Score one for Everyone, except Eric, and then Eric

So I played a rousing game of Blood Bowl with Denis last night. The Lothlorien Arsenal trounced the Appleby Mashers by a score of 4 -1, with one death on the pitch. This is the first game of BB I have played with another opponent, besides myself, that has actually finished using minatures in probably over 5 years. I had a blast!

Point:Eric

Hogshead Publishing, the fine folks who took over the Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay license from Games Workshop, and the fine producers of Nobilis, are calling it quits. It is sad. The license reverts back to GW, and they will probably sit on it and let it die instead of sell it or use it themselves. Boo. Here is the sad quote from the Hogshead site on the matter:

"GAME OVER! As of 30th November 2002, Hogshead Publishing Ltd is leaving the adventure-gaming industry. Please note that the company is not going bankrupt. It is refreshingly solvent. However we are bored, creatively frustrated, and increasingly despondent about the future of the specialist games industry. After our successes in 2002, particularly the mould-breaking and critically acclaimed games Nobilis and De Profundis, we think we've gone as far as we can, and this seems a suitable high-point on which to call it a day."

The quote in an of itself makes me sad, seeing as Wizards has taken a large chunk out of the total creativity of the gaming community and destroyed much of the niche gaming market for smaller, upstart companies. Instead of making a whole new game for whatever cool idea someone may have, they just make a D20 sourcebook for it instead. Boo.

Point: Everyone, except Eric, for the demise of WFRP.
Point: WotC, for keeping their chunk of the market large and ever growing by elimi-date-ing the competition.