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| Upper Deck launches Battlegrounds for WoW Minis |
Joyce Greenholdt Reports: Upper Deck Entertainment has announced a new in-store organized play program for its World of Warcraft Miniatures Game. Starting in January, players can participate in their local hobby stores’ World of Warcraft Miniatures Game Battlegrounds events for a chance to win an exclusive preview figure for the upcoming expansion set Spoils of War. Winners will receive the Horde Blood Elf Warlock Daxin Firesworn, plus a foil version of his character card.
Posted by: Joyce Greenholdt on Tuesday, January 06, 2009 - 07:11 AM PST
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| Monsters move to New York |
Joyce Greenholdt Reports: Monster mayhem takes a bite out of the Big Apple in March with the release of Monsterpocalypse Series 2: I Chomp NY. The second Monsterpocalypse CMG set expands each of the six factions — G.U.A.R.D., Terrasaurs, Lords of Cthul, Planet Eaters, Martian Menace, and Shadow Sun Syndicate — with two new monsters and six new units.
Posted by: Joyce Greenholdt on Tuesday, January 06, 2009 - 07:06 AM PST
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| War Plan Pacific, now with instant gratification! |
An Anonymous Reader Reports: Reclusive gamers wanting to play War Plan Pacific from KE Studios and Shrapnel Games who live in fortified mountain compounds and think that members of the United States Postal Service are a secret paramilitary organization bent on world conquest through Pottery Barn catalogs take note! You, along with other gamers, will not need to deal with a shipping service to enjoy this great new wargame. Shrapnel Games is now offering War Plan Pacific for purchase as an immediate download. Those preferring a physical product can still order it as such.
Posted by: An Anonymous Reader on Tuesday, January 06, 2009 - 06:58 AM PST
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| Pulp City - The Soundtrack -- Update #1 |
baileyrecords Reports: Future Echoes [Pulp Mix] is the first "single" from the album titled Pulp City - The Soundtrack (Bailey Records/2009) coming August 18, 2009.
Theme = A song for the unaligned superheroes of Pulp City!
Posted by: baileyrecords on Tuesday, January 06, 2009 - 06:57 AM PST
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| AGP releases Rhadamanthia District Map 9: Western Karak PDF |
AGP_James Reports: Adventure Games Publishing is pleased to announce the release of Wilderlands of High Adventure Rhadamanthia District Map 9: Western Karak PDF, the first in a series of maps that expand the original Wilderlands. This 13" x 19" full-color map details the lands directly east of the Wilderlands proper, lands dominated by the Kingdom of Karak, an empire whose history stretches back millennia.
Posted by: AGP_James on Tuesday, January 06, 2009 - 06:57 AM PST
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| RPGSeek.com, The Role-Playing Search Engine, launches! |
An Anonymous Reader Reports: RPGSeek.com is live! The site has four human-moderated search engines indexing 500+ role-playing sites and a link directory. A human personally visited every site and verified it is active and useful to a role-playing gamer before adding it to the index. There are no dead or spam sites in our search results! The four search engines cover
Posted by: An Anonymous Reader on Tuesday, January 06, 2009 - 06:56 AM PST
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| GAMA welcomes John Ward as new ED |
gamapress Reports: After an extensive search and hiring process, the GAMA board proudly introduces John Ward as the association's new Executive Director. "John is the strong, insightful, and experienced leader that both GAMA and our industry need," said Rick Loomis, president of the GAMA board. "This is a critical time. That's why the board approached the search process with so much patience and diligence. We're very pleased with this outcome. "
Posted by: gamapress on Monday, January 05, 2009 - 07:14 AM PST
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| February and March Releases from Goodman Games |
An Anonymous Reader Reports: Goodman Games has posted details on their February and March releases!
DCC #61: CITADEL OF THE CORRUPTOR (FEBRUARY)
GMG5060, 48 pages, $12.99
Level 7-9 adventure. In a world of arcane magic and divine might, some secrets are best left hidden. When the forces of the wicked Mountain King discover an eldritch weapon of unmatched power, the future of the Northlands hangs in the balance. Following in the wake of bloody, madness-induced slaughter, can the heroes prevail where an army has perished?
Posted by: An Anonymous Reader on Sunday, January 04, 2009 - 05:23 PM PST
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| [Bad Baby Productions] January Preview |
An Anonymous Reader Reports: A new year brings you new games from Bad Baby Productions.
This month we will be finishing up the Warriors of the Four Circles and Zero-G series. Each of these games offer wild martial arts and Sci-Fi fun for your S&G games, so don't hold back, leap into these two great additions to the S&G line of genre games.
Posted by: An Anonymous Reader on Sunday, January 04, 2009 - 05:22 PM PST
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| DiceCast Episode 1: Character Creation |
akb Reports: (MONTREAL) -- The newest episode of the official Polymancer® Studios podcast, DiceCast™, is now online and available for download at dicecast.mypodcast.com. In this episode, the guys from Polymancer Studios discuss character creation. Facets of character creation covered include choosing an archetype, creating a background and backstory without going overboard, personality; and making the character a unique, fun challenge both for you to roleplay, for others to play alongside, and for others to encounter.
Posted by: akb on Saturday, January 03, 2009 - 07:34 AM PST
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| Alpha Omega - The Evolution of Sci-Fi Roleplaying |
skiff279 Reports: Mad Brew Labs reviews Mind Storm Labs RPG Alpha Omega.
"If you want a game that brings a fresh perspective on the Sci-Fi RPG, I definitely recommend you give Alpha Omega a whirl." - Mad Brew Labs
Read the full review at Mad Brew Labs.
Posted by: skiff279 on Friday, January 02, 2009 - 07:51 AM PST
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| Cheater's Game: Invisible City Game of the Month for January '09 |
invisible_jon Reports: The 107th Game of the Month from Invisible City Productions is Cheater's Game. They say that cheaters never win. Prove them wrong in this game for three to five unscrupulous would-be financial barons. You can read the rules and download the PDF at:
Posted by: invisible_jon on Friday, January 02, 2009 - 07:50 AM PST
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| CthulhuTech RPG (Atomic Array 013) |
ephealy Reports: The latest episode of Atomic Array features CthulhuTech, the RPG from WildFire LLC. Matthew Grau talks about the fusion of Lovecraft and Mecha. Ed stumbled into a game of CthulhuTech at an FLGS back in April. It was a lot of fun, and he's been trying to get the creators on the Array since our first episode. It's no secret that we love our Lovecraft. Adding mecha? Yes, please!
Posted by: ephealy on Friday, January 02, 2009 - 06:22 AM PST
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| Urban Legions released! |
An Anonymous Reader Reports: Doug Schwartz of Pegamoose Games and Phillip McCartney, CEO of interNEKO Ltd. Co. are proud to announce, Urban Legions, a unique style of browser-based, hero-vs-villain, role playing game. After two years development, Urban Legions is now available to the general public.
Posted by: An Anonymous Reader on Friday, January 02, 2009 - 06:21 AM PST
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| Combat Storm releases FREE sandbag Papercraft Terrain downloads |
An Anonymous Reader Reports: The guys over at CombatStorm.com have released some new sweet-looking sandbags papercraft terrain models for use with their plastic army men miniature wargame. The sandbags come in two different kinds, military and civilian, with the military version being slightly a greener color.
Posted by: An Anonymous Reader on Wednesday, December 31, 2008 - 06:41 AM PST
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| The Rifter 45 has gone to press! |
An Anonymous Reader Reports: The Zombie cover of this issue highlights the alternative setting article for the Dead Reign RPG. For Beyond the Supernatural, The Court of Tarot, an elitist organization that is a rival to the Lazlo Society.
For Rifts, everything you wanted to know about the Mystic Knights. And for the Palladium Fantasy RPG, a different look at archery, bows and arrows.
http://www.palladiumbooks.com
Posted by: An Anonymous Reader on Wednesday, December 31, 2008 - 06:40 AM PST
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| [LPJDesign] Espionage Genre Toolkit now in print |
An Anonymous Reader Reports: Louis Porter Jr. Design, in association with Devil’s Workshop, has announced that the best selling series, Espionage Genre Toolkit is now available in bookshelf format from their Online Print-On-Demans service, Lulu.com. This book is a collected print version of the Espionage Genre Toolkit five part PDF series. Here is information on this product:
Posted by: An Anonymous Reader on Wednesday, December 31, 2008 - 06:39 AM PST
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| GAMA hires new ED; details coming soon |
gamapress Reports: December 30, 2008 (Columbus, OH) -- After an intensive search over the last few months, GAMA has its new executive director. Watch for complete details on Monday, January 5.
"The paperwork is all signed," said Anthony Gallela, GAMA's current executive director. "I'm very pleased with the candidate that the board selected. He brings a lot of management experience to the position, along with a strong devotion to our industry."
Posted by: gamapress on Tuesday, December 30, 2008 - 12:30 PM PST
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| Rezolution - The Soundtrack (2009) Update #1 |
baileyrecords Reports: Introducing ‘The Worlds Needs You Now’ – the first of five promotional songs from the upcoming album Rezolution – The Soundtrack (Bailey Records / 2009).
This cinematic song was inspired in part by DRAFTED, a comic book series by Devil's Due Publishing.
Posted by: baileyrecords on Tuesday, December 30, 2008 - 08:25 AM PST
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| [Abstract Nova] New Aletheia Yahoo Group! |
An Anonymous Reader Reports: The world is a strange and mysterious place.
In Aletheia, each player portrays a member of the Seven Dogs Society. They investigate the anomalous phenomena and impossible occurrences that defy logic and commonsense. This includes conducting eyewitness interviews, on-site analysis and observation, and forming hypotheses - all in an attempt to answer the big questions at the heart of the game.
Posted by: An Anonymous Reader on Monday, December 29, 2008 - 07:52 PM PST
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| Shattered Sword Dwarf, Orc Decks shipping; Undead, Barbarians to follow |
togtroll1 Reports: Dwarf Army Decks and Orc Army Decks for Shattered Sword are finished and a partial shipment from the printer will be in stock and start shipping Wednesday, Dec. 31. The Undead and Barbarian Horde Army Decks are in layout and design and will be available for March Release. Right after that we will have available Dwarf Reinforcement Pack #1, Orc Reinforcement Pack #1, Barbarian Horde Reinforcement Pack #1, and Undead Reinforcement Pack #1
Posted by: togtroll1 on Monday, December 29, 2008 - 12:08 PM PST
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| Scrye #129 in stores soon! |
Joyce Greenholdt Reports: Scrye #129 will reach your friendly local game store soon! Here's a look at what's in this issue:
On our cover: This issue features Privateer Press’ Monsterpocalypse!
Scrye #129 offers Monsterpocalypse players advice on picking the best units to support your chosen monster, as well as army-building advice looking at Defense Force Alpha’s Defender X, including a strategic analysis of Defender X’s Ultra and Mega forms.
Posted by: Joyce Greenholdt on Monday, December 29, 2008 - 09:24 AM PST
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| New OP for A Game of Thrones LCG |
Joyce Greenholdt Reports: Fantasy Flight Games has announced a new three-tiered Organized Play program for the A Game Thrones Living Card Game:
Once you’ve mastered the basics with your friends and family, it is time to visit your friendly local gaming store, and play in a structured league for bragging rights, swag, and the opportunity to influence the future direction of the game. In addition, you can take part in monthly hedge tournaments, where you can win Great House pins that qualify you for a special invitation-only A Game of Thrones LCG event to be held at Fantasy Flight headquarters. Finally, bring your best deck to compete for glory, and meet the greater AGoT community at Regional, National, and World Championship Events.
Posted by: Joyce Greenholdt on Monday, December 29, 2008 - 09:10 AM PST
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| Goodman Games Spring 2009 Convention Schedule |
An Anonymous Reader Reports: Goodman Games has announced their Spring 2009 convention schedule. Look for them at these cons!
* D&D Experience, Jan. 29-Feb. 1, Fort Wayne, IN. See http://www.baldmangames.com/ddxp/ for more info on the con.
Posted by: An Anonymous Reader on Monday, December 29, 2008 - 08:19 AM PST
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| [Cartoon Action Hour: Season 2] Giant Transforming Robots News! |
An Anonymous Reader Reports: Parsons, KS. – December 26, 2008 – Spectrum Games is now accepting pre-orders for the Giant Transforming Robots PDF mini-supplement. Giant Transforming Robots is set for release in early February 2009 and will sport an $8 price tag.
Posted by: An Anonymous Reader on Monday, December 29, 2008 - 08:19 AM PST
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| California, Dutch court rulings favor Upper Deck |
Joyce Greenholdt Reports: North Las Vegas, NV (December 27, 2008) – A California court has denied Konami’s application for a temporary selling and shipping ban, effectively stopping any restrictions that would have prevented Upper Deck from marketing, selling, distributing and providing game support for the Yu-Gi-Oh! trading card game.
Posted by: Joyce Greenholdt on Monday, December 29, 2008 - 08:17 AM PST
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| Gameplaywright Contest for LOTRO: Mines of Moria and Things We Think About Games |
An Anonymous Reader Reports: Gameplaywright is giving away a copy of the Complete Edition of Lord of the Rings Online: Mines of Moria and Things We Think About Games in a Things You Think about MMOs contest. Enter by submitting, in a comment or e-mail and in the style of Things We Think About Games, a Thing You Think about MMOs.
Contest ends on December 30.
Posted by: An Anonymous Reader on Monday, December 29, 2008 - 08:10 AM PST
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