D&D / RPG News for Tuesday, 5 September, 2010

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[title]D&D Red Box Commercial[/title]

If you haven't seen it yet, here is is in all it's old-school glory!

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[title]D&D 4th Edition News[/title]

• Hellish Choices At Kobold Quarterly! Want a little taste of Hell, a stroll down the dark side of 4E? Check out these infernal powers & feats!

[title]Pathfinder / D&D 3.5 News[/title]

• Pathfinder Society Regional Coordinators Paizo Publishing announced today that 13 Regional Coordinators from around the globe have been brought on board to help coordinate Pathfinder Society events. Regional Coordinators, known as Venture-Captains, will oversee specific locations and serve as local organizers and points of contact for members of the Pathfinder Society, the organized play arm for the award-winning Pathfinder Roleplaying Game.
• Questhaven's Teleportation Circles Rite Publishing has posted a preview of the Questhaven Patronage Project showing an example of how the magic system of the Pathfinder Roleplaying game has affected its economic, political, and religious culture.
• Shady Employers Plot hooks involving not-so-honest employers for your PCs in this week's Grave Plots.

[title]Marvel RPG From Hasbro?[/title]

Pure speculation, but this snippet from an interview with Paul Gitter, Marvel’s President of Consumer Products, about plans for the Avengers movie might hold a hint of something to come (thanks to Barry for the scoop):

"...a full line of action figures, vehicles and role-playing items from toy maker Hasbro; arts and crafts products from Crayola; die-cast toy vehicles and play sets from Maisto; and footwear from Brown Shoe. Additional licensees include Fruit of the Loom, Kids Headquarters, AME and Jem Sportswear."
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