James O'Barr is returning to comics with an all new three issue miniseries, The Crow: Skinning The Wolves, featuring a never before seen incarnation of the anti-hero. IDW Publishing will bring the series to shelves this December and the setting is 1945 Europe, near the end of WWII as supernatural ve…
Comic book legend Stan Lee had recently cancelled appearances for the foreseeable future and it turns out the Pow Entertainment founder had underwent pacemaker surgery. The 90 year old icon was in good spirits and it sounds like the procedure was a success as he released the following statement:…
In the Broken Plains, orc tribes struggle with a hostile land and hostile rivals. In the Dunwarr Mountains, dwarves build massive fortresses and great works of cunning and skill. But now all is changing. A new darkness threatens to engulf the known world. The orc tribes are rising, united for the fi…
Soloman Kane comes to the big screen this September, but you can see him on the little screen on August 24th via video on demand. The creation of Robert E. Howard is played by James Purefoy and also stars Max von Sydow, Mackenzie Crook and Philip Winchester.CAPTAIN SOLOMON KANE is a brutally eff…
Fantasy Flight Games has announced a new big box expansion to Lord of the Rings the Card Game called Heirs of Númenor.From the FFG Website:Its 165 new cards (three copies of each of player card) transport players to the realm of Gondor, where new heroes and allies stand firm against the armi…
The longest running Dungeons and Dragons championship event is once again taking place at this year's Gen Con and teams of players from around the world will compete to be named Masters of All They Survey (or something like that) if they can if they can harness their collective brain power - and luc…
It is time to cast your ballots in the Charles S. Roberts Awards! The best part is, you can do it right from home, and no one will poll you as you leave.The Charles S. Roberts Awards are presented annually for excellence in the historical wargaming hobby. Charles S. Roberts, in whose name this a…
A few more details have emerged about the Conquest of Planet Earth expansion from Flying Frog Productions, titled Apocalypse, due out next holiday season with an MSRP of $39.95.The Apocalypse Expansion for Conquest of Planet Earth sees the battle for Earth continue, escalating in scale as more A…
Here is a game that I didn’t even know existed, but is now being reprinted from FFG. As Twilight Struggle is one of the Gaming Gang’s favorite games of all time, any Cold War themed game of course gets some special attention.…
Let’s face it, there are a lot of us war-gamers who yearn for the good ole’ days of the Cold War. Back then there was a clear good guy and a clear bad guy in the world, and it all made more sense. After the fall of the Berlin Wall many of us still wondered, What would have happened if the “balloon w…
The finalists for the 2010 Charles S. Roberts Awards have been announced. These awards are presented annually for excellence in the historical wargaming hobby.And the nominees are...…
Today, Days of Wonder announced Cargo Noir, a new board game created by Serge Laget. Cargo Noir is a game of illicit trading in which players run "families" who traffic in smuggled goods. The game takes place in the thrilling and evocative setting of 1950's film noir.…
It's time to increase your Halloween fun! Here are a couple of free Print 'n Play games to get your blood pumping.…
From The Baltimore Sun August 28, 2010:Charles Swann Roberts died Aug. 20 from complications of emphysema and pneumonia at St. Agnes Hospital.In 1958, he founded Avalon Hill Co., a Baltimore game publishing company that specialized in war and other mental combat games such as D-Day, Stalingr…