Hobby Game Market Trends
Hobby Game Sales were up 5-10% in 2009, according to IcV2; however RPG sales specifically were down 10%. The top five RPGs were:
Game Night, Chapter Twenty One (The Control Room)
[imager]http://enworld.rpgnow.com/images/52/80464.jpg[/imager]D&D 4th Edition News
A couple of days ago I compiled a list of iPhone/iPod apps useful for RPGs. Here's a couple more (thanks toJevhad)! I've added these to the original list, also, for your convenience.
Hobby Game Sales were up 5-10% in 2009, according to IcV2; however RPG sales specifically were down 10%. The top five RPGs were:
- Dungeons & Dragons
- Pathfinder
- Warhammer Fantasy RolePlay
- Rogue Trader/Dark Heresy
- World of Darkness
Game Night, Chapter Twenty One (The Control Room)
- The 21st chapter in Jonny Nexus' hiarious ENNie nominated novel, Game Night. The door has opened. What will lay beyond? Read on!
[imager]http://enworld.rpgnow.com/images/52/80464.jpg[/imager]D&D 4th Edition News
- Game Master Options: Medieval Life and Laws Alea Publishing Group presents the first in a series of Game Master Options. In Medieval Life and Laws, players and game masters alike will find a plethora of rules and guidelines for incorporating a medieval atmosphere for their favorite 4E setting.
- Review of The Indomitable Fire Forest of Innenotdar by EN Publishing Check out this review of the second adventure in the War of the Burning Sky, where the Characters must face not only deadly monsters, but decisions that will test their morals and situational ethics!
- New 4E Rituals at Kobold Quarterly Take games deeper into the earth with these dwarven rituals for 4E. There's no such thing as digging too deep, right?
- Asanbosam Mark Gedak continues his series of gothic articles for the Pathfinder RPG. Today he brings you a tree-dwelling bloodrinker from the forests of Africa.
- The Master Swordsmith Necromancers of the Northwest's Justin Holloway provides an exciting encounter involving an insane weaponsmith and a sword that's more than it seems in this week's Masters and Minions.
- Power levels in d20 Cthulhu Part of Call of Cthulhu's appeal is its ability to interpret the Lovecraftian Mythos on a variety of levels. The RPG Examiner explains how these levels dictate a particular kind of play style in d20 games.
A couple of days ago I compiled a list of iPhone/iPod apps useful for RPGs. Here's a couple more (thanks toJevhad)! I've added these to the original list, also, for your convenience.
- Grimoire RPG Touch Great application for spell casters, providing them with all their d20 SRD spells at the tap of a finger. Spells are indexed by alphabetical, class, school & domain. $5.
- Spellbookmaster Spells at your fingertips, literally. Allows you to import spells from text files from the internet, including WotC d20 SRD. Also allows search. $7.99.
- Elvenspeak A guide to to Tolkien's Elven language of Quenya. Within this program you will find an English to Elvish search dictionary, an Elven date converter, a language course, and more. Free.
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