Sept '03 Offworld Report: RPGs and Gaming
01/09/2003 . Source: Stephen Hunt 
Krynn returns as a Dragonlance campaign setting for roleplayers, why Everquest now has a GNP somewhere between Bulgaria and Russia, and Two Fisted Tales arrives - the RPG pulp that can handle everything from Flash Gordon to Sam Spade, Tarzan and the Shadow. September 2003's round-up of all that is worth mentioning offworld the 'Nest when it comes to matters roleplaying game related. COMPUTER RPG’ING Side Quests: Just Say no
The grumpy gamer asks are side quests the bane of decent RPG’ing? The Ice in Icewind
Preview review of Icewind Dale II, the sequel to Interplay’s Forgotten Realms game from 2000.
ARTICLES  To Boardly Go...
The history of popular boardgames is pondered by Dave Shapiro.
Goldstein on Games
SF Site’s Marc Goldstein looks at the world of computer RPGs. Money for Nothing and Your Dragons for Free
Looks at the lucky few making a real good living buying and selling goods which only exist in online fantasy RPGs. Keeping it Short
Anthony Simons wants to play 25 games in 4.5 minutes. Mad. No Space for Space Hulk?
Why Greg Aleknevicus has to spend a silly amount of time on a game he actually never plays. Assistant Required
Miss B looks at the adorable race that is known as Assistant Moderators The Next World Over
An eleven-point checklist for creating better SF planets for your RPG. Perfect Hell Holes
Robert Wenner looks at how to avoid silly mistakes when designing buildings and dungeons for adventures. The Whiff of Powder
Nicholas HM Caldwell shares his thoughts on RPG in the era of rapier and musket. AKA flintlock fantasy. To Begin with Krynn
Robert Defendi brings back the lands of Krynn as a Dragonlance campaign setting. Going to Gaelcon
Convention report from Ireland’s largest games event, Gaelcon. Probably the best games con in the world? My Kingdom for a …
Most fantasy heroes ride one, but what the heck do you know about them? The use and life of horses comes under the RPG spotlight.
REVIEWS Lock and Load
David Sinclair reviews ‘Big Bang: The Mostly Illustrated RPG Guide to Firearms, Volume One’ from Alternate Realities Publications, and discovers the best generic RPG gun book now covers four game systems. Dangerous Denizens
Review of a new monster book from Kenzer & Company, ‘Dangerous Denizens: The Monsters of Tellene’. Eric Christian Berg discovers it’s not just dry stats - but also has lots of background, location, mythology, and culture. Heroes with Zero
Dan Davenport reviews ‘Spaceship Zero: The Sci-Fi Serial Roleplaying Game’ from Green Ronin Publishing. In it he finds a SF RPG with a fantastic Lovecraftian twist. The Great Unknown
Harry Albany reviews the ‘Unknown Armies Rulebook’. Ring Bearers
Review of TCG’s ‘The Fellowship of The Ring’. Two Fists are better than One
Review of ‘Two Fisted Tales’, the RPG pulp that can handle everything from Flash Gordon to Sam Spade, Tarzan and the Shadow. Battling Bots
Review of the Battlebots boardgame.
NEWS Firefly Bulks Up
Firefly Games, the company behind Monster Island, hires a new Marketing hat, Christina Stiles. Mafia Moves
Update on the campaign to resurrect out-of-print ICE products.
ONLINE MULTI-PLAYERS That Big Old Star Wars Galaxy
Massively multiplayer online RPGs seems to be flavor de jour – and here comes ‘Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided’ to add to the fray. Earth and Beyond
Look at the new online multiplayer from Electronic Arts. Used Elf Fighter for Sale
Looks at how RPG characters from Sony's massively multiplayer online fantasy RPG Everquest are selling on eBay for up to $700. Everquest now has a GNP somewhere between Bulgaria and Russia. 
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