Cubicle 7 Entertainment Ltd - publishers of SLA Industries, Victoriana and Starblazer Adventures

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9 July 2010 - Cubicle 7 & Partners Nominated for 12 ENNIES!

The ENNIES 2010 Nominations were announced today and we're overjoyed to have received 12 nominations and 1 Honorable Mention for games that we, and our partners in the Cubicle 7 family, produce.

The nominations are as follows:

Best Game
Wild Talents 2nd Edition (Cubicle 7/Arc Dream Publishing)

Best Monster/Adversary
Hellfrost Bestiary (Cubicle 7/Triple Ace Games)

Best Rules
Atomic Highway (Cubicle 7/Radioactive Ape Design)
Wild Talents 2nd Edition (Cubicle 7/Arc Dream Publishing)

Best Setting
Kerberos Club (Cubicle 7/Arc Dream Publishing)
Rome: Life and Death of the Republic (Cubicle 7/Alephtar Games)

Best Writing
Kerberos Club (Cubicle 7/Arc Dream Publishing)
Victoriana 2nd Edition (Cubicle 7)

Product of the Year
Doctor Who: Adventures in Time and Space (Cubicle 7)
Kerberos Club (Cubicle 7/Arc Dream Publishing)
Rome: Life and Death of the Republic (Cubicle 7/Alephtar Games)
Wild Talents 2nd Edition (Cubicle 7/Arc Dream Publishing)
Honorable Mention: Savage Suzerain (Cubicle 7/Savage Mojo)

Plus Rite Publishing, who are another of our partners, are also nominated for 2 ENNIES in the Best Electronic Book category with:

Heroes of the Jade Oath BETA (Rite Publishing)
To Kill Or Not To Kill (Rite Publishing)

We'd like to congratulate all the people and partner companies involved in the creation and production of the games and will have our fingers firmly crossed as the results are announced at the ENNIES Award Ceremony in Indianapolis at Gen Con on Friday 6th August.

I'd also like to congratulate all the other companies and designers/writers who make up the rest of the ENNIES Nominations (and Honorable Mentions) this year as there are many fantastic products in every category.

For a full list please check out the ENNIES Official Website at http://www.ennie-awards.com/nominations/nominees.asp where you will also be able to find the instructions on how to vote for your favourite product in each category!

9 June 2010 - PSI to handle sales and fulfillment for Cubicle 7 Entertainment

Cubicle 7 Entertainment has announced that it is working with leading sales and fulfillment service organization PSI. The move gives Cubicle 7 world-class support in getting its games from the studio to stores and into gamers' hands. PSI, in turn, adds numerous great products from Cubicle 7 and its related studios to its already sizable stable of game publishers.

"With our continued expansion in the RPG market, as well as our development and move in to the board and card games arena, the partnership with PSI allows us to enter new territories," said Angus Abranson, Director at Cubicle 7 Entertainment. "PSI's reputation is exemplary, and they have the team and capability to provide excellent support as we develop as a company," added Dominic McDowall-Thomas, Director at Cubicle 7 Entertainment.

"PSI is excited to offer their customers quality books and accessories from Cubicle 7 Entertainment and their partners. PSI will work closely with Cubicle 7 to develop their sales channels, but most retailers will continue to purchase the product from their normal sources. We look forward to the numerous great releases planned for this year," said Fred Yelk Woodruff, Senior Planner at PSI.

Cubicle 7 Entertainment is primarily concerned with the gaming and media markets. We publish a variety of games (Role Playing, Card and Board games) based on both original and licensed backgrounds.

Publisher Services Inc. (PSI) is a leading North American sales and fulfillment service organization enabling greater sales for small to medium-sized publishers to mass market, book trade, and specialty retail channels. Our objectives are to work with our publishing partners to optimize their presence in the marketplace and offer the highest quality products to our retail customers.

5 May 2010 - Legends of Anglerre PDF available now, hard copy is on the press

Legends of Anglerre shoves a massive battle axe in the hands of the Ennie Award-Nominated Starblazer Adventures roleplaying game. Play action-packed fantasy using the award-winning FATE RPG system: gritty adventurers on paths to greatness; epic heroes leading mighty armies and noble kingdoms; mythic questers traversing the many planes and battling the gods themselves - and more!

Also included are two complete settings for high fantasy and sword and sorcery adventure, with background, new rules, and maps, a detailed fantasy bestiary, and hundreds of pieces of inspirational fantasy art from the pages of the Starblazer comics!

The fate of the world hangs in the balance. Danger is everywhere - and great adventure. Will the flickering lights of civilization grow stronger, or be extinguished forever by darkness? In these perilous days, the world cries out for heroes.

Heroes like you.

You can now download the Legends of Anglerre PDF at http://www.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=81022&affiliate_id=169435

10 March 2010 - Cubicle 7 Entertainment to publish roleplaying game based on Charles Stross’ Laundry Files novels

Cubicle 7 Entertainment is producing a roleplaying game based on the award-winning Laundry series (The Atrocity Archives, The Jennifer Morgue, and the forthcoming The Fuller Memorandum) by the even-more-award-winning Charles Stross, and uses the also-award-winning Basic Roleplaying System (Call Of Cthulhu) by Chaosium Inc.

“We love the Laundry Files novels, so we’re really excited about this game,” said Dominic McDowall-Thomas, Cubicle 7 Director. “The world of the Laundry is a perfect mix of espionage, conspiracy and tentacled menace from beyond the stars.”

“The books are Lovecraftian spy thrillers. The best elements from both genres are thrown together with a sprinkling of long lost Nazis, terrorist cultists, other foreign governments wanting a piece of the action, as well as Her Majesty’s Civil Service.” added Cubicle 7’s Angus Abranson.

The Laundry is a branch of the British secret service, tasked to prevent hideous alien gods from wiping out all life on Earth. Players take the part of Laundry agents, cleaning up the mess after things go wrong or, sometimes, even managing to prevent the manifestation of ultimate evil. Agents have access to the best equipment they can get their superiors to approve, from Basilisk Guns to portable containment grids to a PDA loaded up with Category A countermeasure invocations.

The game has been designed and written by industry veterans Gareth Hanrahan, Jason Durall and John Snead.

"I'm really excited to be working with Cubicle 7 to bring the sinister world of the Laundry to a wider audience," says Charles Stross, Hugo award-winning author of "The Atrocity Archives" and "The Jennifer Morgue".

The Laundry RPG is a self-contained rulebook and will be supported by a number of sourcebooks and adventure campaigns. The game is due to be released in July 2010.

For more information on The Laundry RPG, please contact info@cubicle7.co.uk

26 February 2010 - A cubicle with a view

Dom's new article on RPGnet.

18 February 2010 - Doctor Who: Adventures in Time and Space website

Take a look at the new website for Doctor Who: Adventures in Time and Space.

2 February 2010 - Department 7 Recruiting…

Department 7, Cubicle 7 Entertainment’s official demo team, is recruiting.

We’re looking to strengthen our demo teams with people interested in running, and teaching, our games at clubs, game stores in their local areas and at regional and national games conventions. Read more...

20 January 2010 - Cubicle 7 Entertainment and Sophisticated Games announce that they are developing The One Ring: The Lord of the Rings® Role-playing Game.

Cubicle 7 Entertainment and Sophisticated Games are proud to announce that they are jointly developing The One Ring: The Lord of the Rings® Role-playing Game.

“We’re tremendously excited about The One Ring,” said Dominic McDowall-Thomas, Cubicle 7 Director. “Our aim is to give our audience an authentic Middle-earth gaming experience, one that really captures the feel of Tolkien’s world.”