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Rob Kuntz to Write Myths & Legends for Troll Lord Troll Lord Games has announced an agreement with D&D co-founder Rob Kuntz to publish a series of hardcover D20 sourcebooks. Called Myths & Legends, the series will present detailed information on a specific culture's mythos in each book. The first sourcebook will be Codex Germania: Northern Gods, Heroes, and Monsters, a 200+ page book detailing the Norse Mythos. When the book arrives this December, Rune players may want to take a look.
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Feng Shui to Join the D20 Fold This October, Atlas Games has a surprise in store for Feng Shui fans. Burning Shaolin, an adventure being written by Robin Laws, will include D20 stats alongside the usual Secret War details. Yep, you'll be able to play the module with either a 6th-8th level D20 group, or beginning Feng Shui characters. New D20 rules for "Faceless Horde" combat and wuxia maneuvers will bring Kung Fu style to the table. Burning Shaolin marks the beginning of the Coriolis line, a series of dual-system RPG products. Could an Ars Magica/D20 adventure be next? Ah, I do so love to see the peaceful blending of RPG systems. There's no need to fight when we can make games for two systems at once. We are the world...we are the gamers... :-) Nightmares & Dreams Walk the Earth
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New D20 Publisher Premieres with a Vengeance Those who attend this year's Origins are sure to see many new publishers entering the field of battle. One such company will be Vengeance Games, producers of supplements like the Friday Night Six Pack. The Six Pack will contain six pregenerated characters, fully illustrated and at three different experience levels. Look for Vengeance to be lurking at the Agents of Gaming booth.
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Roleplaying Tips Weekly #80 Another episode of the heart-wrenching drama, Roleplaying Tips Weekly, has unfolded for your viewing pleasure. Go there now and see if Keith will come out of his coma, if Teri's baby can be saved from the kidnappers, and the tips for creating NPC voices.
12:14 AM: Mike Sugarbaker says... Who Is That Woman And Why Is She Bending Over Like That?
D&D Killed Professor Plum in the Library with the Dicebag Lidda, Regdar, Mialee and Tordek are among the characters replacing Mr. Green and Ms. Peacock in the upcoming Dungeons & Dragons Clue. The Archmage has been murdered, and the doors to the castle won't let the characters leave until they determine which one of them did the foul deed. Rooms will include the Dungeon, the Armory, and the "Trap-Filled Room" (every archmage needs one of those), while weapons are things like the Vorpal Sword, Mace of Disruption, and Scroll of Fireball. If the Fireball was the weapon, I'd start with the spell-casters, personally. USAopoly, the company behind the new game, will launch the product at this year's GenCon by running several live action sessions of D&D Clue. Ooh! Ooh! I get to be Nebin!
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First Rune Adventure Supplement Announced When it Runes, it pours. Earlier today, the day after lauching our Rune RPG feature, Alex from Atlas Games let us know their plans for the first Rune adventure supplement. This August, Crouching Wizard, Smashing Hammer by Chris Aylott will reach aspiring Vikings everywhere. Here's the details: When the evil Red Wizard loosens his dark magicks on your village's feasting day, your Horde is honor bound to pursue him to the ends of Midgard -- all the way to Gruignir Mountain, home of a fearsome giant hungry for man flesh. Soon you will storm the Red Wizard's keep, and he will learn how sharp your axes are!The adventure will make use of the advanced game's Plot Encounter rules to challenge players with interlinked adventure sections. Ice Wights, "animated corpses of Viking warriors who died lost in the cold," will also make their debut. Gamers will get a first look at concept art from the new Halls of Valhalla expansion to the Rune computer game from Human Head Studios.
SnarfQuest Card Game Preview Considering all the Elmore-related promotions they've been running lately, is it at all surprising that Games Unplugged has a preview of next month's SnarfQuest Card Game? Everything from individual card previews to a .pdf of the rules are available from Agents of Gaming's new game. Larry Elmore himself will be in attendance at Origins 2001 to help AOG promote the game. Grab an autographed copy if you happen by the AOG booth.
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Battle Cattle Card Game Heading to Market Aldo at Wingnut Games tells us that Battle Cattle: The Card Game is on its way to the printers, and should be reaching stores in September from Steve Jackson Games. For now, you can check out the boxshot and begin selecting opponents to gore. Heck, just challenge anyone that gets in your whey. (ahem)
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Roboctopus Attacks Increase Nationwide This month, Invisible City Productions has brought something completely different to light: rules for a free swimming pool game called Roboctopus! The game is essentially a Marco Polo variant, but it's a Marco Polo variant involving a bloodthirsty, sonar-equipped, mechanical mollusk, so I say "go for it!" It's not as mentally stimulating as your average RPG session, but it lets you hit people with a long piece of styrofoam. What more do you need?
Shriek: 2nd Edition to Ship July 1st After weeks of building excitement (not to mention assembling a soundtrack), Deep7 has completed its Shriek: 2nd Edition CD-ROM. This disc contains an expanded version of the previously-online-only 1PG along with a musical soundtrack that would be appropriate for the slasher movies that inspired the game. The CD-ROM, which costs $6.95, will be released on July 1st and is currently available for pre-order. More expanded 1PGs will follow.
Ed of the Greenwood Speaks on the Realms With the Third Edition Forgotten Realms in stores just over a week, Wizards presents us with a look back at previous incarnations of the Realms from Elminster himself, Ed Greenwood. It's an interesting read, and gives a glimpse into what's involved in presenting a massive campaign setting to the D&D public. There's also a bonus web enhancement to download that details several deities which didn't fit into the already-massive rulebook.
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Deadlands Poised to Stampede, D20 Style The word from Pinnacle is that Deadlands D20 is at the printers (the final "Making of" article shows off the book's cover art). While we wait anxiously for the ink to dry, the promo poster for Weird Wars has taken over the PEG site's splash page. Anyone who orders $20 or more from PEG's store gets a copy of the wicked nazi werewolf. In the meantime, it looks like Deadlands: Lost Colony has been pushed back again to a March 2002 release, pending a massive storyline event in Hell on Earth that sets things up. Let me guess -- something really bad happens, right?
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If I Can't Be A Beholder With A Flying Pirate Ship, I Ain't Playin' "Fantasy Flight Games is pleased to announce the imminent launch of Dragonstar, a new space-fantasy RPG setting for use with the d20 System. [...] Dragonstar is a universe of magic and machine, science and sorcery, a universe where dragons rule a galactic empire and humans, elves, dwarves, and the other major races struggle with an ancient and terrible legacy." Okay, everyone, listen up: FFG got the dungeons-and-lasers magic ticket, a'ight? Anyone else who attempts a d20 game or campaign setting that blends fantasy and sci-fi gets mercilessly mocked. We're going to be hardliners about this. No exceptions. ;-) Actually, this looks like it'll be decent; lead writer Matt Forbeck did good work on Brave New World, which had a premise similarly rife with cliche-hazard. Looks like some of the Blue Planet guys will be working on it as well, which stands to reason. Something to look forward to for October 15th, the release date for the first two hardcovers.
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Taking Games to the 9th Degree 9th Level Games has announced a pair of impending releases. The second solo adventure for Kobolds Ate My Baby, titled Necro-Groundhog of The Awfully Dark Graveyard of Excruciating Arcane Death, will ship this month. Apparently, King Torg (ALL HAIL KING TORG!) has a demon stuck in his teeth, and he demands your help. Also shipping this month is the Ninja Burger RPG, "where fast food is delivered in 30 minutes, or we commit seppuku." Oh-kay. I can hear it now: "That had better be catsup on my burger, Fujisan..."
Good News and Bad News from Galloglass Games Galloglass Games has just made two announcements: one good, one bad. The good news is that Mesomorph Games is now ready to sell Piecepacks. The kits cost $17.50 plus shipping, which isn't a bad price when you consider how flexible they are. The bad news (which could certainly have been worse) is that Tir Na Min, Galloglass' next planned release, has been delayed due to imperfections found during playtesting. It is hoped to be ready by Christmas.
Meet Grampa Barmo Just when you thought the world was safe from marauding game zines, Grampa Barmo's Discount Game Magazine makes its presence known. "A fan-created zine dedicated to the wide world of wonderful cheap games," Grampa Barmo will shine the spotlight on games that cost $10 or less. And Barmo seems to be an equal opportunity zine: they'll feature role-playing, card games, board games, or even games for the almighty computer. If it's cheap or free, they'll talk about it. So, what can you expect in the first issue? The debut issue of Grampa Barmo's Discount Game Magazine features an engaging history of cheap games in Italy by Italian game mogul Andrea Angiolino and a discussion of the revolutionary new piecepack idea by James Kyle. It also includes twelve add-in cards for Deep7's recently-released Snake-Oil, two puzzles, a nifty new chess variant, news on the industry and game reviews galore!Okay, I'm sold. Each issue will sell for $3, or $10 for a four-issue subscription. The first issue will back from the printer shortly, so get your order in. Tell 'em you heard about it on OgreCave, and... uh... they'll like you?
11:54 PM: Allan Sugarbaker says... Score an Early Caveman's Club Book
Studios May Cast Raise Dead on D&D Movie Just when we thought the original movie had stopped twitching and was ready for a long dirt-nap, Ain't It Cool News reports that there's a good chance of a sequel to the ill-received Dungeons & Dragons movie. When you've stopped screaming and trying to gouge out your eyes, you can read the news story here. And put some iodine on that. Owch. Roleplaying Tips Weekly #77 Jesters and Elves
The Piecepack Gets a Domain The public domain Piecepack universal board game set initiated by Galloglass Games has just received its own Internet domain, thanks to Mesomorph Games, the first producer of commercial Piecepack sets. At Piecepack.org, you'll find a downloadable, printable Piecepack along with rules for using the set and directions for ordering more professional-looking copies. If you haven't seen a Piecepack yet, be sure to check this out!
Clockwork's Chosen Announced After hinting at their next RPG title through RPG.net's Guess the Game contest, Clockworks Games has bared all to the world. Their next title, Chosen, will be a science-fantasy setting where ancient legends come to life in Earth's future. Space exploration, wizards, psionics -- who could ask for anything more? Chosen will be released as a full-color hardcover this September.
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