During Origins 2010, I dropped by a packed seminar run by Luke Crane and Jared Sorensen. Luke Crane is the designer of Burning Wheel and Mouse Guard RPGs, of which we (mainly ChattyDM) have spoken of on many occasions. Jared Sorensen is the game designer behind a number of games including Action Castle and the […]
Eureka: 501 Adventure Plots, Preorder Starts Today
Engine Publishing, owned by RPG blog legend Martin Ralya (creator of Gnome Stew and Treasure Tables) announced today the pre-launch of their first RPG publication: Eureka, 501 Adventure Plots. It is available as both a fully bookmarked and hyperlinked PDF and a hardcopy book.
Engine Publishing announced today that everyone pre-ordering the book would get instant access to the PDF, weeks before the launch of the book
Origins 2010: Origins Awards Winners
Due to massive, systemic techfail, we were not able to live cover the Origins Awards. But we do have all the winners of the 36th Origins Awards below, with all the nominees.
Origins 2010: “Back to the Future the Card Game” and “Pirate Fluxx” by Looney Labs
Origins is, without a doubt, the biggest convention for Looney Labs. Between a gigantic demo space (which this year you can follow a path of multicolored daisies to), a decent-sized booth in the exhibit hall, and dozens of excited volunteers in lab coats, this is the show to be at if you’re a fan of Fluxx or their other games.
Wizards’ 2011 Spring Catalog Preview
I started previewing the Wizards of the Coast 2011 spring catalog with the Player’s Option: Heroes of Shadow preview I posted last week, which introduces more content for the shadow power source including the Necromancer and Hexblade classes. Next I’ll be talking about some of the other products listed in the Roleplaying Games section of the catalog.
D&D 4e: The New Player’s Option
I was actually very surprised while looking through the Wizards Spring 2011 catalog when I stumbled across a new book coming out in March, Player’s Option: Heroes of Shadow. There are a lot of aspects to this book that are interesting, for one it is supposedly going to be a 6″x9″ and 320 page book selling for $19.95 in trade paperback format. The description for the book mentions three specific classes that it will support – Assassins, Necromancers, and Hexblades.
Critical Bits for the week ending 2010-06-13
RT @SlyFlourish: Three Tips to Prepare for the Monster Manual 3 http://goo.gl/fb/GfgTa # Adamant to donate 100% of 2010 proceeds of special EPUB and MOBI versions of #ICONSrpg to Gulf oil spill relief: http://bit.ly/dgN6jn # That means they can include nudity now. RT @bleedingcool: Starz Grab Torchwood From BBC America – And Make It Themselves! […]
Monster Manual 3 Interview with Greg Bilsland
The Monster Manual 3 is due for release in just a few short days. We had the opportunity to ask Greg Bilsland, Wizards of the Coast’s designer and lead editor for the Monster Manual 3, five questions related to the release of the MM3.
Critical Bits for the week ending 2010-06-06
RT @HighmoonMedia: Sweet! RT @gameplaywright: #TheBones Blog Carnival. http://ht.ly/1SsYb # RT @HighmoonMedia: [New Post] The Start-of-Summer Sale: 50% Off, June 1-30 http://bit.ly/a3xJEF # RT @DriveThruRPG: Exclusive to DriveThruRPG! RT @AdamantEnt: Launch Day! #ICONSrpg is now available in PDF! http://is.gd/cyk5z # RT @LorienGreen: Spiel des Jahres nominees announced for 2010! http://bit.ly/bxYAPw # RT @io9: A new […]
DDI Customers: Check Your Credit Card
If you’re a subscriber to Dungeons & Dragons Insider, you may want to check your credit card statement from the past few months for fraudulent charges. According to the Minneapolis Star Tribune, the e-commerce servicer Digital River (which handles the payment processing for DDI) was recently hacked, leading to possible leak of the personal information of almost 200,00 customers.
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