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Morrus is the owner of EN World and EN Publishing, creator of the ENnies, creator of the What's OLD is NEW (WOIN) and Simply6 game systems, and co-host of the weekly Morrus' Unofficial Tabletop RPG Talk podcast. He has been a game publisher and RPG community administrator for over 20 years, and has been reporting on D&D news for two decades. He also is on a Twitter.

RPG News for Thursday, 13 Dec, 2012

Dec 13

Pathfinder News http://www.enworld.org/newsimages/emspire.jpgPaizo has announced the lineup of 12 game designers who will be creating levels of the Emerald Spire Superdungeon, a stretch goal...

RPG News for Wednesday, 12 Dec, 2012

Dec 12

http://www.enworld.org/newsimages/achtung.jpgD&D News When you think about D&D, what do you think its essence is? Jon goes over what he and his colleagues at Wizards have discussed, plus brings...

RPG News for Tuesday, Dec 11, 2012

Dec 11

D&D News Today, WotC's James Wyatt talks about Elementals. Other RPGs Cubicle 7 has released The Ballad of Bass Rock, a 1920s Cthulhu Britannica scenario for Call of Cthulhu, written by...

RPG News from the Last Week

Dec 10

This is a bit of a catch-up news post, covering some of the stuff that happened while EN World was down last week. We're back up now, and slowly trying to rebuild the site. Here's some of what...

Oriental Adventures Pronunciation Guide

Dec 08

Since Oriental Adventures draws from several different Asian cultures, it includes a variety of unusual words. Because of the blend of languages, pronunciation is problematic. For your...

Appendix N: Inspirational and Educational Reading

Dec 08

From the 1st-Edition DMG, Appendix N is a list of literary influences which inspired Gary Gygax' development of the game. It's entitled "APPENDIX N: INSPIRATIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL READING" and...

Pages List

Dec 08

This is a placeholder post while EN World is being rebuilt. Pages below may need fixing and may contain broken links. We're working on bringing everything back ASAP! ZEITGEIST Adventure Path...

Robin's Law: Kickstarting the Hillfolk

Dec 07

Matt talks to game designer Robin D. Laws about his highly successful Kickstarter project, Hillfolk, while at Dragonmeet 2012. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0ffiT-P3TY

Enter the Mongoose: Matt Sprange

Dec 06

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOHPOgIbYvg

New Hobby Game Releases UK

Dec 03

The following should be hitting UK games stores this week. For further information please contact your usual suppliers.

New Hobby Game Releases UK

Nov 26

The following should be hitting UK games stores this week. For further information please contact your usual suppliers. This list was compiled by Angus Abranson.

Where are you? The hotbeds of tabletop gaming! [Top 500 cities in post #32]

Nov 18

Where are you? Actually, don't tell me - I'll tell you where you are. Not you, specifically, of course - but "you" as an anonymised aggregate. "What's Morrus blathering on about this time?" is...

Review of DUNGEON! Fantasy Board Game by Wizards of the Coast

Oct 21

It's damnably cheap! Just £12 here in England.

Wil Wheaton's TABELETOP #14: Pandemic

Oct 04

Wil Wheaton and guests Ed Brubaker (Writer—Captain America, Criminal, Angel of Death), Robert Gifford (Founder—Geek Chic), and Morgan Webb (Host—X-Play) play Pandemic over on Geek & Sundry's latest episode of Tabletop. Pandemic is a cooperative board game designed by Matt Leacock and published by Z-Man Games in 2008, based on the premise that four diseases have broken out in the world, each threatening to wipe out a region. The game accommodates 2 to 4 players, each playing one of five possible specialists: (dispatcher, medic, scientist, researcher or operations expert). The game is unlike most boardgames as the gameplay is cooperative, rather than competitive. Through the combined effort of all the players, the goal is to discover all four cures before any of several game-losing conditions are reached.

Steve Jackson on Wil Wheaton's "Tabletop"

Jun 09

Wil Wheaton's web series Tabletop featured an interview with Steve Jackson in the latest episode. The episode itself also featured Felicia Day and and Sandeep Parikh and looked at Jackson's card game, Munchkin. The show mainly deals with board games, but the occasional RPG mentions pop up from time to time, like now. You can find out more about Tabletop over at Felicia Day's GeekandSundry.

D&D Pronunciation Guide

Jun 02

D&D pronunciation. Does it matter? No. Can it be fun to discuss? Sure! While pedantry over pronunciation is the opposite of charisma, that's no reason not to look at the etymology of some of the words we use in our games.

Review of Advanced Encounters: Terrain Toolbox by Sneak Attack Press

Nov 03

A great idea for a product! That's something I could use.

Retroclones and Older D&D Editions

Aug 20

Retroclones and Older D&D Editions There are many out there who enjoy the style and feel of older editions of D&D. While it's certainly possible to find these products on eBay and the like, you may not be aware of the concept of a retroclone. A retroclone is a game that is compatible with, and heavily based on, an unsupported game or unsupported edition of a game.

Mike Breault on Lorraine Williams

Aug 01

Originally posted by TSR employee Mike Breault on Knights & Knaves Alehouse (link no longer exists; recovered via Wayback Machine and archived here): OK, so here goes. I'm going to add new tidbits as I have time and think of them, but here are a few to start. Keep in mind that except where I say I witnessed things or was told them by Lorraine, these are essentially rumors (but fun nonetheless).