04 Aug 2019
Free League, Gaming, Hunters, Renegade Permalink

7 ENnie Award winners from Genuine partners!

August 4, 2019

Thrilled to report that Genuine partners Free League Publishing, Hunters Entertainment, and Renegade Game Studios had a fantastic night at the 2019 ENnie Awards. Hunters Entertainment and Renegade Game Studios (our collaborators on the Altered Carbon tabletop RPG and the Expandable Card Game for Vampire: The Masquerade) took home the award for Best Family Game for their Kids on Bikes tabletop RPG. Meanwhile, Free League dominated the show with seven awards:

Best Production Values (Gold) for Forbidden Lands
Best Layout and Design (Gold) for Symbaroum Monster Codex
Best Cartography (Gold) for Forbidden Lands
Best Rules (Silver) for Forbidden Lands
Best Art, Interior (Silver) for Symbaroum Monster Codex
Product of the Year (Silver) for Forbidden Lands

Congratulations to our extended family and all the esteemed nominees! To learn more about all the winners, check the article below

Full list of 2019 ENnie Award winners
03 Aug 2019
Gaming, Paradox, Renegade, White Wolf, World of Darkness Permalink

PRESS RELEASE: Genuine brings together Renegade Game Studios and White Wolf Entertainment on Vampire: The Masquerade – The Expandable Card Game

August 3, 2019

Renegade Game Studios, a premier tabletop game publisher, in partnership with White Wolf Entertainment and Paradox Interactive, creators of the immersive World of Darkness universe, are proud to announce an expandable tabletop card game set to release in 2020. Vampire: The Masquerade – The Expandable Card Game will offer tabletop gamers a new way to experience the political intrigue of Kindred society and the hunger pangs of The Beast within. White Wolf and Renegade were brought together by Genuine Entertainment, who packaged the licensing partnership and facilitated the deal. Genuine represents White Wolf Entertainment and its parent company, Paradox Interactive. Genuine also collaborates with Renegade Game Studios, the distributor of our Altered Carbon tabletop roleplaying game published by Hunters Entertainment.

Vampire: The Masquerade – The Expandable Card Game is slated for release in 2020. Make sure to join The Renegade Society newsletter and Facebook Group to find out more about Vampire: The Masquerade – The Expandable Card Game later this year!

Read the press release
14 Jul 2019
Dune, Film, Gale Force Nine, Gaming, Legendary, Publishing, TV Permalink

Pre-orders begin for our upcoming re-release of the Dune board game!

July 14, 2019


Dubbed “one of the legendary holy grail games of the tabletop”, Gale Force Nine and Genuine Entertainment are proud to bring Dune – the 1979 Avalon Hill masterpiece that forever changed gaming and defined the grand strategy genre – back to the tabletop for the first time in over 30 years. Long thought to be lost forever to the legal complexities of the underlying rights, our partnership with Legendary has allowed us to not only re-publish the game, but work alongside the original designers of the game (Bill Eberle, Jack Kittredge and Peter Olotka – the trio of designers behind the hugely influential Cosmic Encounter) and Ilya Baranovsky, the Russian artist behind the fan-favorite redesign of the classic game board.

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03 Jul 2019
Free League, Gale Force Nine, Gaming, Hunters, Publishing, Renegade Permalink

11 ENnie Award Nominations for Genuine roster!

July 3, 2019

The 2019 ENnie Award nominations have been announced, and I am THRILLED to share that the Genuine roster has garnered a total of 11 nominations across Best Art (Cover), Best Art (Interior), Best Cartography, Best Family Game, Best Layout & Design, Best Monster/Adversary, Best Production Values, Best Rules, Best Setting, Best Supplement, and Product of the Year! My most sincere congratulations to all my friends at Free League Publishing, Hunters Entertainment, Modiphius Entertainment, and Renegade Game Studios on the well-earned recognition! Your extraordinary contributions to this industry and community are downright inspiring, and I feel obnoxiously excited and privileged to work with you all!

Read the full list of nominees
16 Jun 2019
Gaming, Paradox, Renegade, Uncategorized, White Wolf, World of Darkness Permalink

Genuine partners win Origins Awards for Best Family Game and Best Role-Playing Game

June 16, 2019

Congratulations to all the winners last night at the 2019 Origins Awards, including our friends & fellow Kindred at Paradox Interactive, White Wolf Entertainment, Modiphius Entertainment, and Free League Publishing who won Best Roleplaying Game for their work on Vampire: The Masquerade, and Renegade Game Studios who won Best Family Game for The Tea Dragon Society! One happy night for so many great game makers, storytellers, and world builders the world round!

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10 Jun 2019
Dune, Film, Gale Force Nine, Gaming, Legendary, Publishing, TV, Uncategorized Permalink

Dune Series Ordered at WarnerMedia Streaming Service, Denis Villeneuve to Direct

June 10, 2019

WarnerMedia’s streaming service has given a straight-to-series order to the sci-fi project “Dune: The Sisterhood.” The series hails from Legendary Television, with Legendary also producing the upcoming “Dune” film reboot from director Denis Villeneuve. Warner Bros. is distributing the film.

Villeneuve will direct the pilot with Jon Spaihts set to write. Spaihts and Villeneuve also co-wrote the screenplay for the film reboot along with Eric Roth. Villeneuve and Spaihts will executive produce with Brian Herbert, Byron Merritt and Kim Herbert for the Frank Herbert estate. Kevin J. Anderson will co-produce. News of the series is in keeping with Legendary’s plans to expand the “Dune” franchise to a multitude of platforms, including Genuine’s master tabletop gaming license with Gale Force Nine.

The upcoming TV series is included as part of Genuine’s master tabletop gaming license for the Dune franchise, so stay tuned for more updates on tabletop games for The Sisterhood!

Read Variety’s breaking news on the Dune TV series
22 May 2019
Alien, Film, Fox, Free League, Gaming, Publishing, TV Permalink

PRESS RELEASE: Pre-Orders for Free League’s Alien RPG begin on May 25 with a Surprise Debut of their First Cinematic Module

May 22, 2019

LOS ANGELES, CA (May 22, 2019) – On May 25, 1979, Alien first graced the silver screen. Forty years after the Alien franchise first inspired and shocked the world, Free League Publishing has a xenomorphic surprise of their own in store. Quite literally. Last month on Alien Day (4/26), Free League and 20th Century Fox Consumer Products announced their upcoming tabletop RPG series set within the Alien universe, which is set to release this holiday season. Yet for fans eager to explore that universe for themselves, they don’t need to wait any longer.

In celebration of the official 40th Anniversary this Saturday (May 25, 2019), Free League will offer a meaty 168-page Cinematic Starter Kit for their highly-anticipated Alien RPG – debuting their first Cinematic module Chariot of the Gods written by Alien RPG setting writer and sci-fi novelist Andrew E.C. Gaska – as a complimentary bonus gift for anyone who pre-orders the Alien RPG Core Rulebook at alien-rpg.com. The Cinematic Starter Kit will be available for download as soon as the pre-order purchase is confirmed.

For a review copy of the Cinematic Starter Kit, please email pr@frialigan.se.

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01 May 2019
Free League, Gale Force Nine, Gaming, Modiphius, Renegade Permalink

2019 Origins Awards Nominees announced with multiple nods for Genuine roster

May 1, 2019

Wow! Quite a few Genuine friends and collaborators received Origins Award nominations today! Congratulations to Free League, Modiphius, Gale Force Nine, Renegade, Asmodee, Steamforged, Games Workshop, Green Ronin, and all the other esteemed nominees this year! What an amazing year for gaming!

Check out the 2019 Origins Awards nominees here!
29 Apr 2019
Alien, Film, Fox, Free League, Gaming, Publishing, TV Permalink

Press Round-Up for our Alien RPG with Fox and Free League!

April 29, 2019

Everyone at Genuine, Free League, and Fox are sincerely grateful for the overwhelmingly positive response from the media for our upcoming Alien tabletop roleplaying game series. Please enjoy the latest and greatest coverage from io9/Gizmodo, Variety, Kotaku, Bleeding Cool, SyFy, Bloody Disgusting, ICv2, EnWorld, TechRaptor, CBR, AVP Galaxy, Gaming Trend, Geek Native, Tabletop Gaming News, Geek Tyrant, Diskingdom, and Barrel Rolled… just to name a few!  😀

26 Apr 2019
Alien, Film, Fox, Free League, Gaming, Publishing, TV Permalink

PRESS RELEASE: Free League and Genuine announce official Alien tabletop RPG series with Fox!

April 26, 2019


LOS ANGELES, CA (April 26, 2019) – Forty years ago, Alien shocked and inspired the world with a horrific sci-fi universe that forever changed the genre. In celebration of its 40th anniversary, Free League Publishing has announced today that fans can soon explore that iconic universe for themselves with an official line of tabletop role-playing games.

The long-term licensing partnership with 20th Century Fox Consumer Products will kick off in late 2019, launching an ongoing tabletop RPG series drawing upon four decades of world-building within this beloved universe. Free League is renowned for its own world-building in science fiction, with their best-selling sci-fi RPG Tales from the Loop sweeping the 2017 ENnie Awards for Best Setting, Best Writing, Best Art, Best Game, and Product of the Year. Tomas Härenstam, Free League co-founder and game director of their sci-fi RPGs Tales from the Loop and Mutant: Year Zero, will oversee game design, with original artwork from esteemed artists Martin Grip, John Mullaney and Axel Torvenius.

The Fox-Free League licensing deal was brokered by Joe LeFavi of Genuine Entertainment, who will manage the license on behalf of Free League and serve as an editor on the game series. Alien is the latest in a slew of high-profile tabletop deals by LeFavi, including the master tabletop gaming license for Dune, the tabletop RPG series for Altered Carbon, and multiple brand extensions of World of Darkness.

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30 Mar 2019
Altered Carbon, Gaming, Hunters, Publishing, Renegade, Skydance, TV Permalink

Press Round-Up for our Altered Carbon RPG

March 30, 2019

Our thanks to all the great coverage on our upcoming Altered Carbon tabletop roleplaying game series, which we’re producing alongside Skydance Media and Hunters Entertainment with Renegade Game Studios distributing the product line worldwide. For more information, check out the latest and greatest coverage from Bleeding Cool, io9, TechRaptor, ICv2, EnWorld, Tabletop Gaming News, and Gaming Trend!

29 Mar 2019
Altered Carbon, Gaming, Hunters, Publishing, Renegade, Skydance, TV Permalink

PRESS RELEASE: Hunters Entertainment and Genuine Roll The Dice With Altered Carbon Tabletop Role-Playing Game

March 29, 2019

Skydance teams up with award-winning game publisher for officially licensed tabletop games starting in 2020

Los Angeles, CA (March 29, 2019) – Skydance Media has reached a multi-year licensing agreement with Hunters Entertainment to produce tabletop role-playing games set within the stunning sci-fi universe of the hit Netflix series, Altered Carbon. The Skydance-Hunters licensing deal was brokered by Joe LeFavi of Genuine Entertainment, who will manage the license on behalf of Hunters and serve as an editor on the game itself. LeFavi is no stranger to tabletop, as he is currently managing the master tabletop gaming license for Frank Herbert’s Dune with Legendary and Gale Force Nine. Skydance Media is represented by Evolution.

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26 Feb 2019
Dune, Film, Gaming, Legendary, TV Permalink

Legendary launches MMORPG with Funcom in the Dune universe

February 26, 2019

Genuine Entertainment welcomes Funcom to the Dune family, who has entered into an exclusive partnership with Legendary Studios to develop games based on the works of Frank Herbert’s seminal novel series. This six-year partnership will release at least three titles on PC and Consoles, with one of the games planned to be in the “Open World Multiplayer” genre that will enter into pre-production in Funcom’s Oslo studio during 2019. This large-scale commitment only further proves the vast commercial potential of the Dune franchise and our upcoming tabletop games set within that iconic sci-fi universe!

Read more about the upcoming game on Bleeding Cool!
29 Dec 2018
Gaming, Paradox, Publishing, White Wolf, World of Darkness Permalink

Vampire: The Masquerade named among Top-10 RPGs of 2018 by Game Informer

December 29, 2018

Thrilled to share that Game Informer listed the fifth edition of Vampire: The Masquerade as one of the Top-10 Best RPG releases of 2018. Honored to stand among such esteemed peers as Starfinder: Pact Worlds, Star Crossed, Numenera: Destiny, Legend of the Five Rings Core Rulebook, Kids on Bikes, Invisible Sun, Dungeons & Dragons: Guildmaster’s Guide to Ravnica, Delta Green: A Night At The Opera, and Choose-Your-Own-Adventure: House of Danger.

Read more about Game Informer’s Top-10 List
16 Aug 2018
Dune, Film, Gale Force Nine, Gaming, Legendary, Publishing, TV Permalink

The world reacts to our Dune master tabletop gaming license!

August 16, 2018

Everyone at Genuine Entertainment is thrilled and humbled by the universally positive response in the media for our master tabletop gaming license on Dune. We’re incredibly grateful for all the incredible coverage, and we encourage our readers to check out the latest and greatest coverage at Bleeding Cool, Nerdist, io9 Gizmodo, SyFy, Comicbook.com, ICv2, Geek Native, Geek Tyrant, Tabletop Gaming News, and Dice Tower News (among many others)!

15 Aug 2018
Dune, Gale Force Nine, Gaming, Legendary, Modiphius, Publishing, TV Permalink

PRESS RELEASE: Legendary Entertainment and the Frank Herbert Estate award Gale Force Nine and Genuine Entertainment Master Tabletop Gaming License for Dune

August 15, 2018

Tabletop role-playing game planned for late 2019 release, with additional original tabletop games from Gale Force Nine and their sub-licensees to follow

BURBANK, CA – August 14, 2018 – Legendary Entertainment and Herbert Properties LLC have reached a multi-year licensing agreement with Gale Force Nine (GF9).  The award-winning game publisher is now set to bring the beloved sci-fi franchise DUNE to the world of tabletop gaming. The Legendary-Gale Force Nine licensing deal was brokered by Joe LeFavi of Genuine Entertainment, who will manage the Dune license on behalf of GF9 and facilitate ongoing business development alongside John-Paul Brisigotti, CEO of Gale Force Nine.

The agreement calls for Gale Force to produce original tabletop games drawing from the full scope of the Dune franchise—spanning the many publications from Frank Herbert, Brian Herbert, and Kevin J. Anderson—along with multiple direct tie-ins with Legendary’s highly-anticipated film from director Denis Villeneuve.

“This is only the beginning of our big plans in tabletop for this captivating franchise,” says Brisigotti. “Dune is a rich and wonderful universe, and we expect to produce an equally expansive and inspired line of games for years to come.”

The full range of tabletop games, including board and miniatures games are slated to hit the market just prior to Legendary’s theatrical release of Dune in 2020. In addition, GF9 plans to align with other game companies on numerous categories and formats in the future.

“With this master license, we are excited to collaborate with our peers and leverage their unique expertise to realize a complete spectrum of game types and authentic experiences,” continues Brisigotti. Slated for late 2019, their first collaboration is a tabletop role-playing game from Modiphius, publisher of celebrated games such as Star Trek Adventures, Fallout: Wasteland Warfare, Conan, Mutant Chronicles, Achtung! Cthulhu, and Tales from the Loop.

“Gale Force Nine has consistently demonstrated a skill and passion for building successful tabletop game series alongside category leading partners and we are thrilled to announce this exciting addition to the Dune licensing program ,” said Jamie Kampel, Vice President of Licensing & Partnerships for Legendary. “Legendary looks forward to a fun and meaningful contribution to this revered legacy property.”

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20 Apr 2018
Consumer Marketing, Content Strategy, Game of Thrones, HBO, Omaze, TV Permalink

Genuine plays the Game of Thrones with Omaze and Emilia Clarke

April 20, 2018

Working with Omaze, Genuine Entertainment provided content strategy, media planning, and marketing support in the design and promotion of Emilia Clarke’s fundraising campaign for HBO’s Game of Thrones. For this Omaze campaign, the winner and a friend will join Emilia Clarke for a behind-the-scenes peek of Westeros in Belfast, Northern Ireland! Once there, they’ll enjoy lunch with Emilia and exclusive access to one of the final days of shooting as this groundbreaking TV series comes to its epic conclusion. The campaign ultimately became one of Omaze’s most successful in history, generating over 10M+ views (now in their top-five most viewed videos ever), billions of impressions, and over seven figures in donations benefiting The Royal College of Nursing Foundation and their vital support encouraging young people to join the next generation of specialist nurses, midwives, and health care assistants.

Check out the Omaze campaign here!
05 Mar 2018
Alcon, Blade Runner, Film, Publishing Permalink

Blade Runner 2049 earns 92 award wins and 145 nominations

March 5, 2018

With awards season coming to a close, everyone here at Genuine Entertainment would love to celebrate Blade Runner 2049 and show our support for its undeniably gifted cast and crew. Boasting a total of 92 award wins and 145 nominations, no one can deny the extraordinary cinematic achievements of this sci-fi masterpiece. We could not be more proud to have worked alongside this amazing team, and it was our great honor to watch their inspired efforts and this unforgettable film come to life.

Most noteworthy among their many award wins and much-deserved nominations are as follows:

  • Academy Award for Best Achievement in Cinematography and Visual Effects
  • Academy Award nominations for Sound Editing, Sound Mixing, and Production Design
  • BAFTA Awards for Best Cinematography and Special Visual Effects
  • BAFTA Award nominations for the David Lean Award for Direction, Best Production Design, Original Music, Best Sound, Best Editing, and Best Make Up/Hair
  • American Society of Cinematographers Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases
  • National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Cinematography
  • Art Directors Guild Award for Excellence in Production Design
  • Visual Effects Society Awards for Outstanding Created Environment in a Photoreal Feature and Outstanding Model in a Photoreal or Animated Project
  • Motion Picture Sound Editors Golden Reel Award for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Sound Effects and Foley for Feature Film
  • Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film
20 Feb 2018
Avengers, Consumer Marketing, Content Strategy, Film, Marvel, Omaze Permalink

Genuine hosts high tea with Benedict Cumberbatch and Omaze for Avengers: Infinity War

February 20, 2018

Working with Omaze, Genuine Entertainment provided content strategy, media planning, and marketing support in the design and promotion of Marvel’s fundraising campaign. Genuine also facilitated vital promotional partnerships in support of the campaign, most notably Marvel Comics and a wildly popular fan art competition hosted by Tumblr – a first of its kind between Omaze and Tumblr.

With Genuine’s help, the integrated media strategy ultimately delivered over three times its projected views and earnings, earning over 1M+ video views, over 100M+ impressions, and nearly seven figures in donations benefiting the non-profit GEANCO and their work to provide healthcare and education services to save and transform lives in Nigeria. Meanwhile, the winner of the Omaze campaign enjoyed a once-in-a-lifetime experience, flying out to Los Angeles to join Cumberbatch himself for a private afternoon tea session before attending the most anticipated movie premiere of the year — Avengers: Infinity War — as his special guest.

22 Sep 2017
Alcon, Blade Runner, Film, Publishing, World Building Permalink

Genuine signs Blade Runner 2049 and produces its art book, The Art and Soul of Blade Runner 2049

September 22, 2017


Alcon Entertainment and NECA have aligned with Genuine Entertainment as a brand manager and literary packager on Blade Runner 2049, entrusting us to produce and publish a premium art book, which captured director Denis Villeneuve’s creative process in a display-worthy art piece and offered a mesmerizing look into the unforgettable characters, iconic environments, and unbelievable technology featured in this epic cinematic achievement. Genuine CEO Joe LeFavi served as Publisher, Creative Director, and Managing Editor on the publication.

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