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Warehouse 23 News: Who Cooked The Books?
Be the first on the Fraud Squad to gather enough evidence to take down a financials fudging corporation.
Friday night, the results of the Origins Awards were announced, and Steve Jackson Games was among the big winners!
Munchkin 2 - Unnatural Axe won for Best Card Game Supplement, and Star Munchkin won for Best Traditional Card Game. With the prior victories of the Munchkin's Guide to Power Gaming and the Munchkin card game itself, this means the Munchkin franchise has gone 4 for 4 in Origins Award voting. We're also thrilled that Chez Greek won for Best Graphic Design of a Card Game or Supplement. Thanks to the Academy and to all who voted!
Additionally, our good friend John Kovalic was inducted into the Origins Hall of Fame for his contributions to our industry -- definitely a well-deserved honor. Congratulations, John!
Warehouse 23 News: What Lurks In The Wild Places
Lord of the Rings: Fell Beasts and Wondrous Magic draws back the curtain on both sides of the battle, revealing full descriptions and game statistics for the greatest terrors of the land and the magical tools with which heroes can battle them.
This evening at Origins, William Toporek will be running his GURPS "Iron GM" competition. Each GM gets three random books, six players, and one hour to create characters and adventures that use material from all three books. As much fun to watch as it is to play - if you are at Origins be in the Steve Jackson Games room (C123) at 7:00 P.M.
If you need something to do until seven, and you are very nice to the MIB in the Steve Jackson Games room (bribes help), they might show you the soon-to-be-released Munchkin Fu.
-- Giles Schildt
Warehouse 23 News: Blasphemous Tales Of The Followers
The Disciples of Cthulhu II is thirteen original stories which record the dire fates of people whose destinies intertwine with the Mythos.
June 27, 2003: Illuminated Site of the Week: Would We Lie To You?
Someone offers you the chance to supposedly score big by helping some refugee from a failing government secret away millions of dollars . . . if you'll just give them a little seed money to get things rolling. If you haven't been spammed with a money scam like this, chances are you don't own a computer.
The good folks at Scam o Rama don't think kindly of these on-line cheats, but that doesn't mean they don't know how to mine the so-called Lads from Lagos for a good time. The worst of them are posted and held up for ridicule. Don't forget to check out their FAQ.
-- Suggested by Roderick Robertson
Warehouse 23 News: Life, Love, And The World At Its Fallible Best
Before Dork Tower, John Kovalic drew a strip called Wild Life which has run in newspapers across North America.
Tomorrow afternoon I head off for Origins . . . to wake up bright and early Friday and run the Pirate Game. If you missed the message about that a couple of days ago, read back until you find it . . . Like every GM since the dawn of time, I'm working on my scenario the night before the convention. The rules keep getting shorter; this is good.
I forgot to mention "Frag Evil Stevie." This is a Frag game I'll run Saturday. It will involve a lot of players at once, all trying to kill . . . ME. But I get a better gun, and I shoot back. In fact, I shoot back FIRST. We're going to be using the 3-D board that Phil Reed built.
And we did get copies of all the Strange Synergy components as they went out the door to the printers, so I'll be showing it off in the SJ Games room. See you there.
Warehouse 23 News: Roman Apes And Jungle Cats
The Panthera Tribe and Simian Empire figures from the Hundred Kingdoms line of wargame miniatures also make great figures for anthropomorphic roleplaying games.
The tallest structure in the Combine arsenal is the Laser Tower. Looming over the battlefield, it's a terror against cruise missiles in the air, and has an unmatched range for tagging enemy armor on the ground.
The biggest problem with this sky-scraping weapon is actually finding one. Well, now you can, through Warehouse 23!
For complete rules and strategy advice, as well as more buildings, visit the Combine Structures Page.
Warehouse 23 News: The Adventures Of A (Young) Lifetime
Welcome to the magical world of SnapDragons, John Kovalic and Liz Rathke's fresh new comic about five kids, one cat, some games and the power of imagination.
![[Quick little Ogre, isn't he?]](http://www.sjgames.com/miniatures/img/Nin1_md.sm.jpg)
We were able to get a single snapshot of the upcoming Ogre Ninja.
This false-color image unfortunately shows only a part of the Ogre, but it was escorting a band of black-clad infantry loaded down with take-out meals.
Warehouse 23 News: Games With A Historical Touch
Queen's Necklace is a game of gem-selling, influence, and intrigue at the French Royal Court. Mystery of the Abbey is a new kind of "whodunit" game of deduction and intuition, set in a medieval abbey.
My big event at Origins this year is a session of Evil Stevie's Pirate Game. For those who have not heard of this: it's a "naval miniatures" game in which the miniatures are Lego ships, from less than a foot long to BIG. It's cinematic rather than realistic, and heavy on the roleplaying. In other words, it's an excuse for adults (note: I did NOT say "grownups") to get down on the floor and play with Lego while yelling "Arrrr!" a lot.
The link above will take you to an online rules set, but I haven't updated those rules pages in a while. The version you'll find online is considerably more complex than the rules we'll be using, for two reasons. In the first place, I learn a bit more every time I run the game. And in the second place, Origins took the planned eight-hour slot and cut it into four two-hour game sessions . . . with separate ticket sales for each one. So you're going to have to learn the rules FAST, and I'm going to have to keep the game moving FAST.
To that end, I've gone really cinematic. For instance, no longer will you have to return to port to buy a new ship when you get enough gold. For this game, once you get enough glory, you'll "level up" instantly, right there in the middle of the ocean. Think video game . . .
So, if this sounds like fun, come play. A few things to know:
- Each session will start with 30 pirates, all commanding one-gun cutters. I'm taking a total of 45 ships; the biggest two have four guns. We'll see if anyone can work up to that level in two hours.
- Rules will be taught right there on the spot, and you'll start off as part of a fleet, so nobody will be completely on their own, even if they have never played before.
- Anyone who shows up in costume will get some extra crewmen. A really great costume will even be worth some glory right at the start!
- Sinking the foe will, of course, be worth glory. But helping your allies . . . not just in character, but helping them with rules and movement . . . will also be good for glory points.
- There will be small prizes for each session, and a BIG prize . . . a new-in-sealed-box "Armada Flagship," which currently e-Bays for over $50 . . . for the most effective and fearsome captain of the whole day.
- If you're a real Lego nut, I will welcome help setting up Friday morning (we're in Franklin C/D, and setup starts at 9) and breaking down at the end of the day. And helping me set up might give in-game benefits too. Fnord.
-- Steve Jackson
Warehouse 23 News: Liberty. Justice. Security. Peace.
Silver Age Sentinels Tri-Stat places the themes and ideals of the Silver Age of comics in a modern context and supports the entire range of superhuman power levels in your adventures - from street vigilantes to spandex-clad heroes to galactic entities.
This week, from Thursday through Sunday, a great many game fans will be at Origins in Columbus, Ohio. SJ Games will be there with lots of events run by the Men In Black; we have our own room again this year. William Toporek and Ross Jepson from our staff will be on hand. And as usual, those of you wishing to buy our Stuff will be able to get it at the Adventure Retail booth.
And I'll be there as a Guest of Honor; I will be doing some talks and showing off some especially cool Stuff that's brand new, and a few things that are still in development. I'll also be wandering around the dealer area, hanging out in the SJ Games room (here's your chance to whack me at Munchkin . . . if you can), making an occasional appearance at Adventure Retail to annoy Jerry and Company, and generally Being Around. Come say hi?
And all day Friday I'll be running the Pirate Game. More on this tomorrow.
-- Steve Jackson
Warehouse 23 News: Magic Extraordinaire
The Arcana series from Green Ronin provides d20 System resources for every spellcaster.
June 21, 2003: Illuminated Site of the Week: Homeland Improvement
If you're asking what you can do for your country, Bruce Simpson's Daily Aardvark has begun a little DIY project: The Low-Cost Cruise Missile.
-- Suggested by Henry Cobb
Lethargic Lad #1 reprints over 100 of the website comics.
When we were talking about this in Pyramid chat, Ken Burnside said "That sounds like the briefing in a 'Ken Hite Runs Transhuman Space' game." I couldn't have put it better myself, which is why I'm quoting him.
So stop what you're doing and check out the current Onion article, entitled "By Now, The Uzbekistanis Have Discovered The Disappearance Of Their Orbital Platform."
-- Steve Jackson
The Counter Storage Tray holds about 1,000 half-inch counters, or about 175 gaming stones, and stacks for easy storage.
Good Things About Working At A Game Company, #23 in a series:
Yesterday, we had Dice Day. We order dice many thousands at a time, and a big order came in from Chessex . . . a dozen different colors, some with pretty speckles or metallic pips. So we opened up the box and gave our staff first dibs.
Free dice! Who could ask for anything more?
Shadowrun: Dragons of the Sixth World gets under the scales of the world's most dangerous and manipulative reptiles, providing details on the life cycle, biology, magic, and culture of dragons, and investigating their servants, allies, and pawns.
Because I get mail like this:
"I had a Cleric in AD&D years ago. I loved him. He ended up dying in a Car Wars adventure. That's kinda your fault, too."
Sometimes life is very good . . .
-- Steve Jackson
Warehouse 23 News: You Have The Power
The Champions: UNTIL Superpowers Database lets a player or GM create a Champions character as quickly and easily as possible by providing thousands of sample superpowers.
Here's one more product Steve Jackson Games is announcing for a September 2003 release:
Dork Tower Miniatures
The Dork Tower gang as you've never seen them before -- in 3D!
John Kovalic's great characters are now 28mm metal miniatures. The stars of the wildly popular Dork Tower comic book are brought to life by legendary sculptor Tom Meier. They're dressed up in their best adventuring gear, and ready to tackle any challenge, even the dread Turbonium Dragon! (Dragon not included . . .)
In the Dork Tower Miniatures set you get Ken as a cleric, Matt as an archer, Kayleigh as a knight, Igor as an armored Munchkin . . . er, warrior, Gilly as a seductive sorceress, and Carson as a hairy-footed rogue.
One look, and you'll know what Igor means when he says, "It must be mine!"
Boxed set of six 28mm miniatures.
Stock #14-0102,
ISBN 1-55634-715-4.
$24.95.
Warehouse 23 News: Customizable GM Screen
The MasterScreen Quad features eight customizable sleeves (four for the GM, and four for the players).
It had to happen. Here's the Nebuchadnezzar in Lego . . . complete with original crew.
-- Steve Jackson
The Races of Renown series from Green Ronin focuses on d20 System character options and customization.
Steve Jackson Games is pleased to announce the following products for release in September, 2003:
Illuminati Y2K
(Reprint)
Back in print at last! This is the set that brought Illuminati into the new millennium. Illuminati Y2K adds 109 more gorgeous full-color cards, bringing the global conspiracies in synch with the times. And aren't we glad that civilization didn't really collapse? Or did it?
This expansion set includes 26 new Specials, 76 new groups, 5 blanks to let you create your own groups – and two Illuminati, Shangri-La and the Church of the SubGenius! Party like it's 1999 with Illuminati Y2K!
109 cards.
Stock #1325,
ISBN 1-55634.
$14.95.
Target: Iraq
How did the U.S. take Saddam down? Could we have done it sooner? And what could have gone wrong?
The "new" Iraq conflict wasn't new. It started in 1990, and "slow war" continued, in the skies over Iraq and in the U.N., for 12 years.
Target: Iraq explores both the "slow war" and "fast war" against Iraq. A political game covers the 12 years of Saddam's recovery and buildup after the first Gulf War. It sets the stage for the coalition attack in April, played out as a fast-moving wargame.
Target: Iraq was created by Austin Bay. His Arabian Nightmare, a simulation of the first Gulf War published by 3W in 1990 and updated in 1991, is still used as a war-college training tool.
With full-color map, die-cut full-color counters, and detailed rules, Target: Iraq is a classic military simulation game taken straight from today's headlines.
Boxed game with full-color map and full-color die-cut counters.
Stock #1900,
ISBN 1-55634-711-1.
$24.95.
GURPS Traveller: Starships
From launches to liners, from patrol boats to pirates, a starfaring
campaign requires ships. GURPS Traveller: Starships details
the "View from the Deck" . . . the experience of being aboard a starship.
Passengers and pursers, bridge crews and black gang, owners and deckhands .
. . they're all here. Charters and salvage operations are included, spiced
up with encounters, adventure seeds and a cast of NPC owners, masters and
crew.
Starships also features a much more detailed version of the starship design rules in GURPS Traveller (including
components for TL7-9, TL11, and TL13 designs). It collects all
previously published components in one volume and offers new accessories
and design options, as well as descriptions of the technology.
It also includes complete designs for a selection of starships and smaller vessels -- the traders, lab
ships, yachts and prospectors likely to be crewed by PCs. Each ship has its
own detailed writeup and deck plans. These include:
- Seeker (Suleiman II class)
- Yacht (Lady of Shalott class)
- Safari Ship (Animal class)
- Old/Low-tech Trader (Birdsong class -- new)
- Lab Ship (Kugashin class)
- SDB and Jump Shuttle (Dragon class)
144 pages.
Stock #6613,
ISBN 1-55634-475-9.
$24.95.
Transhuman Space: Under Pressure
As humanity reaches to the planets, a last frontier remains on Earth . . . the oceans. Governments, corporations, political idealists, and outlaws are staking their claims in this realm. There are oceans on other worlds too: Europa, Mars, Titan -- all unique and full of possibilities.
Transhuman Space: Under Pressure describes the oceans of the 22nd century, from the teeming seas of Earth to the icy ocean of Europa. Ocean arcologies . . . mining operations and terrorist foes . . . adventure and intrigue in an environment far more hostile than mere space.
This book also includes new character templates -- including new parahumans, bioroids, cybershells, and uplifted animals designed for aquatic existence -- and modular design rules for aquatic vehicles, compatible with the system in Transhuman Space: In The Well.
160 pages.
Stock #6709,
ISBN 1-55634-678-6.
$26.95.
Transhuman Space Miniatures
It's the year 2100. Humans have colonized the solar system. China and America struggle for control of Mars. The Royal Navy patrols the asteroid belt. Nanotechnology has transformed life on Earth forever, and gene-enhanced humans share the world with artificial intelligences and robotic cybershells. Our solar system has become a setting as exciting and alien as any interstellar empire. Transhuman Space is cutting-edge science fiction adventure that begins where cyberpunk ends.
And now, Richard Kerr has created the first set of miniatures for this exciting roleplaying line! Transhuman Space Miniatures has six gorgeous figures, including Felicia, Tennin, and Aquamorph parahumans, an uplifted Post-Canine, and more. They're perfect for Transhuman Space gaming, of course, but the figures also go with other science-fiction, superhero, and modern-day games.
Add the third dimension to Transhuman Space – with Transhuman Space Miniatures.
6 miniatures in video box packaging.
Stock #13-0300,
ISBN 1-55634-701-4.
$24.95.
Warehouse 23 News: Fantastic Divergence
Broncosaurus Rex: Dinosaurs That Never Were presents background and d20 System stats for 50 dinosaurs that could have evolved on Earth - but didn't.
June 14, 2003: Sonic And Mario, Super Geniuses
How sophisticated have video game consoles become? Researchers have linked 70 or so Playstation 2s in series and created a supercomputer.
No, really. Check out the CNet story for the details.
-- Scott Haring
Warehouse 23 News: Make Your Own Cards
Now it's easy to customize Nanofictionary! All you need is a pack of Nanofictionary: NanoBlanks, a permanent marker, and a little bit of imagination!
June 13, 2003: Illuminated Site of the Week: It's Apostasy In The Lead With Satanism Bringing Up The Rear
Ladies and gentlemen, place your bets. We're headed for the end-times, and there's a rapture roundup at Rapture Ready. Their Rapture Index tracks antichrists, famine, droughts, plagues, the crime rate, Kings of the East, and more, all in an effort to give mankind a heads-up where it stands in the rapidly-winding-down scheme of things.
-- Andy
Warehouse 23 News: Monsters And Characters
Penumbra: Uncommon Character is a d20 System sourcebook of ready-to-use characters. Marrow dragons and more than 200 other original monsters make up the Penumbra: Fantasy Bestiary.
June 12, 2003: Munchkin - With Built-In Munchies
Kublacon had a Munchkin d20 game with neat home-made miniatures - miniatures which are just begging for a house rule about eating vanquished enemy troops. Rory Toma was nice enough to send us pictures.
If you do something interesting at a convention, you too can send us pictures. If you would like us to do Something Interestingtm at a game-related convention, please ask the convention organizers to make a request. (We take requests for game store events too.)
Warehouse 23 News: A Place To Showcase New Talent
The Rifter #22 is packed with exciting material for Palladium Fantasy RPG, Heroes Unlimited, Nightbane, and Rifts.
School's out, and if the whiny kids at your house are whining about having nothing to do like they are at my house, you might want to consider one of these fine Steve Jackson Games products, on their way to distributors and soon to be on game store shelves everywhere:
GURPS WWII: Weird War II
You think you know about World War II – but here are the stories they kept out of the history books. Nazi mystic archmages, SS super"human" troops, secret Antarctic bases, "foo fighters" – and that's just what the Axis was up to! Now your characters can fight the Nazis on the battlegrounds of magic and super-science. Race for the Ark of the Covenant, steal Nazi flying saucer plans, and fight the Werewolves in this unique supplement to the GURPS WWII system, edited and co-written by the master of historical weirdness, Ken "Suppressed Transmission" Hite.
144 pages.
Stock #8019,
ISBN 1-55634-661-1.
$24.95.
GURPS Blue Planet
Prepare for a compelling journey into humanity's future on a distant planet where life is hard and dying is easy. A world where GEO Marshals enforce the peace and wired mercs patrol deep waters in deadly fighter subs. A place where corporate greed and human desperation ravage an alien ecology, threatening to plunge humanity into a war of survival with an ancient legacy.
Welcome to the world of Blue Planet.
Blue Planet was a groundbreaking, critically acclaimed RPG when it was first released, and it is still a thought-provoking science-fiction classic today. Now, Blue Planet comes to GURPS! Jon Zeigler (GURPS Traveller Line Editor) and William Stoddard (GURPS Steampunk, Steam-Tech, and Low-Tech) combine on this faithful adaptation of one of the most original roleplaying worlds of the last few years to one of the strongest systems ever.
144 pages.
Stock #6721,
ISBN 1-55634-588-7.
$24.95.
Chez Geek 2/e
(Reprint)
Beer. Nookie. Roommates. Just another Friday night at Chez Geek, the fun new card game that lets you set up house with your friends -- for as long as you can stand them. Get a job at the beginning of the game, and spend money and time to accumulate Slack points. You can have a party, hang out with friends, dodge losers, and play with the cats. Borrow from your roomies so you can have snacks while you watch TV. What other game gives you points for sleeping? Just look out for the car alarm. Drink, party, and sleep late as you pursue Slack points to win the game.
Just remember, when your roommate and his S.O. keep you up all night: You can't throw them out. They live here.
110 cards in a tuck box.
Stock #1329,
ISBN 1-55634.
$16.95.
Chez Geek 3 - Block Party
(Reprint)
Chez Geek is back! This new supplement - illustrated, of course, by John Kovalic - has 53 new cards (and three of those blanks you've been asking for). More people, more crummy jobs, more pets, more food, weed, and nookie!
Special bonus: The box is oversized, to hold ALL your Chez Geek cards. The outside of the box shows the Chez Geek apartment building . . . take the lid off, and the inner box shows what's happening INSIDE . . .
56 cards in "apartment" box.
Stock #1336,
ISBN 1-55634-562-3.
$16.95.
GURPS Fantasy Bestiary
(Reprint)
Long out of print, GURPS Fantasy Bestiary is back by popular demand! This extensively researched book, based on authentic folklore and legends from all over the world, is a perfect resource for the GM of any fantasy campaign. It includes more than 250 fantasy animals and plants -- everything from interesting nuisances to terrible foes.
GURPS Fantasy Bestiary also has a special chapter on Dragons, a complete list of spells used by the magical creatures in the book, and many more details every fantasy roleplayer will love!
128 pages.
Stock #6504,
ISBN 1-55634-184-9.
$22.95.
Warehouse 23 News: Have You Had Your Break Today?
Break Today is the Mak Attax sourcebook for Unknown Armies. Upsize your soul and dance out the doorway of one of the luminous clown's thousands of mystically aligned restaurants and into a bold new future of magickal enlightenment.
June 10, 2003: Delayed Products: A Status Report
Over the last couple of years, we have announced entirely too many items that then dropped off the schedule. Here's a status report and explanation on them all.
Note that none of these products is currently on the announced schedule. The ones in the first list, "Still On The Way," are actively moving forward, but not necessarily moving very fast. The others are moving slowly or not at all.
Still On the Way
1901 One Page Bulge
1902 Raid on Iran
These two wargames were shelved because of print buying problems. The problems are being solved for Target: Iraq, so we'll reannounce these games before too much longer.
2120 Cardboard Heroes Modern Characters
Some of the colored art was lost to computer problems . . . which should not have been as much of a problem as it was, but this came during a time when we had lots of art-direction difficulties. This product was simply ignored for many months. It is no longer being ignored, and we hope to announce it soon.
2150 Cardboard Heroes Castles: Walls and Towers
2151 Cardboard Heroes Castles - The Keep
Moving forward quickly. Any day now we'll get another test shot from the die-cutters, and this one might be the one where we say "Go!". Feedback on our samples at GAMA was very good. We know we have the potential for a hugely cool line here, but only if the first release is as near perfect as we can get it.
40-3005 Car Wars Vehicle Design System
We put the whole Car Wars line on hold for as long as it took to get this vital part of the 5th Edition system exactly right. Scott Haring is working on the project now. It will happen.
40-3001 Car Wars: Road Wolves
40-3002 Car Wars: Fortress Town
40-3003 Car Wars: Dueltrack
40-3004 Car Wars: Interceptor
40-3006 Chassis & Crossbow
Once the Vehicle Design System is under control, we'll revisit the other announced Car Wars books. Our current thinking is that all the ideas are still good, but we'll give people some time to look at the Vehicle Design System first.
6419 GURPS Dark Places
This was Phil Reed's baby, and we occupied his time with other things. So the Dark Places book languished. A new author is now working with his notes; this book will appear.
6719 GURPS Vorkosigan
The manuscript is complete; the pages are laid out. What is lacking is art. The art on this book is very important to both us and to the author of the novels, Lois McMaster Bujold, because it will represent "official" images of the characters . . . and it has not gone well. After the first artist had passed his deadline to turn in all art, he told us he didn't want to do the project at all. The second artist had to drop out due to medical problems. Can you hear our art director tearing his hair?
It's a wonderful book, and when we get wonderful art to go with it, we'll release it.
Indefinitely Delayed but Definitely NOT Dead
These products are now off the schedule, but some work is being done on them.
6091 GURPS India
The manuscript we received was not satisfactory. We'll eventually do this book, but right now we don't have an author. We're looking for one.
3203 Ogrethulhu
3205 Ogre Scenario Book 2
7204 Ogre Miniatures Second Edition
Further Ogre support will have to wait for some free spaces in Steve's schedule, but he's not going to abandon the very first game he ever did . . . So these will happen, but who knows when?
Indefinitely Delayed and Probably Dead
That is, we're not ready to bury them, but they are off the schedule and no work is being done on them.
1328 Tabloids
As playtesting wound down, we discovered that a very similar concept had been used in a similarly-themed mass market game several years ago. Steve would like to rethink and revive it, but has his hands full with other projects right now.
10-2108 Ogre Miniatures: Combine Set 8
10-2208 Ogre Miniatures: Paneuropean Set 8
10-2113 Ogre Miniatures: Combine Set 13
As previously announced, all new Ogre Miniatures box sets are on hold.
6625 Best of JTAS
It currently appears that demand for this book doesn't justify a minimum print run.
6626 GURPS Traveller: Starship Forms
This will appear in SOME form when "Starships" comes out.
Definitely Dead
6544 GURPS Assassins
This product will never appear . . . but the subject matter and much of the content was rolled into the upcoming GURPS Covert Ops.
6881 GURPS Traveller: Heroes 2 - Fighter Jocks
The first "Traveller Heroes" character book, to our disappointment, didn't sell well, so we canceled the series.
Warehouse 23 News: Your Survival Guide To The Dragon Empire
The Dragonstar: Player's Companion is an indispensable compendium of new classes, feats, spells, spellware, psionics rules, and more for the Dragonstar campaign setting.
There are no little guys in Roman helmets involved, and there's no telescope that can blow us up (we think!), but we do have this lovely picture and story about seeing the Earth and moon (as well as Jupiter and three of its moons) from Mars orbit. Venus, alas, is not visible . . . but we can fix that . . .
-- Andrew Hackard, Managing Editor
Warehouse 23 News: Epic Fantasy In An Age Of Shadow
Midnight is an exciting new campaign setting designed for the d20 System, where evil rules and darkness has fallen across the land.
is no more. Sigh, sniff. We'll miss them. Though the archives remain, along with links to their new projects.
Thanks, guys, for some good times!
-- Steve Jackson
June 7, 2003: HeroQuest Limited Edition Hardcover
Warehouse 23 will be the exclusive source of the limited edition hardcover of Issaries' new HeroQuest roleplaying game.
The HeroQuest Limited Edition Hardcover will include the same content as the regular softcover version, but with a custom binding, exclusive blessing, and extra features including:
- glossy, heavy-weight paper
- bound-in satin bookmark
- Greg Stafford's signature
- customer-selected rune printed on the front cover
This special edition is priced at $100, and will only be printed to preorder. Preorders will be accepted until June 14, and then the books will be printed.
Glorantha has long been known for its use of runes, and HeroQuest continues this tradition, with lavish use of runes throughout the new rules. Each copy of the limited edition hardcover will have a rune of the customer's choice printed on the cover. More than 400 runes are available, some of them never before revealed to the public. The HeroQuest Rune PDF contains the names, images, and meanings of each of the runes.
Both the softcover and limited edition hardcover of HeroQuest have an expected ship date of July 14.
June 6, 2003: Illuminated Site of the Week: It's Almost A Good Idea
DARPA is still on the cutting edge. This time they're slicing through that thin veil of your privacy with the proposed LifeLog. Their site calls it "an ontology-based (sub)system that captures, stores, and makes accessible the flow of one person’s experience in and interactions with the world in order to support a broad spectrum of associates/assistants and other system capabilities." Of course, the people the LifeLogger is reporting on just might see it differently. The story in Wired calls it "an all-seeing, ultra-intrusive spying program."
Well, now we're just splitting hairs.
-- Suggested by William Thrasher
Warehouse 23 News: Traces Of Humanity
The Complete Guide to Liches is a stand-alone, world-neutral d20 sourcebook covering everything you wanted to know about undead wizards.
This page has been up for a while, but the link was a bit obscure . . . so "Hey, folks. Seen our page of wallpapers and banners?"
And yes, we do accept contributions . . . if you have used our art to create something cool for your own use, and you want to share, send it to webmaster@sjgames.com!
-- Steve Jackson
The Plush Small Red Dragon ransacks the countryside while Plush Nyarlathotep haunts seaside villages.
You've seen the Paneuropean buildings for Ogre. Now the Combine ones are on their way. Here's the Combine Structures Page, with lots of nice photos.
-- Steve Jackson
Warehouse 23 News: A Wealth Of Background Material
Traveller20: Personal Weapons of Charted Space is a comprehensive guide to personal weaponry in the Traveller universe.
June 3, 2003: Illuminated Site of Last Week: 'foot Traffic
(A series of urgent announcements kicked last Friday's entry back in the queue . . . here it is, delayed but not forgotten!)
Sasquatch coverage of the South is pretty much complete with the Chattahoochee Bigfoot Organization. Add this to Oregonbigfoot.com, the Texas Bigfoot Research Center, and the Gulf Coast Bigfoot Research Organization. Time for our Yankee brethren to step up operations.
-- Suggested by Jeffrey Teagle
Warehouse 23 News: For The A.I. On The Go
The Red Dwarf A.I. Screen keeps vital adventure notes secret while giving immediate access to handy game data and statistics.
If you have this page bookmarked, you might not have seen the new home page design. It's not as dramatic as the old one - very few things are as dramatic as a bright color on a black background - but it's far more readable than light-on-black, has room for more information, and ought to be friendlier to more browsers. Thanks to Phil and Justin for creating the design, and the irreplaceable Kira for coding it.
More pages will be updated soon, both graphically and in terms of content . . . most especially, the "Our Games" page, which is so desperately out of date that I'm not even making the reference a link.
If you see a page problem, drop a line to our new Webmaster, Giles Schildt.
-- Steve Jackson
Check out Warehouse 23's best selling items for May on the Warehouse 23 Top 10 page.
June 1, 2003: Car Wars Art By Larry Elmore
Elmore is e-Baying one of the Car Wars paintings he did for TSR, back when we licensed them the rights to do choose-your-own-adventure books. Pretty. Check it out.. Bidding on this one ends soon.
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![[Quick little Ogre, isn't he?]](http://www.sjgames.com/miniatures/img/Nin1_md.jpg)
