The Goodman Games web displayed the following offer when I checked today:
If you’re attending Gen Con this year, make sure to visit Goodman Games! You can save up to 50% at our booth when you trade in your used 3E books. We’ll have seven new releases, including a number of convention exclusives, as well as [...]
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Goodman Games Offers Gen Con Trade-in Deal
Adamant Releases “The Imperial Age” for True20
The Adamant Entertainment web site posted an announcement on July 9, 2009, about their new role-playing supplement “The Imperial Age“, for the True20 Adventure Roleplaying system.
This genre book contains the information you need to run games set in the late Victorian era, circa 1880-1900. It is designed to be used as a toolkit. You can [...]
0One Games Releases “Dungeon of Terror #5″
0One Games has released the fifth installment in its Black & White “Dungeon of Terror” series of PDF role-playing supplements. Dungeon of Terror #5 depicts the Mad Mage Chambers (West).
The Dungeon of Terror series contains 164 rooms, 8 different zones (each featured in a single product) and is broken into 225 customizable tiles. It can [...]
Hex Games Releases “Funkadelic Frankenstein”
The folks working in game design these days are a pretty creative (and perhaps slightly crazy) bunch. Even though I haven’t played any role-playing games in decades, every so often I see a title pass by that amuses me or catches my imagination. Hex Games has just released such a title: “Funkadelic Frankenstein on the [...]
Catalyst Publishing “Masters & Minions” BattleTech Books
On July 3, Catalyst Game Labs posted an announcement about the upcoming release of a BattleTech “Masters & Minions” sourcebook. They describe it as a “book of important personalities” for that BattleTech universe. According to Randall N. Bills, the Managing Developer, “A personality-heavy sourcebook is always a great time to provide a ’status of the [...]
0One Games Releases The Great City, Cold Crypts
0One Games has recently released “The Great City, Cold Crypts“, the latest product in its Blueprints like of role-playing supplements. The supplement depicts “a massive ancestral crypt, a labyrinthine tangle of thousands of tombs of ancient nobles, priests, and seers.” As of this writing, the PDF product is priced at $1.95.
Business Lessons Learned from D&D
On Sunday, Javaworld’s Esther Schindler posted “10 Business Lessions I Learned from Playing Dungeons & Dragons” in which she explains 10 real-world lessons she learned while playing D&D in her 20’s and 30’s. Here’s a quick recap:
Feed the Dungeon Master (DM). In other words, treat the person in power with extra kindness. If you take [...]
0One Releases Dungeon of Terror #4 : The Maze
0One Games has released another title in their Dungeon of Terror line, “Dungeon of Terror #4: The Maze”. This product details the west part of the Dungeon of Terror, an old maze designed by Infidus the Black and roamed by spectral minotaurs seeking revenge. It contains a referee map and 22 customizable times.
Paradigm Concepts Sends “Blessed and the Damned” to the Printers
Paradigm Concepts has reportedly sent its “Blessed and the Damned” book, pictured below, off to the printers. It will reportedly be available at Origins 2009 and in stores later in the summer. This Witch Hunter supplement features character backgrounds, talents, rites and traditions, fighting traditions, and more. Witch Hunter itself is a role-playing game of [...]
Eden Studios “Conspiracy X Extraterrestrials Sourcebook” Available in PDF
The Eden Studios web site has announced that its “The Extraterrestrials Sourcebook” is now available in PDF form. This sourcebook is a supplement for the Conspiracy X 2.0 roleplaying game. It includes details on three alien races, rules for creating alien Cast Members, powerful alien technology, and more. It’s compatible with All Flesh Must Be [...]
Adamant Releases Venture 4th “Pact of Ghosts”
Adamant Entertainment has announced “Pact of Ghosts“, the newest entry in its Venture 4th series of warlock pacts for 4E. Warlocks forge a pact with ghosts, and can call upon their special nature to phase through solid objects, drain foes of energy, and torment the living with sounds and images. The pact features a full [...]
0One Games Releases “Vampire’s Inner Crypt”
0One Games has released “Battlemaps Lairs: Vampire’s Inner Crypt” in PDF format. This $2.99 product contains a referee map, four customizable battlemaps, and six customizable tiles. It provides a setting for a battle with Vardalak, a master vampire who was once lord of the countryside, now bound in his coffin by a powerful archmade.
OWC Requesting Funding for Chill 3rd Edition
On May 19, Other World Creations (OWC) announced that it has begun a Fundable fundraising effort for Chill 3rd Edition. They hope that fans of the game will participate so that they can get the game finished. They’re hoping that the fundraising effort will tell them if there is still enough interest in the game [...]
0One Games Releases “Dungeon of Terror #2: Assassins’ Brotherhood”
0One Games has released the latest installment in its Black & White line, Dungeon of Terror #2: Assassins’ Brotherhood” in PDF format. This $1.99 PDF product is part of their Dungeon of Terror line, reportedly the largest dungeon ever tiled. This product details the northwest part of the Dungeon of Terror, which is the hideout [...]
Reaper to Release Warlord Second Edition
Reaper Miniatures announced the upcoming release of Warlord Second Edition. This streamlined version promises to be faster, more fun, and better than ever. The softcover edition is expected to ship on July 27, 2009. It uses the same RAGE combat system as the previous versions of the game, but features a completely re-invented magic system [...]
Open Call at Atlas Games for Ars Magica Grogs
The Atlas Games web site has announced an open call for submissions for its upcoming Ars Magica Grogs book. They’re specifically looking for “developed backgrounds for types of grog, taken broadly to mean any covenant staff who are not companions or magi. We’re NOT looking for stats for particular grog characters, rather, it’s a selection [...]
Adamant Releases “Venture 4th: Pact of the Dragon Lords”
Adamant Entertainment recently released “Pact of the Dragon Lords“, which is part of a series of new warlock pacts for 4E. This new pact features a full listing of powers from levels 1 through 30, four new Feats exclusive to the pact, two paragon paths, and four new magic items. It focuses on warlocks who [...]
0One Games Releases “Dungeon of Terror #1: Orcs’ Nest”
0One Games recently released “Dungeon of Terror #1: Orcs’ Nest” as part of its “Black & White” product line for role playing games. 0One Games describes the Dungeon of Terror line as “the largest dungeon ever tiled” and says that when finished it will contain 164 rooms, 8 different zones (each one featured in a [...]
0One Releases Hell Gate Keep and White Wyvern Inn
0One Games has released two new titles recently:
0One’s Blueprints: Hell Gate Keep: This $1.95 PDF product provides maps or blueprints of the interior of the Hell Gate Keep structure. It allows for the dungeon master to customize the visible features, and uses an alternative hexagonal grid.
0One’s Black & White: White Wyvern Inn: This [...]
Pinnacle to Release Savage Space 1889: Red Sands
The Pinnacle Entertainment Group web site recently announced Savage Space 1889. Space 1889: Red Sands will be a single Savage Worlds Plot Point Campaign ™. The campaign pits a band of heroes against the Inner Circle of the Brotherhood of Luxor. The Brotherhood is attempting to bring about an end to all worlds. Space 1889: [...]
Adamant Releases MARS: Savage Worlds Edition
Adamant Entertainment has released MARS: Savage Worlds Edition, a planetary romance genre title based on their popular Savage Worlds sword-and-planet campaign system. The new PDF offers “everything you need to get started telling savage tales of adventure beneath the moons of Mars.” A softcover edition is available via their web site. The PDF, as of [...]
0One Games Offers “Earth Unleashed” Adventure
The 0One Games web site lists “Earth Unleashed“, an Advanced Master Adventures series module. Earth Unleashed is an OSRIC adventure for a part of four or five seventh level adventurers. It can be adjusted to suit stronger or weaker parties. It’s priced at $6.50 as of this writing.
Common Lord of the Rings Terminology
From my brother Matt, a heavy Lord of the Rings Online (LOTRO) player:
There are a few terms and such that come in handy. Morale – Hit points. Power – Used to cast special powers, as opposed to regular attacks. Death – no one dies in LotRO, rather you’re defeated. The penalty is two fold – [...]
Lord of the Rings Online Classes Primer
The following was written by my brother Matt to explain the classes in Lord of the Rings Online (LOTRO) to one of his friends. He is currently unemployed, so he has lots of time to play LOTRO and learn its nuances, unfortunately for him. I thought his description was worth sharing with the Gamer Hotsheet [...]
Adamant Entertainment $1 PDF sale
In celebration of “March Fo(u)rth for GM’s Day” the folks at Adamant Entertainment are offering their entire line of PDF products at the low price of $1 each from Monday, March 2, 2009, through Sunday, March 8, 2009. If you’ve been waiting to pick up any of their role-playing products, now may be a good [...]