Fighting Fire: Ernie Gygax Benefit Adventure Review by Tommy Brownell

There's been a wonderful review of Fighting Fire, the Ernie Gygax Benefit Adventure, by Tommy Brownell on his blog and RPGNow.com affiliated websites.  See more here and get your own copy here!

Surcoat Medieval Fatasy Combat Miniatures Game

Great fun last Wednesday and yesterday running a couple of games of Surcoat Medieval Fatasy Combat Miniatures Game.  There's some pictures here from the event and the gameday.  Enjoy!

Gamers: The Next Generation

Just a quick shout out to the Valle family to thank them for joining in the fun at the EN World Chicago Gameday 30 last weekend.  I found out just how much fun they had at the Surcoat Medieval Fantasy Combat Minatures Game in the morning when Richard posted on Facebook to let everyone know that once they got home his two boys got right to work on their own system.  They plundered the family set of Memoir 44 for terrain and figures then created rules for movement, attack and defense factors.  Good on you, Valle family, for taking tabletop miniatures gaming into the future!

MF WARS (Medieval Fantasy Wargame and Roleplaying System)

It's been a long time coming. I had some thoughts about building this system for miniatures combat a decade ago but I am glad now that I did not. Part of what moved it to the backburner was the Open Game Movement, particularly the OGL and d20 System License, which created opportunities that were too tempting to ignore. Part of what kept it on the backburner was a series of advances on the wargaming rules side of the industry. What followed those early thoughts of system building were ten years of fun that has fueled what I believe is a much more organic process of creativity. The Medieval Fantasy Combat Miniatures Game (MF CMG) has become the groundwork for the Medieval Fantasy Wargame and Roleplaying System (MF WARS).  Both the combat minis game and the full wargame and roleplaying system will be the main focus of this blog.