Green Ronin News Archive for May 2003

May 29, 2003

Tales of Freeport Art Gallery Posted

We've put up a selection of five images drawn by David Griffith, Chris Keefe, and Britt Martin for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy!

>> Tales of Freeport Art Gallery <<

May 28, 2003

Last Chance to Vote in the Origins Awards

The Final Round of voting in the Origins Awards ends June 1, so if you haven't yet voted for your favorite new superhero RPG, now's the time!

To recap, this year we are the proud recipients of five nominations:

Game of the Year: Mutants & Masterminds
Best Role-playing Game: Mutants & Masterminds
Best Graphic Presentation of the Book Product: Mutants & Masterminds
Best Role-playing Supplement: Freeport: The City of Adventure
Best Game Accessory: Pocket Grimoires

>> Vote in the Origins Awards <<

May 26, 2003

Denizens of Freeport Web Enhancement #2!

Yep--we've got a second Web enhancement for Denizens of Freeport for you today. In it you can find out all about rug merchant and antiquarian Vartan Nazarian, a good halfling merchant to know in Freeport.

>> Denizens of Freeport Web Enhancement #2 <<

May 20, 2003

Green Ronin seeks Minions, Freebooters, and DEMOnauts

As reported already in our Forum and elsewhere...

Green Ronin Publishing is looking for dedicated, enthusiastic volunteers to join our official Green Ronin game support and demo teams.

Volunteers can apply to be one or all of our teams: Mutants and Masterminds Minions will be showing off Green Ronin’s hot new OGL supers game and its supplements; Freeport Freebooters will oversee store demos and convention events involving Green Ronin’s flagship Freeport: City of Adventure and our award-winning line of general D20 supplements; SpaceCorp DEMOnauts will be in charge of events for Spaceship Zero, our acclaimed game of '50s style swashbuckling space adventure. Volunteers will earn points that can be redeemed for Green Ronin product, as well as Demo Team special premiums not available elsewhere.

Individuals in the US and abroad who are interested in being part of Green Ronin's demo force at local game stores and conventions in their region should fill out the application form at the Green Ronin website (http://www.greenronin.com/demo/demoform.php) or send an e-mail query with their full contact information and qualifications to demo@greenronin.com.

May 19, 2003

Announcing Bow & Blade: A Guidebook to Wood Elves

We've added Bow & Blade: A Guidebook to Wood Elves to our catalog. Written by the editors of Dungeon and Dragon magazines, this is one d20 System book you don't want to miss!

>> Bow & Blade <<

May 16, 2003

Back in Business!

The boards are back. Woohoo!

EN World is up and running again, too.

Evan 1:51 PM

GR Boards Down

Our boards are currently down, as you've noticed if you tried to go in there. I'm working on it, and hope to have them up and running very soon.

12:37 PM
Evan Sass
Webmaster, Green Ronin

May 14, 2003

ENWorld Servers Down

Morrus of ENWorld wrote to say:

EN World has been down for the last 18 hours or so. The reason for this is that the server host (who also host Mortality.net, amongst others) is having what they refer to as an "upstream equipment failure". They are working on the problem, but are currently unable to give an ETA as to when things will be running again.

May 7, 2003

Denizens of Freeport Web Enhancement Posted

Now you can download the Denizens of Freeport Web Enhancement. It's almost 3MB in size, but it includes loads of good stuff: A master character list, an index, a listing of new rules, and Denizens of Freeport Errata. Enjoy!

>> Denizens of Freeport Web Enhancement <<

May 6, 2003

Announcing MutantsAndMasterminds.com!

We're proud to announce the launch of MutantsAndMasterminds.com, the official support site for Mutants & Masterminds! Just added to the new site are the Revised Villain Archetypes PDF and an exclusive interview with Dan Brereton, artist and co-author of Nocturnals: A Midnight Companion. We've also compiled links to all of the official preview and support files for our M&M products, and we've got lots more cool stuff on the way!

>> Visit MutantsAndMasterminds.com <<

May 2, 2003

Two New Spaceship Zero Reviews

Two print publications feature reviews of Spaceship Zero.

The Gaming Herald, vol. 1, issue 3 gives SSZ an "A" rating. An excerpt: "Spaceship Zero is a clever and decidedly well-balanced game. The background is the stuff of sci-fi's early days, where half your problems were solved with a right cross and any half-assed gobbledygook would solve the other half. Creatures are larger than life with tentacles and digestive sacs. The gee-whiz, gosh-bang technology all starts with "space" or "atomic" and your computer is big enough to have its own quarters. The artwork and graphic design are awfully nifty too."

Issue 26 of Valkyrie (from the UK) also gives SSZ a glowing review. "I must admit, when I picked this game off the shelf in my local shop, I was instantly struck by the idea behind it. This, to me, was science-fiction adventure of the highest order! And I wasn't alone. When I gave my regular gaming group a description of Spaceship Zero, I was told I was running it the next week, or else."