The Chaotic collectible card game and animated television series continues to surprise us with its success. This time the property is the subject of a toy deal between Chaotic’s producer/publisher 4Kids Entertainment and Spin Master, makers of Bakugan. Expect to see action figures and collectibles appearing later this year.

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Mongoose Publishing will be launching the new roleplaying game, Corporation, at a sort-of mini-convention in its offices on February 28th. The public is invited to Swindon, UK (no charge) for an introduction to the game, an early opportunity to purchase the books, and staff run games of the scenarios “Live Extraction” and “Bring It Back So We Can Kill It.” Corporation is a science fiction game set in the year 2500, when the governments of the world have been replaced by five corporations with radically different, and sometimes conflicting, ideologies. However, lest you think that Corporation is simply another dark future, cyberpunk-style game, developer Brutal Games (Mongoose is publishing under its Flaming Cobra imprint) points out that action is just as likely take place in gleaming spire cities and restored natural areas, as in the decaying great cities remaining from earlier centuries.

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It’s primarily aimed at electronic game designers, but tabletop game designers will find some useful links in Learngasm’s list of over 70 open sourceware for game designers and developers.

Topics covered include development, art & media, theory, analysis, storytelling, strategy, probability, design, programming, skills, genres, and ethical issues.

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In addition to the previously listed cons, two more cons are coming up this week:

• Feb 6-8 is GottaCon, the first game convention in Victoria, BC, Canada. Games include Pokemon Platinum pre-release, Magic: the Gathering release tournament, WoW TCG, Bleach TCG, RPG tournaments, and board games such as Axis and Allies, Settlers of Catan, Swachbuckler, Memoir ‘44, Agricola, Pandemic, Warhammer, Battlestar Galactica, Zombies, Monsters Menace America, A Game of Thrones, Shadows Over Camelot, and Ticket to Ride. Also electronic games.
• Feb 5-10 is the Nuremburg Toy Fair in Germany. It’s a trade con (not for the general public), and includes 2,700 exhibitors and 80,000 trade visitors from 120 countries. The site lists additional major toy fairs around the world.

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Preach your kids safety lessons with Safety Brainiac, an educational trivia game that, according to the publisher, even a five year old can win.

Contains 360 questions about topics such as sticking forks into electrical outlets and meeting strangers on the internet. Includes safety certificates to award to the winner.

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