Check out the latest from Slitherine ~

GrogHeads Newsdesk, 23 April 2016

Slitherine is streaming Panzer Corps all weekend long on their Twitch channel.  They are also have a huge sale on Steam all weekend with 75% of the base games and 50% off all DLC

Saturday:

• 10-12 – Agrippa –  Fall Weiss Campaign part 01
• 12-15 – CB – Soviet Corps Campaign part 01 
• 15-17 – Agrippa –  Fall Weiss Campaign part 02
• 17-19 – Lord Cucumber – Sea Lion
• 19-22 – Agrippa –  Fall Weiss Campaign part 03
• 22-24 – CB – Soviet Corps Campaign part 02

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Check out the latest from Tiny Battles Publishing ~

GrogHeads Newsdesk, 14 April 2016

w00t!  Tanks!  Oooga oooga snort rip BOOM!

In a post-nuke irradiated hellscape, mechanized warfare evolves into its ultimate form: nuclear-powered Armored Flying Vehicles. Now, split-second death-duels are fought in the skies over the wastes of North America: from bootleggers to mercenaries, imperial armies to rock ‘n’ roll warlords, they all want their piece of the pie called Mega-Detroit.

 

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Check out the latest from Nocturnal Media ~

GrogHeads Newsdesk, 14 April 2016

Not sure what this means for any wargame-related IP that WEG might still own, but Nocturnal has it all now.  For those that don’t know, Nocturnal’s principals are the former White Wolf guys.

I’m pleased to announce that I have purchased West End Games (WEG). Founded in 1974, WEG initially published a number of wargames and a decade later branched into roleplaying games, including the first Star Wars RPG as well as original (very original!) works, such as Paranoia and Torg.

My nostalgic ties to earlier days of roleplaying games and companies made this opportunity impossible to ignore. I believe WEG stands in the company of other great RPG publishers of the 1980’s and 90’s like my prior company, White Wolf, as well as Chaosium. This is due to the wonderful games WEG published and especially because of the outstanding designers who created those games. In my pre-Vampire: The Masquerade days, I wrote for both Star Wars and Torg and found WEG an extremely hospitable and well-paying home to freelancers.

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