Gen Con 50 coverage 14: Gaming Paper with Erik Bauer

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Aug 232017
 

I caught up with Erik Bauer of Gaming Paper at Gen Con  50.  We talked about paper and the the future of Mega dungeon and the potential for Starfinder.

Any one else looking forward to the vinyl mats?

Star Realms Kickstarter Going Bonkers!

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Jul 162017
 

About a week ago I received the following email.

 

We are thrilled to announce the first Star Realms Kickstarter since we first launched Star Realms and White Wizard Games in 2013. Many of our fans missed the first Kickstarter, and so we decided to bring Star Realms back to Kickstarter with 9 new expansions!

This Kickstarter features NINE all-new Star Realms Expansions:

  • Frontiers is a deckbuilding game for 1-4 players, that is both a standalone game and fully compatible with Star Realms Deckbuilding Game and all of its expansions!
  • Stellar Allies is a 12-card Kickstarter exclusive multi-faction expansion pack!
  • The Alignment, The Alliance, The Coalition, The Pact, The Union, and The Unity are 17-card Command Decks that allow you to play as a legendary commander in the Star Realms universe!
  • The Lost Fleet is a Kickstarter exclusive* Command Deck!

Visit the live Kickstarter page here and back now!


We truly appreciate your support! We created this Day 1 Backer avatar for anyone that backs us today to let everyone on Kickstarter know that you are one of our biggest fans! You can add this to your Kickstarter profile and post it on your social media to let people know you are as excited about Star Realms Frontiers and our new Command Decks as we are!  Please share the Kickstarter link on social media to help us spread the word! It really does make a difference!

Play as a Legendary Commander with the new Command Decks, and take your Star Realms game to a new level! 

I haven’t been able to check it out until now.  If you are a fan of Star Realms get on board now! It’s already funded and still going- this project has already left our solar system hitting nearly 400K of 100K!

SHADOWS OF ESTEREN ANNOUNCES FIRST GRAPHIC NOVEL

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Nov 162016
 

9959da00-71a7-4f67-b3a1-a0e20db22ea0SHADOWS OF ESTEREN ANNOUNCES FIRST GRAPHIC NOVEL
PARIS, FRANCE (November 15, 2016) – With 2 days left to go in the successful Kickstarter campaign, Agate RPG is thrilled to announce the first graphic novel based on the award-winning Gothic horror RPG Shadows of Esteren has been unlocked for backers and offers a first look of the book with the attached preview pages. The graphic novel, Yldiane, will serve as an introduction to the forthcoming Shadows of Esteren video game, The Mac Lyrs’ Legacy.

The graphic novel, written by Emmanuel Roudier and Shadows of Esteren creative director Nelyhann, with illustrations by Roudier, will follow will follow Yldiane returning home to Melwan to find her world has changed and reflects events depicted in the 3 scenario from SOE: Book 0 Prologue.
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Gen Con 2016 Coverage 9: AAW Games Jonathan Nelson

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Aug 102016
 

At Gen Con I finally had the chance to meet with Jonathan Nelson of AAW.  We chatted about Snow White – not the Disney version. One amazing thing I learned about this product is it has rules for love.  How sweet is that.

I look froward to reviewing this book soon.

Gen Con 2016 Coverage 7: CMoN W/ Bryan Steele and Dave Taylor

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Aug 102016
 

In this interview with Bryan Steele and Dave Taylor and we talk about Dark Age And Wrath of Kings.  We spend a good bit of time talking about the tournament system.

Check back soon to see the Gen Con album or hit my Facebook page later today.

Gen Con 2016 Coverage 1: Blood and Plunder

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Aug 082016
 

At Gen Con I hooked up with Firelock Games to chat about Blood and Plunder.  Blood and Plunder is a historical game set during the height of pirates plundering the coastline. All I have to say is beautiful models plus boarding rules has to make for a good time.

There frigates are amazing.

Today I Start My Countdown to Gen Con 2016

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Jul 262016
 

“What’s that noise?”

All the warriors lifted there ear.

Run! Cried the Commander, “Gen Con is upon us!”

“Shall we crack open the Kegs Sir?” One Shouted with great Cheer.

“No, not until the die has been rolled,” he belched.

A cloud of dust rose over the land as they rushed to Indianapolis for great games and companionship.

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Box Breaking 172 Spurs

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Oct 202015
 

Matt takes his first look at Spurs from Mr B Games.  Sean is a fan of the RPG Boothill so I think I know where this is going. It’s a western where players assume the role of a character and mine for gold, but there are all kinds of factors like gunfights that are going to be exposed.

I can’t wait to play this game.  This will be up soon.

Words With Duncan Molloy from Osprey @ Gen Con 2015

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Aug 082015
 

Duncan Molloy is the lead game designer for Osprey Publishing.  I caught him at Origins to talk about some of their newest games.  They Come Unseen has a really cool history.

I’m really looking forward to They Come unseen.  I’m a big fan of hidden movement games, it creates some suspense.

New Target-Exclusive Munchkin Release

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Jul 212015
 

Steve Jackson Games Pulls Back The Curtain On New Target-Exclusive Munchkin Release

Munchkin OzAUSTIN, Texas (July 20, 2015) – Steve Jackson Games is proud to announce that we’ll be travelling to the Land of Oz with a brand new Munchkin game: Munchkin Oz! Based on L. Frank Baum’s classic children’s books, Munchkin Oz blends the stories’ whimsical characters and places with Munchkin’s own brand of zany backstabbing. Munchkin Oz has started appearing on shelves at some Target locations and will be available throughout the country and on target.com in early August 2015. This is the second such exclusive release in partnership with Target, after Munchkin Legends (in Target in 2013, released widely in 2014).

Fans who follow the Yellow Brick Road to Target and purchase Munchkin Oz will want to look for Steve Jackson Games at conventions and keep a close eye on Warehouse 23 (warehouse23.com), where they’ll find silver shoes special promotional cards and other goodies from August through December!

“It has been a lot of fun to revisit those classic stories that have delighted children (and adults!) for over a century,” said Andrew Hackard, Munchkin Line Editor. “In developing the game, we went back to our own roots to allow the players to be Professors, Royalty, Soldiers, or (of course!) Wizards. We can’t wait for our fans to adventure alongside Dorothy, the Scarecrow, and all of Baum’s classic heroes.”

About Steve Jackson Games

Steve Jackson Games, based in Austin, Texas, has been publishing games, game books, and magazines since 1980. Its best-selling game is Munchkin, with nearly 7 million copies of the games and supplements in print worldwide. Other top sellers are GURPS (the Generic Universal RolePlaying System), Zombie Dice, and Illuminati. Past hits have included Car Wars and Toon. Steve’s very first game, Ogre, originally released in 1977, drew almost a million dollars’ worth of Kickstarter support in 2012 for a super-deluxe edition, which was released in late 2013.