News: CrossGen CCG & RPG

[Ralph Kruhm]

Fast Forward Gets CrossGen Game License
For CCG and RPG Products

March 20, 2003
Fast Forward Entertainment of Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, has acquired a license to produce collectible card and roleplaying games based on CrossGen's comic properties, with the first releases scheduled for August. The first CCG releases will be 61-card Starter Decks at an $11.99 MSRP and 11-card booster packs at a $3.29 MSRP. The booster packs will contain cards from a 120-card set, including chase and ultra-rare cards. The art for the cards will all be produced by CrossGen artists; some will be from comics that have already appeared, other art will be from comics that will appear in the future. All of the characters in the CrossGen universe can be used (which does not include characters from Code 6 titles). The CrossGen CCG will be designed by Fast Forward president Jim Ward, who designed the Dragon Ball Z game for Score.

The CrossGen CCG will be supported by an organized play program; Fast Forward plans to hire a staffer to run the program within the next few months. The Fast Forward Website will also be updated to allow the posting of player rankings.

Ten promo cards will be produced for each new CCG release. Five of the promo cards will be distributed to hobby retailers to use as free with purchase items. The other five will be used for magazine inserts and other promotional purposes. Support for the games will also include an aggressive convention program, including San Diego and the Wizard shows.

Three d20 RPG releases are planned for 2003. The CrossGen Campaign System Sourcebook, a 192-page full color hardcover, is scheduled for August, at $34.99. The CrossGen Gamemaster Screen and Adventure, which consists of the screen and a 30-page booklet, is scheduled for October at $14.99. And the CrossGen Mystic World Sourcebook, a 128-page book at $24.99, will be released in November.

[Northstar]

Nee, dem Kartenwahn will ich nicht mehr verfallen. Zu teuer & frustrierend...

Das RPG interessiert mich schon sehr: wer will mit spielen? Meine ich jetzt ernst...

Northy

[Boron]

Mhhh... ich würde mitspielen. Ist jedenfalls sicherlich eine sehr nette Anschaffung...

[Ralph Kruhm]

Bin dabei. Wer mastert?

[Ralph Kruhm]

Hier ist die Offizielle Homepage: http://www.fastforwardgames.com

[Fanman]

Find es zwar sehr gut, daß man CrossGen bald auch mit den d20 Regeln spielen kann, aber ob fastforwardgames die richtige Firma ist?
Bei ihren bisherigen d20 Produkten schwankte die Qualität doch sehr..

[Ralph Kruhm]

"My name is Jim Ward and I'm the president of Fast Forward. I have the honor of being the lead designer on the CrossGen RPG and the CrossGen Collectible Card Game.

More information will be available at the Fast Forward website: fastforwardgames.com

The first CrossGen role-playing product will be a 288 page color hardbound book that generally provides all the rules to play in any of the CrossGen worlds. All of the many concepts in the CrossGen worlds from Mystic magic to Meridian air ships are "touched" on in these rules. In depth details of all of the worlds will be covered in special sourcebooks and most of them will be released in 2004. We will post a tentative schedule of those releases on our website.

The first CrossGen collectible card game will come out early in the Fall. It is our intention to have cards from all of the worlds but right now we are planning on presenting cards from: Sojourn, Sigil, Mystic, Meridian, and Scion. I have an important meeting with the CrossGen people on Monday to work out more details on the game. As I can I will post here and on the Fast Forward website to give all of you fans more information.

We at Fast Forward pride ourselves in paying attention to the ideas and wishes of the fans. I'm here every week listening to what you have to say.

We will find a way to post cards as soon as they are approved. We will post rules and production outlines as soon as we can.

Thank you for your interest,

Jim Ward
President
Fast Forward"
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Quelle CGE Buzz

[Northstar]

So könnte es wohl aussehen: http://vu.morrissey-solo.com/moz/perez/cv/cg-role1.jpg (warum das Ding auf ner Morrissey Seite liegt, no idea, aber irgendwie fand ich das gerade cool *g*)

Text dazu:

"CrossGen RPG Rulebook Out In August
April 18, 2003

Illustrated by CrossGen Artists

Fast Forward Entertainment will release the first volume in its CrossGen role-playing game this August. The CrossGen Campaign System is a 288-page hardcover with a color cover and interior illustrations by some of CrossGen's top artists. The deluxe 8.5" x 11" volume will retail for $34.95. Written by industry veterans Jim Ward and Sean Everette, this compendium contains all the rules necessary for playing the characters in the CrossGen Universe. The CrossGen Campaign System makes use of the Open Gaming License (OGL), which means that the powers and abilities of the CrossGen characters have been detailed for use with the Third Edition of the world's most popular role-playing game. With its plethora of fantasy, science fiction, and adventure titles CrossGen is an ideal publisher for this sort of role-playing exploitation since the CrossGen Universe really does provide a diversity of themes and settings. Two more volumes will flesh out the CrossGen RPG later this year. The CrossGen Gamemaster Screen and Adventure is due out in October, while the CrossGen Mystic World Sourcebook arrives in November."

Quelle: http://www.georgeperez.com

[Ralph Kruhm]

In der aktuellen Scrye ist ein Bericht über das CG CCG.

[Ralph Kruhm]

Und hier gibt´s jetzt neue, detaillierte Infos:

http://www.fastforwardgames.com/crossgen.cfm

[Northstar]

Das sieht verflucht gut aus, auch das CCG, das ich ja eigentlich nicht haben wollte. *lol* Hmm, ich sparr schon mal....

Northy

[Ralph Kruhm]

Hier gibt´s ein Interview mit Jim "Fast Forward" Ward:

http://www.comicon.com/cgi-bin/pulse...6%26t%3D001031

[Phileas]

Eigentlich lese ich ja nicht im CG USA Forum (die Spoilergefahr), aber irgendwo musste ja was RPG stehen
Nachdem ich bei rpg.net etwas von einem Crossgen Rollenspiel gelesen habe, war mein erster Gedanke: Haben wollen!

Nur leider habe ich inzwischen soviel schlechtes von Fast Forward gehört, das mir langsam Angst und Bange wird
Ich hoffe zwar das beste und kaufen werde ich es bestimmt (es lebe der Konsum ).

Und D20 ist genau das richtige System für CG (imo im Gegensatz zu Babylon 5 d20).

Sind hier nicht irgendwelche Hamburger oder andere Nordlichter, die eine Gruppe aufmachen möchten?

[Ralph Kruhm]

CG’s Role Playing Game Expands To Incorporate The Huge 2004 Event!

The War is coming…and now you can join the fight!

CrossGen Entertainment and Fast Forward Entertainment, Inc. have expanded the CrossGen Role Playing Game to incorporate and reflect events that will soon rock the entire CrossGen Universe in the Spring 2004 event THE WAR. Subsequently, the anticipated release date for the CROSSGEN CAMPAIGN SYSTEM RULE BOOK has been adjusted to December of 2003.

“The cataclysmic events coming up in THE WAR will have a dramatic impact on every part of the CrossGen Universe. When the whole scope of THE WAR was outlined to me, it became obvious that by doing some solid revisions and long term planning, we could let players of the CROSSGEN RPG experience the action right along with the characters in the comics,” stated CrossGen’s VP Special Projects Brandon Peterson. “The release of THE WAR and the CROSSGEN RPG will be a game player’s dream: huge, mythic drama and warfare played across the whole of two universes.”
"We've been working very close with the staff at CrossGen to make sure that everything we do completely reflects their ever-changing worlds," stated Fast Forward VP of Sales & Marketing John Danovich. "And while most of the rule book was already written, we all realized that THE WAR was just too big and important not to incorporate into the initial launch."

Published under the Open Gaming License due to the character creation rules that are necessary for playing in the CrossGen Universe, the highly-anticipated rule book features gorgeous full color interior art by the fantastic stable of CrossGen artists.

"CrossGen has some of the best artists in the entire comics industry working on their titles, and we are extremely pleased to be able to bring their amazing creations to the gaming world," said James M. Ward, President of Fast Forward.