We’ve all read the articles about background music you can use in your pen-and-paper RPGs, but how do you go about actually using it? The default in our game is for me to throw on one of the Lord of the Rings soundtracks, which is ok, but it also leads to the music not really … Read more
Critical Mass, the latest expansion for WisKids Game’s HeroClix miniatures game, features a new cross section of Marvel Superheroes, including favorites like Venom, Rhino and Archangel, as well as new versions of old standbys Spiderman, Daredevil and Electra. As a game, HeroClix is now just about two years old, and it’s seen a bunch of … Read more
I got the Frozen Throne expansion for Warcraft III (Amazon) for Christmas, and I’m finding myself happily addicted to it all over again. Not that I ever really stopped playing it. I did beat the campaign mode a few months back, but I’ve been slowly working my way through all the multiplayer maps, trying to beat … Read more
This edition of my semi-quarterly wish list includes a few non-RPG items for the first time, partly because there I’m there’s not a lot of D&D stuff out there that I’m interested in buying, but mostly because stuff like the Return of the King Soundtrack and the Two Towers Extended DVDs are must-have additions to … Read more
A few months ago I reviewed Futurama: The Game, and I was disappointed. Where Futrama the series was funny and entertaining, the game was repetitive, frustrating and boring, with none of the wit that made Futurama so damn good. It had the look, but it just didn’t have the feel. Now I’ve got The Simpsons: … Read more
The gaming world is abuzz with an online auction being held at Christies.com for a Roman twenty-sided die (d20). Check it out for yourself. The item’s described as a “Roman Glass Gaming Die” that was created around the 2nd century A.D. It’s deep blue-green in color, and has different symbols carved into each of its … Read more
I’m in the process of reviewing Wolverine’s Revenge for the Mac — so far it’s playing like a fighting game crossbreed with a traditional third-person adventure game. Unfortunately, because of its console background (it was released for PS2 and Xbox before coming to the PC and now finally the Mac) the keyboard-and-mouse combination that’s served me … Read more
I’ve been gaming for a hell of a long time. For the last few years ago, most of the stuff I’ve been doing is d20 based. There are a lot of reasons for it, the biggest being that we converted our Greyhawk campaign to D&D 3E in 2000. It’s worked well for us (none of … Read more
Just about everyone I know has one — a computer game handle they’ve been using since the dawn of time. This isn’t necessarily your online name — rather, it’s the name you use when you fire up a computer RPG for the first time, and need to name your character. Like in Zelda. Or TimeSplitters. … Read more
After a long hiatus from publication, Gamma World is back. This time around, Sword & Sorcery (the White Wolf Games imprint) has licensed the venerable science fiction setting from Wizards of the Coast, and is publishing a bunch of books for it, including a Player’s Guide, a Gamemaster’s Guide, a monster book and more. You … Read more