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<blockquote data-quote="Morrus" data-source="post: 6069298" data-attributes="member: 1"><p>[align=right]http://www.enworld.org/newsimages/lotr_python.jpg[/align][h=3]Pathfinder RPG News[/h]</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">What better way to close out 2012, the 5th anniversary of <em>Pathfinder</em> and the 10th anniversary of Paizo than a chat with Paizo CEO Lisa Stevens in the <a href="http://35privatesanctuary.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=483%3Aknow-direction-53--auntie-lisas-end-of-year-retrospectacular&catid=35%3Athe-tome-know-direction&Itemid=34" target="_blank">Know Direction Podcast</a>? </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <em>Emerald Spire Superdungeon</em> expands with the addition of Jordan Weisman and Michael J. Stackpole to the line-up of authors and designers. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I will be ending the submission of questions for Paizp/Goblinworks' Lisa Stevens, Ryan Dancey, and Mark Kalmes today, so if you have a question about Pathfinder Online, <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?333431-Questions-about-the-Pathfinder-Online-MMO-for-Ryan-Dancey-Mark-Kalmes-or-Lisa-Stevens" target="_blank">add it to the thread quickly</a>! </li> </ul><p></p><p>[h=3]Dungeons & Dragons News[/h]</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.wizards.com/DnD/Article.aspx?x=dnd/ftr/20130104#84122" target="_blank">Quelzard, Patron of Adventurers</a> by Ed Greenwood -- <span style="color: #ff8c00">"The Company of Crazed Venturers, my first PC adventuring band, never even knew he existed . . . though they came to suspect his presence, once or twice."</span> </li> </ul><p></p><p>[h=3]Roleplaying Games News[/h]</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/blackwyrm/imaginary-friends" target="_blank">Imaginary Friends</a> is an adventure for <em>Champions/Savage Worlds</em> in which invisible playmates come to life with deadly consequences. A Kickstarter, but only 3 days to go, though. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Check out <a href="http://philgamer.wordpress.com/2012/12/20/review-deadlands-noir/" target="_blank">this review</a> for <em>Deadlands Noir</em>. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Check out <a href="http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/15/15774.phtml" target="_blank">this review</a> for Cubicle 7's <em>Yggdrasill: The Lands of the North</em>. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Check out <a href="http://mostunreadblogever.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/tommys-take-on-achtung-cthulhu-zero.html" target="_blank">this review</a> for <em>Achtung! Cthulhu</em>. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">More <em>World of Darkness</em> (+1 <em>Exalted</em>) books <a href="http://forums.white-wolf.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=1548980#post1548980" target="_blank">added to the Now in Print program</a> at DriveThruRPG. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">A <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/994700393/deluxe-tunnels-and-trolls" target="_blank">Deluxe Tunnels & Trolls Kickstarter?</a> <span style="color: #ff8c00">"The team who created the classic role-playing game Tunnels & Trolls comes together again to make the finest edition yet."</span> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Thinking about a Kickstarter? This failed RPG Kickstarter <a href="http://www.geeknative.com/36183/e20-rpg-kickstarter-failure-results-in-complaint-to-texas-state-attorney-general/" target="_blank">resulted in a complaint</a> to the Texas State Attorney General. </li> </ul><p></p><p>[h=3]Community News[/h]</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Kobold Press offers you some more <a href="http://www.koboldquarterly.com/k/front-page14675.php#.UObHonfX9gI" target="_blank">Variant Gauntlet Witches for Elves and Dwarves</a>. Because, as we all know, you can never have enough variant gauntlet witches for elves and dwarves. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Sly Flourish presents a <a href="http://slyflourish.com/dm_tips_12_2012.html" target="_blank">DM Tips Twitter Archive for December 2012</a>. </li> </ul><p></p><p>[h=3]Other News[/h]</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">This Kickstarter for <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/brianberg/legendary-realms-terrain-themed-dungeon-rooms" target="_blank">themed dungeon rooms</a> from Legendary Realms Terrain looks pretty cool. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Think you know your Oins from your Gloins and your Doris from your Noris? <a href="http://t.co/8LaLhTkl" target="_blank">Name that dwarf</a>! If that's too difficult, <a href="http://t.co/syQWd4ml" target="_blank">How Well Do You Know Return Of The King?</a> is a little easier. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The White Council. <a href="http://t.co/tZE1W5he" target="_blank">In miniature form</a>. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Shouting into the Void asks why <a href="http://butmyopinionisright.tumblr.com/post/31079561065/the-problem-with-the-big-bang-theory" target="_blank">The Big Bang Theory mocks D&D players, while Community celebrates them?</a> I'm not sure that's true; I've seen D&D a couple of times on BBT, but haven't felt mocked; the show certainly lampoons "jock" stereotypes, too, usually portraying them as either cruel or stupid. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Talking of TV, one network is launching a show called <a href="http://www.examiner.com/article/king-of-the-nerds-puts-gamers-the-spotlight" target="_blank">King of the Nerds</a>. This one<em> does</em> seem designed to mock geeks. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Check out the <a href="http://www.boardgamegeek.com/video/24067/outside-the-scope-of-bgg/drivethrureview-drivethru2012-best-games-of-2012" target="_blank">best boardgames of 2012</a> on DriveThruReview (video). </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://t.co/EYg1E4DP" target="_blank">Wil Wheaton's Tabletop is back</a> with the game <em>Alhambra</em>. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">This <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/4clowns/codigo-cube-rpg-fantasy-trivia-game" target="_blank">RPG Fantasy Trivia Kickstarter project</a> <span style="color: #ff8c00">"is the game for people who love Role Playing Games, Trivia, and Smartphone technology"</span>. It's a smartphone app which uses the phone camera, and some specially emblazoned dice with the QR codes on the sides. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://pyromancers.com/" target="_blank">Dungeon Painter Online</a> is a flash-based map software. It's very pretty, and seems easy enough to use; I couldn't work out how to insert a door, though. </li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Morrus, post: 6069298, member: 1"] [align=right]http://www.enworld.org/newsimages/lotr_python.jpg[/align][h=3]Pathfinder RPG News[/h] [LIST] [*]What better way to close out 2012, the 5th anniversary of [I]Pathfinder[/I] and the 10th anniversary of Paizo than a chat with Paizo CEO Lisa Stevens in the [URL="http://35privatesanctuary.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=483%3Aknow-direction-53--auntie-lisas-end-of-year-retrospectacular&catid=35%3Athe-tome-know-direction&Itemid=34"]Know Direction Podcast[/URL]? [*]The [I]Emerald Spire Superdungeon[/I] expands with the addition of Jordan Weisman and Michael J. Stackpole to the line-up of authors and designers. [*]I will be ending the submission of questions for Paizp/Goblinworks' Lisa Stevens, Ryan Dancey, and Mark Kalmes today, so if you have a question about Pathfinder Online, [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?333431-Questions-about-the-Pathfinder-Online-MMO-for-Ryan-Dancey-Mark-Kalmes-or-Lisa-Stevens"]add it to the thread quickly[/URL]! [/LIST] [h=3]Dungeons & Dragons News[/h] [LIST] [*][URL="http://www.wizards.com/DnD/Article.aspx?x=dnd/ftr/20130104#84122"]Quelzard, Patron of Adventurers[/URL] by Ed Greenwood -- [COLOR=#ff8c00]"The Company of Crazed Venturers, my first PC adventuring band, never even knew he existed . . . though they came to suspect his presence, once or twice."[/COLOR] [/LIST] [h=3]Roleplaying Games News[/h] [LIST] [*][URL="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/blackwyrm/imaginary-friends"]Imaginary Friends[/URL] is an adventure for [I]Champions/Savage Worlds[/I] in which invisible playmates come to life with deadly consequences. A Kickstarter, but only 3 days to go, though. [*]Check out [URL="http://philgamer.wordpress.com/2012/12/20/review-deadlands-noir/"]this review[/URL] for [I]Deadlands Noir[/I]. [*]Check out [URL="http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/15/15774.phtml"]this review[/URL] for Cubicle 7's [I]Yggdrasill: The Lands of the North[/I]. [*]Check out [URL="http://mostunreadblogever.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/tommys-take-on-achtung-cthulhu-zero.html"]this review[/URL] for [I]Achtung! Cthulhu[/I]. [*]More [I]World of Darkness[/I] (+1 [I]Exalted[/I]) books [URL="http://forums.white-wolf.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=1548980#post1548980"]added to the Now in Print program[/URL] at DriveThruRPG. [*]A [URL="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/994700393/deluxe-tunnels-and-trolls"]Deluxe Tunnels & Trolls Kickstarter?[/URL] [COLOR=#ff8c00]"The team who created the classic role-playing game Tunnels & Trolls comes together again to make the finest edition yet."[/COLOR] [*]Thinking about a Kickstarter? This failed RPG Kickstarter [URL="http://www.geeknative.com/36183/e20-rpg-kickstarter-failure-results-in-complaint-to-texas-state-attorney-general/"]resulted in a complaint[/URL] to the Texas State Attorney General. [/LIST] [h=3]Community News[/h] [LIST] [*]Kobold Press offers you some more [URL="http://www.koboldquarterly.com/k/front-page14675.php#.UObHonfX9gI"]Variant Gauntlet Witches for Elves and Dwarves[/URL]. Because, as we all know, you can never have enough variant gauntlet witches for elves and dwarves. [*]Sly Flourish presents a [URL="http://slyflourish.com/dm_tips_12_2012.html"]DM Tips Twitter Archive for December 2012[/URL]. [/LIST] [h=3]Other News[/h] [LIST] [*]This Kickstarter for [URL="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/brianberg/legendary-realms-terrain-themed-dungeon-rooms"]themed dungeon rooms[/URL] from Legendary Realms Terrain looks pretty cool. [*]Think you know your Oins from your Gloins and your Doris from your Noris? [URL="http://t.co/8LaLhTkl"]Name that dwarf[/URL]! If that's too difficult, [URL="http://t.co/syQWd4ml"]How Well Do You Know Return Of The King?[/URL] is a little easier. [*]The White Council. [URL="http://t.co/tZE1W5he"]In miniature form[/URL]. [*]Shouting into the Void asks why [URL="http://butmyopinionisright.tumblr.com/post/31079561065/the-problem-with-the-big-bang-theory"]The Big Bang Theory mocks D&D players, while Community celebrates them?[/URL] I'm not sure that's true; I've seen D&D a couple of times on BBT, but haven't felt mocked; the show certainly lampoons "jock" stereotypes, too, usually portraying them as either cruel or stupid. [*]Talking of TV, one network is launching a show called [URL="http://www.examiner.com/article/king-of-the-nerds-puts-gamers-the-spotlight"]King of the Nerds[/URL]. This one[I] does[/I] seem designed to mock geeks. [*]Check out the [URL="http://www.boardgamegeek.com/video/24067/outside-the-scope-of-bgg/drivethrureview-drivethru2012-best-games-of-2012"]best boardgames of 2012[/URL] on DriveThruReview (video). [*][URL="https://t.co/EYg1E4DP"]Wil Wheaton's Tabletop is back[/URL] with the game [I]Alhambra[/I]. [*]This [URL="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/4clowns/codigo-cube-rpg-fantasy-trivia-game"]RPG Fantasy Trivia Kickstarter project[/URL] [COLOR=#ff8c00]"is the game for people who love Role Playing Games, Trivia, and Smartphone technology"[/COLOR]. It's a smartphone app which uses the phone camera, and some specially emblazoned dice with the QR codes on the sides. [*][URL="http://pyromancers.com/"]Dungeon Painter Online[/URL] is a flash-based map software. It's very pretty, and seems easy enough to use; I couldn't work out how to insert a door, though. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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