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Blood Wars (card Game)
''Blood Wars'' is an out-of-print collectible card game produced by TSR, based on the Planescape campaign setting from ''Dungeons & Dragons''. Publication history The game was released in March 1995 as part of TSR's 20th anniversary. The original release contained 334 cards in the set, sold in 15-card booster packs and two 50-card dual decks. Card art was designed by various artists, including Tony DiTerlizzi, Newt Ewell, Henry Higgenbotham, Jennell Jaquays, Dana Knutson, Rob Lazzaretti, Robin Raab, Robh Ruppel, and Dave Sutherland. A series of expansion sets called ''escalation packs'' were scheduled for publication. ''Insurgents of the Inner Planes'' never materialized and was halted at the printer in February 1996. The player guide '' Warlord's Tactical Manual'' was published in January 1996. Gameplay Players use cards representing Warlords and Legions for combat to claim Battlefield cards. Reception The game was said to play "pretty well as a multi-player game, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steven Schend
Steven E. Schend is a game designer and editor who has worked on a number of products for the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy role-playing game from TSR throughout the 1990s. Biography Steven Schend was born in Madison, Wisconsin in 1967. Schend developed an interest in the worlds of L. Frank Baum's Oz and Edgar Rice Burroughs's Barsoom. Schend grew up in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and started gaming in high school; he attended college in Madison, and graduated with a degree in English in 1989. He previously worked as a teacher, a street sweeper, a concrete curb builder and a landscaper before gaining employment in fantasy. TSR hired Schend as a Games Department editor in early 1990, and he also managed the original '' Marvel Super Heroes'' RPG line: "I started working on Marvel pretty much the day I walked in the door". At TSR, Schend also worked on the Forgotten Realms setting. "Most of all, I'm proud of my body of work within the Realms. So much of it ties together that it's har ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dana Knutson
Dana Knutson is an artist best known for his work on role-playing game products. Career Dana Knutson has had a long career as an artist on role-playing games. He worked at FASA for 10 years, producing art on numerous works for their ''Star Trek'' and ''Shadowrun'' RPGs. He came to work for TSR in 1993 to produce artwork for the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' game, initially largely with the Planescape line. He created the Lady of Pain from one of his doodles. David "Zeb" Cook, designer of Planescape, explained Knutson's role in developing the setting: "It was at this early stage that I had my biggest idea - I needed an artist. I could think and write about these things, but the setting needed a look. ..Foolishly, people believed in me, and Dana Knutson was assigned to draw anything I wanted. I babbled, and he drew - buildings, streets, characters and landscapes. Before any of us knew it, he drew the Lady of Pain. I'm very fond of the Lady of Pain; she really locks up the Planescape look ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Card or The Card may refer to: * Various types of plastic cards: **By type ***Magnetic stripe card *** Chip card *** Digital card **By function ***Payment card ****Credit card **** Debit card ****EC-card ****Identity card ****European Health Insurance Card ****Driver's license * Playing card, a card used in games * Printed circuit board * Punched card, a piece of stiff paper that holds digital data represented by the presence or absence of holes in predefined positions. *In communications ** Postcard ** Greeting card, an illustrated piece of card stock featuring an expression of friendship or other sentiment * \operatorname, in mathematical notation, a function that returns the cardinality of a set * Card, a tool for carding, the cleaning and aligning of fibers * Sports terms ** Card (sports), the lineup of the matches in an event ** Penalty card As a proper name People with the name * Card (surname) Companies * Cards Corp, a South Korean internet company Arts and entertainm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blood Wars (video Game)
''Blood Wars'' is a free Polish MMORPG in which players play as vampire A vampire is a mythical creature that subsists by feeding on the vital essence (generally in the form of blood) of the living. In European folklore, vampires are undead creatures that often visited loved ones and caused mischief or deat ...s in a post nuclear world and have to fight for dominance in the only city that survived the apocalypse. ''Blood Wars'' has been released on January 8, 2006 and is developed and maintained by BW Team. Current language versions available are English, French, Polish, Russian and Turkish. There are 16 playable realms with over 200,000 accounts total. References External links * Developer website Browser games Browser-based multiplayer online games Video games about vampires 2006 video games Online text-based role-playing games Massively multiplayer online role-playing games Video games developed in Poland {{MUD-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Gathering
The Gathering may refer to: Film and television * ''The Gathering'' (1977 film), an American television film directed by Randal Kleiser * ''The Gathering'' (2003 film), a British thriller/horror film directed by Brian Gilbert * ''The Gathering'' (miniseries), a 2007 American thriller starring Peter Fonda * ''The Gathering'' (audio drama), a 2006 audio drama based on the television programme ''Doctor Who'' * The Gathering, a contest among immortals in the Highlander franchise * '' Babylon 5: The Gathering'', the 1993 pilot movie for ''Babylon 5'' TV episodes * "The Gathering" (''Gargoyles'') * "The Gathering" (''Ghost Whisperer'') * "The Gathering" (''Highlander: The Series''), pilot * "The Gathering" (''Outlander'') * "The Gathering" (''Star Wars: The Clone Wars'') * "The Gathering" (''Torchwood'') Literature * ''The Gathering'' (Armstrong novel), a 2011 novel by Kelley Armstrong * ''The Gathering'' (Carmody novel), a 1993 novel by Isobelle Carmody * ''The Gath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allen Varney
Allen Varney (born 1958) is an American writer and game designer. Varney has produced numerous books, role-playing game supplements, technical manuals, articles, reviews, columns, and stories, as well as the fantasy novel ''Cast of Fate'' ( TSR, 1996). Since the 1990s, he has worked primarily in computer games. Early life Varney was born in St. Louis, Missouri and was raised by his mother, Marcelene Varney. He graduated from Reno High School in 1976 and has a dual B.A. in English and history from the University of Nevada, Reno. Gaming career Roleplaying games Varney designed the game ''Necromancer'' (1983), which was published by Steve Jackson Games. Varney wrote ''Son of Toon'' (1986), the third supplement to the '' Toon'' RPG. From 1984 to 1986 he worked as Assistant Editor at Steve Jackson Games (with Warren Spector, then Editor-in-Chief) editing ''Space Gamer'' magazine. Warren Spector and Varney wrote the supplement '' Send in the Clones'' (1985) for the ''Paranoia'' role- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warlord's Tactical Manual
''Warlord's Tactical Manual'' is a book about '' Blood Wars'' published by TSR in January 1996. Contents ''Warlord's Tactical Manual'' is a book which presents several variations on how to play the game, as well as new official rules for the game and a full listing with pictures of the cards used in the game. Reception Chris Baylis reviewed ''Warlord's Tactical Manual'' for ''Arcane'' magazine, rating it a 4 out of 10 overall. Baylis comments that "In all, this offers nothing to interest players who are not familiar with the ''Planescape'' setting, and for owners of ''Blood Wars'' its only redeeming factors are the hints on deck building, the tournament rules and the clarification of some of the original obscurities. And even these are probably not enough to justify the steep asking price." References {{Planescape Books about collectible card games Planescape ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Duelist (magazine)
''The Duelist'' (or simply ''Duelist'' as it was renamed) was a trading card game magazine published by Wizards of the Coast. History The first full issue was distributed in Fall 1993 as a quarterly magazine to accompany the increasingly popular ''Magic: The Gathering'' trading card game. Prior the 1st issue, a special one-time Duelist Issue #0 was released and given away at Gen Con 1993. It later became a monthly gaming magazine in March 1995 with simply a focus on the collectible card game and trading card game industry before publication ceased in September 1999. The magazine was based in Renton, Washington. As Magic grew, a companion newsletter (''The Duelist Companion'') was sent out to ''The Duelist'' subscribers in between magazine releases; eventually this was dropped in favor of bimonthly magazine circulation, and still later a monthly magazine. ''The Duelist'' ran for 41 issues (42 if Duelist #0 is counted). The magazine was replaced with ''Topdeck'', which was cance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Expansion Set
An expansion pack, expansion set, supplement, or simply expansion is an addition to an existing role-playing game, tabletop game, video game or collectible card game. These add-ons usually add new game areas, weapons, objects, characters, or an extended storyline to an already-released game. While board game expansions are typically designed by the original creator, video game developers sometimes contract out development of the expansion pack to a third-party company, it may choose to develop the expansion itself, or it may do both. Board games and tabletop RPGs may have been marketing expansions since the 1970s, and video games have been releasing expansion packs since the 1980s, early examples being the ''Dragon Slayer'' games '' Xanadu Scenario II'' and ''Sorcerian''. Other terms for the concept are module and, in certain games' marketing, adventure. Characteristics The price of an expansion pack is usually much less than that of the original game. As expansion packs co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scrye
''SCRYE'' (''Scrye Collectible Card Game Checklist and Price Guide'') was a gaming magazine published from 1994 to April 2009 by Scrye, Inc. It was the longest-running periodical to have reported on the collectible card game hobby. It was also the leading print resource for secondary-market prices on ''Magic: The Gathering''. The name, a registered trademark, is adapted from the Middle English word ''scry'' meaning "to foretell the future through a suitable medium". History JM White, publisher of the role-playing game magazine '' Cryptych'', launched the magazine in June 1994 after being introduced to ''Magic'' by its publisher, Wizards of the Coast's Peter Adkison, in July 1993. In 1996 ''SCRYE'' published a second magazine as a market test. The magazine ''Mastyr'', covered tournament Magic. Sales were not strong enough to support a separate publication and the features of Mastyr were rolled into ''SCRYE'' after a single issue. White sold the magazine on November 15, 1999 t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David C
David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". was, according to the Hebrew Bible, the third king of the United Kingdom of Israel. In the Books of Samuel, he is described as a young shepherd and Lyre, harpist who gains fame by slaying Goliath, a champion of the Philistines, in southern Canaan. David becomes a favourite of Saul, the first king of Israel; he also forges David and Jonathan, a notably close friendship with Jonathan (1 Samuel), Jonathan, a son of Saul. However, under the paranoia that David is seeking to usurp the throne, Saul attempts to kill David, forcing the latter to go into hiding and effectively operate as a fugitive for several years. After Saul and Jonathan are both killed in battle against the Philistines, a 30-year-old David is anointed king over all of History of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robh Ruppel
Robh Ruppel is an American artist best known for his work on role-playing game products. Critic Joseph Szadkowski of ''The Washington Times'' has referred to him as a "horror genius". Early life Robh Ruppel grew up in Bellaire, Texas, and attended High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Houston. His parents were Roger (an architect) and Judy Ruppel.Parks, Louis B. (April 2, 2007).The art guy: Robh Ruppel learned a lot about movies while growing up in Houston. Now he has some Mickey Mouse job out in L.A. Meet the artist behind Meet the Robinsons, ''Houston Chronicle''. Retrieved July 15, 2010. Career Robh Ruppel worked for TSR for several years beginning in 1992, producing cover and interior art for products from the Forgotten Realms ''Forgotten Realms'' is a campaign setting for the '' Dungeons & Dragons'' (''D&D'') fantasy role-playing game. Commonly referred to by players and game designers alike as "The Realms", it was created by game designer Ed Greenwood ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
