Gen Con is a major American tabletop game convention, once owned by TSR, which was bought by Wizards of the Coast, which was bought by Hasbro. The rights to the con were bought by the director of Wizards of the Coast, Peter Adkinson.
On Jan 10, Lucasfilm announced that it was suing Gen Con.
On Feb 15, [...]
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Robyn Fleming writes about the evolution of gender and stereotype D&D in the latest Cerise Magazine. She looks at what’s up with 4e D&D’s online character creation and illustrations.
According to Robyn, things are looking up, but there’s still a ways to go.
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Wizards of the Coast is running an art contest on Worth1000 for promotional materials featuring the iconic Dungeons & Dragons monster, the Beholder. The top three entries will each receive prizes of $100.
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After last month’s review of Shadowrun, Wired’s Geekdad Wednesday began a two-part review of another FASA classic, BattleTech. The game, also now produced by Catalyst Game Labs, began as a tabletop miniatures combat system. Over time, though, BattleTech developed an extensive background story and saw roleplaying enhancements. Returning fans and newcomers alike will enjoy the [...]
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Pinnacle Entertainment Group has teamed up with Digital Adventures to produce Savage Worlds Online, a website for Savage Worlds roleplaying using the Fantasy Grounds II virtual tabletop. The system allows players to create, run, and play adventures through their computers with others at distant locations. Savage Worlds Online also provides a forum and a calendar [...]
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Wizards of the Coast and Leisure Games will be hosting a Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition Launch party on Friday 6 June at The London Dungeon. The event will include Three-Dragon Ante, Inn-Fighting, miniatures, food, a visit from designer Rob Heinsoo, and of course play of Dungeons & Dragons. Attendence is free but advance registration [...]
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Postmortem Studios continues to build on its “100″ series of generic RPG sourcebooks with 100 Dark Places. Available for download through Yourgamesnow and in print from Lulu, the book details locations for modern horror games, each with a handful of adventure seeds.
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The latest game by designer John Wick (Legend of the Five Rings and 7th Sea) will be shipping this summer. In the meantime, you can preorder Houses of the Blooded from Indie Press Revolution in standard and limited hardcover editions. In his video design journal available on YouTube, John describes the fantasy roleplaying game as [...]
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The out-of-print Planescape campaign setting for Dungeons & Dragons is being kept alive by fans at the Planewalker web site with the permission of Wizards of the Coast. Their latest effort is Desire and the Dead, a free adventure scenario for 4-6 characters levels 1-3.
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Colonial Gothic is a new supernatural horror RPG set during the American Revolution from Rogue Games.
It’s available in hard and PDF copies from several places, including Indie Revolution.
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