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Steve Donohue
United States
Allen Park
Michigan
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Monte Cook has announced on his journal that he has left Wizards and is no longer working on Dungeons & Dragons. He cited a difference of opinion with the company as his reason for departing but said he remains in agreement with the design team and hopes to consult in the future.
(Thanks to Boards of Games for the tip)
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Bruce McGeorge
United States
Lawrenceburg
Indiana
Hey you kids, get off my Avatar!
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We're a little late to the party, but GAMA has announced their 2012 award nominations ( http://gama.org/OriginsAwards/tabid/2720/Default.aspx). Thanks to
peter pan
Poland
Warsaw
mazowieckie
for the heads up!
On the RPG side of things, the nominees for Best Roleplaying Game are:
Abney Park's Airship Pirates RPG
Arcanis
Ashen Stars
Leverage: The Roleplaying Game
The One Ring: Adventures over the Edge of the Wild
Best Roleplaying Supplement or Adventure:
Bookhounds of London
Dragon Age RPG, Set 2
The Great Clans
Shadows Over Scotland
Dungeons & Dragons Essentials: Monster Vault
The Origins Awards have a unique nomination and final voting process. Nominations are voted by the retailers who attended the 2012 GAMA Trade Show. Final voting will be done by the attendees of the 2012 Origins Game Fair and winners will be announced on June 2.
So who do you think will win? Who should have been nominated?
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Steve Donohue
United States
Allen Park
Michigan
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Wondering what you'll do with nothing new to buy? Well now's your chance. Steve Long, former Line Developer at Hero Games is working on Mythic Hero, a sourcebook for mythologies in the world of gaming.
If this Kickstarter project succeeds, Steve has promised to deliver not only old standards like the Chinese and Roman pantheons but also quite a few more:
American Indian (split into six sub-chapters covering major cultural groups)
Armenian
Assyro-Babylonian
Aztec and Mayan
Canaanite*
Celtic
Chinese
Demonology (medieval Christian demons like Belial, Moloch, and so on; may also include some angels)
Egyptian
Etruscan*
Filipino*
Finnish
Greek and Roman
Hawaiian and Polynesian/Oceanic (possibly split into two chapters)
Hindu
Hittite*
Hungarian*
Inca
Japanese
Maori*
Masai*
Mongolian/Turkic*
Norse
Slavic/Russian
South American* (possibly combined with Inca)
Sumerian
Voodoo
Yoruban
Miscellaneous
(Entries with a * after them are subject to being demoted into the “Miscellaneous” chapter based on how my research goes.)
Steve has a reputation for thorough research, so this book will probably be useful for non-hero gamers as well.
You can see the kickstarter project here: Mythic Hero Kickstarter
Steve's press release on the geek is here: MYTHIC HERO: An RPG Supplement Kickstarter
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Steve Donohue
United States
Allen Park
Michigan
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Beginning this Monday, February 13, Mist-Robed Gate will be released under a creative-commons license.
This is being done by the authors, Shreyas Sampat and Elizabeth Shoemaker as a thank you to the RPG Industry.
They've started a fund-raiser to help their daughter Gwen. You can read the details of their offer on the Fighting for Gwen website. You can read Shreyas' explantion right here on the geek: Mist-Robed Gate Free on Creative Commons
The short version? If you like helping people or you like great stories by authors like Ken Hite, Matt Forbeck, and Cam Banks, then this is an offer you definitely need to check out!
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An English translation of Yuuyake Koyake: Golden Sky Stories is on its way. Golden Sky Stories is a 2006 RPG from from Ryo Kamiya, designer of Maid: The Role-Playing Game, and is considered his finest work. It's a henge (magical animal spirit) game where players will take the roles of kitsune and the like, but with the ability to temporarily take on human form.
The English version will be sold as a Kickstarter project, with a Maid reprint a likely supporter bonus. The translation is being handled by Ewen Cluney who translated Maid.
Bully Pulpit Games are having a Free Game February celebration. Head over there and grab some free games! The first game on offer is Dungeon Squad 2, a dungeoncrawler for kids. While you're at it, check out some of the older free games including Dulse, Last Train Out of Warsaw, and a historical Lady Blackbird hack, The Bloody Forks of the Ohio.
The stories of Playground Magazine's death were apparently exaggerated. The indie RPG / LARP magazine is making a comeback thanks to new publisher Rollespils Akademiet.
You can read the full press release on Playground's website.
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Andrew Goenner
United States
Superior
Wisconsin
Running 5 PbFs
And still sane...mostly
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Have you ever found yourself wondering what exactly goes on behind the scenes in the RPG publishing business? Well, Nicole Lindroos, General Manager is here to fill you in. She talks about payroll, behind the scenes of conventions, and more.
Interested in learning about the backbone to any good company? Here you go!
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Jaime Lawrence
Australia
Sydney
New South Wales
See Below.
Evil Bob: Lawful good since 2038!
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A Kickstarter project has begun with the plan of reprinting the popular Order of the Stick series. Click the first link in this post to check it out, but if successful (and it likely will be), this project could potentially open the floodgates to limited reprints of other small press RPGs...
Thanks to Sol for the heads-up!
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Andrew Goenner
United States
Superior
Wisconsin
Running 5 PbFs
And still sane...mostly
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There's been some talk about the big year that Green Ronin has planned. At last, today Chris Pramas has filled us in on what exactly (most) of those plans are! Dragon Age, Mutants & Masterminds, and A Song of Ice and Fire all look to have some exciting new products being released over the coming year.
Chris Pramas wrote:
It's January once again and that means it's time for me to talk about our plans for the new year. The good news is that we're in a better position than we were a year ago. Sales on our core lines are strong, product flow has been improved, and we hired three new people in the fourth quarter of 2011. We are kicking off 2012 with a bigger staff that we've ever had before and a plethora of projects to keep us busy and you gaming all year long. So let me get right to it!
If you're interested in reading the article in full, you can find it on their website, here!
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Andrew Goenner
United States
Superior
Wisconsin
Running 5 PbFs
And still sane...mostly
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So over the weekend there was talk of an announcement coming from Wizards of the Coast (MANY thanks to
The Harnish
Germany
Duisburg
NRW
Cult of The Harnish Leader
for bringing this to my attention so I could keep my eyes open). It was said that this would be announced through the NY Times. After much speculation, it appears that many were correct: Wizards has announced it is working on a new edition of D&D.
It also seems that they're going to those they are marketing to for suggestions:
Ethan Gilsdorf, NY Times wrote:
But there might yet be hope for Dungeons & Dragons, known as D&D. On Monday, Wizards of the Coast, the Hasbro subsidiary that owns the game, is expected to announce that a new edition is under development, the first overhaul of the rules since the contentious fourth edition was released in 2008. And Dungeons & Dragons’ designers are also planning to undertake an exceedingly rare effort for the gaming industry over the next few months: asking hundreds of thousands of fans to tell them how exactly they should reboot the franchise.
And if you aren't sure how spot on the NY Times is on the subject, here's a snipped straight from the wizard's mouth:
Mike Mearls wrote:
That is why we are excited to share with you that starting in Spring 2012, we will be taking this process one step further and conducting ongoing open playtests with the gaming community to gather feedback on the new iteration of the game as we develop it. With your feedback and involvement, we can make D&D better than ever. We seek to build a foundation for the long-term health and growth of D&D, one rooted in the vital traits that make D&D unique and special. We want a game that rises above differences of play styles, campaign settings, and editions, one that takes the fundamental essence of D&D and brings it to the forefront of the game. In short, we want a game that is as simple or complex as you please, its action focused on combat, intrigue, and exploration as you desire. We want a game that is unmistakably D&D, but one that can easily become your D&D, the game that you want to run and play.
After so much outcry about 4E stripping the game from its roots (whether accurate or inaccurate), it seems that Wizards is finally going to the source in an attempt to gear the next iteration of this classic series towards those most likely to purchase it: us.
If you'd like to read the whole NY Times article, here it is!
And here is Mike Mearls official announcement from wizards.com. You can read the announcement directly from him as well as sign up for info on playtesting the new edition.
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paz AKA Matt Lewis
United Kingdom
Great Sutton
Cheshire
All hail Lord Fudge!
[PFRPG PBF Games] GMing: Crypt of the Everflame, 2x We Be Goblins! · Playing: Vestige's Margreve 'Hollow', Bearpaw's Pathfinder Society
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A holiday period RPG news round-up:
State of the Hat: 2012 and Beyond
Fred Hicks has shared his outline of the future for Evil Hat in the blog post State of the Hat: 2012 and Beyond. There are some real gems to be found, including news of Don't Hack This Game, a supplement for Don't Rest Your Head which collects many ideas for customising the game (Ryan Macklin has also blogged about this, soliciting content). There is also information about some exciting Dresden Files RPG projects, such as the Paranet Papers, described as 'part system update and setting catch-up, part campaign starter kit'.
Gnome Stew teaser
The Gnome Stew team have hinted at some imminent news in a Google+ post:
Quote: Sometime in January 2012, hopefully just after the new year, we're launching a new project.
It's not a book.
It will have a website.
Gnome Stew will be its anchor.
It will be a challenge to GMs all over the world.
Expect further details when we get them!
Beginner Box Pathfinder Society Character Creation Guide
Following on from previous announcements, Paizo have expanded the play options available to Pathfinder Beginner Box owners even further. In the blog post Using the Beginner Box to Create a Pathfinder Society Character, Paizo have announced the release of a new guide for creating characters, using just the Beginner Box, that are legal for use in the Pathfinder Society organised play campaign. The character creation guide PDF is a free download.
Thu Dec 29, 2011 12:41 am
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