Podcast #27: What Are the Top RPG and D&D News Stories of 2018?

This week, Morrus and Peter are joined by a special guest, EN World columnist and editor of this very show, Darryl Mott, as they count down the top news stories in the world of tabletop roleplaying games from 2018 in a special double-length episode to end the year! In the news, Starfinder gets a new accessory, PaizoCon 2019 tickets go on sale, True Blood and Daredevil’s Deborah Ann Woll has a new D&D show, and a LOT more plus Our Favorite Game in All the World and a brand new sketch!

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What’s Caught Our Eye
Gentlemen’s Guide to Multiclassing https://www.reddit.com/r/dndnext/comments/a548fe/the_gentlemans_guide_to_multiclassing/
California Election Determined by a D20 Roll https://www.polygon.com/2018/12/14/18141183/california-election-dungeons-and-dragons-dice-d20
Play D&D in a Castle https://dndinacastle.com/
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News
Starfinder Critical Hit Deck Announced http://www.enworld.org/forum/content.php?5897-Starfinder-s-Critical-Hit-Deck
PaizoCon 2019 Tickets On Sale http://www.enworld.org/forum/content.php?5896-Paizocon-2019-Tickets-Available
New Livestream from Deborah Ann Woll http://www.enworld.org/forum/content.php?5895-New-D-D-Show-From-Daredevil-s-Deborah-Ann-Woll
King Arthur Pendragon Returns to Chaosium http://www.enworld.org/forum/content.php?5890-King-Arthur-Pendragon-Returns-To-Chaosium
Handiworks Games Announces Two New Games http://www.enworld.org/forum/conten...s-New-5E-Settings-Coming-From-Handiwork-Games
Technoir Kickstarter Saved After Seven Years, New Legend of the Five Rings Sourcebook and Adventure, World’s Oldest Board Game Discovered, Essen Spiel Theft Update in the News Digest http://www.enworld.org/forum/conten...to-Chaosium-Essen-Spiel-Theft-Update-and-more!
Hasbro Themed Water Park http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2018...ic-the-gathering-my-little-pony-and-more.html
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Kickstarters
The Vagabond’s Cyclopedia https://www.kickstarter.com/project...e-vagabonds-cyclopedia-an-osr-pbta-supplement
Vindeon https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/178651391/vindeon-a-fantasy-rpg
Wave One Adventure Book for ASA (mentioned) https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/700532845/wave-one-of-adventure-books-for-asa
The Adventurer’s Prayer https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1388023634/the-adventurers-prayer-full-color-poster
Lost Hall of Tyr https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2101297466/lost-hall-of-tyr-2nd-edition-maps-and-print-run
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[DouglasCole]

Nice work on the guesses for Lost Hall of Tyr (and even better work on pronouncing Isfjall, which is indeed something like Izz-fyall, though the ll sound in Icelandic is odd).

Since you asked (or at least mentioned it): Dragon Heresy is a stand-alone RPG based on the 5e engine, but with tweaks for some grit and risk: it uses a wounds/vigor system, which combined with a nifty two-level AC-analog provides some fun mechanical support to the Norse-inspired (Tyr, Isfjall, etc) setting.

The Kickstarter for Lost Hall of Tyr is to support a major upgrade in some of the maps: Glynn Seal (Gold medal ENnie for Cartography, 2018) will be doing seven new combat maps to replace the stock-photoshop-asset work that was there before. Stretch goals support better and better quality print runs, and we're not that far away from the high-quality digital run done in the UK, and from there it's a short hop to a full offset print run. We've funded for the maps already . . . now it's just how good can the print run be?

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New map styles:
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And a bit of mockup on what I hope the hardcover will look like . . .
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Thanks for the mention! I've run through this with real players in more than one system, and it's a fun romp.