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    Tabletop Gaming News for Monday, 17th June, 2013
    Season of Sexism #2: The Fake Geek Girl; plus Origins Award Winners, and Red Aegis' designer dream team! 
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    [top]Season of Sexism #2: The Fake Geek Girl

    The second episode in our Season of Sexism! [See episode 1 here] Over the last few years there's been a particularly obnoxious phenomenon of men accusing women at conventions and the like of being "fake geek girls". This week we (badly) re-enact a couple of famous examples and ask folks at UK Games Expo 2013 what they think of the issue. Note that rants performed in this video are reconstructions of real rants and are performed by an actor. They do not reflect the opinions of EN World, the actor, or any of the interviewees. Next week we take a look at sexism in gaming art!


    [top]EN World News

    [top]RPG News


    • Check out this preview from FFG of Enemies of the Imperium, a supplement for Only War. There's also a FAQ and errata for Only War.
    • Matt James is heading up a new game company called Vorpal Games. He's been drafting in some great talent - Brian R James, Ed Greenwood, Erik Scott de Bie, Eytan Bernstein, Mike Schley, Claudio Pozas, Miranda Horner, and Erik Nowak. As I understand it, the angle here is that you don't play a character, you play a dynasty - each game session (of ten) you play a consecutive descendant. The character dies (either in-game or of old age) each session, but the real character - your dynasty - gains skills/powers. The game itself will be called Red Aegis and will be a Kickstarter project opening in July.

    [top]Community News

    [top]Boardgaming & Other News

    • Fantasy Flight Games has previews up for new runners from the upcoming Creation and Control expansion for Android: Netrunner. The three new Shaper identities will soon be featured in a deck building installment. Creation and Control is available for pre-order.
    • Triassic Terror is a tactical game from Eagle Games that has players trying to breed herds of dinosaurs and then migrate them across various terrain. Herds will be hunted by T-Rex and velociraptors and have to avoid dangerous terrain features such as volcanoes.
    • Critical Failures is a novel about a group of jaded 30-somethings who get sent to the fantasy world of their RPG. Author Robert Bevan says "It's comedy/fantasy. The language is strong and some of the humor is low-brow, but it's been doing pretty well".

    [top]2013 Origins Award Winners

    The Origins Game Fair took place over the weekend. During the convention, the 2013 Origins Awards winners were announced (these awards are voted for by attendees of the trade show). Congratulations to all the winners!

    Best Roleplaying Game
    Marvel Heroic Roleplaying Basic Games – Margaret Weis Productions

    Best Roleplaying Supplement
    Marvel Heroic Roleplaying Civil War Essentials Edition Event Book – Margaret Weis Productions

    Best Board Game
    Lords of Waterdeep – Wizards of the Coast

    Best Collectible Card Games
    Legend of the 5 Rings: Embers of War – AEG

    Best Traditional Card Game
    Doctor Who the Card Game – Cubicle 7 Entertainment/Treefrog Games

    Best Family, Party or Children's Game
    Quarriors! Dice Building Game – WizKids

    Best Gaming Accessory
    Metal Steampunk Dice Set – Q Workshop

    Best Miniatures Rules
    The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Campaign Starter Set – WizKids

    Best Historical Miniature Figure/Line
    Ancient Greeks - Victrix Ltd

    Best Historical Board Games
    Samurai Battles – Zvezda

    Best Historical Miniature Rules Supplement
    Flames of War: Nuts – Battlefront Miniatures

    Best Historical Miniature Rules
    Flames of War: Open Fire! – Battlefront Miniatures

    Best Miniature Figure Line
    Marvel HeroClix: Galactic Guardians – WizKids

    Best Game-Related Publication
    Battletech: Weapons Free – Catalyst Game Labs

    Hall of Fame Game Inductees
    Munchkin – Steve Jackson Games
    Dominion – Rio Grande Games

    Hall of Fame Inductees
    Lisa Stevens, Paizo Publishing
    Loren Coleman, Catalyst Game Labs
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    Tabletop Gaming News for Saturday, 15th June, 2013
    Free RPG Day, ZEITGEIST Hardcover Funded, 13th Age Pre-orders, plus Mystara Plagiarism! 
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    [top]Free RPG Day

    Today is Free RPG Day. The website, freerpgday.com, has a store locator which can help you find a participating location near you. There's only a handful here in the UK, unfortunately, but I imagine those of you in the US - especially in urban areas - should be able to find several nearby! One great bonus is Green Ronin's M&M Hero's handbook and more, free for 24 hours; or Paizo's We Be Goblins, Too! There's a full list of stuff on the website, including Frog God Games, Catalyst, FFG, and more. [1 comments] [threadcm] Also, EN World member MerricB reports on D&D Game Day and Vault of the Dracolich. [16 comments]

    Established in 2007, Free RPG Day works with participating hobby game retailers and RPG publishers to bring new and exclusive RPG quickstart rules and adventure modules into the hands of gamers.

    Consumers WORLDWIDE will be able to grab brand new material for a variety of RPGs --- no overstock, retail-priced or dead product here. The goal of Free RPG Day is to inspire gamers to play a new RPG, which will in turn, create sales through local game stores.

    On Twitter, @Asako_Soh posts a picture of his Free RPG Day haul:


    [top]ZEITGEIST Kickstarter Funded

    The Kickstarter for the ZEITGEIST Act 1 adventure path hardcover compilation funded on its first day. Thank you! We do have a number of awesome stretch goals - the first of which is for additional art, maps, and other content in the Act 1 Hardcover. After that, we have NPC/Item/Monster cards, and then a bonus adventure in the dungeon known as the Vault of Heresies!

    Thank you all for your support! We can't wait to print this hardcover! And with your help, we will be able to reach some of those stretch goals and print hardcovers for Acts 2 and 3, along with a whole slew of other exciting goodies! So if you haven't yet, please head on over and back the project! The more who do, the more awesome it will become!


    [top]Pathfinder RPG News

    [top]Dungeons & Dragons News

    • Art: Dragon 424 -- When you look at a dragon, you instantly see its size and power. What you don’t see but should be equally frightened of is its dark, inscrutable intelligence. Here now are a full set of the illustrations from Dragon 424.
    • Dragon #424 -- This month, meet the avalanche dragon and the typhoon dragon, the dragon that never died -- plus, earning achievements, and Martek and the Desert of Desolation!

    [top]RPG News

    • Kobold Press' Deep Magic is on iO9.
    • Reserve your copy of 13th Age & get the PDF now! Order at the Pelgrane Shop or your local game store. And if you pre-roder from your retailer, you get the PDF and they get a discount!
      • In other 13th Age news, Rob Heinsoo will be at Gen Con on the Introducing 13th Age panel and at the Pelgrane booth running demos.
      • And check out some 13 True Ways art - the Ambush Bug!
      • Hot off the Press!





    [top]Boardgaming & Other News

    • The Dice Tower's Tom Vasel has tweeted that he has the Lords of Waterdeep Expansion, Scoundrels of Skullport. It allows for a sixth player and has a new corruption mechanic.
    • It seems that a certain author, Tracey Alley, is being accused of plagiarism by the likes of Mystara's Bruce Heard and many others. [42 comments]




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    Tabletop Gaming News for Friday, 14th June, 2013
    Pathfinder + Cyberpunk; ZEITGEIST AP Hardcover Kickstarter; the DUNGEON BASTARD is back; plus a new TABLETOP from Wil Wheaton! 
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    [top]EN World News

    • Check out our review of NeuroSpasta, wherein Pathfinder gets a cyber-tech upgrade! "I was really excited reading through NeuroSpasta, and found D.E.M.’s vision of a cyberpunk near-future setting to be a refreshing change from the urban decay and sprawls that are the common tropes." [2 comments]
    • Class and Equipment is Kamikaze Midget's topic today! How closely is class associated with equipment for you? [4 comments]

    [top]ZEITGEIST Adventure Path Hardcover Compilation (Pathfinder & D&D 4E) Kickstarter

    I'd like to take a quick moment to mention EN Publishing's latest Kickstarter project. If you're familiar with our critically acclaimed ZEITGEIST adventure path, you may already have been aware that this was coming. If not, I do encourage you to take a look - we're very proud of this adventure path!

    Zeitgeist: The Gears of Revolution, an adventure path for the PATHFINDER RPG, and also for Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition, has completed the first of three acts, earning numerous rave reviews, and climaxing with a dramatic battle to save the city of Flint. As we begin to publish the second act, we're offering the chance to get the first five adventures in a beautiful hardcover compilation!

    Not familiar with ZEITGEIST yet? Our adventure paths always come with two free guides (one for players, one for GMs/DMs) and Island at the Axis of the World, the first adventure free! You can check them out for yourself - we're sure you'll like what you see! Don't just take our word for it - download them for free from right here!

    This Kickstarter has plenty of awesome rewards. Not only are there beautiful, full-colour hardcover compilations, but there are poster maps, NPC cards, bonus adventures, supplements, and more. By supporting the Kickstarter you not only get a gorgeous hardcover compilation of a top-tier adventure path, but that adventure path itself becomes even better!

    [top]Dungeons & Dragons News

    • Kim Mohan -- In this podcast episode, Wizards of the Coast bids a fond farewell to longstanding editor (and former Dragon Magazine editor-in-chief), Kim Mohan. With Kim's retirement upon us, we wanted to entreat him for tales of starting up in the industry, the major shifts he's seen in magazine publishing, and his thoughts on the future of the game!
    • Into the Pit of Madness #3 by Jason Thompson -- To help celebrate the conclusion of this program, the group tries their hand at the final D&D Lair Assault: Into the Pit of Madness. In this episode, the surprise Career Faire kidnapping has brought the group to Immersive D&D Lair Assault!
    • D&D DIY: Gelatinous Cubes by Tara Theoharis -- It's your turn to bring a snack to your regular D&D session, and you're tired of the same ol' Doritos and M&Ms. If you have at least 4 hours before the session starts, we've got you covered. Bring some delicious and on-theme Gelatinous Cubes...
    • Capcom Class Rollout: Magic-User -- Magic-Users are capable of unleashing a vast variety of powerful spells on their foes. The trade-off is a low defense and relatively limited melee ability, but they do have a cancelable defensive teleport for getting out of tight spots.

    [top]Community News

    • NewbieDM talks fond memories of 2E D&D with Mark Meredith from the Dice Monkey blog on a Google Hangout.
    • Kobold Press reviews In Thunder Forged, an Iron Kingdoms Chronicles novel by Ari Marmell.
    • They also talk animal companions, familiars, and mounts in the latest Old Hat Monsters column.
    • Gnome Stew reviews Battle Boards, a product which has recently been launched on Kickstarter (mentioned here earlier this week).

    [top]The DUNGEON BASTARD Returns

    The Dungeon Bastard is back, again offering valuable advice about gaming issues!


    [top]Boardgaming News

    • Fantasy Flight Games has taken a closer look at two of the models coming in the next expansion for Star Wars: X-wing. The preview focuses on the two support ships in the set, the Lambda-Class shuttle and the HWK-290, and how to use them.
    • Wil Wheaton's TableTop features Smash Up this week. Smash Up is a sort of deck building game with multiple factions that come into play randomly. Sort of. You have to see it.



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    Tabletop Gaming News for Thursday, 13th June, 2013
    GEN CON: BEHIND THE SCREEN; plus cover of Murder in Baldur's Gate; and Magic & Monsters, a new OSR game! 
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    [top]Dungeons & Dragons News

    • In this week's D&D Next Q&A, Rodney touches on how downtime interacts with the legacy system, healing and backgrounds.
    • Sedition and Eskryn’s Hot Bestseller by Ed Greenwood -- Nobles in various realms have to find unusual ways to communicate objectionable sentiments to each other. That’s where Eskryn’s bestseller comes into play. Find out more in this week’s Forging the Realms.
    • Wallpaper: D&D Encounters -- To help celebrate D&D Encounters, WotC has posted the following wallpaper -- offering a more detailed look at the Dalelands.
    • Vault of the Dracolich by Jon Schindehette -- Vault of the Dracolich is coming up for a combined Game Day and D&D Encounters experience. Jon walks you through some of the things you’ll see in this event. [2 comments]
    • The cover of Murder in Baldur's Gate (August 2013) has been revealed (pictured right). It's a 64-page setting book and a 32-page adventure plus a DM screen. [34 comments]

    [top]Roleplaying Games

    • Monsters & Magic, from Mindjammer Press, is a new Old School Renaissance game. "Combining the atmosphere of classic fantasy games with modern RPG mechanics, Monsters & Magic lets you use old school fantasy gaming material with little or no conversion with a new and innovative set of rules."

    [top]Boardgaming News

    • Fantasy Flight Games takes a look at Nightmare Mode for The Lord of the Rings Card Game. Developer Matt Newman discusses the purpose of Nightmare Mode and how it is implemented in the game and what it means to the average player.
    • FFG is also hiring for three positions. Associate Game Designer, Associate Game Producer, and Managing Game Producer are all up for grabs. Details on the positions and application details are all available on FFG's web site.
    • Mantic Games is looking for a Studio Painter and Hobby Specialist. If you have skills in painting and modelling, this could be the job for you.
    • Superfight, a super hero card game that plays as a cross between Apples to Apples and Cards Against Humanity is now available to purchase. It retails for about $25 and has a number of expnasions available for $10 a pop. If that is too steep for you, there is also a 99 cent print and play option.

    [top]Gen Con: Behind the Screen

    Peter Adkison, owner of Gen Con, also has a new film company called Hostile Work Environment. Its first project is a series called Gen Con: Behind the Screen. It's a comedy/satire series which stars Jen Page and various Gen Con employees and will feature cameos from game industry members. Peter Adkison says "My goal for Hostile Work Environment is to produce short films, web series, and, eventually, feature films specifically for gamers".


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    Tabletop Gaming News for Wednesday, 12th June, 2013
    New D&D Encounters; ZEITGEIST's Grand Convocation; and All-Female minis Kickstarter makes goal in 30 SECONDS! 
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    [top]Dungeons & Dragons News

    • Get ready to traverse the Dalelands for an artifact with the power to unlock the mysteries of an ancient elven civilization in Search for the Diamond Staff, the newest season of D&D Encounters beginning today.
    • Adventurers will also have the opportunity to play in a multi-table roleplaying event during Vault of the Dracolich Game Day on June 15. This annual event, which takes place at Wizards Play Network locations in over 40 countries, is a celebration of Dungeons & Dragons and a way for local communities to get together and play one of the latest releases.

    [top]Pathfinder RPG News

    • Meet Steven Helt, winner of Paizo's 2013 RPG Superstar game design competition.
    • On Facebook, Paizo posted a picture of Irabeth - Half-Orc Paladin from the forthcoming Pathfinder Adventure Path # 73, The Worldwound Incursion (Wrath of the Righteous Part 1 of 6).



    [top]EN World News

    • If you were part of the Rebuilding EN World Kickstarter and backed the ZEITGEIST softcover bundle tier, your books are on their way to you! I sent out over 70 books this morning to various locations around the world. I hope you enjoy them as much as we enjoyed writing them!
    • Speaking of ZEITGEIST, keep an eye out for our new Kickstarter for gorgeous full-colour hardcover compilations (with all sorts of other awesome things like bonus adventures, poster maps, NPC cards, and more!) which will be launching very soon.
    • ZEITGEIST fans should also check out the Grand Convocation launched by ZEITGEIST director Ryan Nock today. It's a chance to play the vilains of the ZEITGEIST adventure path and actually decide what happens later in the series! The various PCs playing ZEITGEIST campaigns will have to try to thwart whatever schemes you come up with, and the results of the Convocation will be included in Adventure Seven, Schism. Your decisions will influence the shape of the world in the final act of the campaign as the PCs try to topple you.
    • Rel talks about foxes and hedgehogs in his latest column. Well, not really, but he talks about some recent experiences.
    • This week's Do Not Pass Go (our boardgaming column) tackles sexism, following up on our launch of the Season of Sexism video series.

    [top]Community News

    • The Harbinger of Doom blog has posts about the new D&D Next playtest packet, Jack Vance (and what he means to the author), and some new monsters for D&D Next.
    • Critical Hits conducts an experiment in card game publishing with Criminals.
    • Gnome Stew provides fifty small resources to run a great cave based game. Lots of pictures of caves, maps of caves, cave sounds, challenges, hooks, inspirational books/movies - it's a really great list!
    • Kobold Press prsents the Glyph Mage paragon path -- "Glyph mages, also known as scriveners, master the arcane power of the written word. They summon living ink and use it to rewrite reality to their own ends. In the paragon tier, the glyph mage learns to extend runes to cover areas and aid his or her allies."
    • AICN's Tabletop column this week covers the latest D&D Next playtest package, and an interview with Jamey Stegmaier of Stonemaier Games; plus a roundup of a few Kickstarters. Although Abstruse has managed to completely mentally edit out my part in the Twitter conversation he refers to!

    [top]A Couple of Awesome Kickstarters

    • "Battle Boards" is a new type of gaming surface with a list of featres - system neutral, build-in grid, mobility, durability, rigidity, dry/wet erase, easy to project upon, and sticky! There are two grid options - an RPG grid and a 1-inch tactical grid.
    • An all-female miniatures Kickstarter which made its $12,000 funding goal in 30 SECONDS and now with nearly a month to go is sitting on $371,545 (at the time of posting this). "Three outstanding armies of decidedly full of attitude 28mm-scale female miniatures for gaming, painting and collecting."
    • Be sure to check RPG Kickstarters for more!
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    Tabletop Gaming News for Tuesday, 11th June, 2013
    A look at new PDFs; Language in Gaming; and Games on Business Cards 
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    [top]EN World News

    • Pretty Darn Fun (a look at new PDFs) -- While every week has a good number of excellent new PDFs, some weeks seem to offer us a virtual hit parade of high profile, high interest PDFs. This week is the latter kind. I had a hard time deciding between multiple potential Spotlight PDFs of the Week, but in the end I went with the offering that makes me personally excited to get to the game table for another night of adventure. So what do we have this week? 11 excellent new PDFs with another 6 new PDFs that I didn’t have room to fully describe but I still wanted to let everyone know about, 4 new WotC rereleases, 7 new adventures and the Spotlight of the Week, which is really 9 PDFs all in the same product line. [2 comments]
    • The Language of Gaming continues our recent discussion of language in our RPGs. [1 comments]

    [top]TO SLAY A... errr THE HOBBIT Trailer!

    The Hobbit, a movie based on my adventure TO SLAY A DRAGON (oh, OK, I might be a bit backwards there....) now has a brand new trailer! [38 comments]


    [top]Pathfinder RPG News

    [top]Dungeons & Dragons News

    • We Have a Hulk by James Wyatt -- Three hulking monsters await you this week in Wandering Monsters. Read more about the umber hulk, the chuul, and the gray render.
    • Epic Campain by Aaron Williams -- In this episode of the season, the crew has finally tracked events to Helm's Cathedral: "I'm guessing this asylum doesn't advertise that it has dragons among its patients."

    [top]Roleplaying Games News

    • RPG Geek has a handy-dandy list of noteworthy recent RPG releases.

    [top]Community News

    [top]Boardgaming News

    • Fantasy Flight Games has released Gearworld: The Borderlands. The game of scavenging, bribing, and bartering set in the steampunk post-apocalyptic future should be available from your FLGS now and retails for around $49.95.
    • Mayfair Games has announced an expansion set for Star Trek Catan. Featuring a map of the Known Galaxy, Federation Space Map Set is geared for three to four players, has victory tokens to implement a new scoring method, and can be expected some time in August.
    • Las Vegas, a 2012 Spiel des Jahres Nominee, is a dice rolling game that plays fast and appeals to a wide variety of people. You must roll dice to win the most money over four rounds to win this game.



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    Tabletop Gaming News for Monday, 10th June, 2013
    Season of Sexism #1: The Sexist Game; Star Wars goes BEYOND THE RIM; and What happens when adventurers aren't adventuring? 
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    [top]Season of Sexism #1: The Sexist Game

    I mentioned a couple of weeks ago that we filmed a lot of footage on the topic of sexism in gaming while at UKGE. Over the next few weeks, we'll be presenting a series of short featurettes, each addressing the issue from a different angle - from art to game design, to safety, and more. This is the first episode, "The Sexist Game", in which we introduce the subject by simply asking a number of people whether they feel that sexism in tabletop gaming is an issue. We asked a variety of people - gamers, designers, artists, publishers, cosplayers, and more.

    We hope you enjoy this first episode. Next week we delve a bit more deeply with "The Fake Geek Girl".



    On a similar note, check out 25 Things to Know About Sexism & Misogyny in Writing & Publishing (warning: contains some NSFW language).

    [top]Dungeons & Dragons News

    [top]Roleplaying Games News

    • Margaret Weiss Productions reports that all final Marvel orders have now shipped.
    • Cubicle7 has some new Victoriana Third Edition previews.
    • Kobold Press has launched a Kickstarter for Deep Magic -- "The Deep Magic project collects literally hundreds of spells. It offers variant magic systems. It updates familiar material, gathers new spells from a list of RPG designers you won’t believe, and it does it all at a very reasonable price."
    • There's an adventure coming for Star Wars: Edge of the Empire! It's called Beyond the Rim.




    [top]Community News

    • A city is a series of connected streets and avenues, so having explored the houses and people who live in Blackfen, this week The Kyngdoms take a look at the streets and alleys that connect them all together and the lighting (or lack of it!) that keeps the darkness at bay.
    • The Warden takes a look at the Pay What You Want model for publishing RPG books.
    • Fred Hicks looks at the same subject in Pay What You Want Isn’t (Really) About Sales.

    [top]Boardgaming & Other News

    • Fantasy Flight Games recently announced Daybreak, an upcoming expansion for Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game. With two supplemental game boards and hundreds of cards and tokens, Daybreak invites players to undertake desperate missions, struggle under the constant threat of mutiny, and bargain with Cylon Leaders driven by motives of their own!
    • Fantasy Flight Games has also announced The Trollfens, an expansion for Descent: Journeys in the Dark Second Edition that introduces new heroes, monsters, classes, quests, and more! Over the course of its five included quests (playable as side quests to a larger campaign, or as their own mini-campaign), heroes can discover and investigate secret rooms and rumors while the overlord spreads infection and brings a powerful new lieutenant into play: the massive troll Bol’Goreth.
    • Tom Vasel, from The Dice Tower podcast, has a video review of Leviathan from Catalyst GameLabs. The game is not in Tom's preferred style, being a miniatures game more than anything else, but he gives it a go anyway.
    • Play Unplugged has a lovely little unboxing video posted for Star Trek Catan. It is, as you might imagine, full of Star Trek things themed to Catan. Or Catan things themed to Star Trek. Your choice.
    • The Forest of Doom, Ian Livingstone's classic Fighting Fantasy role-playing book, is now available for iPhone, iPad and Android (well, Android now and iOS later this week) smart phones and tablets at the price of USD$5.99. Take part in one of the classic gamebook experiences that introduced a whole generation to fantasy role-playing games back in 1983!
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    Tabletop Gaming News for Saturday, 8th June, 2013
    New D&D Next Playtest; plus Language In RPGs, review of Council of Verona, and Palladium 30th Anniversary! 
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    [top]New D&D Next Playtest Packet

    • Last night, WotC released a new D&D Next playtest packet which includes, amongst other updates and changes, the gnome, half-elf, and half-orc, plus new rituals rules, many new spells, and new death mechanics. [118 comments]

    [top]EN World News

    • Language in RPGs is Radiating Gnome's topic today. Many writers have used languages to help create their worlds, from Tolkien's elvish to Star Trek's Klingon. What are your favorite fictional/fantasy languages? What have you done to create language-based flavor in your games? [23 comments]
    • Check out our boardgame review of Crash Games' Council of Verona. "I honestly believe that Council of Verona has what it takes to challenge for one of the best microgames out there." [0 comments]

    [top]Roleplaying Games News

    • Palladium 30th Anniversary! The Palladium Fantasy RPG debuted in June 1983. Palladium is celebrating its 30th anniversary with a 30%-off sale throughout the month of June.
    • I mentioned the Shadowrun Special Origins 2013 Edition (or is it the Special Origins 2013 Shadowrun Edition? Or the Origins 2013 Shadowrun Special Edition?) Anyhow - apparently the printer can't guarantee it will be ready for Thursday, but it will definitely be on sale on Friday.

    [top]What We're Talking About

    Being a very brief roundup of some popular threads on the forums.
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    Tabletop Gaming News for Friday, 7th June, 2013
    You may now SLAY THAT DRAGON; plus WotC's June: In the Works; and Wil Wheaton at GenCon 
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    [top]TO SLAY A DRAGON Exists!

    Yesterday, Kickstarter backers got their copies of TO SLAY A DRAGON for the Pathfinder RPG. Today, the PDF version is available at RPGNow, DriveThruRPG and Paizo. The softcover version will be available very soon. Weighing in at over 140 pages, it's been a while coming - but it's totally worth the wait! [20 comments]

    You really should check out the official website. And you should download the 14-page preview.

    Holdenshire is a peaceful county. Ruled by Lord Pemberton, the villages of Hengistbury and Thornbury exist in a friendly rivalry.

    Winter is over, and Hengistbury is experiencing a warm, dry Spring. The summer county fair is already being organized, the Fair Committee headed as always by Lady Sybill Pemberton, and the village is its usual bustling, cheerful self.

    All is not well, however. There have been problems of late! Children have been disappearing into the Weirwood; howls of an unearthly nature have been echoing across the Fogmoor; and Three-Fingered Jake, the county’s itinerant bard, has been speading rumors of treasure and hauntings in the ruins of Brockendale Castle. And that’s not to mention the lizardmen aggression or the bandits upriver!

    All this aside, however, tonight is a warm, balmy evening. Many of the villagers are gathered in and outside the Bleeding Heart Tavern (originally called the Beaming Hearth, until some children vandalized the pub’s sign), and any troubles seem far away.

    Well, except for that dragon in Skull Mountain.

    A PATHFINDER adventure taking characters from 1st-6th level!

    [top]Dungeons & Dragons News

    • June: In the Works by Bart Carroll -- Convention season is upon us, and we have treats in store for those who venture out to Gen Con. If you can’t make that, though, don’t worry. We also have information about upcoming novels, PDF releases, board game expansions, and more to keep you busy. You’re sure to find something here that tickles your June fancy. [0 comments]

      • D&D Encounters: Search for the Diamond Staff
      • Gen Con 2013
      • Neverwinter MMORPG
      • Capcom: Chronicles of Mystara
      • DeNA: Arena of War (mobile game)
      • The Sundering
      • Audio Books
      • Ebooks
      • PDF Store
      • Lords of Waterdeep: Skullport

    • Into the Pit of Madness #2 by Jason Thompson -- To help celebrate the conclusion of this program, the group tries their hand at the final D&D Lair Assault: Into the Pit of Madness. In this episode, the group moves from Career Faire to Lair Assault.



    [top]Community News

    • Kobold Press has reviewed Jason & The Argonauts from Osprey Publishing.
    • Gnome Stew takes a look at All Rolled Up, a dice bag type thing which "contains a large velcro compartment, a large pocket, and four pen size pockets, which then rolls up and ties closed. It has the look of a tool roll."
    • 13 NPCs for 13th Age is a blog post with... well, 13 NPCs for 13th Age!
    • Over on Critical Hits, Chatty DM goes back over a series of articles that looked back no the stages of his life which led to him becoming an RPG freelancer.
    • Campaign Mastery discusses the Seven Strata of Story.

    [top]Boardgaming News

    • Morels is a two-player card game of set collection. You must gather matching mushrooms and cook them. The more you have the more you score but some are rarer and score you more points.
    • At Gen Con Indy 2013 in Indianapolis, Indiana, Mayfair Games will host a special event bringing fans of Catan, Star Trek and Wil Wheaton together! The Star Trek: Catan Warp Speed Charity Event will take place during Mayfair’s Gen Con Block Party at the Georgia Street Pavilion, Thursday, August 15 at 7:00 pm. To participate, attendees can donate a $100 by purchasing a ticket with all proceeds supporting Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Indiana.
    • Fantasy Flight has announced the Hidden Kingdoms deluxe expansion for Warhammer: Invasion. The expansion will feature Wood Elves, Skaven, Vampires, and Undead. The expansion is expected to release in 3rd Quarter 2013.
    • Thirsty Meeples is a brand new boardgame cafe in Oxford, England. "Thirsty Meeples is a board game cafι. We’re not a cafι in the regular sense, sure we’ll make you a fantastic coffee and serve up a tasty baguette, but what we’re really all about is sharing the love of board games. You can come to the board game cafι from morning to midnight and play as many games as you want from our game library. Our food and drink menu is there to keep you refreshed whilst you play!"
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    Tabletop Gaming News for Thursday, 6th June, 2013
    Neverwinter Online Reviewed; and much more! 
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    • We have a detailed review of Neverwinter Online! "If the game had a price tag, I could not recommend it in all good conscience - the fun factor was overshadowed by the bad qualities of the game. But as it is a free game, I can recommend that any gamer, particularly D&D fans, can at least give it a chance and download it to see if Neverwinter Online works for them." [12 comments]
    • Kamikaze Midget wants to know... What Is A Monster? [9 comments]
    • Rel's latest article is called Cure Serious Wounds. It's a little less about gaming and more about life this week as he asks: Has something laid you low lately? How did you recover? What did you accomplish when you came back from it? [13 comments]

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    • In this week's D&D Next Q&A, Rodney talks about safe rest locations, regaining spell slots and balancing cantrips. [34 comments]
    • How to Haunt a Castle by Ed Greenwood -- What’s behind the haunting at Wolfkeep? How and why did that haunting unfold? Find out in this week’s column by Ed. Maybe you’ll snag a few ideas from what you read here for your next game.
    • Against the Slave Lords Excerpts: A4 -- On the verge of victory, the party was defeated by an impassable sleeping-gas trap. The sleeping adventurers were ignominiously stripped of their belongings and dragged to the dungeon cells beneath Drachen Keep...
    • Capcom Class Rollout: Thief -- An irresistible blend of speed, utility, and blowing stuff up -- the Thief is one of the most agile classes in the game, with quick, biting sword attacks, a defensive backflip, and the ability to both double-jump and wall-jump.

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    • Days of Wonder has announced that Ticket To Ride will now be available on Android through the Google Play market. The App will include both solo and online play, the ability to purchase various different maps, and the ability to play against others regardless of platform. The app is retailing for $6.99.
    • Fantasy Flight Games is hiring an Associate Graphics Designer. If you think you have what it takes, head over and check out the details.
    • FFG has announced a fourth expansion for Cosmic Encounters. Titled Cosmic Storm, the expansion promises 25 new alien races and a Space Station that attaches to you planets, among other things.
    • There's a look at a few board games at Geek's Dream Girl: GreedQuest, Red November, and King of Tokyo.
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