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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GoodKingJayIII" data-source="post: 3116359" data-attributes="member: 13804">About a year ago I took a step back from RPGs:  the new books, message boards (I frequent Monte Cook's more often), and the general industry news I liked to keep up with.  I played minimally, and mostly Arcana Evolved and Iron Heroes, but by and large I was away from the game.  Basically I was busy and I wanted to prioritize some things in my life, maybe get some answers I'd been looking for.It's been a year and I still don't really have any answers, but I keep finding myself coming back to the things that I love.  Truth be told I actually have less time to play than I did a year ago, but I'm genuinely curious, interested, and excited about the game again.I guess the point of this little forward is:  what's new?  I read all these posts and I see a new spell or feat or class and think Wow, I missed a lot!  I've really been out of the loop and I'd like to know what kinds of things I should look for.  What have been some of the best books released in the past year, from both Wizards and 3rd party publishers?  What have been some of the worst?  Whats the new "I'd like to play a Fighter dual wielding a spiked chain and a bag of rats"? Juicy industry gossip?  Anything really cool and unexpected happen at GenCon?  You know, that sort of thing.Edited some repetition.</blockquote>