Zman Game's Earth Reborn now has it's own official website: http://earthreborn.ludically.com

Discover the Earth Reborn universe and its characters, including illustrations, miniature photos, concepts, etc. (3 out of the 12 characters are online, more will come online later).

Download the official Rule book and Background & Scenarios book.

In the "Game mechanics" blog section, Chris Boelinger, the author, will discuss the many game design innovations in Earth Reborn.

In the Scenario section, new official scenarios will be published in addition to the original 9 scenarios, including a brand new 3/4-Player Tutorial System under development for those players who wish to discover the game directly in 3/4-player mode.

Players will also be able to publish their own scenarios on the site.

Elder Sign FAQ v1.0 is now available for download on the Fantasy Flight website: Elder Sign FAQs Support Page

This document isn't just errata and answers to questions. These are significantly revised rules. There is no glossing over changes as "corrections." The document specifically states in a number of places that a rule has been changed or added. The rules are clearly written, and give the impression that over the past 4 months, a serious effort was made to re-work and re-playtest Elder Sign.

Emergence: An exciting new fantasy/sci-fi pen & paper RPG

The game of Emergence takes place on Kython, where multiple genres intermingle to create a world that is exciting, fresh, and yet strikingly familiar. Sections of Kython are nearly indistinguishable from the world in which we live. There are cars, houses, trains, cell phones, and even the Internet. This creates a comfortable starting point to begin your explorations on this foreign planet. However, within this unassuming framework exist all of the elements of science fiction and fantasy that make those genres exciting. Magic, power armor, and advanced weaponry fill the world with new possibilities around every corner.

As you venture into the world of Kython, the line quickly blurs between science fiction and fantasy. Castles, wooded fortresses, skyscrapers, and industrial complexes cover the landscape, while smartphones, cybernetics, and flying beasts are part of everyday life. The world of Kython boasts a rich diversity of settings to satisfy nearly any game style preference. Whether you prefer gunfights while blasting down the highway at 100 mph, fighting demons in a corrupted ruin, battling savage hordes to defend a village, or storming a skyscraper fortress to defeat an evil necromancer, all of these adventures and more are waiting for you. On Kython, these traditionally separate game styles come together in a way that is inspring, intuitive, and fun. The only limit is your imagination.

For more information go to

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/emergence/emergence-a-sci-fi-fantasy-roleplaying-game

Fun to 11 LLC and Alderac Entertainment Group Inc. (AEG), both publishers of fun and unique games, today announce that they have entered into a strategic partnership for Fun to 11’s new game EPIC PvP. 

EPIC PvP is a fast, fun and unique card game. The concept is simple; take a class deck and shuffle it into a race deck to get a character deck. Players use those decks and the combos created by the unique pairing to battle each other.  

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Expansion or Extinction takes 2 to 4 players into a future where Sol, after colonizing many of the closest stars, succumbed to internal pressures and died in a fiery holocaust of future weaponry. Now earth’s colonies are recovering, and beginning to exert their own dominance on the stars around them. Based on the award-winning Triumph and Tragedy game system, Expansion or Extinction expands upon this proven and highly popular game system.

HERE IT IS, folks, the opportunity of a lifetime. Fortress: Ameritrash, in conjunction with Plaid Hat Games is offering you a chance to design a card for their great SUMMONER WARS game. Yes, that's right. Your name in lights. More than that, it is your chance to do F:AT proud and show the world what we're all about- awesomeness in gaming.

See, Colby Dauch (aka screamingtruth), the game's designer, came to me and said "Barnes, I just have no idea what to do next. We've got these VANGUARDS and FALLEN KINGDOM expansion setscoming out for SUMMONER WARS and I'm drawing a blank on new mercenary cards for future sets. I'm totally out of ideas! I mean, I've got an evil swordsman made of rutabagas and a halfling that attacks with felicitous rejoinders, but I have no idea where to take this thing. Can F:AT come to my rescue?"

"Yes, Colby. We will do you proud" was my response. So now, I pass the buck on to you, F:AT. But fret not, this is a mercenary gig so there is compensation. Yes, marvelous prizes, worldwide renown, and the accolades of many beautiful women*. Even better, the best submitted unit will actually put into production as part of the SUMMONER WARS world.

Now, this is a contest so there's rules. And there are as such.

Design a mercenary unit for SUMMONER WARS. Come up with a physical description of the unit (such as "made of rutabagas") as well as the unit's attack value, life points, summon cost and special ability (such as "attacks with felicitous rejoinders"). Submit this entry along with your name and shipping address via email to Colby at Plaidhatgames.com on or before March 1st.

But Barnes, say you. I haven't played SUMMONER WARS. Well, that's a tragic mistake. But you can correct it by taking a look at the rulebook over that at Plaid Hat Games' website. It ain't hard. Besides, if you win, you get a couple of copies of the game so you can rectify your lapse in gaming judgment.

Now, the prizes.

1st Place: Your design goes into production and you get 5 copies of whatever product it appears in. You also receive 2 copies of each of the Starter Sets and 2 copies of each of the upcoming Vanguards Faction Pack and Fallen Kingdom Faction Pack.

2nd Place: 1 copy of each of the Starter Sets and 1 copy of the upcoming Vanguards Faction Pack and Fallen Kingdom Faction Pack.

3rd Place: 1 copy of each of the Starter Sets.

The future release prizes will be sent upon their release.

So there it is F:AT. Our first big contest. Do us proud. Make your mark on gaming history. Discuss at leisure below. But you're not going to get any of my ideas.

Legal crap: By submitting an entry to this contest you are granting all intellectual property and copyrights for your entry to plaidhatgames.com.

Rigaud, Québec, Canada (July 29, 2015) – F2Z Entertaiment, Canadian game publisher of the brands Filosofia, Z-Man Games and Pretzel Games, announces today the acquisition of American publisher Plaid Hat Games. The new entity, now operating under the name F2Z USA Corp., will be operating out of Dallas, Texas.

Found this out of the blue, and can't claim to know anything about the game itself but the aesthetic is mightily appealing. Some of the most fun I've had in gaming - especially with co-op games - comes from times we've done really, really badly. So the idea of making a whole game about that seems gold. 

Fallen's Designer Diary #3 wades deep into battle to see how Challenges are resolved. We'll show how the custom dice are used as well as Power cards, Fortune dice,  Ultimate abilities, and Equipment cards.

The Challenges in Fallen cover a wide range of dangers a adventurer may encounter in a dungeon such as disarming a trapped room as the walls close in, casting a spell to keep dark spirits at bay, and fighting battles with goliaths at the bottom of the dungeon.

Lead Designer Tom Green presents the third designer diary video giving an closer look at the mechanics of Challenges for both the Hero and Dungeon Lord.

Watch the epic video showing off the dungeon, adventure game Fallen. As the Hero, explore a dangerous labyrinth filled with deadly traps and cursed magic, or summon monstrous creatures as the Dungeon Lord.

With treasures, creatures, power cards, skills, story cards, omens, critical cards, and custom dice, Fallen offers endless adventure.

Ah, California: sunshine, ocean breezes, and radioactive wasteland as far as the eye can see. This desolate coastal state was once a shining jewel, but since the Great War, the region known as New California has fallen into chaos. Which is great news! Where there’s chaos, there’s loot!

Fantasy Flight Games AnnouncesRunewars

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Fantasy Flight Games announced today that they will releaseRunewars, a new game of quests, battles, andempire-building by Corey Konieczka.

"Corey has come up with the massive fantasy empire-building game that fans have been demanding," saidJeremy Stomberg of FFG. "With rich game mechanics as well as innovative 3D mountain terrain,Runewarsrepresents a big leap forward in tabletop games!"

Taking place in the world of Terrinoth (the same setting as FFG'sDescent: Journeys in the Dark andRunebound),Runewars will be released in FFG's Epic-sized box format, containing nearly 200 plasticminiatures, a large amount of terrain including 3D mountains, plus hundreds of cards and tokens.

Runewars is designed for 2-4 players, with an MSRP of $99.95, and is scheduled for release this winter.

About Fantasy Flight Games:

Roseville, Minnesota’s Fantasy Flight Games is a publisher of board, card, and role-playing games. Founded in1995 by Christian T. Petersen, Fantasy Flight has published hundreds of successful titles, includingBattlestar Galactica: The Board Game, the Lord of the Ringsseries of board games; board and card games based on H.P.Lovecraft’s Cthulhu mythos and George R. R. Martin’sA Game of Thrones, and many original board gamessuch asTwilight Imp erium, Runebound,andDescent: Journeys in the Dark.

Fantasy Flight Games (FFG) and Stronghold Games (SG) are pleased to have reached a favorable resolution regarding the publishing of a new edition of the classic “Merchant of Venus” board game.

Fantasy Flight Games is proud to announce the new edition of Drakon, a classic board game of treasure and dragonfire for two to six players!

Paris, France; Roseville MN, November 17th, 2014. Today, Asmodee – a leading international publisher and distributor – and Fantasy Flight Games – a worldwide recognized hobby games publisher – proudly announced the pending merger of the two companies. The terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Fantasy Flight Games is proud to announce that they are publishing Tigris & Euphrates, Reiner Knizia's award-winning game of rival dynasties at the dawn of human civilization.