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Rifter, the Swimsuit Issue

The swimsuit issue of The Rifter from Palladium is now available.

More than pretty ladies, there is a goddess (or two), a Candiru (a new type of mutant animal), a Chinese demon, Agents of the Celestial Court, Eylor Imps, Sqrr – pygmy Lizard Men, the lost daughter of Rurga(?), mutants, mages, ninja, Nightbane, superhumans, Aten the Lesser Rune Weapon, Star Blades, and even a multi-dimensional way-station with links to Atlantis, Rifts Earth, Phase World® and countless other places across the Megaverse®. Not to mention page after page of great art and a special tribute to Erick Wujcik.

The previous swimsuit issue is also still in stock.

Weedja, A Board on Dope

I thought you had to be stoned to play the regular Ouija game, anyway. This just makes it official.

From Urban Outfitters, who also bring you the game Rockstar Rehab.

Well, I guess it probably wasn’t meant to be serious. So in that light, this is kind of funny. Over on The Miniatures Page is posted an article about how to simulate Chessboxing with a game. Their suggestion, pair chess with Friday Night Fights, a boxing-themed miniatures game.

Skipping the GSL

As our reader Greylond pointed out, Kenzer and Company’s recent release of Kingdoms of Kalamar for Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition is not being done under the GSL (Wizards of the Coast’s license for third-party products for 4e). But Kenzer isn’t the only major d20 publisher to pass on the GSL. Green Ronin Publishing has announced that it will produce only one product for 4e, a folio of character record sheets, and that under the OGL (Wizards previous license for D&D 3.5). Thereafter, Green Ronin will be focusing on supporting its own game systems, including Mutants & Masterminds, True20, and A Song of Ice and Fire. As we reported before, Paizo, a previous publisher of Dragon and Dungeon magazines, will be sticking with D&D 3.5 in the form of new core rulebooks for its Pathfinder RPG. And Adamant Entertainment also has decided to forgo the GSL. While Adamant will produce 4e-compatible products through its Venture 4th product line, the company will not be signing the GSL. In general, I gather these companies have just found the GSL to present too great a risk.