Posted on February 22, 2008 by Jeffrey Dieterle
Talisman fans rejoice! Fantasy Flight Games announced today that it has secured exclusive rights to publish board, card, and role playing games based on Games Workshop properties, including such popular items as Talisman and the new Dark Heresy RPG. While the deal does not cover games that rely heavily on miniatures, such as Space Hulk, Fantasy Flight will be [...]
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Posted on February 19, 2008 by Yehuda
Magic the Gathering is coming to XBox, through an agreement with Stainless Steel games and Mind Control Software. Other products for the PC and Mac are also coming.
Magic is already online at Magic Online. I’m not entirely sure if the new XBox version will integrate with the current online version. (I asked. Answer from Wizards: [...]
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Posted on February 19, 2008 by Jeffrey Dieterle
Gen Con LLC, the company behind the popular Gen Con Indy convention, filed for bankruptcy on Friday. According to the press release distributed by the company, the bankruptcy will not affect any of Gen Con’s currently scheduled events. The press release is not specific, noting only that the bankruptcy is related to “attempts [...]
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Posted on February 16, 2008 by Yehuda
Shadowmoor, the next block in Magic’s never-ending stream of card blocks, is due out in May. The second set in the block will be called Eventide and is due out in July.
(hat tip, source)
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Posted on February 15, 2008 by Jeffrey Dieterle
TwinCities.com has a feature on the Con of the North, a local gaming convention, and the article offers a nice introduction to modern gaming. There’s not much in there that’s news to a geek, but it’s always nice to see a well-researched introduction to the hobby in the mainstream media. The author, Alex [...]
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Posted on February 12, 2008 by Yehuda
Okay. So the robber was 10 years old and the gun was a foam-pellet gun. Still, the 10 year-old was suspended and may end up being expelled.
(source)
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