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<blockquote data-quote="Morrus" data-source="post: 5580069" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><span style="font-size: 12px">[title]Review of Dungeons & Dragons: Daggerdale Video Game[/title]</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">Check out EN World's </span><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/en-world-official-reviews/306754-review-dungeons-dragons-daggerdale-atari.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 12px">official review</span></a><span style="font-size: 12px"> of Atari's new D&D video game. Unfortunately, the news isn't good.</span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><em>Dungeons & Dragons: Daggerdale</em></strong> is not really D&D, so much as it is a weird version of <em>Gauntlet</em> with a few D&D names and labels tacked on. There is nothing to indicate that you are in Daggerdale, as all you see for much of the game are mines, and later the inside of a tower purported to be in Daggerdale. One could just as easily have claimed this game to be <strong><em>Dungeons & Dragons: Shield Lands</em></strong> or <strong><em>Dungeons & Dragons: Sharn</em></strong>, with a few references changed in the cut scenes in order to make the enclosed dungeon environments work in <em>World of Greyhawk</em> or <em>Eberron </em>campaign settings.</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">[title]In Other News...[/title]</span></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 12px"><img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/rpgs.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":rpg:" title="RPGs :rpg:" data-shortname=":rpg:" /> </span><a href="http://www.enginepublishing.com/masks/masks-preview-1-fantasy-npcs-and-a-host-of-info-about-the-book" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 12px">Masks: 1,000 Memorable NPCs</span></a><span style="font-size: 12px"> Engine Publishing has posted the first free preview of Gnome Stew's upcoming book, <em>Masks: 1,000 Memorable NPCs for Any Roleplaying Game</em>.</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 12px"><img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/pathfinder.jpg" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":pf:" title="Pathfinder :pf:" data-shortname=":pf:" /> </span><a href="http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product_info.php?products_id=92127" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 12px">Pathways #4 Free E-zine</span></a><span style="font-size: 12px"> Rite Publishing continues its free e-zine with templates, new monsters, domains, feats, encounters, and reviews all bundled together with a Greg A. Vaughn (<em>Pathfinder Chronicles: Into the Darklands</em> and <em>Slumbering Tsar</em>) interview about <em>Tome of Horrors Complete</em>!</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 12px"><img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/3.5.jpg" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":3e:" title="D&D 3.5 :3e:" data-shortname=":3e:" /> </span><a href="http://www.examiner.com/rpg-in-national/monster-madness-tyrannodon" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 12px">Monster Madness: Tyrannodon</span></a><span style="font-size: 12px"> The RPG Examiner creates an unholy combination of Tyrannosaurus Rex and Pteranodon fossils that stalks paleontologists' nightmares.</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 12px"><img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/dd.jpg" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":4e:" title="D&D 4th Edition :4e:" data-shortname=":4e:" /> </span><a href="http://www.necromancers-online.com/articles/FoursakenFeature/06022011.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 12px">Forest Kami</span></a><span style="font-size: 12px"> Designer Justin Holloway continues to bring the kami spirits into 4th edition. This week's offering: the Forest Kami.</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 12px"><img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/pathfinder.jpg" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":pf:" title="Pathfinder :pf:" data-shortname=":pf:" /> </span><a href="http://paizo.com/paizo/messageboards/paizoPublishing/pathfinder/pathfinderRPG/licensees/theGiftCurseOfTheGoldenSpearJapaneseHorrorPFRPG" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 12px">The Gift (Curse of the Golden Spear)</span></a><span style="font-size: 12px"> The first of a three part campaign arc, <em>The Gift</em> is an adventure set in the cursed land of Kaidan and is suitable for a group of 5th level characters. Drawing inspiration from Japanese folklore, and fully compatible with the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Kaidan is a land of horror and mystery. In Kaidan, demons stalk the land in human form, the dead seldom rest easy, and life is cheap. This adventure serves to introduces players and game masters alike to the cursed realm of Kaidan.</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 12px"><img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/rpgs.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":rpg:" title="RPGs :rpg:" data-shortname=":rpg:" /> </span><a href="http://www.examiner.com/rpg-in-national/interview-with-brian-brousseau" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 12px">Interview with Brian Brousseau of Wooden Pencils</span></a><span style="font-size: 12px"> The Examiner interviews a freelancer who is attempting to create and publish a new RPG from scratch.</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 12px"><img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/3.5.jpg" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":3e:" title="D&D 3.5 :3e:" data-shortname=":3e:" /> </span><a href="http://www.necromancers-online.com/articles/MastersandMinions/06012011.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 12px">Extra Magic Armor Properties</span></a><span style="font-size: 12px"> The Blacklight Swamp has long been known for its almost unnatural dimness, and for its large population of will-o-wisps. But recently, the nearby villagers have begun to whisper about another creature in the swamp's depths: a terrible monstrosity that roams at night, preying on outlying farmers. Can your PCs put a stop to the Terror of Blacklight Swamp? Find out in this week's Masters and Minions.</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 12px"><img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/pathfinder.jpg" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":pf:" title="Pathfinder :pf:" data-shortname=":pf:" /> </span><a href="http://www.koboldquarterly.com/k/front-page9296.php" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 12px">Haunts to Terrify your Adventurers</span></a><span style="font-size: 12px"> Sometimes, the dead don’t allow you to escape with their treasure. Sometimes they come back-- a haunt any "hero" should recognize.</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 12px"><img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/dd.jpg" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":4e:" title="D&D 4th Edition :4e:" data-shortname=":4e:" /> </span><a href="http://www.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=92038&SRC=ENWorldNews" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 12px">Axes of Evil</span></a><span style="font-size: 12px"> Do you like axes? Do you like evil? Then you’ll like Axes of Evil, a 4e one-shot adventure for comically evil characters.</span><br /> <br /> </li> </ul><p><span style="font-size: 12px">[title]CONTEST: Win a ZEITGEIST adventure path subscription![/title]</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">Unlike contests where you take a quiz to win, this contest requires you to CREATE a quiz. The three winners will each win a free subcription to the </span><a href="http://www.enworld.org/ap/zeitgeist.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #0066cc">ZEITGEIST adventure path</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 12px"> for D&D 4E and PATHFINDER. </span></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>To Enter</strong> </span></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 12px">Simply go to the new </span><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/vbquiz.php" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #0066cc">EN World Quizzes</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 12px"> section.</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 12px">Create a quiz of any type.</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 12px">Encourage people to take your quiz in any way you can.</span></li> </ul><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Winners</strong> </span></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">There will be three winners: </span></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 12px">The person whose quiz is taken by the most people. You are welcome to promote it, share it with social media - anything that you think will help.</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 12px">The two people whose quizzes I judge to be the best quizzes. See below for the critieria I will use.</span></li> </ul><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Entry Rules</strong> </span></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 12px">You can enter as many times as you like by creating additional quizzes.</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 12px">The winners will be chosen one week from today (on Friday 10th June).</span></li> </ul><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Criteria</strong> </span> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">For the "best quiz" winners, I will be looking for the quiz which, in my opinion, is the "best". I will take into account effort, length, presentation, ingenuity, fun factor, and more.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">Have fun!</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
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