N. Robin Crossby, born 18 May 1954 in London, England, passed away at a hospice in Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada on Wednesday, the 23rd of July.
Crossby was the creator of the Hârn fantasy role-playing world and the HârnMaster role-playing game.
Rest in peace.
Wikipedia entry: N. Robin Crossby
GamingReport.com Obituary
Kelestia.com (Hârn publisher)
Columbia Games (Hârn publisher)
E. Gary Gygax, born 27 July 1938 in Chicago, Illinois, passed away at his home in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin on Tuesday, the 4th of March. (Today is the day of his funeral.)
I will leave the writing of obituaries and the analysis of his cultural contributions to others for now. For the moment, Gentle Reader, I [...]
I just learned in this Dr. Rotwang article that Privateer Press will be releasing a collectible miniatures game inspired by Japanese giant monster movies: Monsterpocalypse. I do not ordinarily have any interest in collectible miniature games (preferring to know exactly what I am spending my meager earnings on), but I must confess this looks tempting. [...]
It is no longer news per se, but since I posted the news that it was down, I ought to mention that the Firefly Games site has returned.
Reminder to self: Obtain Og: Unearthed Edition and Faery’s Tale; revisit Monster Island.
GamingReport.com reports that the Firefly Games site is temporarily down. Read about it here.
Tabletop Gaming News reports that Amarillo Design Bureau is shipping out Federation Commander: Graduation. Read about it here.
Mattel announced in a press release that it has “acquired the rights from Out of the Box Publishing, Inc., to manufacture, distribute and market several games properties, including the award-winning Apples to Apples®, Snorta® and Blink®.”
Fantasy Flight Games announced that it will be producing a new version of the classic Eon game Cosmic Encounter, the last version of which was made by the new incarnation of Avalon Hill owned by Hasbro. It is expected to be published in the summer of 2008.
Cosmic Encounter is available for online play at www.cosmicencounter.com.
The [...]
With the imminent release of The Good, the Bad, and the Munchkin, there will be 18 stand-alone games and expansions in the Munchkin family of card games by Steve Jackson Games. I have three. Although I have only played Munchkin and Munchkin 2 - Unnatural Axe (Star Munchkin, to my dismay, remains unplayed), I do [...]