RPG News for Monday, 28 March, 2011

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[title]Top 5 Roleplaying Games Q4 2010[/title]

ICv2 has published its quarterly chart. This chart of the Top 5 Roleplaying Games (hobby channel) reflects sales in Q4 2010. The charts are based on interviews with retailers, distributors, and manufacturers.

1. Dungeons & Dragons
2. Pathfinder
3. Dark Heresy/Rogue Trader/Deathwatch
4. Dragon Age
5. Mutants and Masterminds, inc. DC
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[title]In Other News...[/title]

• Races with Class: Medusa Races with Class returns, providing a class that allows PCs to play as a medusa, complete with a number of additional levels bringing the class up to 20 levels and providing new and unique medusa powers for those characters who want to play a paragon of medusadom.
• Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards... Wolfgang Baur offers up a preview of the next portion of the Midgard setting from Open Design with a look at the Magocracy of Bemmea and Allain.
• Richard Pett's Whispering Homunculus So much more than just another bloke in a dress, Richard Pett offers up the Troll-touched template and a sample encounter.
• Fairy Godproblems In this week's Dark Designs, designer Alex Riggs discusses the role of fey, and some of the difficulties in designing them, and putting them in your game.
• Episode #013 Chroniclesathfinder Podcast Monte Cook joins the podcast crew in the studio and reflects upon his 23 years in the business, the state of the industry and his take on 4E and the challenges it faces in the marketplace. The episode also features additional interviews with Colen McAlister, lead developer of Herolab and Mat Morton, lead developer of d20Pro with reviews of both software products for PFRPG, together with a review of Monte Cook's Curse of the Riven Sky for PFRPG.
• Interview with Shannon Appelcline of Designers & Dragons‏ The RPG Examiner interviews Shannon Appelcline, mastermind behind RPG.net and author of the upcoming history of role-playing games, Designers & Dragons.

[title]New Items In Our Store[/title]

These are the new items added to the EN World store. And don't forget the opening celebration 50%-off voucher until the end of April - simply enter voucher code P-A-46b762e13a99 at checkout.

<TABLE class=tborder border=0 cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=6 width="100%"><TBODY><TR><TD class=alt1>Everyone Else: A Book of Innkeepers, Farmers & More </TD></TR><TR><TD class=alt2>Advanced Rules for Beginners </TD></TR><TR><TD class=alt1>Wild Spellcraft </TD></TR><TR><TD class=alt2>Tournaments, Fairs, and Taverns </TD></TR><TR><TD class=alt1>The Elements of Magic (Revised) </TD></TR><TR><TD class=alt2>War of the Burning Sky: The Complete Campaign </TD></TR><TR><TD class=alt1>EN World Annual 2010 </TD></TR><TR><TD class=alt2>WotBS 4E #1: The Scouring of Gate Pass </TD></TR><TR><TD class=alt1>WotBS 4E #2: The Indomitable Fire Forest of Innenotdar </TD></TR><TR><TD class=alt2>WotBS 4E #3: Shelter from the Storm </TD></TR><TR><TD class=alt1>WotBS 4E #4: The Mad King's Banquet </TD></TR><TR><TD class=alt2>WotBS 4E #5: Mission to the Monastery of Two Winds </TD></TR><TR><TD class=alt1>WotBS 4E #6: Tears of the Burning Sky </TD></TR><TR><TD class=alt2>WotBS 4E #7: The Trial of Echoed Souls </TD></TR><TR><TD class=alt1>WotBS 4E #8: O, Wintry Song of Agony </TD></TR><TR><TD class=alt2>WotBS 4E #9: The Festival of Dreams </TD></TR><TR><TD class=alt1>WotBS 4E #10: Sleep, Ye Cursed Child </TD></TR><TR><TD class=alt2>Fantasy Money </TD></TR><TR><TD class=alt1>Metamorphosis Book I: Death of a Demon Lord </TD></TR><TR><TD class=alt2>Metamorphosis Book II: The Tides of Chaos </TD></TR><TR><TD class=alt1>Metamorphosis Book III: Ascension </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
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