Green Ronin News Archive for January 2003

January 26, 2003

Make Your Vote Count!

Green Ronin is proud to announce that Freeport: The City of Adventure has been nominated for an Inquest Fan Award in the BEST RPG SUPPLEMENT (fantasy) category. It's up against three Dungeons & Dragons books, so we're in good company!

>> Click here to vote! <<

Our always dedicated fans have started a write-in campaign for Mutants & Masterminds as well. Many folks feel that M&M was overlooked in the RPG categories, and who are we to disagree? If you want to cast your vote for Mutants & Masterminds, please use the BEST RPG (d20) category (or be like Mouthymerc and write it in in both categories to be absolutely sure!). Although M&M is an OGL game, that's where Inquest put the Everquest game (also OGL only) so we're going to follow their lead.

The Pen & Paper Fan Awards are also going on now. These awards are entirely write-in, so you have total freedom to vote for your favorites. If you've got love for GR...

>> Show it here! <<

Scurvy Dogs Off the Port Bow!

Denizens of Freeport will be in stores later this week, so to whet your appetite we've prepared a three page preview of the book. Presented here are but two of the 60+ major characters detailed in Denizens of Freeport. Enjoy!

>> Denizens of Freeport PDF Preview <<

January 24, 2003

Spaceship Zero Reviewed on Game Play News

Angelo Sargentini has posted a review of Spaceship Zero on GamePlayNews.com. In it he writes:

"...Spaceship Zero delivers a complete, easy to understand set of game mechanics and a universe packed with a generous array of hooks, plots, and death ray shooting tentacled things. Enough action to keep hard boiled space jockeys on their toes for the next 13 billion years."

>> Spaceship Zero Review <<

January 22, 2003

Denizens of Freeport Art Gallery

Denizens of Freeport will hit store shelves soon, so we thought we'd squeeze out an art preview while preview was still true. Check out these images by James Rymon, David Griffith, and more!

>> Denizens of Freeport Art Gallery <<

>> More About Denizens of Freeport <<

January 20, 2003

Plot & Poison Art Gallery

We've just posted an art gallery for Plot & Poison, our latest release in our Races of Renown d20 Series. This deliciously evil book on the drow includes art by Toren "MacBin" Atkinson and David Griffith.

>> Plot & Poison Art Gallery <<

January 16, 2003

Green Ronin To Publish Testament Campaign Setting

Biblical Era to Come to Life for d20 Fans

January 16, 2003—SEATTLE, WA: This April Green Ronin delves into the past with Testament: Roleplaying in the Biblical Era. Part history, part mythology, Testament is the d20 System campaign setting that's both instantly familiar and yet unlike any game world you have ever experienced...

>> Read the whole press release... <<

Testament is part of Mythic Vistas, Green Ronin's new line of campaign settings. Mythic Vistas includes historical, legendary, and fictional settings suitable for d20 campaign play. Skull & Bones, due out this March, is the first Mythic Vistas release.

>> Learn more about Testament <<

>> All about Skull & Bones. Yar! <<

January 7, 2003

Two New Products Added to Catalog: Tales of Freeport...

Written by Graeme Davis of Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay fame, Tales of Freeport features four complete adventures along with a chapter of adventure hooks. City of Adventure fans, rejoice!

>> Tales of Freeport <<

...and Todd Gamble's Cartographica

Todd Gamble is the brilliant cartographer behind many of the maps in today's finest d20 products. Now we've got a whole book of his maps, perfect for fleshing out your campaign.

>> Todd Gamble's Cartographica <<

January 1, 2003

A New Year's Message from the Prez

On Monday Plot & Poison: A Guidebook to Drow, our sixteenth and final book of 2002, started shipping from our warehouse to distributors. At 160 pages it's the biggest Races of Renown book so far, and its Todd Lockwood cover is a stunner. It's a fitting way to end one year and a great portent of what’s to come.

We're immensely proud of what we accomplished this past year. Last January Green Ronin was still basically a part time company, run on nights and weekends. Since then we've seen some great highs: the release of the Freeport hardback and the mammoth Book of the Righteous, the winning of another Origins Award and two more ENnie Awards, cracking the Top Ten in Comics and Games Retailer's Best Selling RPG lines, and publishing Mutants & Masterminds, both our first OGL-only RPG and our first color book. It was indeed a good year and we want to thank all of you for your support.

And it only gets better from here.

You can sum up our 2003 plans as "all this and a whole lot more" but I bet you'd like to hear a little more detail. Here are some highlights:

• Mutants & Masterminds will steamroll on, with six supplements—all in full color. We'll be continuing our fruitful relationships with both designer Steve Kenson and design house Super Unicorn. It's too early for a formal announcement, but I'll also add this tidbit: one of these books is a license.

• Freeport is going back to its roots in 2003. That's right, there will be new Freeport adventures! First up will be Tales of Freeport, by renowned Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay author Graeme Davis and with another gorgeous cover by Wayne Reynolds. Later in the year we'll be releasing a Freeport mega adventure (think Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil and you're in the ballpark).

• We're kicking off a new product line called Mythic Vistas with the release of Skull & Bones. This line is where we'll be doing campaign settings, both historical/legendary and fantasy. We'll be announcing the next one in a week or so.

• My long held dream will be realized when Dragon Fist sees print at last this summer. I'm working on the new rules now. It'll either be an OGL game like Mutants & Masterminds or a more traditional d20 supplement. More on that when I figure it out! If you liked Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, you'll love Dragon Fist.

• There will be continued support for all of our d20 lines: Master Class, Races of Renown, Arcana, and the Book of Fiends. Yes, the daemon book will emerge at last, in all its vile glory.

• We have two fabulous surprises for next fall. First, an OGL fantasy RPG that breaks new ground. Second, a sourcebook that every D&D/d20 player will want to own, penned by one of the biggest names in the D&D pantheon.

And that's not all! There are at least another half dozen projects I can't talk about right now. It should give you a good idea of what's going on here at GRHQ though, and suffice it to say that we are very busy. Stick with us in 2003 and I promise you a very exciting year.

Before I end this missive, let me pause to thank some of the people who helped make 2002 a success. First, of course, my GR partners in crime, Nicole, Hal, and Evan. They are the bedrock of the business and great friends to boot. Second, Adam, Jim, and Tai of Osseum Entertainment. They handle our fulfillment and sales and very rarely get the public recognition they deserve. Third, I'd like to thank all the freelance artists, cartographers, authors, editors, and graphic designers who have contributed to our lines. We take quality seriously at Green Ronin and we couldn't do what we do without these talented people. Fourth, our partners in distribution and retail. They are on the front lines, doing the hard work of sales in an increasingly volatile market. Thanks for the support, guys! Fifth, Erik, Sean, Kyle, and Rick of Super Unicorn. They made Mutants & Masterminds shine and will continue to rock the world in 2003. Lastly, I'd like to thank the fans. You folks have been terrific since day one and we appreciate it. Special thanks to those of you who took the time to give us positive feedback on the message boards, at cons, or via e-mail. We value your opinion and we always want to know how we can make our books better.

Now let's all go play some games!

Chris Pramas
President
Green Ronin Publishing