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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Monte At Home" data-source="post: 912202" data-attributes="member: 1335">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE    CONTACT: Sue Weinlein Cook    Malhavoc Press    <a href="mailto:sue@montecook.com">sue@montecook.com</a>CODE MONKEY AND NECROMANCER ANNOUNCENEW ARCANA UNEARTHED TIE-INSData Sets and New Modules Broaden Support for Variant Player’s HandbookMay 29, 2003 (Renton, Wash.)—Code Monkey Publishing and Necromancer Games have become Malhavoc Press’ newest partners in releasing support products for Monte Cook’s Arcana Unearthed: A Variant Player’s Handbook.Code Monkey Publishing, creators of popular character generation software, will be releasing official data sets for the book in formats compatible with its major systems starting in August. Necromancer Games, publishers of best-selling d20 modules and sourcebooks including the Rappan Athuk series and Tome of Horrors, has two tie-in adventures in the works for release this fall.“I’m extremely pleased that talented producers are stepping up to help support Arcana Unearthed with quality products,” said Malhavoc’s cofounder Monte Cook. “It gratifies me to see that players of Arcana Unearthed will be lacking in nothing—now, in addition to a DM’s screen, miniatures, and counters, we also have computer support and a variety of adventures.”“Code Monkey Publishing is very excited that we have worked out a deal with Monte to convert his Arcana Unearthed book into data sets for the character generation software community,” said W. Robert Reed III, Code Monkey’s cofounder. “We are definitely looking forward to working with Malhavoc Press on other books in the Arcana Unearthed line!”Clark Peterson, president of Necromancer Games, said, “It is a pleasure to work with Malhavoc to provide modules to support Arcana Unearthed. Necromancer's slogan is ‘Third edition rules, first edition feel.’ No one has the ‘Third Edition Rules’ part down better than Monte. Our modules will add that ‘First Edition’ spice!”Other Arcana Unearthed partners include Mystic Eye Games, with the introductory adventure Siege on Ebonring Keep; Fiery Dragon Productions, with the adventure Plague of Dreams and Counter Collection IV: World of the Diamond Throne; and Iron Wind Metals, with the official miniatures line debuting in August.These products will follow the release of Monte Cook’s Arcana Unearthed: A Variant Player’s Handbook in August. On the heels of this launch, Malhavoc Press offers a 32-page Arcana Unearthed DM’s Screen and Player’s Guide, as well as a 96-page supporting sourcebook, The Diamond Throne, which focuses on the handbook’s setting and some of its unique denizens.Monte Cook’s Arcana Unearthed: A Variant Player’s Handbook offers a collection of new classes, feats, spells, equipment, variant rules, and optional systems that you can integrate into your d20 roleplaying games or use as a stand-alone open-gaming system. This 256-page hardcover is suitable for characters of all levels and any fantasy campaign. It will be available in a print edition from Malhavoc Press’ publisher, Sword & Sorcery™. Read about the book’s development in Monte’s ongoing Design Diary at the Malhavoc Press website.Code Monkey Publishing, LLC, was founded in 2002 by Bryan McRoberts, Jason Buchanan, and W. Robert Reed III. The company, which creates roleplaying game materials and related software, boasts more than 200 years of total coding experience and over 150 years of gaming experience. For more information, visit their website <a href="http://www.codemonkeypublishing.com" target="_blank">www.codemonkeypublishing.com</a>.Necromancer Games shot onto the scene in 2000 with one of the very first d20 titles, Crucible of Freya. Founders Clark Peterson and Bill Webb are committed to publishing modules and sourcebooks that hearken back to the good old days of fantasy roleplaying. Their high-quality d20 System products for use with Third Edition have a “classic” First Edition feel. Visit their website at <a href="http://www.necromancergames.com" target="_blank">www.necromancergames.com</a>.Monte Cook, co-creator of the new edition of Dungeons & Dragons (the basis of the d20 System of roleplaying), also penned the Dungeon Master's Guide and many other books for TSR/Wizards of the Coast. He launched Malhavoc Press in May 2001 with the publication of the bestselling Book of Eldritch Might, which won three EN World d20 System Awards for excellence. Hallmarks of Malhavoc Press and Monte's game design include unusual magic, monsters, and evocative game elements that go beyond traditional fantasy, as well as a mastery of the d20 System rules that only one of the game's original designers can offer. Current Malhavoc Press titles are available in electronic format at <a href="http://www.montecook.com" target="_blank">www.montecook.com</a>, along with free samples of Monte’s recent game design.###©2003 Monte J. Cook. Dungeons & Dragons, Dungeon Master, and Wizards of the Coast, are registered trademarks and d20 System is a trademark of Wizards of the Coast Inc. Sword & Sorcery is a trademark of White Wolf Publishing.  Necromancer Games is a trademark of Clark Peterson and Bill Webb, Necromancer Games, Inc. Malhavoc and Eldritch Might are trademarks of Monte J. Cook. All rights reserved.</blockquote>

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