and gave the game a shot. The product that we demoed, and the culture being built around it, got me more excited/interested than just about anything else during the best four days in gaming. Check out more on this intriguing new card game after the bump.
Today at Gen Con I met up with a representative for Fantasy Flight Games to sit down to enjoy a demo of the relatively new Living Card Game (LCG) AGame of Thrones: The Card Game based on the writings of George R. R. Martin.
While at Gen Con, one of the main draws for me is demoing new products that are new to the market or soon to hit retail. One of the games that struck a particularly harmoneous chord with me was Herobits. Herobits is a non-tradeable card game which seeks to provide simple, yet enjoyable play that is accessible for anyone of almost any age.
Day 1 of Gen Con saw the opening ceremonies with Tracy Hickman and Peter Adkison plugging the XTreme GM Handbook, holding a moment of silence for our departed comrades, and tossing the first die roll of the convention. We walked the floor a bit and managed to take a few pictures of some of the displays, but this personally being my first time here, I was a bit overwhelmed and took far less shots than I intended. At least there are 3 more days to make up for it. Anyway, without further ado, the first shots of Gen Con, after the bump. Continue Reading…
A few days ago Fantasy Flight Games, publisher of popular board games such as Talisman, made a surprise announcement. They will be releasing a remake of the classic card game Chaos Marauders.
Originally released in 1987 by Games Workshop (creators of the Warhammer series) Chaos Marauders gained something of a cult following of players for its fast, frenzied gameplay, but never really caught on with the general gaming public.
GenCon is in ten days! If you don’t have your badge and your hotel room reserved yet, you may want to get on that right away. If you can’t make it, don’t worry: Geekspective is covering it! We will be there all four days to experience, write, photograph, and (who knows) maybe even talk about all things gaming!
In preperation for GenCon, we will be giving out a daily dose of GenCon-related news leading up to the con.
Mayfair Games, the famed publisher of popular board games such as Settlers of Catan will packing up their board games and joining adventurous gamers on a boat (link NSFW). You could be there with them!
Anyone who has played WoW knows that Blizzard likes to reference other parts of geek culture, and it seems that the WoW:TCG is no different. The cards you see above are now available for play in the TCG. I do not know how far Blizzard can push the envelope until they have a lawyer knocking at their door, but those tight looking pictures look awfully familiar. Using Skeletor’s old name Keldor does not help. I find it kind of funny that these cards are “Unique.”
Paizo is already on the move to print more money with their Pathfinder franchise. Before they actually charge you for the product, though, they are having an open playtest for their 2010 Pathfinder Advance Players Guide. The content up for testing is six new classes that we will be able to test two at a time until January 31, 2010.
GenCon is in ten days! If you don’t have your badge and your hotel room reserved yet, you may want to get on that right away. If you can’t make it, don’t worry: Geekspective is covering it! We will be there all four days to experience, write, photograph, and (who knows) maybe even talk about all things gaming!
