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<blockquote data-quote="Morrus" data-source="post: 5144668" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><strong><span style="font-size: 12px">Hobby Game Market Trends</span></strong></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">Hobby Game Sales were </span><a href="http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/17118.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 12px">up 5-10% in 2009</span></a><span style="font-size: 12px">, according to IcV2; however RPG sales specifically were down 10%. The </span><a href="http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/17087.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 12px">top five RPGs</span></a><span style="font-size: 12px"> were:</span></p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><span style="font-size: 12px">Dungeons & Dragons</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><span style="font-size: 12px">Pathfinder</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><span style="font-size: 12px">Warhammer Fantasy RolePlay</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><span style="font-size: 12px">Rogue Trader/Dark Heresy</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><span style="font-size: 12px">World of Darkness</span></li> </ol><p><span style="font-size: 12px">According to the </span><a href="http://www.livingdice.com/3690/wizards-of-the-coast-gts-2010-seminar/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 12px">WotC GTS 2010 Seminar</span></a><span style="font-size: 12px">, there are <strong>1.5 million</strong> active D&D players, and <strong>24 million</strong> lapsed D&D players.</span></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 12px">Game Night, Chapter Twenty One (The Control Room)</span></strong></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 12px">The 21st chapter in Jonny Nexus' hiarious ENNie nominated novel, <em>Game Night</em>. <em>The door has opened. What will lay beyond? <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/blogs/jonny-nexus/2463-game-night-chapter-twenty-one-control-room.html" target="_blank">Read on</a>!</em></span></li> </ul><p></p><p><strong><a href="http://enworld.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=80464" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 12px">[imager]http://enworld.rpgnow.com/images/52/80464.jpg[/imager]</span></a><span style="font-size: 12px">D&D 4th Edition News</span></strong></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://enworld.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=80464" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 12px">Game Master Options: Medieval Life and Laws</span></a><span style="font-size: 12px"> Alea Publishing Group presents the first in a series of <em>Game Master Options</em>. In<em> Medieval Life and Laws</em>, players and game masters alike will find a plethora of rules and guidelines for incorporating a medieval atmosphere for their favorite 4E setting.</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.neuroglyphgames.com/review-of-the-indomitable-fire-forest-of-innenotdar-by-en-publishing" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 12px">Review of <em>The Indomitable Fire Forest of Innenotdar</em> by EN Publishing</span></a><span style="font-size: 12px"> Check out this review of the second adventure in the <em>War of the Burning Sky</em>, where the Characters must face not only deadly monsters, but decisions that will test their morals and situational ethics!</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://cot.ag/ak6ZGS" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 12px">New 4E Rituals at Kobold Quarterly</span></a><span style="font-size: 12px"> Take games deeper into the earth with these dwarven rituals for 4E. There's no such thing as digging too deep, right? </span></li> </ul><p><strong><span style="font-size: 12px">Pathfinder/D&D 3.5 News</span></strong></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://ritepublishing.com/home.php?s=wednesdays-woes-asanbosam-by-mark-gedak" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 12px">Asanbosam</span></a><span style="font-size: 12px"> Mark Gedak continues his series of gothic articles for the Pathfinder RPG. Today he brings you a tree-dwelling bloodrinker from the forests of Africa. </span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.necromancers-online.com/articles/MastersandMinions/04072010.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 12px">The Master Swordsmith</span></a><span style="font-size: 12px"> Necromancers of the Northwest's Justin Holloway provides an exciting encounter involving an insane weaponsmith and a sword that's more than it seems in this week's Masters and Minions.</span><br /> </li> </ul><p><strong><span style="font-size: 12px">Other News</span></strong></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-6911-RPG-Examiner~y2010m4d7-Power-levels-in-d20-Cthulhu" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 12px">Power levels in d20 Cthulhu</span></a><span style="font-size: 12px"> Part of <em>Call of Cthulhu's</em> appeal is its ability to interpret the Lovecraftian Mythos on a variety of levels. The RPG Examiner explains how these levels dictate a particular kind of play style in d20 games. </span></li> </ul><p><strong><span style="font-size: 12px">Some more iPhone/iPod apps for RPGs</span></strong></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">A couple of days ago I compiled </span><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/news/274552-monday-5-april-2010-a.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 12px">a list of iPhone/iPod apps</span></a><span style="font-size: 12px"> useful for RPGs. Here's a couple more (thanks to<span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>Jevhad</strong>)</span>! I've added these to the original list, also, for your convenience.</span></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=299483301&mt=8" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 12px">Grimoire RPG Touch</span></a><span style="font-size: 12px"> Great application for spell casters, providing them with all their d20 SRD spells at the tap of a finger. Spells are indexed by alphabetical, class, school & domain. $5.</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=299531182&mt=8" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 12px">Spellbookmaster</span></a><span style="font-size: 12px"> Spells at your fingertips, literally. Allows you to import spells from text files from the internet, including WotC d20 SRD. Also allows search. $7.99.</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://appshopper.com/lifestyle/elvenspeak-a-guide-to-jrrtolkiens-elven-language-quenya-and-culture" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 12px">Elvenspeak</span></a><span style="font-size: 12px"> A guide to to Tolkien's Elven language of Quenya. Within this program you will find an English to Elvish search dictionary, an Elven date converter, a language course, and more. Free.</span></li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
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