Wednesday, 5 August, 2009

[Morrus]

• The massive EN PUblishing $1 Gen Con sale continues! You can still snap up over 100 bargains for only $1 each!
• The 2009 ENnie Awards Dream Date Auctions have begun! Listed below you will find direct links to the auctions themselves. The publishers have really gone all out this year and offer some awesome items to the lucky winner. You've only got five days so go and put your bids in now to spend time with your favorite publisher during the 2009 ENnie Awards as well as support the ENnie Awards itself!
  • Box Ninja
  • Cubicle 7 Entertainment
  • Fantasy Flight Games
  • Malhavoc Press
  • Order 66 Podcast
  • Paizo Publishing
  • White Wolf Publishing
• Multi-Class Monday Game designer Owen Stephens has a 4e post every monday, called Multi-Class Monday. Most of these have new game mechanics.
• Crafty Games to Publish Looking Glass Wars RPG
• 'Killer apps' for tabletop role-playing games The RPG Examiner reviews future technological improvements in a field that--though taking place primarily in our imagination--has hadn't much in the way of innovation.
• Official D&D Updates:
  • _{Convention Survival Guide Gen Con is less than two weeks away, and a number of you are getting ready for four days of rock-till-you-drop gaming in Indianapolis. For a journey like this, always expect the best but plan for the worst.
    [*]Who is the Real Oso de la Fez? While Oso de la Fez had his stats created by R&D's Rob Heinsoo, that still left the small matter of Oso's appearance. So now we'd like your help to determine which best suits this most acrobatic and ursine of familiars!
    [*]August and Beyond Previews Legendary Evils, Adventurer's Vault 2, Revenge of the Giants, Dungeon Master's Guide 2.
    [*] Hall of the Snake God The rumors surrounding the Serpent Wood are true: Primitive humans did raise a city in the trees' shelter. While traveling the forest, the characters stumble onto a portion of these lost ruins. "Hall of the Snake God" is a short Side Trek designed for five characters of 10th to 12th level. Consisting of just two encounters, you can run this scenario to bridge two larger adventures or as an adventure played in a single night.
    [*]iPhone Angst Even though D&D is still a tabletop game at its core, the game is now firmly entrenched in the modern trappings and perils of technology. The message boards, hordes of fan-generated software, and ultimately D&D Insider have seen to that. But in the past couple of years, one particular device has become a bane and boon to D&D games everywhere: the iPhone.
    [*] Githzerai This month's Player's Handbook 3 debut content is the githzerai. In addition to the full race entry, this article presents a brand-new githzerai paragon path -- the vengeance warrior known as the rrathmal.}