War game publisher Khyber Pass Games is disbanding but some of its games under development will be taken up by a new company, Legion Wargames. Like its predecessor, Legion intends to focus on previously unexplored military conflicts, and as now seems to be standard practice in the field, will have a preorder system designed to influence which games are produced. The first on the company’s schedule is Ici, c’est la France!, a game about the Algerian War of Independence.

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Brave Halfling Publishing continues to branch out among the old-school-style RPGs. The company’s newest offering is The Secret of Ronan Skerry, an adventure module for the Castles & Crusades game.

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As a reminder, Free RPG Day takes place this Saturday, June 20th, at participating local retailers. Organized by Impressions Advertising & Marketing, Free RPG Day seeks to expose customers to new games by giving away new products and materials. Unfortunately, sometimes excitement outstrips supply, so for a successful outing I suggest getting there early. Here’s a sampling of what you may find:

Lone Wolf Development—”special edition” of the Hero Lab character creation and management software, including a preview of the Cortex System data package.

Troll Lord Games—quick-start rules and adventure module for the Castles & Crusades game.

Wizards of the Coast—”Kyber’s Harvest,” an Eberron adventure for Dungeons & Dragons.

White Wolf—quick-start rules for Geist.

Goodman Games—two books in one, “Hero’s Handbook: Immortal Heroes” for D&D 4e, and “Amethyst: Hearts of Chaos,” an introductory adventure for the upcoming Amethyst RPG.

Goodman Games is also offering a set of three coupons [PDF], valid only on Free RPG Day, including one for benefits depending on the roll of a 20-sided die.

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Its not confirmed by Games Workshop, but multiple sources are reporting that the venerable Epic game has been effectively cancelled (the molds are at their end of life and the title has never sold particularly well). For those not familiar with it, Epic was a 6mm miniature wargame set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe, with players fielding true armies, complete with titans, as opposed to smalller warbands. GW has made several attempts over the years to drum up support for the title, but it was rarely consistent and was rarely on store shelves (even at their own retail outlets). So, if you’re a fan or simply interested, now is probably your last chance to pick up this gem.

(source: DakkaDakka)

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Mattel is working on a Singapore edition of the game Pictionary.

You can scoot over to the official site to submit words and vote on the submissions. That will save the company from having to come up with the words themselves. You could win a design credit!

(source)

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Some UK women have created a series of light adult games, including a naked version of “Guess Who?”, which they call “Who’s Naked?”, as well as some naughty versions of Top Trumps.

Their company is called Boiled Egg Creations.

(source)

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Following board games for Dexter and The L Word, Gamaka Games is planning a board/DVD game base on the reality show America’s Top Model. It will be a trivia game about the show and the fashion industry, in general.

(source, more info)

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Happens about once a year now, I guess.

A seat on Cave Creek, AZ’s town council was decided by card cutting, after the results were tie vote.

You can watch a video of the event at source.

(source)

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18EZ is a new game from Andrew Clay Games in the 18xx-style of railroad games. It’s designed to be an introductory version of the rather complicated but well-loved gaming genre exemplified by such games as 1830, 1856, and 1870.

The game is played in a series of stages, getting to know the elements. Each step is presumably a workable board game. Unlike the original games, it doesn’t accurately represent a specific geographical area or time period.

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On the topic of luxury board games, we’ve covered a few recently, and even touched on probably the most famous distributor of luxury board games: Zontik.

Zontik get its games from the original European creators such as Gigliodoro, Renzo Romagnoli, Dal Negro, Neroulia, Ghiso, Deuce, Crisloid, Genesis Naylor, and Hector Saxe. But probably their biggest source is Geoffrey Parker. Parker is certainly the most interesting.

Parker’s games come in dozens of handsome colors, and are made from all sorts of interesting materials, such as Water Snake, Alligator, Ostrich, Shagreen, … and of course gold, silver, and precious jewels. And before you get your panties in a twist, the animals used to make the products are farmed, not hunted.

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