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Whether you’re into role playing games or not, the Pathfinder comic is worth checking out. However, if you are into fantasy pen and paper gaming, the benefits extend beyond the actual comic.

The latest entry in the rapidly growing deckbuilding genre is Upper Deck’s Marvel Legendary game, due out in November. I was able to play a demo game at Gen Con. Here are some highlights.

We’re halfway through the new 4-issue Magic: the Gathering series by IDW, and it’s been chock full of stunning spells and bloody vampires. The likely-to-be-rare promo cards are a nice touch, too.

One of the major announcements at GenCon was sprung on everyone on Friday — Margaret Weis Productions is getting the license for Marvel RPGs. They have an extremely aggressive plan with 16 books already in the works.

Cube drafting has become one of the most popular Magic formats ever, with blogs, websites, columns and podcasts entirely devoted to the fine art of the Cube. The Cube format doesn’t have to be limited to Magic: the Gathering – it’s a perfect way to enjoy defunct CCGs, and the Vs. system is a perfect [...]

I’ve been looking forward to the new D&D comic book series since the preview issue #0 came out a few months back. Issue #1 finally hit comic shops last month, and it’s taken me this long to review it because the first print run sold out before I could buy one. That bodes well for [...]

There are currently four cards from Scars of Mirrodin selling in the $40 range, all of them mythic rares. I’m not here to whine about how hard it is to acquire the cards needed to play in constructed formats. I am worried about the economic consequences — history shows us that mythic rares could kill [...]

The hardcover version of Arc Dreams’ Wild Talents Second Edition arrived at Robot Viking HQ last week, and it’s ten times as awesome as I’d hoped it would be.

The creators of the highly acclaimed RPG Godlike are taking the superhero genre on a trip through alternate timelines and parallel dimensions, and it all starts here with the core rules. Wild Talents: Essential Edition features all the rules you need to create a wide range of superheroic characters and astonishingly villainous enemies, including the [...]