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Contact: Jamie Chambers (262-725-3518) April 18, 2007 (Lake Geneva, Wisconsin) — Margaret Weis Productions, Ltd. has reached an agreement with Warner Bros. Television and DC Comics to produce role playing game products based on the hit television series, Supernatural. "We like role playing...

Quite possibly, though the tricky thing is licensing issues. We have a great working relationship with Universal Studios (who we are also working with on the BSG license), but the answers are slow in learning what more we can do with Serenity. We are hoping to connect with them soon and get a...

It wasn't playtester feedback on the game system, but rather first reactions based on a one-page summary of what I had in mind. Nearly everyone was won over in our playtest group, including the GURPS champion who is now our best Cortex System game developer. You are right that one of our goals...

Yeah, that was a very cool and important character moment in the pilot episode -- and it's also writer's fiat. It may not have "looked" hard but that was an impressive shot: In game terms a great roll and probably with a handful of plot points for that very critical moment. I've had lots of...

Well, that's just called writing, and can be said of anything. Wash does all kinds of fancy flying to avoid the dirty cop and the guy ends up just flying right over the canyon. Mal desperately reaches for a weapon to fight the Operative and pulls out... a screwdriver. (Yes, that means it's funny...

Molonel, no problem. I don't think you're being argumentative, but I also don't think either of us are likely to swing around to the other's point of view. :) I hope you'll give the BSG RPG a look when it comes out. We've definitely listened to the fans when it comes to making the rules a lot...

Okay, I'm happy to address your points and I've not only run the system plenty of times myself, but worked with lots of people who run it on a regular basis. "Clumsy" and "inelegant" or words pretty heavily laced with opinion. Can you clarify what you mean? I've had lots of people say the rules...

Hi there! It's definitely a matter of style. The Cortex System style of play doesn't work with groups who might be very biased toward a particular rules set or style of play. I tried to get my old game group to switch from AD&D 2nd Edition to other games, but in the end they hated it. They...

Hey people. I've been reading this thread with interest, and though I'm definitely not feeling a room full of love I'm always ready to see what people have to say about the game system. I had a few goals when I started working on the game. They were: • Create a game experience that reflected...

Highlander RPG Sorry to cross-post this from another forum, but since this got leaked ahead of schedule I wanted to chime in with something semi-official. --- This deal is brand-new, literally only made days ago, so the reason you haven't heard anything is because we weren't planning on...

Xdm XDM: Extreme Dungeon Mastery is an upcoming product from Margaret Weis Productions, Ltd. written by Tracy and Curtis Hickman. The basic premise is... Take your game to the next level! There are lots of styles of running a role playing game, but this is the one that adds actual production...

It looks to be 32 pages. I can tell you for sure when it's done! We'll have it out soon, and it will be available up all of the OpenBookShelf sites (DriveThruRPG, RPGNow, etc.). ** Jamie

The short answer is: nothing. The Quickstart Guide is meant more to introduce new players and even non-role players to the game. It has simpler rules, pre-gen characters, and a short adventure. But the online version will be 100% free, so there won't be a whole lot of reasons not to check it...

Hi there! A website update is coming soon, as we're going through a major staff change here at MWP. (One employee is leaving us and we have two additional people coming on-board.) I'm happy to report that soon our web presence will be fixed to let everyone know what's up with our product lines...

Aaron, It looks very AD&D !st Editionish -- more of the late seventies look. One way or another, Jim does claim it's part of the development of the Dragonlance logo and I certainly believe him. The whole million dollar story and "Camel Advertising" sounds just stange to me, but I was the same...

To throw some more gasoline on the fire, I just got off the phone about Jim Ward on an unrelated matter, but mentioned this thread to him. He said that he remembers giving Noble Knight the piece, but that he thought it was TSR's internal artists going for a first-pass at the Dragonlance logo. He...

I believe the subscription idea was Jim Ward's idea, as TSR offered something similar in its earliest years. I don't remember what the original cost was, but it was in the low hundreds I believe, and those subscribers are supposedly getting products from Wizards of the Coast to this day. This...

Good afteroon, everyone! This has been an interesting thread to say the least. I know both Aaron and Jim, and work with Margaret and Tracy regularly, so this was an eyeball-opener for me! I was a young 'un (as we Southern boys are wont to say) when all of this was actually going on, but there...

Happy Holidays! I'm very pleased to announce that the Serenity Role Playing Game has been nominated for the 2005 InQuest Gamer Fan Awards. We are up against some very worthy competitors (who made some great games!) this year, but we hope those of you who have played and enjoyed the Serenity RPG...

There was a story of Mr. Johnson back in the early 80s, when then-game designer Tracy Hickman was on the chopping block and Harold offered to resign instead because Tracy had young children. It was part of the more community (and less corporate) feel that I had in my visits to the TSR offices in...