I just love these new members of the frog royal court. A frog bishop and frog executioner.

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Back in 2007, Fantasy Flight announced a new game based on the Middle-Earth legends of J.R.R. Tolkien. Now they’ve announced it again. This time, though, with pictures. So maybe we’ll actually see it soon. I hope so.

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In Tales of Mythic Europe, Atlas Games presents to you nine new short adventures for enhancing your Ars Magica saga. If you’d like to return the favor (and get paid for it too), consider submitting background ideas in the company’s open call [RTF] for an upcoming book on Grogs.

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Helvetiq is two games about Switzerland. One game is a trivia game (212 312 questions) where you work your way up a line of cows to reach the queen cow. The other is some kind of political game. Game mechanics (I’m guessing the political game) is from Bruno Cathala (Mr Jack, Shadows Over Camelot, Queen’s Necklace), Malcolm Braff (Jamaica) and Sebastien Pauchon (Yspahan, Metropolys).

It was released in France, not Switzerland, and in French, not Swiss, since it was created by French citizen Hadi Barkat, originally from Algeria. But have no fears; they plan to release versions in (not Swiss, but) English, German, Italian, and Romansh. Update: Eek. A few mistakes. It was released in FRENCH, not FRANCE. There is no Swiss language; the Swiss speak some French, German, Italian, and Romansh. So I guess that makes some sense after all. Hadi Barkat IS originally Algerian, but now dual Algerian and Swiss (not French, just French-speaking). As to the 212 cards, instead of 312, I can at least blame source for that.

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All the Stars Above (Alle sterren van de hemel) is a grief therapy board game created by Dutch art therapist Daisy Liuten after losing her own mother.

It’s a roll and move game with lights, glass beads, an Indian talking stick, a wooden sun, and a sand timer that doesn’t have any winners or losers, just questions to get you talking about the deceased.

It costs 250 EUR. Plus shipping. Question 3 of her FAQ is “Why is the price so high?”

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The Way of Peace is a trivia board game on the Christian bible. The object is to get to Love in the center and then answer a final question.

I’m particularly impressed by their affiliate FAQ.

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Following up on Fuzzy Heroes, you may want to know that Edmund Metheny and Sophie Lagacé maintain a nifty page on RPGs for children. It includes games specifically designed for kids as well as games that can be enjoyed by all ages. And some links.

In the meantime, at Indie Press Revolution I found a game from John Wick called My Monster, a simple RPG with children’s drawings for telling stories about monsters. (source)

Source also has a great story about Wil Wheaton (Wesley Crusher of ST:TNG) sitting down to play an RPG based on ST:TNG and being handed the character of Wesley Crusher.

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