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<blockquote data-quote="Abstruse" data-source="post: 7742833" data-attributes="member: 6669048"><p>Hello everyone, Darryl here with this week’s gaming news. Harmony Gold’s <em>BattleTech</em> lawsuit isn’t working out well for them, Gary Gygax’s unpublished gaming material may see the light of day, Deadpool pays tribute to roleplaying, and more!</p><p> </p><p>[PRBREAK][/PRBREAK]<p style="text-align: center"> [ATTACH]96595[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.sarna.net/news/harmony-golds-case-against-harebrained-schemes-dismissed/" target="_blank">Harmony Gold’s lawsuit against Harebrained Schemes over the use of mech designs in the <em>BattleTech </em>video game was dismissed with prejudice</a>. The lawsuit, which attempted to claim that mech designs from <a href="https://www.humblebundle.com/store/battletech?partner=gamerstavern" target="_blank">the <em>BattleTech </em>game releasing next week</a> were infringing on designs from <em>Macross </em>and <em>Robotech</em>, will not only no longer be an issue for the video game, but Harmony Gold is barred from filing any further lawsuits against Harebrained for those mech designs. And I know not many people get the same joy from reading court documents that I do, but <a href="https://www.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.wawd.242820/gov.uscourts.wawd.242820.1.0.pdf" target="_blank">I still recommend looking at this one</a> if you’re a long-time <em>BattleTech </em>and <em>MechWarrior </em>fan as the claims are rather silly. Especially when they can’t seem to decide which mechs are infringing what and decided that the Locust (which was based on the design of the Ostall from <em>Crusher Joe, </em>a show Harmony Gold has never held the rights to) somehow infringed on the design for the Zentradi Tactical Pod Glaug Commander Type from <em>Macross</em> (which was the designed used for <em>BattleTech</em>’s Maurader).</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"> [ATTACH]96596[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>That is not the end of the lawsuit, however. Harmony Gold also filed against Piranha Games (makers of the <em>MechWarrior Online </em>and forthcoming <em>MechWarrior Mercenaries 5</em>) and also added Catalyst Game Labs as a defendant to the lawsuit. <a href="http://www.sarna.net/news/more-news-on-harmony-gold-vs-battletech/" target="_blank">And it seems Piranha’s lawyers may have Harmony Gold pinned in a corner</a>. Harmony Gold had several other intellectual property lawsuits related to their <em>Macross </em>license recently and, in three of them, the final decision showed that Harmony Gold does not have the proper license from the Japanese rights holders to enforce a rights lawsuit in the manner they have (at least according to Piranha’s lawyers). Harmony Gold submitted a last-ditch stay until they can get documentation from Japan proving they have rights that previous American courts have stated they do not have. Piranha’s legal team filed a motion to deny the request and for summary judgment in their favor. A lot of this is complicated and this is a summary, but if you have any questions or have further information, I'll be in the comments below so post away!</p><p> </p><p>Thankfully, none of this will affect <a href="https://www.humblebundle.com/store/battletech?partner=gamerstavern" target="_blank">the April 24 launch of the <em>BattleTech </em>video game from Harebrained</a>, nor has it yet <a href="http://drivethrurpg.com/browse.php?filters=10132_0_0_0_0&test_epoch=0&page=1&sort=4a&affiliate_id=36142" target="_blank">affected Catalyst Game Labs releasing new content for the tabletop game.</a></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"> [ATTACH]96597[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/content.php?5167-Gygax-IP-To-Be-Made-Available-For-Video-Games" target="_blank">Gary Gygax’s home campaign may finally be seen by the masses, thanks to a deal between the Gygax Trust and the video game publisher-slash-crowdfunding-platform Fig…but only for video games</a>. Fig is a different take on crowdfunding that, like other platforms, allows consumers to pledge to “pre-order” games in advance but also allows investors to seek a stake in future revenue for a game in development and has been used by game development companies like inXile, Obsidian, and Double Fine. The bad news is Alex Gygax, youngest son of Gary and CEO of Gygax Games, has rejected tabletop gaming as an appropriate medium. In an interview with Polygon, Gygax said:</p><p> </p><p style="margin-left: 20px">[HQ]“I’ve always wanted to see them put out in the next level. Pen and paper is a dying art. Computer games, video games, they’re the next generation, the next wave of games and I’ve always wanted to see them on that new medium and I’ve always wanted to be working with someone who’s excited as I am about it.”[/HQ]</p><p></p><p>That said, it would finally be a peek into the now-mythical Castle Greyhawk dungeons that Gary Gygax ran for decades in his personal games, many elements of which found their way into <em>Dungeons & Dragons </em>and <em>Lejendary Adventures</em>. <a href="http://drivethrurpg.com/product/17398/WG7-Castle-Greyhawk-1e?affiliate_id=36142" target="_blank">Well, not counting 1988’s comical <em>WG7: Castle Greyhawk </em>released after Gygax’s departure from TSR</a> and the out-of-print and <a href="https://amzn.to/2Hyrri7" target="_blank">now difficult to find <em>Castle Zagyg </em>series for <em>Castles & Crusaders </em>written by Gygax himself</a>. Fig is currently accepting pitches from video game companies for titles with additional information coming later this year.</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"> [ATTACH]96598[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>In another classic finally coming to gaming, <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/content.php?5156-Jack-Vance-Themed-Lyonesse-RPG-Coming-Next-Year" target="_blank">The Design Mechanism announced via press release a license for the <em>Lyonesse </em>trilogy by author Jack Vance</a>. The press release (which, like most press releases, I unfortunately can’t link directly because it came via email but is quoted liberally in the ENWorld article above) announced a release for late 2019 or early 2020 for the stand-alone game using the Mythras System based on the Vance novels<em> <a href="https://amzn.to/2J7RhXC" target="_blank">Suldrun's Garden</a>, <a href="https://amzn.to/2qP5G3x" target="_blank">The Green Pearl</a>, </em>and <em><a href="https://amzn.to/2JW1Y0J" target="_blank">Madouc</a>. </em>This will be the first licensed title to use the system, <a href="https://bundleofholding.com/presents/Mythras" target="_blank">which is currently available as a Bundle of Holding</a> benefitting the Electronic Frontier Foundation.</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"> [ATTACH]96599[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Back in February, Marvel announced the <em><a href="https://www.cbr.com/you-are-deadpool-marvel-series/" target="_blank">You Are Deadpool series of adventure gamebook comic miniseries</a></em>, basically a <em>Choose Your Own Adventure </em>style story told similar to the <em>D&D Endless Quest </em>line or <em>Joe Dever’s Lone Wolf</em>. And they’re going all-in with the idea <a href="https://twitter.com/cracksh0t/status/984832078071156736" target="_blank">as <em>Deadpool </em>writer Jordan D. White tweeted out the variant covers for the first issue based on <em>Paranoia</em></a>. Also, all the other issue variant covers, each of which is a parody of a different cover image of a classic roleplaying game (though I’m fond of the <em>Paranoia </em>one personally). The first issue was released to comic stores this week, <a href="https://amzn.to/2J75lAr" target="_blank">with a collected graphic novel available this October</a>.</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"> [ATTACH]96600[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>So Humble still has all the bundles I mentioned last week, including <a href="https://www.humblebundle.com/books/gaming-comics-books?partner=gamerstavern" target="_blank">the Gaming Comics bundle running until April 25</a>, <a href="https://www.humblebundle.com/books/game-studies-books?partner=gamerstavern" target="_blank">the Game Studies bundle running until April 23</a>, and <a href="https://www.humblebundle.com/software/vegas-pro-creative-freedom-rebundle?partner=gamerstavern" target="_blank">the Vegas Pro Creative bundle running until April 25</a>, but they’ve <a href="https://www.humblebundle.com/books/plan-your-vacation-books?partner=gamerstavern" target="_blank">also added the Plan Your Vacation bundle</a> just in time for the start of con season. But if you have any money left over for video games, <a href="https://www.gog.com/games?price=discounted&sort=popularity&page=1" target="_blank">you may want to check out GOG’s Most Wanted Games Sale</a>, which features discounts up to 85% off on a lot of classic games including <em>Planescape: Torment</em> and pretty much all of the other isometric-era <em>Dungeons & Dragons </em>games, <em>Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines </em>and <em>Redemption</em>, the <em>Shadowrun Returns </em>series<em>, </em>and the original Gold Box games for <em>Forgotten Realms </em>and more. The sale runs until April 23.</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"> [ATTACH]96601[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p><em><a href="http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/162759/Exalted-3rd-Edition?affiliate_id=36142" target="_blank">Exalted Third Edition has been out for two years now and it’s ready for a big expansion</a></em>. Thankfully, Onyx Path is ready with <em><a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/200664283/dragon-blooded-what-fire-has-wrought-for-exalted-3?ref=enworld" target="_blank">Dragon-Blood: What Fire Has Wrought with over three hundred pages of expanded content</a></em>. The book will feature expansion to the world for dragon-blooded characters as well as new rules and character creation options to play as dragon-blooded along with new traits, spells, charms, and NPCs. I’d go over all the pledge levels, but this is Onyx Path and they’ve started including charts to easily determine what you get at each level, so let’s stick to the basics. The PDF is available for a $30 pledge, the <em>Heirs to the Shogunate</em> companion PDF for $40, and the deluxe hardcover edition for $110 (with an at-cost print-on-demand version available at that tier or higher). This Kickstarter is fully funded and runs until Thursday, April 26.</p><p> </p><p>So, that Deadpool story seemed cool, right? Why haven’t more companies done graphic novels that work like the old adventure books? <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/vanrydergames/graphic-novel-adventures?ref=enworld" target="_blank">Well, Van Ryder Games has you covered with an entire line of Graphic Novel Adventures.</a> But even more than that, these are being designed by a game company and thought of as solo games in themselves. So aside from simple pick from these options, there will be more choices to make with one of the preview images showing an overworld map to choose different destinations during reading (playing?). The series will launch with five books each in a different genre. <em>Captive </em>is a contemporary thriller and mystery, <em>Tears of a Goddess </em>is based on Asian wuxia period stories and legends, <em>Loup Garou </em>is a European fantasy adventure, <em>Your Town </em>is a classic western, and <em>Sherlock Holmes Four Investigations </em>is, well, Sherlock Holmes. You can get one hardcover book for $19, two for $34 (with add-ons at this level for additional books at $17 each), or the full set of five for $75. But you’ll need to hurry as this fully-funded campaign ends this Monday, April 23.</p><p> </p><p><em><a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/absolutetabletop/a-dead-mans-guide-to-dragongrin-campaign-setting-g?ref=enworld" target="_blank">A Dead Man’s Guide to Dragongrin is a dark fantasy campaign setting for Fifth Edition</a></em>. Sidebar: Have we decided that’s our “no trademarks were harmed” <em>D&D 5e </em>replacement for “d20 System”? Anyway, this book is more than just a campaign setting, but also a “worldbuilding toolkit” for those who already have a campaign setting they prefer, but would like to add some gritty realism and a touch of grimdark. The 325-page book will include specific character creation rules for the setting, full details on the world and its lore, and option rules covering monsters, treasure, combat, and lots of random tables. The PDF is available for a $20 pledge, while the hardcover is available for $55. There’s also an option to add on Absolute Tabletop’s entire back catalog of PDFs for $75. This Kickstarter is also fully funded and, again, slipped under my radar so you need to hurry as it ends this Sunday, April 22.</p><p> </p><p>That’s all from me for this week! Find more gaming crowdfunding news <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/list.php?category/35-Kickstarter" target="_blank">by following our Kickstarter news tag</a>, and don’t forget <a href="https://www.patreon.com/enworld" target="_blank">to support our Patreon</a> to bring you more gaming news content. If you have any news to submit, email us at <a href="mailto:news@enworldnews.com">news@enworldnews.com</a>. You can <a href="http://twitter.com/Abstruse" target="_blank">follow me on Twitter @Abstruse</a> where I’ll hopefully announce <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/twitch.tv/gamerstavernshow" target="_blank">a live stream on my Twitch channel very soon</a> (or will be complaining about OBS not doing what I want), follow <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/meetinatavern" target="_blank">Gamer’s Tavern on YouTube featuring videos on gaming history and Let’s Plays</a>, or you can listen to <a href="http://gamerstavernshow.com/" target="_blank">the archives of the <em>Gamer’s Tavern </em>podcast</a>. Until next time, may all your hits be crits! <em>Note: Links to Amazon, Humble Store, Humble Bundle, and/or DriveThru may contain affiliate links with the proceeds going to the author of this column.</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Abstruse, post: 7742833, member: 6669048"] Hello everyone, Darryl here with this week’s gaming news. Harmony Gold’s [I]BattleTech[/I] lawsuit isn’t working out well for them, Gary Gygax’s unpublished gaming material may see the light of day, Deadpool pays tribute to roleplaying, and more! [PRBREAK][/PRBREAK][CENTER] [ATTACH=CONFIG]96595[/ATTACH][/CENTER] [URL="http://www.sarna.net/news/harmony-golds-case-against-harebrained-schemes-dismissed/"]Harmony Gold’s lawsuit against Harebrained Schemes over the use of mech designs in the [I]BattleTech [/I]video game was dismissed with prejudice[/URL]. The lawsuit, which attempted to claim that mech designs from [URL="https://www.humblebundle.com/store/battletech?partner=gamerstavern"]the [I]BattleTech [/I]game releasing next week[/URL] were infringing on designs from [I]Macross [/I]and [I]Robotech[/I], will not only no longer be an issue for the video game, but Harmony Gold is barred from filing any further lawsuits against Harebrained for those mech designs. And I know not many people get the same joy from reading court documents that I do, but [URL="https://www.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.wawd.242820/gov.uscourts.wawd.242820.1.0.pdf"]I still recommend looking at this one[/URL] if you’re a long-time [I]BattleTech [/I]and [I]MechWarrior [/I]fan as the claims are rather silly. Especially when they can’t seem to decide which mechs are infringing what and decided that the Locust (which was based on the design of the Ostall from [I]Crusher Joe, [/I]a show Harmony Gold has never held the rights to) somehow infringed on the design for the Zentradi Tactical Pod Glaug Commander Type from [I]Macross[/I] (which was the designed used for [I]BattleTech[/I]’s Maurader). [CENTER] [ATTACH=CONFIG]96596[/ATTACH][/CENTER] That is not the end of the lawsuit, however. Harmony Gold also filed against Piranha Games (makers of the [I]MechWarrior Online [/I]and forthcoming [I]MechWarrior Mercenaries 5[/I]) and also added Catalyst Game Labs as a defendant to the lawsuit. [URL="http://www.sarna.net/news/more-news-on-harmony-gold-vs-battletech/"]And it seems Piranha’s lawyers may have Harmony Gold pinned in a corner[/URL]. Harmony Gold had several other intellectual property lawsuits related to their [I]Macross [/I]license recently and, in three of them, the final decision showed that Harmony Gold does not have the proper license from the Japanese rights holders to enforce a rights lawsuit in the manner they have (at least according to Piranha’s lawyers). Harmony Gold submitted a last-ditch stay until they can get documentation from Japan proving they have rights that previous American courts have stated they do not have. Piranha’s legal team filed a motion to deny the request and for summary judgment in their favor. A lot of this is complicated and this is a summary, but if you have any questions or have further information, I'll be in the comments below so post away! Thankfully, none of this will affect [URL="https://www.humblebundle.com/store/battletech?partner=gamerstavern"]the April 24 launch of the [I]BattleTech [/I]video game from Harebrained[/URL], nor has it yet [URL="http://drivethrurpg.com/browse.php?filters=10132_0_0_0_0&test_epoch=0&page=1&sort=4a&affiliate_id=36142"]affected Catalyst Game Labs releasing new content for the tabletop game.[/URL] [CENTER] [ATTACH=CONFIG]96597[/ATTACH][/CENTER] [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/content.php?5167-Gygax-IP-To-Be-Made-Available-For-Video-Games"]Gary Gygax’s home campaign may finally be seen by the masses, thanks to a deal between the Gygax Trust and the video game publisher-slash-crowdfunding-platform Fig…but only for video games[/URL]. Fig is a different take on crowdfunding that, like other platforms, allows consumers to pledge to “pre-order” games in advance but also allows investors to seek a stake in future revenue for a game in development and has been used by game development companies like inXile, Obsidian, and Double Fine. The bad news is Alex Gygax, youngest son of Gary and CEO of Gygax Games, has rejected tabletop gaming as an appropriate medium. In an interview with Polygon, Gygax said: [INDENT][HQ]“I’ve always wanted to see them put out in the next level. Pen and paper is a dying art. Computer games, video games, they’re the next generation, the next wave of games and I’ve always wanted to see them on that new medium and I’ve always wanted to be working with someone who’s excited as I am about it.”[/HQ][/INDENT] That said, it would finally be a peek into the now-mythical Castle Greyhawk dungeons that Gary Gygax ran for decades in his personal games, many elements of which found their way into [I]Dungeons & Dragons [/I]and [I]Lejendary Adventures[/I]. [URL="http://drivethrurpg.com/product/17398/WG7-Castle-Greyhawk-1e?affiliate_id=36142"]Well, not counting 1988’s comical [I]WG7: Castle Greyhawk [/I]released after Gygax’s departure from TSR[/URL] and the out-of-print and [URL="https://amzn.to/2Hyrri7"]now difficult to find [I]Castle Zagyg [/I]series for [I]Castles & Crusaders [/I]written by Gygax himself[/URL]. Fig is currently accepting pitches from video game companies for titles with additional information coming later this year. [CENTER] [ATTACH=CONFIG]96598[/ATTACH][/CENTER] In another classic finally coming to gaming, [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/content.php?5156-Jack-Vance-Themed-Lyonesse-RPG-Coming-Next-Year"]The Design Mechanism announced via press release a license for the [I]Lyonesse [/I]trilogy by author Jack Vance[/URL]. The press release (which, like most press releases, I unfortunately can’t link directly because it came via email but is quoted liberally in the ENWorld article above) announced a release for late 2019 or early 2020 for the stand-alone game using the Mythras System based on the Vance novels[I] [URL="https://amzn.to/2J7RhXC"]Suldrun's Garden[/URL], [URL="https://amzn.to/2qP5G3x"]The Green Pearl[/URL], [/I]and [I][URL="https://amzn.to/2JW1Y0J"]Madouc[/URL]. [/I]This will be the first licensed title to use the system, [URL="https://bundleofholding.com/presents/Mythras"]which is currently available as a Bundle of Holding[/URL] benefitting the Electronic Frontier Foundation. [CENTER] [ATTACH=CONFIG]96599[/ATTACH][/CENTER] Back in February, Marvel announced the [I][URL="https://www.cbr.com/you-are-deadpool-marvel-series/"]You Are Deadpool series of adventure gamebook comic miniseries[/URL][/I], basically a [I]Choose Your Own Adventure [/I]style story told similar to the [I]D&D Endless Quest [/I]line or [I]Joe Dever’s Lone Wolf[/I]. And they’re going all-in with the idea [URL="https://twitter.com/cracksh0t/status/984832078071156736"]as [I]Deadpool [/I]writer Jordan D. White tweeted out the variant covers for the first issue based on [I]Paranoia[/I][/URL]. Also, all the other issue variant covers, each of which is a parody of a different cover image of a classic roleplaying game (though I’m fond of the [I]Paranoia [/I]one personally). The first issue was released to comic stores this week, [URL="https://amzn.to/2J75lAr"]with a collected graphic novel available this October[/URL]. [CENTER] [ATTACH=CONFIG]96600[/ATTACH][/CENTER] So Humble still has all the bundles I mentioned last week, including [URL="https://www.humblebundle.com/books/gaming-comics-books?partner=gamerstavern"]the Gaming Comics bundle running until April 25[/URL], [URL="https://www.humblebundle.com/books/game-studies-books?partner=gamerstavern"]the Game Studies bundle running until April 23[/URL], and [URL="https://www.humblebundle.com/software/vegas-pro-creative-freedom-rebundle?partner=gamerstavern"]the Vegas Pro Creative bundle running until April 25[/URL], but they’ve [URL="https://www.humblebundle.com/books/plan-your-vacation-books?partner=gamerstavern"]also added the Plan Your Vacation bundle[/URL] just in time for the start of con season. But if you have any money left over for video games, [URL="https://www.gog.com/games?price=discounted&sort=popularity&page=1"]you may want to check out GOG’s Most Wanted Games Sale[/URL], which features discounts up to 85% off on a lot of classic games including [I]Planescape: Torment[/I] and pretty much all of the other isometric-era [I]Dungeons & Dragons [/I]games, [I]Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines [/I]and [I]Redemption[/I], the [I]Shadowrun Returns [/I]series[I], [/I]and the original Gold Box games for [I]Forgotten Realms [/I]and more. The sale runs until April 23. [CENTER] [ATTACH=CONFIG]96601[/ATTACH][/CENTER] [I][URL="http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/162759/Exalted-3rd-Edition?affiliate_id=36142"]Exalted Third Edition has been out for two years now and it’s ready for a big expansion[/URL][/I]. Thankfully, Onyx Path is ready with [I][URL="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/200664283/dragon-blooded-what-fire-has-wrought-for-exalted-3?ref=enworld"]Dragon-Blood: What Fire Has Wrought with over three hundred pages of expanded content[/URL][/I]. The book will feature expansion to the world for dragon-blooded characters as well as new rules and character creation options to play as dragon-blooded along with new traits, spells, charms, and NPCs. I’d go over all the pledge levels, but this is Onyx Path and they’ve started including charts to easily determine what you get at each level, so let’s stick to the basics. The PDF is available for a $30 pledge, the [I]Heirs to the Shogunate[/I] companion PDF for $40, and the deluxe hardcover edition for $110 (with an at-cost print-on-demand version available at that tier or higher). This Kickstarter is fully funded and runs until Thursday, April 26. So, that Deadpool story seemed cool, right? Why haven’t more companies done graphic novels that work like the old adventure books? [URL="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/vanrydergames/graphic-novel-adventures?ref=enworld"]Well, Van Ryder Games has you covered with an entire line of Graphic Novel Adventures.[/URL] But even more than that, these are being designed by a game company and thought of as solo games in themselves. So aside from simple pick from these options, there will be more choices to make with one of the preview images showing an overworld map to choose different destinations during reading (playing?). The series will launch with five books each in a different genre. [I]Captive [/I]is a contemporary thriller and mystery, [I]Tears of a Goddess [/I]is based on Asian wuxia period stories and legends, [I]Loup Garou [/I]is a European fantasy adventure, [I]Your Town [/I]is a classic western, and [I]Sherlock Holmes Four Investigations [/I]is, well, Sherlock Holmes. You can get one hardcover book for $19, two for $34 (with add-ons at this level for additional books at $17 each), or the full set of five for $75. But you’ll need to hurry as this fully-funded campaign ends this Monday, April 23. [I][URL="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/absolutetabletop/a-dead-mans-guide-to-dragongrin-campaign-setting-g?ref=enworld"]A Dead Man’s Guide to Dragongrin is a dark fantasy campaign setting for Fifth Edition[/URL][/I]. Sidebar: Have we decided that’s our “no trademarks were harmed” [I]D&D 5e [/I]replacement for “d20 System”? Anyway, this book is more than just a campaign setting, but also a “worldbuilding toolkit” for those who already have a campaign setting they prefer, but would like to add some gritty realism and a touch of grimdark. The 325-page book will include specific character creation rules for the setting, full details on the world and its lore, and option rules covering monsters, treasure, combat, and lots of random tables. The PDF is available for a $20 pledge, while the hardcover is available for $55. There’s also an option to add on Absolute Tabletop’s entire back catalog of PDFs for $75. This Kickstarter is also fully funded and, again, slipped under my radar so you need to hurry as it ends this Sunday, April 22. That’s all from me for this week! Find more gaming crowdfunding news [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/list.php?category/35-Kickstarter"]by following our Kickstarter news tag[/URL], and don’t forget [URL="https://www.patreon.com/enworld"]to support our Patreon[/URL] to bring you more gaming news content. If you have any news to submit, email us at [EMAIL="news@enworldnews.com"]news@enworldnews.com[/EMAIL]. You can [URL="http://twitter.com/Abstruse"]follow me on Twitter @Abstruse[/URL] where I’ll hopefully announce [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/twitch.tv/gamerstavernshow"]a live stream on my Twitch channel very soon[/URL] (or will be complaining about OBS not doing what I want), follow [URL="https://www.youtube.com/user/meetinatavern"]Gamer’s Tavern on YouTube featuring videos on gaming history and Let’s Plays[/URL], or you can listen to [URL="http://gamerstavernshow.com/"]the archives of the [I]Gamer’s Tavern [/I]podcast[/URL]. Until next time, may all your hits be crits! [I]Note: Links to Amazon, Humble Store, Humble Bundle, and/or DriveThru may contain affiliate links with the proceeds going to the author of this column.[/I] [/QUOTE]
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