In the original DC Heroes RPG, characters could be Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and other iconic heroes to take on the likes of Brainiac, Lex, The Joker and Sinestro.
Routinely Itemised: RPGs #210
It’s been a strange week, and sexy goblins have swarmed us. No foolin’! Let’s take a look at the RPG headlines.
Cryptozoic Con 2020 II announced
Game company Cryptozoic, makers of Spyfest, Dark Night Metals and Rick and Morty: The Morty Zone Dice Game, had so much fun with Cryptozoic in April that they’ve decided to do another.
Batman: The Animated Series dice game ships
The partnership between SJ Games, Cryptozoic and DC Comics has left the shadows and made it to game store shelves. The dice game based on Batman: The Animated Series is now available to buy. The team of companies have been able to get this game into a range of interesting locations including some Hot Topic […]
The American legal system and the failed Kickstarter with a $111,793 ghost
Back in 2012 Geek Native covered the Kickstarter project The Doom That Came to Atlantic City. It looked good. The project funded. We’re told artists did work on the game but weren’t paid. The project was then cancelled, backers lost their money and the promised refunds never appeared. The good news first; Cryptozoic stepped in, […]
Wizards of the Coast sue Cryptozoic
Wizards of the Coast have filed a law suit against Cryptozoic in an American federal court. The Hasbro subsidiary claim that Cryptozoic’s Hex: Shards of Fate digital trading card game is a clone of Magic: The Gathering – Duels of the Planeswalkers. Wizards state that they attempted to resolve the issue before going to court […]
A look inside: Batman – Arkham City Escape board game
Is it too early to be thinking of Christmas gifts? Perhaps we should concentrate on the matter at hand – escaping Arkham City prison. The board game Batman: Arkham City Escape is a two player game, with the playing board a large area of a walled-off section of the Arkham City prison. One player acts as […]
A look inside The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey board game
This July we’ll see a new The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey board game from Cryptozoic ship to hobby stores. In fact, this may be Amazon’s page for it. Designed by Reiner Knizia the The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey game makes use of two boards, a handful of dice, 14 dwarf cards, 18 resource titles, 2 […]
Origins names nominees for the best tabletop games of 2013
The Origins Games Fair is a big one. It runs from June 12th to 16th this year in the Greater Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, Ohio, USA. It showcases board games, tabletop roleplaying games, CCGs, miniatures, LARPs and has an electronic games room this year. The Origins Awards is run by The Academy of Adventure […]
Cryptozoic’s The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey board game due early 2013
The poster above is the latest teaser for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. It features the White Council at Rivendell. That’s Gandalf, Elrond, Galadriel and Saruman. Saruman seems like a grim chap; glad he’s on our side. Cryptozoic have announced a license dealwith Warner Bros Consumer Products that allows them to produce a new board […]
