Divination in D&D; a video review of DOCTOR WHO: AITAS, new JUDGE DREDD minis game

Morrus · 2013-07-05T14:48:00+00:00

Dungeons & Dragons News A1 Playtest (Podcast) -- In this episode, Mike Mearls looks back at the recent D&D Next livestream game of A1: Slave Pits of the Undercity. Mike and Rodney discuss the results of the session, especially as it pertained to the deadly fight against the ghouls. http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?338266-D-amp-D-Podcast-A1-Playtest Magic Item Compendium Excerpts: Sets -- The items of the raiment of the four are energized by the four cornerstones of the world: earth, sky, sea, and sun. When you don pieces of the four, you become more attuned with reality itself, even gaining a measure of control over it. Pathfinder News Paizocon is taking place right now. Super Genius Games has released Christina Stiles Presents—Ultimate Options: Minor & Major Drawbacks. "This book builds on the Drawback rules presented in Ultimate Campaign, with the Minor Drawbacks listed here being equivalent to the Drawbacks from that book, making them, in effect, reverse Traits that allow the character to receive an extra Trait in exchange for the Drawback." 13th Age News Want your copy of 13TH AGE shipped in the first mail order batch? Pre-order by Monday! There should be some at the Gen Con booth in August, too, where I hope to pick one up! Random 13th Age character gen. Sort of. What re you and where do you come from? RPG News Steve Kenson answers a common question about ICONS' lack of an initiative system. Read a bit more about adventures in PRIMEVAL THULE - what makes an adventure primeval? Sasquatch Games is at Paizocon this weekend. They've also partnered with Legendary Games who will contribute an adventure for the Kickstarter. The HACKMASTER Gamemaster's Guide is available for pre-order from Kenzer and Company. It's an early Alpha and will be updated regularly with new content and edits until it's released. Free PDF with a pre-order. (Thanks to Jerimy for the scoop). Community News Harbinger of Doom takes a look at the problems with divination in D&D games. Campaign Mastery suggests using an RPG to wrote mystery fiction. Roleplayers Chronicle has an interview with Jason Hardy of Catalyst Game Labs about the new SHADOWRUN game. There's a PATHFINDER article over at Geek's Dream Girl. ThatGrumpyScotsman has reviewed DOCTOR WHO: ADVENTURES IN TIME AND SPACE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=tuiDrIUxDkA Boardgaming News Mongoose Publishing and Warlord Games have joined forces to produce a JUDGE DREDD miniatures game. Fantasy Flight Games has announced Winter Tales. The game is set in the immersive atmosphere of Wintertown, where players weave a story of the struggle between the Regime of Winter’s soldiers and the rebels fighting for the return of Spring. As players complete quests, lay traps, and engage in battles, they create an entirely new story with every game. Gunship: First Strike gets a review on Play Board Games. Gunship was a very popular Kickstarter last year. Speaking of Kickstarter projects. Here is one for a film called The Lord of Catan. Check out the trailer, back the project. Reaper minis: "Callie's a typical sneaky archer that could substitute for any rogue, bandit, or ranger, but that doesn't make her particularly memorable either."

[h=3]Dungeons & Dragons News[/h]

A1 Playtest (Podcast) -- In this episode, Mike Mearls looks back at the recent D&D Next livestream game of A1: Slave Pits of the Undercity. Mike and Rodney discuss the results of the session, especially as it pertained to the deadly fight against the ghouls. [HI][threadcm]http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?338266-D-amp-D-Podcast-A1-Playtest[/threadcm][/HI]
Magic Item Compendium Excerpts: Sets -- The items of the raiment of the four are energized by the four cornerstones of the world: earth, sky, sea, and sun. When you don pieces of the four, you become more attuned with reality itself, even gaining a measure of control over it.

[h=3]Pathfinder News[/h]

Paizocon is taking place right now.
Super Genius Games has released Christina Stiles Presents—Ultimate Options: Minor & Major Drawbacks. "This book builds on the Drawback rules presented in Ultimate Campaign, with the Minor Drawbacks listed here being equivalent to the Drawbacks from that book, making them, in effect, reverse Traits that allow the character to receive an extra Trait in exchange for the Drawback."

[h=3]13th Age News[/h]

Want your copy of 13TH AGE shipped in the first mail order batch? Pre-order by Monday! There should be some at the Gen Con booth in August, too, where I hope to pick one up!
Random 13th Age character gen. Sort of. What re you and where do you come from?

[h=3]RPG News[/h]

Steve Kenson answers a common question about ICONS' lack of an initiative system.
Read a bit more about adventures in PRIMEVAL THULE - what makes an adventure primeval? Sasquatch Games is at Paizocon this weekend. They've also partnered with Legendary Games who will contribute an adventure for the Kickstarter.
The HACKMASTER Gamemaster's Guide is available for pre-order from Kenzer and Company. It's an early Alpha and will be updated regularly with new content and edits until it's released. Free PDF with a pre-order. (Thanks to Jerimy for the scoop).

[h=3]Community News[/h]

Harbinger of Doom takes a look at the problems with divination in D&D games.
Campaign Mastery suggests using an RPG to wrote mystery fiction.
Roleplayers Chronicle has an interview with Jason Hardy of Catalyst Game Labs about the new SHADOWRUN game.
There's a PATHFINDER article over at Geek's Dream Girl.
ThatGrumpyScotsman has reviewed DOCTOR WHO: ADVENTURES IN TIME AND SPACE:

[video=youtube;tuiDrIUxDkA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=tuiDrIUxDkA[/video]

[h=3]Boardgaming News[/h]

Mongoose Publishing and Warlord Games have joined forces to produce a JUDGE DREDD miniatures game.
Fantasy Flight Games has announced Winter Tales. The game is set in the immersive atmosphere of Wintertown, where players weave a story of the struggle between the Regime of Winter’s soldiers and the rebels fighting for the return of Spring. As players complete quests, lay traps, and engage in battles, they create an entirely new story with every game.
Gunship: First Strike gets a review on Play Board Games. Gunship was a very popular Kickstarter last year.
Speaking of Kickstarter projects. Here is one for a film called The Lord of Catan. Check out the trailer, back the project.
Reaper minis: "Callie's a typical sneaky archer that could substitute for any rogue, bandit, or ranger, but that doesn't make her particularly memorable either."

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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), Simply6, and Awfully Cheerful Engine game systems, publisher of Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition, 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 TTRPG and D&D news for over two decades. He is also on the socials.