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<blockquote data-quote="Morrus" data-source="post: 7652388" data-attributes="member: 1"><p>[h=3]EN World News[/h]</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/content.php?1113-Qwixx-Can-this-pocket-sized-game-deliver-big-box-entertainment" target="_blank">Qwixx - Can this pocket-sized game deliver big-box entertainment?</a> -- Award-nominated games often bring to mind beautiful production, deep gameplay and incredible experiences. This year's Spiel des Jahres bucked that idea in style, especially when they chose to shortlist Qwixx...</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/content.php?1111-Top-Ten-D-D-Settings-of-ALL-TIME!" target="_blank">Top Ten D&D Settings of ALL TIME!</a> -- I'll save you the experience of one of my awesome countdown videos and present this one as an article. I asked folks on EN World and elsewhere what were their favourite official D&D settings of all time. You answered in the hundreds. Here's what you said! [HI][threadcm]http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?339870-Top-Ten-D-amp-D-Settings-of-ALL-TIME![/threadcm][/HI]</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/content.php?1118-Organized-Play-Can-You-Learn-To-Love-It" target="_blank">Organized Play: Can You Learn To Love It?</a> -- As we continue to get ready for GenCon, lets look at the bright side of Organized Play programs. And we'll look at the seamy underbelly while we're at it. [HI][threadcm]http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?339875-Organized-Play-Can-You-Learn-To-Love-It[/threadcm][/HI]</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/content.php?1121-How-Does-Your-Barbarian-Grow" target="_blank">How Does Your Barbarian Grow?</a> -- As I [Southern Oracle] write this, the latest playtest packet for D&D Next has been out only a few days, so I haven’t had a lot of time to dissect it. However, I wanted to do a quick comparison, so I statted out a 1st-level human barbarian (we’ll name him Hrothgar), and then I advanced him to 20th level and compared the two. Here is my (albeit hasty and amateur) analysis…[HI] [threadcm]http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?339906-How-Does-Your-Barbarian-Grow[/threadcm][/HI]</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/content.php?1123-Four-Colors-to-Fantasy-%28Revised%29" target="_blank">Four Color to Fantasy (Revised)</a> A decade ago, EN Publishing published <em>4CTF (Revised)</em> a toolkit to allow you to add superheroes to your d20 Modern or your D&D 3.5 games (or, indeed any other d20-based game). It was pretty popular at the time - until the awesome M&M came out, at least! This toolkit was different to M&M, though - it was designed to allow you to add superheroes to an existing game, not as a standalone game of its own. Yes, as well as <em>d20 Modern</em> or <em>Future</em>, that included superheroes in D&D, such as <em>Zidi, the Halfing Titan</em>. Now, 4CTF is available to <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/payments.php" target="_blank">EN World subscribers</a>. Remeber, subscribing costs about the same as a cup of coffee!</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">A couple of new generators I made in <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/dnd_portal.php" target="_blank">OGRE</a>:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/dnd_view_block.php?id=992" target="_blank">Medieval Insulter</a> -- You mewling, rotten turtle-lover! A basic insulter, medieval style. Not as florid as some of the Shakespearian ones - keeping it simple for the peasants! Now get to it you tedious, rooting blaggart!</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/dnd_view_block.php?id=984" target="_blank">Star Trek Crowdmembers</a> -- Fill up a <em>Star Trek</em> campaign's bar or street with a variety of folk.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/dnd_view_block.php?id=969" target="_blank">Random Space Radio Chatter</a> -- As the PCs' ship approaches the space station, they open radio frequencies and listen to the space traffic controller handling the various ships in the vicinity.</li> </ul></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/4ll/20130805" target="_blank">Scaling Complexity</a> -- Mike goes over class complexity in this week’s D&D Next playtest article. [HI][threadcm]http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?339905-08-05-2013-Legends-amp-Lore-Scaling-Complexity[/threadcm][/HI]</li> </ul><p></p><p>[h=3]RPG News[/h]</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The final cover art for <a href="http://parsantium.wordpress.com/2013/08/04/final-cover-art/" target="_blank">Parsantium: City at the Crossroad</a> has been posted. The book will be published in November 2013 and is a city sourcebook compatible with all editions of D&D and Pathfinder.</li> </ul><p></p><p>[h=3]Community News[/h]</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://harbinger-of-doom.blogspot.com/2013/08/d-next-off-cuff-round-8.html" target="_blank">Harbinger of Doom</a> has a post about the newest D&D Next playtest packet.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">This week <a href="http://www.thekyngdoms.com/blackfen/2-dragons-claw.php" target="_blank">The Kyngdoms</a> brings you the second of their weekly articles exploring the keyed areas of the city of Blackfen in the form of the Dragon's Claw Inn, a local establishment for farmers and farm hands, quiet during the days but heaving in the evenings!</li> </ul><p></p><p>[h=3]Boardgaming News[/h]</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Days of Wonder has listed <em>Relic Runners</em>, a board game about jungle exploration and treasure hunting, as <a href="http://blog.daysofwonder.com/2013/07/31/relic-runners-available-now-for-pre-order/" target="_blank">available for pre-order</a>.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Matt Forbeck discusses some <a href="http://www.forbeck.com/2013/07/29/star-trek-catan-at-gen-con-and-me/?fb_source=pubv1" target="_blank">Mayfair Games events</a> that will be taking place in and around GenCon including the <em>Star Trek Catan</em> Charity Tournament and the big block party that anyone can attend.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The first of the new <a href="http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/edge_news.asp?eidn=4281" target="_blank">Nightmare mode decks</a> for Fantasy Flight Games Lord of the Rings LCG is now available. Nightmare mode, as you might expect, is a high difficulty specially designed format intended to challenge the most hardcore of LotR LCG players. The decks are being made available through FFG;s print on demand service.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">FFG also announced their new <a href="http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/edge_news.asp?eidn=4283" target="_blank">Eldritch Horror board game</a>. Set in the Cthulhu-verse and similar in concept to Arkham Horror, Eldritch Horror takes the game global with players facing off against the International machinations of all things Lovecraft.</li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Morrus, post: 7652388, member: 1"] [h=3]EN World News[/h] [LIST] [*][URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/content.php?1113-Qwixx-Can-this-pocket-sized-game-deliver-big-box-entertainment"]Qwixx - Can this pocket-sized game deliver big-box entertainment?[/URL] -- Award-nominated games often bring to mind beautiful production, deep gameplay and incredible experiences. This year's Spiel des Jahres bucked that idea in style, especially when they chose to shortlist Qwixx... [*][URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/content.php?1111-Top-Ten-D-D-Settings-of-ALL-TIME!"]Top Ten D&D Settings of ALL TIME![/URL] -- I'll save you the experience of one of my awesome countdown videos and present this one as an article. I asked folks on EN World and elsewhere what were their favourite official D&D settings of all time. You answered in the hundreds. Here's what you said! [HI][threadcm]http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?339870-Top-Ten-D-amp-D-Settings-of-ALL-TIME![/threadcm][/HI] [*][URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/content.php?1118-Organized-Play-Can-You-Learn-To-Love-It"]Organized Play: Can You Learn To Love It?[/URL] -- As we continue to get ready for GenCon, lets look at the bright side of Organized Play programs. And we'll look at the seamy underbelly while we're at it. [HI][threadcm]http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?339875-Organized-Play-Can-You-Learn-To-Love-It[/threadcm][/HI] [*][URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/content.php?1121-How-Does-Your-Barbarian-Grow"]How Does Your Barbarian Grow?[/URL] -- As I [Southern Oracle] write this, the latest playtest packet for D&D Next has been out only a few days, so I haven’t had a lot of time to dissect it. However, I wanted to do a quick comparison, so I statted out a 1st-level human barbarian (we’ll name him Hrothgar), and then I advanced him to 20th level and compared the two. Here is my (albeit hasty and amateur) analysis…[HI] [threadcm]http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?339906-How-Does-Your-Barbarian-Grow[/threadcm][/HI] [*][URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/content.php?1123-Four-Colors-to-Fantasy-%28Revised%29"]Four Color to Fantasy (Revised)[/URL] A decade ago, EN Publishing published [I]4CTF (Revised)[/I] a toolkit to allow you to add superheroes to your d20 Modern or your D&D 3.5 games (or, indeed any other d20-based game). It was pretty popular at the time - until the awesome M&M came out, at least! This toolkit was different to M&M, though - it was designed to allow you to add superheroes to an existing game, not as a standalone game of its own. Yes, as well as [I]d20 Modern[/I] or [I]Future[/I], that included superheroes in D&D, such as [I]Zidi, the Halfing Titan[/I]. Now, 4CTF is available to [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/payments.php"]EN World subscribers[/URL]. Remeber, subscribing costs about the same as a cup of coffee! [*]A couple of new generators I made in [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/dnd_portal.php"]OGRE[/URL]: [LIST] [*][URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/dnd_view_block.php?id=992"]Medieval Insulter[/URL] -- You mewling, rotten turtle-lover! A basic insulter, medieval style. Not as florid as some of the Shakespearian ones - keeping it simple for the peasants! Now get to it you tedious, rooting blaggart! [*][URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/dnd_view_block.php?id=984"]Star Trek Crowdmembers[/URL] -- Fill up a [I]Star Trek[/I] campaign's bar or street with a variety of folk. [*][URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/dnd_view_block.php?id=969"]Random Space Radio Chatter[/URL] -- As the PCs' ship approaches the space station, they open radio frequencies and listen to the space traffic controller handling the various ships in the vicinity. [/LIST] [/LIST] [h=3]Dungeons & Dragons News[/h] [LIST] [*][URL="http://www.wizards.com/dnd/Article.aspx?x=dnd/4ll/20130805"]Scaling Complexity[/URL] -- Mike goes over class complexity in this week’s D&D Next playtest article. [HI][threadcm]http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?339905-08-05-2013-Legends-amp-Lore-Scaling-Complexity[/threadcm][/HI] [/LIST] [h=3]RPG News[/h] [LIST] [*]The final cover art for [URL="http://parsantium.wordpress.com/2013/08/04/final-cover-art/"]Parsantium: City at the Crossroad[/URL] has been posted. The book will be published in November 2013 and is a city sourcebook compatible with all editions of D&D and Pathfinder. [/LIST] [h=3]Community News[/h] [LIST] [*][URL="http://harbinger-of-doom.blogspot.com/2013/08/d-next-off-cuff-round-8.html"]Harbinger of Doom[/URL] has a post about the newest D&D Next playtest packet. [*]This week [URL="http://www.thekyngdoms.com/blackfen/2-dragons-claw.php"]The Kyngdoms[/URL] brings you the second of their weekly articles exploring the keyed areas of the city of Blackfen in the form of the Dragon's Claw Inn, a local establishment for farmers and farm hands, quiet during the days but heaving in the evenings! [/LIST] [h=3]Boardgaming News[/h] [LIST] [*]Days of Wonder has listed [I]Relic Runners[/I], a board game about jungle exploration and treasure hunting, as [URL="http://blog.daysofwonder.com/2013/07/31/relic-runners-available-now-for-pre-order/"]available for pre-order[/URL]. [*]Matt Forbeck discusses some [URL="http://www.forbeck.com/2013/07/29/star-trek-catan-at-gen-con-and-me/?fb_source=pubv1"]Mayfair Games events[/URL] that will be taking place in and around GenCon including the [I]Star Trek Catan[/I] Charity Tournament and the big block party that anyone can attend. [*]The first of the new [URL="http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/edge_news.asp?eidn=4281"]Nightmare mode decks[/URL] for Fantasy Flight Games Lord of the Rings LCG is now available. Nightmare mode, as you might expect, is a high difficulty specially designed format intended to challenge the most hardcore of LotR LCG players. The decks are being made available through FFG;s print on demand service. [*]FFG also announced their new [URL="http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/edge_news.asp?eidn=4283"]Eldritch Horror board game[/URL]. Set in the Cthulhu-verse and similar in concept to Arkham Horror, Eldritch Horror takes the game global with players facing off against the International machinations of all things Lovecraft. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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