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Innistrad Set 2: Dark Ascension Arrives! (Good news for 4E DMs!) from NEUROGLYPH Games

Neuroglyph Games — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:26:08 +0000

Today, Wizards of the Coast released their second set of the Magic the Gathering: Innistrad series, featuring thematic Gothic horror elements such as undead armies, vampires, werewolves, and ghostly spirits. This second set, called the Dark Ascension, features five new intro pack decks – Swift Justice, Relentless Dead, Dark Sacrifice, Monstrous Surprise, and Grave Power [...]

The Elves of Alfheim: RPG Items I Like from Age of Ravens

Age of Ravens — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:29:00 +0000

WHAT IS IT?Sourcebook for Elves in the classic D&D setting of Mystara. INTO THE WOODSThe Gazetteer series now makes a significant turn- moving from nations and adventure settings to a deep treatment of particular Mystaran races. For more on Mysta...

A canticle for leibowitz from Blog of Holding

Blog of Holding — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:07:40 +0000

And what makes you think the Memorabilia is completely free of pap? Even the gifted and Venerable Boedullus once remarked scornfully that about half of it should be called the Inscrutabilia. Treasured fragments of a dead civilization there were indeed-but how much of it has been reduced to gibberish, embellished with olive leaves and cherubims, [...]

Weekly Mutant Future "Wisdom From The Wastelands" Launches from The Savage AfterWorld

The Savage Afterworld — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:12:00 +0000

Skirmisher Publishing LLC has announced the release of Wisdom from the Wastelands, a weekly publication dedicated to providing useful information, game content, and ideas for modern, science fiction, and post-apocalyptic table-top and role-playing game...

Raging Swan Press releases So What’s The Pirate Ship Like, Anyway? from GMS Magazine

G*M*S Magazine — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:40:32 +0000

This week, Raging Swan Press is proud to announce the release of So What’s The Pirate Ship Like, Anyway? a Pathfinder Roleplaying Game compatible GM’s RESOURCE by Creighton Broadhurst designed to add colour and flavour to any pirate ship the &#8230...

Raging Swan released So What’s The Human Called, Anyway? from GMS Magazine

G*M*S Magazine — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:30:08 +0000

This week, Raging Swan Press is proud to announce the release of So What’s The Human Called, Anyway? a Pathfinder Roleplaying Game compatible GM’s RESOURCE by Creighton Broadhurst. If you are as crap at naming NPCs as Creighton is, you …

News from Around the Net: 3-FEB-2012 from Game Knight Reviews

Game Knight Reviews — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:00:41 +0000

February!?! Where’d January go? Geesh!

Here in Colorado, the snow started to fly last night and we are in the first real winter storm in 2012. What does that mean for yours truly? Not much really… I work from home. But it will hopefully give me some time to work on a few side . . . → Read More: News from Around the Net: 3-FEB-2012

review: kobold quarterly 20 from Fame & Fortune

Fame & Fortune — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:00:00 +0000

Metric: Kobolds. They've proven their worth even in these straitened times. One of nature's survivors and what's this - next issue they can go into a tavern? Must be doing something... Click the title if you want to know more...

Review: Weird Adventures from Gothridge Manor

Gothridge Manor — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:11:00 +0000

...blues man scribing the perfect murder ballad in the jaundice hue of a street light. I want to be a smuggler running bootleg alchemicals in a forest infested with shotgun wielding ogres and they are the least of my worries. I want to be a pho...

Review – Threat Report: King Babylon from Sea of Stars RPG Design Journal

Sea of Stars — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:34:28 +0000

King Babylon, possessed of nearly godlike powers and a notable lack of self-control is the kind of villain you do not want to have to tangle with but he is just too dangerous to ignore. A useful character to use as a reoccurring threat and plot device. Threat Report: King Babylon is a 4-page PDF [...]

DDXP 2012 Recap: Running the New D&D and Playing Games from Critical Hits » Roleplaying Games

Critical Hits — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:32:37 +0000

This year's DDXP was a very interesting one, as I suspected. We were actually able to get there, unlike last year, though Fort Wayne's weather seems persistant in its attempts to keep us out. In order to help finance the trip, and because I was one of the few who had an early look at the new D&D, I volunteered to DM seven four-hour slots of the new game to eager players. While I only ended up running four games of it (mostly because I was too tired to do any more than that), I had a blast and felt good about the games that I ran.

Publisher Interview: Joseph Goodman of Goodman Games from Game Knight Reviews

Game Knight Reviews — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:00:37 +0000

The “Old School” gaming movement continues to impress me with the enthusiasm of the gamers and game companies supporting it. One of the games many gamers are excited about in 2012 is the Spring release of the Dungeon Crawl Classics Role Playing Game (or DCC RPG) from Goodman Games. And though they could go . . . → Read More: Publisher Interview: Joseph Goodman of Goodman Games

Caves of Chaos Reimagined by Weem from theWeem

The Weem — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:39:44 +0000

So, this was another project spurred by something said on Twitter. Two nights ago Jerry LeNeave (@DreadGazeebo) asked the following via Twitter… Anyone know where I can find a nice high-res copy / fan-recreated map of the Caves of Chaos (…)

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EN World Review – Review of They Shall Be Paid In Coin of the Realm by Taurus Twelve from NEUROGLYPH Games

Neuroglyph Games — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:25:30 +0000

Happy Humpday, fellow gamers! We’re halfway to the weekend, and this week cannot get over soon enough to please me. I’ve got not only my regular local Friday night game this week, but also my bi-monthly D&D campaign down in Toledo! So I’ve got two nights of D&D in a row this weekend, plus a [...]

Things to Love, Things to Hate: February RPG Blog Carnival from Nevermet Press

Nevermet Press — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:00:41 +0000

February belongs to Cupid – it’s a month of love and lust, want and wonder. On the flip side, it’s also a month of scorn, disappointment, and frustration for some...

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Madness at Gardmore Abbey (Tome 188) from The Tome Show

The Tome Show — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:36:46 +0000

A panel of Gardmore Abbey experts provides a review of the boxed set adventure while Jeff asks the questions you all want to know. We are joined by Sam Dillon (Tome Editor), Stewart, and Michael. Sponsors: Gamerati Gamerati.tv Links: Stewart on Twitte...

From January to February from Sea of Stars RPG Design Journal

Sea of Stars — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 04:08:22 +0000

As the first month of the new year draws to a close and we hope it has gone well for you. Now we are almost into February, which gets its name from Latin term februum, which means purification, via the purification ritual Februa performed at this time of year. The Romans considered it an ill-fortuned [...]

Answering Ten Questions from the Barking Alien from Sea of Stars RPG Design Journal

Sea of Stars — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 03:45:38 +0000

A variety of GM playstyle questions. 1) What is the most common type of environment or terrain encountered thus far in your current or most recent campaign? Not really been a consistent theme, but they keep returning to the Complex which has a bit of a classic weird dungeon vibe to it. 2) What is [...]

A Gamey Proposal! from GMS Magazine

G*M*S Magazine — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:29:56 +0000

One of our fans, Alan reached out to us, wanting us to design a personalized Ascension card that he can use as a "A Gamey Proposal" to his girlfriend, Crystol while they were playing the newest expansion.

Interview – Chris Dias (Dias Ex Machina Games) from ENnie Awards

ENnie Awards Blog — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:00:49 +0000

Chris Dias is the founder and co-writer of Dias Ex Machina Games. First off, let me thank you for taking the time to be interviewed for the ENnies. I truly appreciate you taking the time to talk about the ENnies. Starting off with a more personal question, Dias Ex Machina Games was founded in May [...]

Review: Thunderstone (Base Set) from The Dread Gazebo

The Dread Gazebo — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:00:07 +0000

Game Night Blog Carnival Greetings readers! I’ve recently become part of the Game Night Blog Carnival, wherein once a month some of us RPG bloggers sit down and talk about the board, card, and other miscellaneous games we’ve been playing. So today I’m going to do a quick review of Thunderstone – a very sword & sorcery flavored deck building ...

Carcosa Review from Unofficial Games

Unofficial Games — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:56:00 +0000

So I was able to acquire a hard copy of Carcosa and give it a look through in all of its Sci-fi, Post-Apocalyptic, Cthulhoid and Dinosaurian glory.First off the book itself. It is a pretty nice hard cover, sleek smooth cover and nice sturd...

Jean Wells 1955-2012 from The Other Side blog

The Other Side — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:43:00 +0000

Jean Wells, one of the early pioneers of gaming and long time TSR developer has passed.Here are some of the links that can better explain her contributions than I can.http://poleandrope.blogspot.com/2012/01/jean-wells-1955-2012.htmlhttp://www.facebook....

Google+ & RPGs: Are You Missing Out? from 6d6 Fireball

6d6Fireball — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:27:28 +0000

Over on Google+ there is a thriving role playing scene for writers, artists and gamers chatting, sharing and playing together. All of it happening off many people’s radar. While media pundits have claimed Google+ is a failure (despite it being the fast growing social network ever) strong and vibrant communities have been forming on it. [...]

Game Night: Thunderstone from Glimm's Workshop

Glimm\'s Workshop — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:00:29 +0000

Welcome to the Game Night Blog Carnival for December! You can get more information about the carnival at the main Game Night site. Thunderstone is a deck-building game from Alderac Entertainment Group where players control a band of fantasy adventurers exploring a monster-filled dungeon in search of the thunderstone. As with other deck-building games, you start [...]

Book Review: Unusual Suspects: Guide to an Interrogation Session by Robert Oglodzinski from Library of Ancient Scroll from Game Knight Reviews

Game Knight Reviews — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:00:54 +0000

When I started working with Robert Oglodzinski a few months ago, I reviewed Walls Can Talk, which collects a few “legends and adventure ideas” for fantasy and horror games. The layout, done by Michael Wolf (Stargazer of Stargazer’s World), was simple and effective to put the focus on the stories at hand. I thought . . . → Read More: Book Review: Unusual Suspects: Guide to an Interrogation Session by Robert Oglodzinski from Library of Ancient Scroll

Loviatar from Tower of the Archmage

Tower of the Archmage — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:00:00 +0000

I've never bought a zine before. It always seemed silly to drop cash on something someone typed up, copied, and stapled in their basement, especially when I could just pick up an issue of Dragon magazine where I could get “real” D+D content. Of cou...

Game Night Blog Carnival: Thunderstone from Undergopher Central » RPGs

Undergopher Central — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 05:48:07 +0000

Welcome to the new Game Night Blog Carnival! This is a feature we’re doing once a month with a few other RPG blogs. If you have an RPG blog, and would like to participate, check out the FAQ at the main Game Night page. – [Full Disclosure: ...

RIP Jean Wells from Greyhawk Grognard

Greyhawk Grognard — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 23:56:00 +0000

The original Sage has passed.

DDXP 2012: “Charting the Course: An Edition for All Editions” and “New Products” Seminars from Critical Hits » Roleplaying Games

Critical Hits — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:56:02 +0000

This past weekend was DDXP, and since this the new edition of D&D was announced recently, this was both the first chance the public would both find out directly from the mouths of the people making the game what it would be like, as well as try a limited demo of the new game. Like in 2008, questions about the new game were answered, and new ones were created. And just like back then, we were on the scene to report on the goings on to try to bring you a taste of the information available if you couldn't be there.

Review: Thunderstone – Dragonspire from Geek Ken

Geek Ken — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:00:00 +0000

Periodically I’ll be participating in the game night blog carnival, which gives me a chance to review some board games that might be a good break from your typical RPG session nights. This month I’ll be reviewing the fantasy card game, Thunderston...

Inspiration Viewing – A Bad Day at Black Rock from Sea of Stars RPG Design Journal

Sea of Stars — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:11:27 +0000

A Bad Day at Black Rock is fascinating movie set in 1946 in the small, isolated California town of Black Rock. The train stops and a man gets off, a stranger to the town. This is notable as this is the first time the train has stopped there in four years. But Black Rock has [...]

Questions For Game Designers from The Spirits of Eden » RPG

The Spirits of Eden — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:31:26 +0000

Over twitter, Quinn Murphy posted a pool of questions he plans to send to some game designers he admires for small interviews, to inform his own views on game design. His questions are pretty interesting, so I thought I would answer them. Perhaps on your own blogs, or if you have none then in the [...]

Imagination, a review from Greywulf's Lair » RPG

Greywulf's Lair — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:15:12 +0000

Imagination is not a new product, but is one easy to overlook among the countless pile of RPGs and supplements we gamers collect. Let’s take a look at this classic aid to role-playing and see if there is still room … Continue reading →

Welcome To The Empire State from Troll in the Corner » Role Playing Games

Troll In The Corner — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:30:48 +0000

Adam Christopher’s debut novel, Empire State, is billed as a mix of science fiction, noir and super heroes. It’s actually quite light in the super hero department and heavy on the noir elements. And there’s nothing wrong with that. The SciFi is l...

D&D News Reactions from Glimm's Workshop

Glimm\'s Workshop — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:00:24 +0000

Since the announcement of D&D Next earlier this month, there has been a flurry of news about D&D. I’ve held off on writing about the new edition because I wanted to avoid speculation, but as more details have come out, especially from D&D Experience last weekend, I feel more comfortable writing about it. But first, some [...]

Perusing Pathfinder’s Bestiary 3 from From the Sorcerer's Skull

From the Sorcerer's Skull — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:00:00 +0000

Welcome to post 600.I picked up the pdf of Pathfinder Bestiary 3 last week. I had heard it had some Lovecraftian creatures in it, and I was curious, but in general, I like mining monster manuals for ideas. Paizo's previous entries in t...

Supplement Review: Caves & Caverns (PFRPG) by Creighton Broadhurst and David Posener from Raging Swan Press from Game Knight Reviews

Game Knight Reviews — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:00:33 +0000

Just about every fantasy campaign I’ve ever played in has involved a cave system or cavern at one time or another. And though I’m a fan of dungeons, I really like it when there’s more of a natural element to them. The “Five Room Dungeon” technique I first learned about in Johnn Four’s Roleplaying . . . → Read More: Supplement Review: Caves & Caverns (PFRPG) by Creighton Broadhurst and David Posener from Raging Swan Press

Review – True Halflings from Sea of Stars RPG Design Journal

Sea of Stars — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:30:09 +0000

True Halflings is a resource for an alternate type of halflings, one perhaps more true to their original literary roots. If more humble and homebody sort of halflings are welcome in your campaign, this is the supplement for you. True Halflings is a 12-page PDF (10-pages if you remove the cover and OGL page) for [...]

[Review] A Dirty World from Paper & Plastic

Paper and Plastic — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 23:28:00 +0000

A Dirty World is an indie tabletop RPG about secrets, deception, betrayal and hidden vice. What are you buying? 70 pages filled with one of the few pure Noir games out there. No superpowers, aliens, menaces from the outer space. No secret societ...

The Royalty from Board Enterprises

Board Enterprises — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 04:31:00 +0000

The Royalty, our newest supplement is now available for sale. The Royalty is a combination of our Baker's Dozen and our 100s. There's A Baker's Dozen Royal Persons, 100 Noblemen, and 100 Castle Staff. That's 213 NPCs to fill any castle, palace or ca...

Pattern Seekers – Episode 7: Gold, Gold, Gold (Part 2) from Sea of Stars RPG Design Journal

Sea of Stars — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 21:39:47 +0000

Our heroes are on their way out of the mines when Pho stops and bristles at somethingahead. Thea calls on people to stop and Dr Martin see a trio of black circular stones on the ground ahead and rushes forward to bottle one . . . only to have them unfurl into giant scorpions! Dr. [...]

Raging Swan Press releases Cultists of Havra Zhoul from GMS Magazine

G*M*S Magazine — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:28:10 +0000

This week, Raging Swan Press is proud to announce the release of Cultists of Havra Zhoul a Pathfinder Roleplaying Game compatible GM’s RESOURCE by Pierre van Rooden that presents a semi-secret cult seemingly dedicated to law and order, but that &#823...

News from Around the Net: 27-JAN-12 from Game Knight Reviews

Game Knight Reviews — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:00:17 +0000

Hope everyone has had a good week! Mine has been interesting… We’ve been dealing with getting some water damage assessed and fixed in our house after a small overflow in an upstairs bathroom resulted in a family room waterfall through a spinning ceiling fan. Who needs Vegas and the Bellagio fountains? I had one . . . → Read More: News from Around the Net: 27-JAN-12

TheSheDM Reviews: Terraclips from www. Newbie DM .com

Newbie DM — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 03:45:56 +0000

Last weekend our Friday night DM surprised us with a fantastic pair of maps made from Terraclips and D&D tiles for our campaign finale. I had never heard or seen these strange tile-and-clip things, so I asked him about it. I was also surprised by how sturdy the structure was – he picked it up [...]

DriveThru Reviews from The Other Side blog

The Other Side — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:14:00 +0000

These are more like "Drive By" reviews since I am posting rather fast today. Also a mixed bag of stuff.Power Pics Heroes 1 -Female SpeedsterGreat concept really. Provide the art and a paper mini for the games and let the imagination flo...

EN World Review – The Breaking of Forstor Nagar by Rite Publishing from NEUROGLYPH Games

Neuroglyph Games — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:30:28 +0000

Greetings good Readers and fellow D&D gamers! Today is the first day of the DDXP convention down in Indiana this weekend, and I understand that some of us have had a chance to try their hand at D&D Next. In fact, EN World has a transcript of excerpts from the D&D Next Seminar from the DDXP [...]

Rite Publishing releases 10 Luckbringer Feats from GMS Magazine

G*M*S Magazine — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:06:43 +0000

A Lucky Snack! Sometimes you want to sit down to a full meal of archetypes, base classes, feats, magic items, npcs, prestige classes, traits, classes, spells, and sometime you just want a cheap quick and easy snack for a buck. …...

Review: The Game Master by Tobiah Panshin from Troll in the Corner » Role Playing Games

Troll In The Corner — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:30:06 +0000

I thought I’d do something a little different and review something slightly more out of the ordinary. I’d originally planned to have this up and online in November when I first heard about it, but I’ve been putting it off repea...

A Game For All People: The Perfect DnD Recipe from Campaign Mastery

Campaign Mastery — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:38:47 +0000

This article is being written in advance of reading any material concerning the actual content of DnDNext from WOTC. Unless you’ve been living under a rock somewhere, the odds are that you’ve heard the announcement of D&D… well, no-one’s quite sure what it’s going to be called yet. The most common handle seems to be [...]