Rumored for a while now, today it was officially announced that Paizo Publishing will no longer be publishing Dragon Magazine or its sister magazine, Dungeon. This doesn’t seem to be by Paizo’s choice, as Wizards of the Coast jointly announced the conclusion of Paizo’s license to publish the magazines –
Category: Dungeons & Dragons
Audio Report: DunDraCon, Goodman Games and Troll Lord
Allan’s interview with two D20 survivors – Goodman Games and Troll Lord games, respectively – is the meat of this show. We also report on DDC more generally, and threaten to talk about lots of other stuff. Get with it.
Monte Cook’s other final project
So we’ve all heard how Monte Cook is going out on a high note, having unleashed Ptolus on the gaming world, and will just be doing two more projects before “retiring”. A retooled World of Darkness has already been announced as one of the last two Cook books, and yesterday
Dungeons & Dragons Online wins British award
On Thursday, the British Academy of Film & Television Arts (similar to the Oscars) announced its 2006 winners in Video Games categories – and we’re as surprised they have the categories as you are. In the Multiplayer category, Atari’s Dungeons & Dragons Online: Stormreach took the prize, which must mean
Bastion Games calls it quits, hands off titles
Seems the siren call of the computer game industry has lured another creative spirit toward better funded pastures. In a pair of press releases today, Bastion Press announced that starting now, other companies would be taking up support of its properties. Specifically, Bastion’s President Jim Butler has handed off nearly
Keith Baker to work with D&D Online
Turbine, the company behind Dungeons & Dragons Online: Stormreach, has just announced that Eberron creator Keith Baker will write storylines and fiction for the massively multiplayer online RPG. The folks at Turbine continue to put great support behind their game, and are offering a free seven-day trial if you’re curious.
Goodman releases more Battle Tiles
Goodman Games released its third Battle Tiles set over the weekend, bringing the total of miniatures- and RPG-compatible scenery tiles to over thirty. The PDF tiles sets provide key areas of interest to spice up combats or adventure sessions, letting GMs concentrate on story and tactics rather than props. Each
True Dungeon truths for ’06
The lowdown on True Dungeon‘s gameplan for 2006 has been announced, along with a video peek of the enhanced adventure for this year, Escape from the Spider Cult. The massive live dungeon-crawl event will benefit from increased volunteer training, improved props and environments, and 5.1 stereo surround sound. Other adjustments
Call for True Dungeon volunteers
The folks at True Dungeon are gearing up for Gen Con 2006 already. While event specific information is promised in a couple weeks, the crew is looking for volunteers, who will get various levels of swag and other compensation (even a hotel room). Read the press release below if you’re
D&D Minis ’06: Hugeness confirmed
For those that missed the catalog mention, impending hugeness was reiterated last week. Wizards made a D&D Miniatures news announcement on its website that mostly repeated known plans for 2006. Perhaps most important, it brought more attention to the War of the Dragon Queen set, coming in July. Adding more
Paizo prepping Ptolus minis
Having displayed the ability to create high quality metal miniatures in its Gamemastery: Compleat Encounters sets, Paizo Publishing now has an agreement with Monte Cook and Malhavoc Press to publish miniatures for the Ptolus uber-campaign setting. A series of monthly minis releases will begin in May, leading up to and
The characters prep the game
(Second in an ill-advised series of speculative posts about the future of D&D) The second thing people say to defend D&D against online gaming, after “there are people there with you,” is “I can create my character.” And, to D&D’s credit, you can. But all too often, players’ fun gets
More proof that D&D3 is too complex
“To play D&D, all that is required is a core rule book, D&D dice, a pencil, some paper, and imagination.” And, apparently, an eight-hour online course.
There’s no need to fear, Underdark is almost here
In preparation for tomorrow’s release, Wizards has posted the Underdark figure gallery. This new set for D&D Miniatures introduces rules for Epic level figures, such as Balor, Artemis Entreri, and Elminster. It also gives those who picked up the Fane of the Drow adventure the rest of the figures needed
Worldwide D&D Game Day on November 5th
Wizards of the Coast has announced its plans for Worldwide D&D Game Day 2005 (press release below), to be held November 5th at participating game stores. The recent WotC adventure release Fane of Lolth will provide the challenges of the day, and attendees will come away with souvenirs like D&D