This Week In Tabletop Gaming

The foul past time of exam studying has become my only past time these days, so I have neglected to update you on what's going on in the tabletop gaming world this week. Sorry! To make it up for you, here's a mega-post of sorts with goings-on from a wide array of companies over the last few days.

• Chaosium, last week, announced that they have issued the Call of Cthulhu license to Super Genius Games, an interesting development since the latter company seems well poised to fulfill the gaps in the game by focusing on supplements that can be bought one afternoon and used that same night. On their part, Chaosium's website is now under construction, soon to become a full blown Basic Roleplaying System website since the corebook has just been released.

• At Wizards of the Coast, Magic: the Gathering has seen a lot of things happen to it. Preleases are in full force, which means that the whole Shadowmoor set has been spoiled to the public--a sortable card list and, for the first time, a complete visual spoiler. This is excellent, because the art is awesome. (Also a new devlopment in Shadowmoor: the UNtap symbol. It freaks me out. You can find videos thoroughly explaining the new mechanics--hybried, wither, persist, conspire and untap--here.)

• White Wolf announces a new World of Darkness game, Hunter: The Vigil. This makes me very happy because, unlike most, I really enjoyed Hunter: The Reckoning. The full-colour logo, in a lovely teal colour-scheme, can be seen here. Also, las week White Wolf expanded their foray into alternative publishing by means of their partnership with Lulu, raising the number of print-on-demand titles to include Mind's Eye Theatre: The Awakening, World of Darkness: Innocents, The Manual of Exalted Power: Abyssals, The Mandate of Heaven and The Imperfect Lotus. These can be bought here.

• Upper Deck Entertainment announced a Call of Duty Real-Time Card Game, where gameplay is fast-paced and players "simultaneously fire, take cover and move around the battlefield."

• In honour of the 25th anniversary of Warhammer (wow), Games Workshop has a limited edition Harry the Hammer miniature that can only be purchased this weekend, and they've also posted online the Warhammer Legendary Battle Rules that support armies of 5000 points or more.

As always, I'm gonna accompany this post with some Shadowmoor card art. Enjoy!