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Critical Bits for the week ending 2009-09-12

September 12, 2009 by Gato the News Robot

  • DMG2 and Revenge of the Giants have been released into the wild
  • Revamped Dead Gentlemen site is up, with new videos
  • A rough take on the One Ring as a D&D 4E artifact (via @wordwill)
  • FIVE DRAGONS and DAMN FINE PI on sale now (via @BerinKinsman)
  • Apply to be a beta tester for the Settlers of Catan iPhone app
  • WOTC has a revised Fortress of the Yuan-Ti to incorporate into 4th Edition.  (via @RPGHub)
  • Read about Chatty DM’s marriage of 4e’s encounters and Mouse Guard’s complication design (with some 5×5 too)
  • Warner Bros. Restructures DC Comics (via @CBR)
  • Read Robin Laws on exposition and interactivity in RPGs (vital stuff in here, people) (via @wordwill)
  • Interview with Beatles: Rock Band lead designer Chris Foster
  • Here’s an article Monte Cook wrote for the Escapist on the early days of rpgs. (via @MonteJCook)
  • EVERYTHING you need to know about Marvel/Disney and DC Entertainment (via @Comixace)
  • The Bruce Campbell Watch 2009
  • The 4 things gamers need to know about Apple’s Rock ‘n’ Roll keynote (via @offworld)
  • Assassin Heroic Tier class up (DDI Sub Required) Shadow Striker that uses “Hexes” as their powers and has two guilds
  • 4e NPC Generator (via @gnomestew)
  • A bardic revolutionary A would-be demigod A mad mutation A champion of the people An unyielding ruler (via @unclebear)
  • Fantasy Football vs. D&D (via @profpope)
  • One Bad Egg to go dark, cites difficulty in the 3p 4e market and low sales

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