Louis Porter Jr. Design is another PDF publisher picking up the banner of the Pathfinder RPG. The company offers character sheets, an adventure planner, feat options for Wizards, Clerics, Bards, and Barbarians, initiative cards, and spell reference cards. When queried about his choice in supporting Pathfinder, owner Louis Porter stated:

I have been a huge supporter of 3.5 and the OGL and think this was a great way to get more people interested in the area of RPGs.  Paizo’s Pathfinder has continued that spirit.  They have a dedicated, devoted and growing fan base, like Apple and Mac, which loves and supports what they are doing.  They are a very customer focused company with an excellent product and business history and I wanted LPJ Design to be part of that.  It isn’t just the system that drew me to Pathfinder, it is how and what they thought about the OGL and business in general.

In terms of the products he picks to publish, Louis always keeps in mind what customers are interested in buying, while at the same time

Making products I would like to see made and use and have fun with them.  They must have what I call a “cool” factor.

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After Martin Wallace brought his case, on several occasions, to the forums of BGG, FRED Distribution responds with a site containing all the evidence they have to show why they believe that Wallace is in breach of contract. Emails begin back in 2005.

Grab some popcorn and read along. Soon to be a major motion picture.

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Arimaa is an abstract game by Omar Syed which can be played with a chess board and pieces. The expressed point of the game was to be difficult for computers to play without better artificial intelligence, something that was not the case with Chess (which uses brute force play and opening game and end-game playbooks).

The rights to the game are owned by Syed, but he allows unrestricted usage of the game for non-commercial purposes. Z-Man Games makes a commercial version of the game (pictured).

Like other games, there is a world championship, as well as a standing prize for getting a computer player to beat a human player.

(official site)

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What we suspected two months ago is now official: NECA has bought Wizkids from Topps.

The deal includes IP, and all Clix, Pirates of, and Mage Knight products. The new Wizkids will be a subsidiary of NECA. Former Wizkids employees Lax Chandra, Chas Delong, Wade Sugiyama and Mike Elliott will be part of the new company.

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