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| Monday, December 7th, 2009 | | 11:23 am |
| | Friday, December 4th, 2009 | | 4:03 pm |
| | Thursday, November 26th, 2009 | | 12:02 pm |
| | Thursday, November 19th, 2009 | | 11:52 am |
SFX #190 - Adventures in Time and Space...
SFX #190 - Out now! Including "The Long Game" on page 17 which briefly chats to Cubicle 7's Dominic McDowall-Thomas and Dave Chapman about Doctor Who: Adventures in Time and Space! | | Monday, November 16th, 2009 | | 5:31 pm |
| | Thursday, November 5th, 2009 | | 1:15 pm |
| | Monday, October 26th, 2009 | | 1:48 pm |
| | Monday, October 19th, 2009 | | 3:42 pm |
| | Friday, October 16th, 2009 | | 4:10 pm |
| | Wednesday, October 7th, 2009 | | 2:54 pm |
Just Arrived!
New book day in the office :) Today seees the arrival of The Tome of Secrets (Pathfinder), Cthulhu Britannica (Call of Cthulhu) and the Cubicle 7 printing of John Wick's Houses of the Blooded! Plus UK restocks of some of our older books. The three new titles should be hitting stores next week :) | | 11:59 am |
Dragonmeet 2009 Tickets - On Sale Now!
Tickets for the tenth anniversary of Dragonmeet - taking place on Saturday 28th November 2009 - are now available to pre-order. Advanced tickets offer you savings from buying tickets on the day and also allow you quicker entry to the event. Tickets are available to be purchased via Paypal and can be ordered at http://tinyurl.com/y9aygetWe look forward to seeing you on the 28th!
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Angus Abranson
Cubicle 7 Entertainment Ltd
www.cubicle7.co.uk
Publishers of SLA Industries, Victoriana, Starblazer Adventures, QIN:
The Warring States and the Doctor Who Roleplaying Game
oxxxx[====================> | | Thursday, September 17th, 2009 | | 1:24 pm |
| | Tuesday, September 15th, 2009 | | 3:44 pm |
Cubicle 7 Entertainment and Arc Dream Publishing Announce Partnership
Cubicle 7 Entertainment and Arc Dream Publishing Announce Partnership
Arc Dream Publishing and Cubicle 7 Entertainment are pleased to announce a new publishing partnership. Cubicle 7 will publish the “Wild Talents” game line developed and produced by Arc Dream, beginning in January 2010 with the Second Edition of the “Wild Talents” roleplaying game. The “Wild Talents” sourcebooks “The Kerberos Club,” “This Favored Land,” and “Grim War” will follow in February, March, and April, with further releases planned throughout the year.
Arc Dream Publishing’s president and managing editor Shane Ivey said, “We’re very excited about the dynamic approach that Cubicle 7 is taking with its game lines, and we’re thrilled to be working with Angus and Dom to bring ‘Wild Talents’ to a broader audience than ever before.”
“Arc Dream, in my opinion, are one of the big up-and-coming companies. They continually come up with top quality ideas and realize them in astounding products packed full of inspirational words and artwork. They have a great creative team working with them and we’re very pleased to now be part of the process allowing their games to reach stores and fans around the world.” added Angus Abranson of Cubicle 7 Entertainment.
“Wild Talents,” written by Dennis Detwiller, Greg Stolze, Kenneth Hite, and Shane Ivey, first appeared in 2006 in a limited edition of 1,000 books, published by Arc Dream with the help of hundreds of fans of its World War II superhero roleplaying game “Godlike.” Arc Dream’s president Shane Ivey explained: “Manufacturing a full-color, hardback game book like Wild Talents would have been ruinously expensive for a modest outfit like ours, so we took the matter to the fans directly. We set up a sort of ‘pledge drive.’ Fans of the game could pledge to place a pre-order, but we would ask them to commit to the actual orders only if and when enough pledges came in to finance the book. We expected it would take a month or so to generate all the pledges we’d need. It took 36 hours. That showed us very clearly the enthusiasm among our fans for Wild Talents. We released the limited edition and immediately set to work developing the next edition of the game.” About Arc Dream Publishing
Arc Dream Publishing is a partnership between publisher Shane Ivey and game designer Dennis Detwiller. In addition to “Wild Talents,” Arc Dream publishes the acclaimed World War II roleplaying game “Godlike” and the multiple Ennie Award-nominated “Monsters and Other Childish Things.” Arc Dream also works with Pagan Publishing to develop new sourcebooks for the Origins Award-winning “Delta Green” game setting. About Cubicle 7 Entertainment Ltd
Founded in 2006 Cubicle 7 Entertainment was set up by Angus Abranson and Dominic McDowall-Thomas, two gaming entrepreneurs who wanted to create a games publisher fostering some truly iconic brands. Since then the company has published role playing games from a growing list of properties including Victoriana, SLA Industries, Starblazer Adventures (based on DC Thomson’s 80’s Starblazer comic series) and 7th Circle’s Chinese fantasy Qin. In June 2009 Cubicle 7 announced it had joined the Rebellion Group.
Victoriana is a fabulous fusion of Victorian adventure and fantasy myth, SLA Industries is a gritty futuristic urban horror fuelled by classic British punk imagery, whilst Starblazer Adventure is set firmly in the heart of classic 80’s space opera where gigantic fleets prowl the starlanes and devilish scientists operate enormous engines of destruction. The English translation of French publisher 7th Circle’s Qin propels players in to the epic fantasies and tragic events of ancient Chinese legend.
Arc Dream Publishing
www.arcdream.com
Cubicle 7 Entertainment
www.cubicle7.co.uk | | Saturday, September 12th, 2009 | | 2:37 pm |
Playtest Open Call, New Licensed Fantasy RPG
Would you like to play a role in the development of Cubicle 7 Entertainment's new licensed fantasy RPG? We're looking for enthusiastic playtesters to help make sure that the game is the best it possibly can be. The playtest will involve reading the rules, playing the game and reporting back to us on what works well, what doesn't work so well, and any other comments you have on how it all plays. The official announcement is still a while away, so you will be required to sign a Non Disclosure Agreement (NDA) to ensure that the game details are kept secret. If you're interested in joining the playtest, please email me at roger @ cubicle7.co.uk Thanks Roger Calver - Playtest Coordinator Cubicle 7 Entertainment Ltd www.cubicle7.co.uk Publishers of SLA Industries, Victoriana, Starblazer Adventures, QIN: The Warring States and the Doctor Who Roleplaying Game | | Friday, July 24th, 2009 | | 3:40 pm |
Please Vote For Us! (ENNIES 2009)
The ENnies Awards 2009 Voting has now gone LIVE! Which means that YOU can now go and cast your vote for the nominated products you feel are the best in their categories! Cubicle 7 Entertainment is nominated in THREE different fields with our Starblazer Adventures RPG and BoxNinja have been nominated for Best Cover Art for 3:16 Carnage Amongst The Stars – which we’ll be publishing in October. We would love you to go and vote and help give Starblazer Adventures and 3:16 the best chance possible of gaining an award in this years ceremony. With that in mind I’m also going to list some of my other favourites amongst the various catergories… BEST COVER ART 3:16 Carnage Amongst The Stars BEST INTERIOR ART Dark Heresy Core Rulebook Hellas: Worlds of Sun and Stone Mouse Guard BEST CARTOGRAPHY Any BEST WRITING The Extraordinary Adventures of Baron Munchausen Hot War BEST PRODUCTION VALUES Any – all are great BEST RULES STARBLAZER ADVENTURES BEST ADVENTURE Any BEST MONSTER OR ADVERSARY Freedom’s Most Wanted BEST SETTING All are great – particularly like Hot War though. BEST SUPPLEMENT Any BEST AID OR ACCESSORY Kobolds Quarterly BEST MINIATURES PRODUCT Any BEST REGALIA Any BEST ELECTRONIC BOOK One of the One Bad Egg titles BEST FREE PRODUCT A Song of Ice and Fire Quickstart BEST WEBSITE All are good BEST PODCAST The Voice of the Revolution – although all are good BEST GAME STARBLAZER ADVENTURES PRODUCT OF THE YEAR STARBLAZER ADVENTURES FAN AWARD FOR BEST PUBLISHER CUBICLE 7 (of course :p) Voting is taking place on http://tinyurl.com/mya26s and is open now until midnight, August 1st. Please only fill out the form once. Multiple enteries will be discarded. Many thanks for your support! -- Angus Abranson Cubicle 7 Entertainment Ltd www.cubicle7.co.uk Publishers of SLA Industries, Victoriana, Starblazer Adventures, QIN:The Warring States and the Doctor Who Roleplaying Game oxxxx[====================> | | Wednesday, July 15th, 2009 | | 3:03 pm |
Triple Ace Games Join Forces with Cubicle 7
Triple Ace Games Join Forces with Cubicle 7
Cubicle 7 Entertainment and Triple Ace Games (TAG) are pleased to announce they have formed a publishing partnership.
This great alliance sees Cubicle 7 handling production and marketing starting with the release of the Hellfrost: Bestiary and Hellfrost: Gazetteer in November. Hellfrost is an amazing fantasy setting filled with frost giants and ice goblins. It is written by Paul 'Wiggy' Wade-Williams for the origins award-winning Savage Worlds RPG system.
"Everyone here at Triple Ace Games is very excited by this great opportunity, We've known Angus and Dom at Cubicle 7 for several years and its great to be working with them!" says TAG's Creative Director Paul 'Wiggy' Wade-Williams.
"It’s a great step forward for us" says TAG's Production Director Robin Elliott. "With this deal in place it secures the future print products from TAG and allows us a regular print release schedule which was not possible before." “Triple Ace Games have produced some of the most exciting and interesting settings over the last couple of years with Paul and Robin involved in many more for other companies prior to forming their own company.” added Cubicle 7 Director Angus Abranson, “I’m thrilled to finally be working with them and helping them move forward in achieving their vision.”
About Triple Ace Games
Triple Ace Games was formed in 2008 and has quickly become renowned for producing quality products for the Savage Worlds RPG. The key creative team of Paul 'Wiggy' Wade-Williams and Robin Elliott have created an impressive list of RPG's including Hellfrost, Necropolis 2350 and Daring Tales of Adventure. With an innovative approach to digital releases, TAG has also produced over fifty ebooks in its first 12 months. You can find out more at www.tripleacegames.com About Cubicle 7 Entertainment Ltd
Founded in 2006 Cubicle 7 Entertainment was set up by Angus Abranson and Dominic McDowall-Thomas, two gaming entrepreneurs who wanted to create a games publisher fostering some truly iconic brands. Since then the company has published role playing games from a growing list of properties including Victoriana, SLA Industries, Starblazer Adventures (based on DC Thomson’s 80’s Starblazer comic series), 7th Circle’s Chinese fantasy Qin and is releasing Doctor Who: Adventures in Time and Space, under licensed from the BBC, in October . In June 2009 Cubicle 7 announced it had joined the Rebellion Group. You can find out more at www.cubicle7.co.uk | | Tuesday, July 14th, 2009 | | 5:53 pm |
Cubicle 7 Entertainment Granted Call of Cthulhu and Basic Roleplaying Licenses
Cubicle 7 Entertainment is pleased to announce that we have signed two licenses with Chaosium Inc in regards to their CALL OF CTHULHU and BASIC ROLEPLAYING game lines.
The first license covers the creation and publication of CALL OF CTHULHU adventures and supplements. The first of these is CTHULHU BRITANNICA which is released in August. This new collection of horror scenarios features five tales of horror and the weird, set within the green and pleasant land of England. Each scenario focuses upon a different time period, from the streets of Victorian London to the far future when End is almost nigh. Although each scenario can be played as part of an existing campaign, they also come with a set of pre-generated player characters, allowing all to be played and run with the minimum of effort. Our CTHULHU BRITANNICA series then continues with FOLKLORE in November. This sourcebook gives life to strange tales and strange places where myth meets mythos in Britain's darkest corners.
Cubicle 7 have also signed a license for the BASIC ROLEPLAYING system which is being used to developed a brand new game based upon the works of a popular award-winning author which we will announcing later in the year.
“We’re delighted to be publishing material for Call of Cthulhu. One of our long-held ambitions is to contribute to this fantastic game,” said Dominic McDowall-Thomas of Cubicle 7. “We’re also very excited to be able to use the Basic Roleplaying system for our upcoming unannounced licensed game – it’s a perfect fit.”
"We've known Angus Abranson for well over a decade and long desired to work together with him on something. Now he's teamed up with Dominic, and formed Cubicle 7 Entertainment, it gives Chaosium great pleasure to award them licenses to publish supplements for Call of Cthulhu as well as BRP books. We're looking forward to a long and successful relationship and many swell Chaosium licensed books to come!" added Dustin Wright of Chaosium. About Cubicle 7 Entertainment Ltd
Founded in 2006 Cubicle 7 Entertainment was set up by Angus Abranson and Dominic McDowall-Thomas, two gaming entrepreneurs who wanted to create a games publisher fostering some truly iconic brands. Since then the company has published role playing games from a growing list of properties including Victoriana, SLA Industries, Starblazer Adventures (based on DC Thomson’s 80’s Starblazer comic series), 7th Circle’s Chinese fantasy Qin and is releasing Doctor Who: Adventures in Time and Space, under licensed from the BBC, in October . In June 2009 Cubicle 7 announced it had joined the Rebellion Group. You can find out more at www.cubicle7.co.uk Chaosium Inc. is a California based publishing company best know for the Call of Cthulhu roleplaying game which utilizes the Basic Roleplaying System. You can find out more at www.chaosium.com | | Monday, July 13th, 2009 | | 2:27 pm |
Starblazer Adventures Nominated for 3 ENnies!
The ENnie Awards 2009 Nominations were announced today. The shortlist is chosen by the ENnies Judges and voted upon by fans (ie - you guys). Cubicle 7 has been nominated for three awards for Starblazer Adventures and is currently also on the short list for the Fan Nominated Best Publisher of the Year Award. Starblazer Adventures is nominated in the following categories: Best Rules; Best Game and Product of the Year. Voting goes live on Friday 24th July and lasts until 1st August, with the Award ceremony taking place at GenCon in Indianapolis on the evening of Friday 14th August. Our thanks go to everyone involved in the creation of Starblazer Adventures - and those who have nominated us for Best Publisher - and we'll be on the canvassing band wagon soon to try and get your votes! :p For the full list of 2009 ENnie Award Nomineescheck out http://bit.ly/4x0iqtMany thanks and best wishes, Angus @ C7 HQ | | Friday, July 10th, 2009 | | 12:10 pm |
Cubicle 7 - John Wick Announce Partnership
Cubicle 7 – John Wick Announce Partnership Cubicle 7 Entertainment and John Wick are pleased to announce they have signed a publishing agreement. This partnership will see Cubicle 7 bring award-winning author and game designer John Wick’s games to a wider audience through distribution and retail stores. “I’ve enjoyed John’s games ever since he designed 7th Sea and Legend of the Five Rings for Alderac Entertainment,” said Angus Abranson of Cubicle 7 “I carried on following him when he left the mainstream industry, set up his own company – Wicked Dead Brewing Company – and produced some fantastic games such as Cat and Thirty. It’s an honour to now be able to work alongside John and help bring some of his newer, and future, games to the wider audience they deserve.” HOUSES OF THE BLOODED is the first book to be published through Cubicle 7: a game of Ambition, Lust and Revenge. Thousands of years ago, the ven ruled the world. They were a passionate people, obsessed with Romance and Revenge, opera and theater, and all the forbidden delights their decadent culture provided. In the end, that which made them beautiful was also the key to their own destruction. Houses of the Blooded is a game about tragic obsession. Set in the fantastic world of ven myth and legend, players take the roles of powerful characters bent on conquering their world, destroying their enemies and possessing all they desire. “I'm very excited,” said John Wick. "My end goal has always been to get as many people playing my games as possible. My partnership with Cubicle 7 will help make that happen." About Cubicle 7 Entertainment Ltd
Founded in 2006 Cubicle 7 Entertainment was set up by Angus Abranson and Dominic McDowall-Thomas, two gaming entrepreneurs who wanted to create a games publisher fostering some truly iconic brands. Since then the company has published role playing games from a growing list of properties including Victoriana, SLA Industries, Starblazer Adventures (based on DC Thomson’s 80’s Starblazer comic series), 7th Circle’s Chinese fantasy Qin and is releasing Doctor Who: Adventures in Time and Space, under licensed from the BBC, in October . In June 2009 Cubicle 7 announced it had joined the Rebellion Group. You can find out more at www.cubicle7.co.uk About John Wick John Wick is the co-creator of Legend of the Five Rings and 7th Sea, both of which have won Origins Awards for both Best Roleplaying Game and Best Collectible Card Game. He founded the Wicked Dead Brewing Company with Jared Sorensen and recently started John Wick Presents! as a company devoted to creating games for adults, children and families. You can find out more about John and his games at www.johnwickpresents.com.
| | Friday, June 26th, 2009 | | 9:14 pm |
Dragonmeet SW - Seminars
Hi all, We'll be at Dragonmeet South West in Swindon this coming Sunday (28th June). We have a stand there (with a special surprise on it) and I'll be doing two seminars too. ---------- TIME: 12.30pm - 1.30pm TITLE: Small Press - Publishing Your Own Games HOST: Angus Abranson Small Press and Independent Publishing in the games arena has really taken off other the last few years. With some of the best titles - such as Evil Hat's "Spirit of the Century " and Contested Grounds' "Cold City" selling as many, if not more, copies as many more established companies. With the lowering cost of entering the games publishing business thanks to Print-on-Demand companies such as Lulu and Lightning Source many budding games designers have turned their hands to publishing. Angus looks at the areas a budding games publisher should look at as well as other options available to them. ---------- TIME: 2.30pm - 3.30pm TITLE: Holy Grails? – Licensing in the RPG Industry HOST: Angus Abranson and Matthew Sprange Licensed games have been a stable of the games industry for decades. All sorts of films, comics, TVs and books have been turned into games from titles such as Star Wars, Ghostbusters, Babylon 5, Buffy: The Vampire Slayer, Marvel and Star Trek to titles such as Hercules & Xena, He-Man, Evil Dead and even Dallas! What's the attraction of licensed games to publishers and fans? What are the rewards and pitfalls? With a host of licensed games still in the works such as The Dresden Files, Doctor Who and Dragon Age all due out in the next six months companies certainly seem keen on licensed properties. Matthew and Angus discuss licenses, past and present, and answer questions about these so called "Holy Grails". ---------- Chris is also doing one... TIME: 11.30am - 12.30pm TITLE: Starblazer Adventures - Behind the scenes on the space opera and forthcoming fantasy RPG's! HOST: Chris Birch Chris Birch, line manager and writer of Starblazer Adventures talks about the process of creating the massive RPG core book, how it started, the highs and lows, and where it's going including a discussion of the forthcoming Chronicles of Anglerre based on Starblazer's fantasy issues, which will allow everything from low level gritty play through to epic god like legends. ---------- ...and we have demo games of Victoriana and Starblazer taking place being run by there developers (that'll be Andy and Chris). Plus Andy is running a game of Hellcats and Hockeysticks which is his own 'Indy' small press game he's developing for his own company (Corone design). So quite a busy day for us all told. Please come along if you can!
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Angus Abranson
Cubicle 7 Entertainment Ltd
www.cubicle7.co.uk
Publishers of SLA Industries, Victoriana, Starblazer Adventures, QIN:
The Warring States and the Doctor Who Roleplaying Game
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