Cavegirl Productions and X-Ray Films have spent three years interviewing artists and insiders with stories to tell from the last 40 years of Dungeons & Dragons. With a GenCon premier in mind the team turned to Kickstarter to raise finishing funds and succeeded. At the time of writing there’s 15 days still on the clock, […]
Villains and Vigilantes lawsuit settled
I hope this is good news all around. The Villains & Vigilantes lawsuit has been settled. While the specific terms (including damages) will remain private important details have been released by Monkey House Games. The long running saga sprang back into life last year when Jeff Dee and Jackk Herman of Monkey House Games launched […]
Villains and Vigilantes legal battle reignites
Back in 2013 Geek Native reported that Jeff Dee and Jack Herman of Monkey House Games had won their legal battle with Fantasy Games United over the ownership of Villains and Vigilantes. Now it seems that the battle will rage on. Villains and Vigilantes was created by Jack Herman and Jeff Dee in 1979 and […]
Villains & Vigilantes RPG creators win legal battle over game
After a 20 month legal battle, Jeff Dee and Jack Herman have regained the rights to Villains & Vigilantes the roleplaying game they created in the 70s. The tussle over the rights of the game was between Dee and Herman and Scott Bizar of Fantsay Games Unlimited. In the end Magistrate Judge Mark E. Aspey […]
The Indie+ RPG convention team in chain reaction interview
An Indie+ chain reaction interview? What is Indie+ in the first place? It’s an online gaming convention, this week, that works over Google Hangouts. What on earth is a ‘chain reaction interview’? Glad you asked. A chain reaction interview is when a whole bunch of people take part in an interview and overlap their questions […]
Interview with Cavemaster’s Jeff Dee
Jeff Dee is a game designed based in Austin and the founder of UNIgames. Dee co-wrote and illustrated Fantasy Games Unlimited’s Villains and Vigilantes which has been described as the first complete superhero roleplaying game. In this interview Jeff has kindly agreed to talk about his latest game, co-written with Talzhemir Mrr, which may also […]
A look inside the stonepunk RPG: Cavemaster
Cavemaster was a successful Kickstarter project from Jeff Dee. The game positioned itself as a “stonepunk” RPG – playing on the steampunk evolution from cyberpunk. Players could take on the roles of hunters, gathers, warriors, shaman and other stone age classes, the game would feature historitically accurate creatures alongside magic and other fantasy rules. The […]
Re-create Jeff Dee’s original Dungeons and Dragons art
Jeff Dee (and that’s a Wikipedia entry link) is a recognised RPG artist. He co-created the first superhero RPG (Villains and Vigilantes) and he worked for TSR to help illustrate a number of books for AD&D. He did covers for adventure modules and interior artwork. Wikipedia suggests he’s best known for his Deities & Demigods, […]
Pocket Universe
Game: Pocket Universe Publisher: UNIgames Series: Pocket Universe Reviewer: Wyrdmaster Review Dated: 3rd, June 2003 Reviewer’s Rating: 7/10 [ Good ] Total Score: 7 Average Score: 7.00 The advent of the PDF RPG industry has led to a healthy rush of quality lite games. By “lite game” I’m thinking of the traditional combination of […]
