Monday, 22 February, 2010

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D&D 4th Edition News

• Neverwhen Campaign Setting Dragondyne Publishing has released a new "omni-genre d20 campaign setting" called Neverwhen. Within the main rulebook are guidelines for traveling between the many genres available in the d20 systems. In addition, the main rulebook includes a unique storyline that revolves around the gate city of Manzala and its ongoing war with the Sons of Balil. The book contains 6 new races, 7 new classes, plus paragon paths, feats, and skills.

Pathfinder News

• Old World Cursing at Kobold Quarterly Give your Pathfinder characters the evil eye with these lesser curse options.

D&D 3.5/OGL News

• KS10-OGL Spider Hunt A Simple Scenario designed for 3-5 characters of Third or Fourth Levels. A Simple Scenario is a set piece encounter or very short adventure the Gamemaster can insert when needed to fill a gap or spice up an ongoing adventure. In this Simple Scenario, the characters are sent by the Order of the Jade Leaf to retrieve samples of flammable spider web.
  

Other News

• Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG coming from Goodman Games‏ "Goodman was playtesting an early version of the Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG, which was exactly what fans of the DCC adventures would imagine – a streamlined, deadly, 1st Edition D&D throwback with some D&D 3.5e influences."
• Commissioning Cartography by Jonathan Roberts This professional cartographer (Kobold Quarterly, Fantastic Maps) provides a few pointers for would-be-publishers looking to commission a map.
• Dungeons & Dragons on trial: Thompson v. Dixon‏ The RPG Examiner reviews yet another court case cited in the "No D&D in Prison" case, Thompson v. Dixon.
• Review of Creating an Online Roleplaying Game‏ The RPG Examiner reviews Alexander Hinkley's book about running browser-based games, the only one of its kind.
• Fantasy city map Altdorf updated to 1.2 The definitive fan-created map of Altdorf for the Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay game has been updated, and it now includes even more information about the capital of the Empire, such as an elevation view and more locations than ever. Even though it is designed for WFRP it can be used in any fantasy roleplaying game.
• Tiamat the Tile Mapper RPGObjects announces Tiamat, a new version of the e-Adventure TileMapper. It will be FREE to use and you'll only pay when you exportmaps for gaming.