[h=3]Dungeons & Dragons News[/h]
[h=3]Pathfinder RPG News[/h]
[h=3]Roleplaying Games News[/h]
[h=3]Community News[/h]
[h=3]Other News[/h]
As I mentioned a couple of days ago, the brand new dndclassics.com sites has launched. Run by DTRPG/RPGNow, it allow you to buy D&D products from all editions in PDF format, from BECMI, AD&D 1st Edition, 2nd Edition, D&D 3rd Edition, and 4th Edition. They're not all there yet, but I'd guess they're adding them over time. Wired.com has an article announcing it and, according to that article, they are fresh, searchable scans of the products, and Examiner.com has an interview with DTRPG.- The server seems to be struggling right now. If you can't get in, don't keep trying - try again later.
- WotC's latest playtester profile is Matt James.
- D&D Next Goals Part III -- Mike Mearls gives a standard rules overview, announces the above D&D Classics PDFs, and reveals that the barbarian class will be unveiled at Winter Fantasy (24-27 Jan). "The barbarian focuses on rage... we're developing some options a barbarian can always use that reflect a reckless fighting style and quick surges of power at the cost of defense."
- Flying in Style -- "If you want to impress the bystanders, what you really want is a flying mount. James talks this week about the things that adventurers, villains, and the occasional elite cavalry use to fly in style."
- Book Club: Lesser Evils -- "Join us in welcoming back Erin Evans for her third go-around with the Book Club and our 16th discussion! We'll be reading Brimstone Angels: Lesser Evils, the sequel to Brimstone Angels."
[h=3]Pathfinder RPG News[/h]
- Aim for the Heart: Expanded Eleven Archer is a new book available in PDF format at the Paizo Store -- "Combine brutal archery skills with a classic elven heritage using the expanded elven archer class! This in-depth book provides all the class skills, archetypes, spells, and equipment necessary to turn your elven archer into an enemy-hunting, bull’s eye-striking legend."
[h=3]Roleplaying Games News[/h]
- We take our weekly look at new PDFs in Pretty Darn Fun, with the Most Interesting PDF of the Week spotlight going to OSR sci-fi/space opera game Bandits & Battlecruisers.
- Expeditious Retreat Press is looking for writers for its Advanced Adventures Line.
- You can game with Dungeon Crawl Classics writers, artists, and publishers at the DCC RPG 2013 World Tour (sorry, US only!)
[h=3]Community News[/h]
- I'll try not to mention my Kickstarter today; I'm sure you're getting tired of hearing about it!
- In this week's 3G, Southern Oracle talks about Converting Adventures to 4E.
- Artist and sometimes DDI author Claudio Pozas has started posting his D&D Next playtest report in Playtest Report, or how Kobolds almost TPKed the PCs in the first combat!
- Game Knight Reviews has reviewed 8000 Zombie/Undead Sounds from Lee’s Lists. It's 3 lists of 20 sounds which you combine to make things like "Nnnn-Aaayy-Ruh".
- You can read a review of Rite Publishing's The Secrets to Adventuring for the Pathfinder RPG. "The Secrets of Adventuring offers a host of new insights and options for your characters to make your Pathfinder Roleplaying Game feel new again!"
- Gaming Tonic talks about the Genesis of the Long Term Campaign - agreeing on what to play.
- Nonprecious Metals is the second part of Kobold Press' Treasure by the Pound article. It looks at values, size and weight of of brass, iron, tin, and so on.
- Matt James has been busy - his Loremaster.org has posted a few new articles. First, an interview with Luke Gygax about Gygax Magazine. There's also composite skill bonuses in the d20 system.
- Neuroglyph Games has kindly posted an article about my own Kickstarter to rebuild EN World.
- Sly Flourish has put together a 9-miute video called Tools of the Lazy Dungeon Master, in which he covers a range of those tools - graph paper, binder clips, index cards, whiteboard, and so on.
- This review takes a look at character generation in Cubicle 7's game Kuro.
- There's an interview at The Githyanki Diaspora with Jason Morningstar about Traveller.
[h=3]Other News[/h]
- Like gnomes? Like miniatures? Like boxed sets? Click here!
- The new Dork Tower is about gaming apps (well, a gaming app).
