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Battlestar Galactica Role Playing Game
The ''Battlestar Galactica Role Playing Game'' is a role-playing game published by Margaret Weis Productions in 2007, based on the ''Battlestar Galactica'' franchise. History Margaret Weis announced in 2007 that the license to ''Dragonlance'' was not renewed so that the company could focus on the ''Supernatural'' RPG as well as their work on the ''Battlestar Galactica'' RPG. In 2007 Margaret Weis Productions published the ''Battlestar Galactica Role Playing Game''. Three new Cortex media games were published by Margaret Weis Productions, one each year between 2007-2009, including the ''Battlestar Galactica Role Playing Game'' (2007), the ''Demon Hunters Role Playing Game'' (2008), and the ''Supernatural Role Playing Game'' (2009). The ''Battlestar Galactica'' role-playing game was released in August 2007 by Margaret Weis Productions at Gen Con. Description The Cortex System was used for MWP's licensed ''Battlestar Galactica'' and ''Supernatural'' RPGs, and brought out as a stand-a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battlestar Galactica Role Playing Game
The ''Battlestar Galactica Role Playing Game'' is a role-playing game published by Margaret Weis Productions in 2007, based on the ''Battlestar Galactica'' franchise. History Margaret Weis announced in 2007 that the license to ''Dragonlance'' was not renewed so that the company could focus on the ''Supernatural'' RPG as well as their work on the ''Battlestar Galactica'' RPG. In 2007 Margaret Weis Productions published the ''Battlestar Galactica Role Playing Game''. Three new Cortex media games were published by Margaret Weis Productions, one each year between 2007-2009, including the ''Battlestar Galactica Role Playing Game'' (2007), the ''Demon Hunters Role Playing Game'' (2008), and the ''Supernatural Role Playing Game'' (2009). The ''Battlestar Galactica'' role-playing game was released in August 2007 by Margaret Weis Productions at Gen Con. Description The Cortex System was used for MWP's licensed ''Battlestar Galactica'' and ''Supernatural'' RPGs, and brought out as a stand-a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret Weis Productions
Margaret Weis Productions, Ltd. is a games publisher located in Williams Bay, Wisconsin, United States and founded in 2004 after Margaret Weis and Don Perrin, the two founders of Sovereign Press, divorced. Games Margaret Weis Productions is principally a producer of Tabletop role-playing games, although it also publishes some e-books by Margaret Weis and in 2008 published the Dragon Lairds boardgame, created by James M. Ward and Tom Wham. To date almost all their role-playing games have been licensed games using either the Cortex System or Cortex Plus. In 2006, it took over production of Dragonlance d20 supplements from Sovereign Press (role-playing game publisher), Sovereign Press. Both companies are run by many of the same people, and both are owned by Margaret Weis. Cortex System games MWP's first game was the ''Serenity (role-playing game), Serenity'' in late 2005 to coincide with the release of Joss Whedon's feature film ''Serenity (2005 film), Serenity''. Due to li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battlestar Galactica
''Battlestar Galactica'' is an American science fiction media franchise created by Glen A. Larson. The franchise began with the Battlestar Galactica (1978 TV series), original television series in 1978, and was followed by a short-run sequel series (''Galactica 1980''), a line of book adaptations, original novels, comic books, a board game, and video games. A re-imagined version of ''Battlestar Galactica'' aired as a Battlestar Galactica (miniseries), two-part, three-hour miniseries developed by Ronald D. Moore and David Eick in 2003. That miniseries led to a Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series), weekly television series, which aired until 2009. A prequel series, ''Caprica'', aired in 2010. All ''Battlestar Galactica'' productions share the premise that in a distant part of the universe, a human civilization has extended to a group of planets known as the Twelve Colonies, to which they have migrated from their ancestral homeworld of Kobol. The Twelve Colonies have been engaged ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret Weis
Margaret Edith Weis (; born March 16, 1948) is an American fantasy and science fiction author, of dozens of novels and short stories. At TSR, Inc., she teamed with Tracy Hickman to create the ''Dragonlance'' role-playing game (RPG) world. She is founding CEO and owner of Sovereign Press, Inc and Margaret Weis Productions, licensing several popular television and movie franchises to make RPG series in addition to their own. In 1999, ''Pyramid'' magazine named Weis one of ''The Millennium's Most Influential Persons'', saying she and Hickman are "basically responsible for the entire gaming fiction genre". In 2002, she was inducted into the Origins Hall of Fame in part for ''Dragonlance''. Early life Margaret Weis was born on March 16, 1948, in Independence, Missouri, where she was raised. She discovered heroic fantasy fiction while studying at the University of Missouri (MU). She said, "I read Tolkien when it made its first big sweep in the colleges back in 1966. A girlfriend of min ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dragonlance
''Dragonlance'' is a shared universe created by Laura and Tracy Hickman, and expanded by Tracy Hickman and Margaret Weis under the direction of TSR, Inc. into a series of fantasy novels. The Hickmans conceived ''Dragonlance'' while driving in their car on the way to TSR for a job interview. Tracy Hickman met his future writing partner Margaret Weis at TSR, and they gathered a group of associates to play the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' role-playing game. The adventures during that game inspired a series of gaming modules, a series of novels, licensed products such as board games, and lead miniature figures. In 1984, TSR published the first ''Dragonlance'' game module, ''Dragons of Despair'', and the first novel, ''Dragons of Autumn Twilight''. The novel began the ''Chronicles'' trilogy, a core element of the ''Dragonlance'' world. While the authoring team of Tracy Hickman and Margaret Weis wrote the setting's central books, numerous other authors contributed novels, short stories a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Demon Hunters Role Playing Game
The ''Demon Hunters Role Playing Game'' is a role-playing game published by Margaret Weis Productions in 2008. History Three new Cortex System media games were published by Margaret Weis Productions, one each year between 2007 and 2009, including the ''Battlestar Galactica Role Playing Game'' (2007), the ''Demon Hunters Role Playing Game'' (2008), and the ''Supernatural Role Playing Game''. Description The ''Demon Hunters Role Playing Game'' was based on the films ''Demon Hunters'' and ''Demon Hunters: Dead Camper Lake'' by Dead Gentlemen Productions Dead Gentlemen Productions is an independent film company based in Seattle, WA. They have released a number of films, including the award-winning cult classic '' The Gamers'', '' The Gamers: Dorkness Rising'' and '' The Gamers: Hands of Fate''. .... References Margaret Weis Productions games Role-playing games based on films Role-playing games introduced in 2008 {{Rpg-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Supernatural Role Playing Game
The ''Supernatural Role Playing Game'' is a role-playing game by Margaret Weis Productions that was released in 2009. It is based on the television series ''Supernatural'' and was the final game to use the Cortex System. The Game Like most role-playing games, ''Supernatural'' requires several players; one person to be the Game Master and two to five others to play hunters such as Dean Winchester and Sam Winchester. It also requires multiple polyhedral dice ranging from four-sided to twelve-sided. The setting The Supernatural Role Playing Game is set in the world of the Supernatural TV series and focuses on an elite group of hunters who deal with supernatural threats ordinary people do not believe exist. The very first chapter of the book sets the scene and is called ''Be Afraid of the Dark''. It was produced in 2009, before the fifth season had aired and so doesn't contain any information relevant to the series after this date, but uses information from the show, the gra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Role-playing Game
A role-playing game (sometimes spelled roleplaying game, RPG) is a game in which players assume the roles of player character, characters in a fictional Setting (narrative), setting. Players take responsibility for acting out these roles within a narrative, either through literal acting or through a process of structured decision-making regarding character development. Actions taken within many games succeed or fail according to a formal role-playing game system, system of rules and guidelines. There are several forms of role-playing games. The original form, sometimes called the tabletop role-playing game (TRPG), is conducted through discussion, whereas in live action role-playing game, live action role-playing (LARP), players physically perform their characters' actions.(Tychsen et al. 2006:255) "LARPs can be viewed as forming a distinct category of RPG because of two unique features: (a) The players physically embody their characters, and (b) the game takes place in a physica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gen Con
Gen Con is the largest tabletop game convention in North America by both attendance and number of events. It features traditional pen-and-paper, board, and card games, including role-playing games, miniatures wargames, live action role-playing games, collectible card games, and strategy games. Gen Con also features computer games. Attendees engage in a variety of tournament and interactive game sessions. In 2019, Gen Con had nearly 70,000 unique attendees. Established in 1968 as the Lake Geneva Wargames Convention by Gary Gygax, who later co-created ''Dungeons & Dragons'', Gen Con was first held in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. The convention was moved to various locations in Wisconsin from 1972 to 1984 before becoming fixed in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1985, where it remained until moving to Indianapolis, Indiana, in 2003. Other Gen Con conventions have been held sporadically in various locations around the United States, as well as internationally. In 1976, Gen Con became the prop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cortex System
The Cortex System is a collection of related roleplaying games. Its most recent iteration, ''Cortex Prime,'' was designed by Cam Banks and published by Fandom Tabletop. Prior versions appeared in the licensed roleplaying games published by Margaret Weis Productions, where it was used as the house system. Cortex is an adaptable game system focusing on characterization and story development. Game mechanics Cortex is an extendable and modifiable game, but with some consistent mehanics. Characters are described with a number of trait sets, such as attributes, skills, relationships, or powers. Each trait within each set is rated with a die size. For example, a strong but unintelligent character might have Brawn d10 and Brains d4. When rolling dice, players select one trait from each set and roll their dice together as a pool. Dice that roll 1 are 'hitches', and represent something going wrong in the attempt. The highest two die results are added together for the player character's effe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SF Weekly
''SF Weekly'' was a free alternative weekly newspaper founded in the 1970s in San Francisco, California. It was distributed every Thursday, and was published by the San Francisco Print Media Company. The paper has won national journalism awards, and sponsored the SF Weekly Music Awards. History ''SF Weekly'' was founded locally in the late 1970s by Christopher Hildreth and Edward Bachman and originally named ''San Francisco Music Calendar, the Magazine or Poster Art''. Hildreth saw a need for local artists to have a place to advertise performances and articles. The key feature was the centerfold calendar listings for local art events. The paper was bought by Village Voice Media (then New Times Media) in 1995. In September 2012, Village Voice Media executives Scott Tobias, Christine Brennan and Jeff Mars bought Village Voice Media's papers and associated web properties from its founders and formed Voice Media Group. Four months later, ''SF Weekly'' was sold to the San Francisco M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battlestar Galactica Games
Battlestar and similar may refer to: *Battle star, an award issued to U.S. Navy ships for participation in battles. *Battlestar (comics), a superhero in the Marvel Comics universe * ''Battlestars'' (game show), an American game show that aired on two separate runs on NBC during the early 1980s *"Battlestar", a song by Five off their 1999 album ''Invincible'' See also * Military Star, Irish decoration *Battlestar Galactica (other) for uses of ''Battlestar'' in science fiction and video games *Warstar (other) *Battle (other) Generally, a battle is a combat in warfare between two or more parties. Battle or battles may also refer to: Military * Battle (formation), a military formation or subdivision of troops * Battle-class destroyer, a class of 26 destroyers of the R ... * Star (other) {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
