Jim Butler is a veteran of the RPG industry. He has a string of credits to his name under the TSR flag, some with Wizards of the Coast and then founded Bastion Press with the release of the d20 system and OGL. He’s worked on Dragonlance, Forgotten Realms, Dark Sun and Alternity. GameWyrd’s questions appear […]
RPG News: Pick a Prize | Echoes #12
GameWyrd News Pick a Prize Feedback Competition Your Forsaken Name Evil Eye, Treasure Hunt and Approval Winners Pick a Prize Feedback Competition Oh yeah, look around. This whole Echoes from the Wyrd is in the new GameWyrd 2 format. Do you like it? Hate it? Don’t care? This Echo isn’t the first occurrence of GW2 […]
Echoes from the Wyrd #12
This is the Twelfth Echoes from the Wyrd and also the first. This is the first of our irregular newsletter-cum-ezine to appear in GameWyrd’s new look layout. Do you like the layout? There are prizes to be won for feedback. There’s an historic feel to our Roleplaying Previews this month. We’ve two samples from the […]
RPG News: 2003 Ennies | Echoes #11
These stories have been rounded up from all over the internet but many of them come from GamingReport which, as a partner site, remains GameWyrd’s number one choice for industry news. Direct quotes from GamingReport appear in blue text. Topics Topps buy WizKids Activision sues over StarTrek Warcraft Board Game D&D Board Game CyberPunk D20 […]
RPG News: Warcraft Board Game | Echoes #11
These stories have been rounded up from all over the internet but many of them come from GamingReport which, as a partner site, remains GameWyrd’s number one choice for industry news. Direct quotes from GamingReport appear in blue text. Topics Topps buy WizKids Activision sues over StarTrek Warcraft Board Game D&D Board Game CyberPunk D20 […]
RPG News: Topps buy Wizkids | Echoes #11
These stories have been rounded up from all over the internet but many of them come from GamingReport which, as a partner site, remains GameWyrd’s number one choice for industry news. Direct quotes from GamingReport appear in blue text. Topics Topps buy WizKids Activision sues over StarTrek Warcraft Board Game D&D Board Game CyberPunk D20 […]
RPG Previews: Blood and Guts | Echoes #11
Character Customization Pirates! (with Spellbound bonus) Agents of Faith The Complete Guide to Beholders Dark Lore Blood and Guts Blood and Guts New Classes Let’s start with one of the new Prestige Classes from Blood and Guts. There are seventeen new Prestige Classes covering special ops characters, and this is one of my favorites. The […]
RPG Previews: Dark Lore | Echoes #11
Character Customization Pirates! (with Spellbound bonus) Agents of Faith The Complete Guide to Beholders Dark Lore Blood and Guts Dark Lore An 19-paged, Dark Lore preview can be downloaded at the end of this page. The following text and illustrations are just a sample. Krynas – a stricken world The world of Krynas is a […]
RPG Previews: The Complete Guide to Beholders | Echoes #11
Character Customization Pirates! (with Spellbound bonus) Agents of Faith The Complete Guide to Beholders Dark Lore Blood and Guts The Complete Guide to Beholders An 13-paged, Complete Guide to Beholders preview can be downloaded at the end of this page. The following text and illustrations are just a sample. Beholders as Player Characters Beholders are […]
RPG Previews: Agents of Faith | Echoes #11
Character Customization Pirates! (with Spellbound bonus) Agents of Faith The Complete Guide to Beholders Dark Lore Blood and Guts Agents of Faith The Faithful The faithful characters and creatures of any setting can be classified as Worshippers, Initiates, Chosen, Anointed, and High Priests. The cleric, druid, and paladin classes have traditionally assumed the religious leadership […]