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Road to Gen Con 2016: Modiphius’ Star Trek RPG and Miniatures Line

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Star Trek Adventures 1Modiphius Entertainment has announced the development of Star Trek Adventures, the first new official Star Trek roleplaying game to be produced in more than a decade. The news comes as Star Trek fans worldwide celebrate Star Trek‘s 50th anniversary in 2016.

Fans of the legendary Star Trek television series’ and films will not only boldly go to the final frontier, but they will shape the voyages and missions through the Star Trek Adventures living campaign playtest. Each player will experience the game differently based on the ship they are assigned to and attendees of Gen Con will have the exclusive North American opportunity to choose their ship, as well as claim a free Captain Kirk or Captain Picard miniature, while supplies last, when they register for the playtest. Registration will take place daily at the Modiphius booth #2737 in the Gen Con exhibit hall August 4 – 7, 2016.

Star Trek AdventuresAdditional sign-ups will launch online from late August  and fans in Europe will have their chance to claim Kirk or Picard at the Modiphius booth at Essen-Spiel in Germany in October and at Dragonmeet in the UK in December. The living campaign playtest will launch in the fall.

Star Trek Adventures will use the Modiphius 2d20 game system (Mutant Chronicles, Infinity, Conan, John Carter of Mars) designed by Jay Little. Modiphius is also sculpting an accompanying Star Trek miniature figure line, the first to be produced in 17 years. Resin and metal 32mm-scale hobby figures will feature classic Star Trek characters and crews, boarding parties and away teams. Geomorphic tile maps of burning Federation ships, mysterious colonies and embattled Klingon cruisers will set the scene for dramatic new voyages in the Final Frontier.

Star Trek Adventures is slated for a Summer 2017 release and the playtest crews will be listed in the Star Trek Adventures book manifest.Star Trek Adventures 2

Dungeons & Dragons: Curse of Strahd, Out Now

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Curse of StrahdWizards of the Coast have announced the release of the newest Dungeons & Dragons adventure, Curse of Strahd, and it’s now widely available at retail stores around the country! Designed for fifth edition of the D&D tabletop roleplaying game, Curse of Strahd is a new gothic horror-themed adventure set in the cursed land of Barovia, including the iconic Castle Ravenloft. The new release was written in collaboration with Tracy and Laura Hickman, the authors of the original Ravenloft adventure.

In addition to Curse of Strahd, there are many other opportunities for D&D fans to experience Ravenloft, including:

  • D&D Adventurers League Enjoy additional adventures in Ravenloft by participating in the D&D Adventurers League organized play program at local hobby stores around the country.
  • Tarokka Deck This 54-card deck by Gale Force Nine represents the Tarokka cards used by the fortune-teller Madam Eva to randomly determine key aspects of the adventure. (Sold Separately)
  • Dice, Camera, Action! Tune-in and watch Dungeons & Dragons Principal Story Designer, Chris Perkins, guide a party of prominent YouTube and Twitch D&D players through Curse of Strahd live.
  • Dungeon Masters Guild In addition to allowing creators to distribute and sell adventures set in the Forgotten Realms in the Dungeon Masters Guild online marketplace, you can now use most of the content from Curse of Strahd as fodder for new gothic horror stories.

Unravel the mysteries of Ravenloft in this dread adventure!

 

 

 

 

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BROM Cover Art for Conan!

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Brom is an iconic name in fantasy gaming and literature. Well known for his work on the Dark Sun setting for Dungeons & Dragons, he also contributed to Magic: The Gathering, Alternity, Forgotten Realms, Planescape and Deadlands. His covers have graced Michael Moorcock, Anne McCaffrey and Terry Brook’s novels. Brom went on to work as a concept artist for movies like Sleepy Hollow and Van Helsing as well as illustrating DC, Chaos! and Dark Horse Comics.

When the new Conan roleplaying game was first announced early in 2015, Brom was unavailable but with the delay in launching, Brom was able to fit the cover in to his schedule. The original art by Sanjulian will take its proud place amongst the other mighty covers by Carl Critchlow, Mark Schultz, Tim Truman, Phroilan Gardner, Alex Horley, Tomas Giorello and others soon to be announced.

Robert E Howard’s Conan Roleplaying Game has been in development for the last year and promises all manner of adventure for those who join the Kickstarter launching soon. The campaign will unlock a wide range of high quality full colour hardback books, each cover featuring a maor Conan artist, accessories including beautiful dice and stunning collector’s items.

Jeff Shanks, award-winning Robert E. Howard scholar and essayist has been hard at work guiding the Modiphius team for the last year.

Tread the jeweled thrones of the earth or die in towers of spider-haunted mystery. Crom cares not!

Brom Conan

Dungeon Masters Guild Opens as a Marketplace for D&D Creations

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Dungeon Masters Guild 2Wizards of the Coast is shaking Dungeons & Dragons up again with the announced of the Dungeon Masters Guild. Part of the endurance of the classic roleplaying game is the ability of players to create their own adventures, characters, rules, creatures, and more. However, there’s been a lack of a convenient outlet to share them with gamers beyond your circle. You either had to raise money to publish a physical book or zine on your own, or convince a publisher you had the chops. Now, the Dungeon Masters Guild puts the power to share that creativity firmly in the hands of the DM.

The Dungeon Masters Guild is a collaboration between Dungeons & Dragons and DriveThruRPG, and it is designed to support and reward folks – whether you’re an experienced DM or just starting out. Today, you can upload your creations to the DMs Guild website, as well as browse submissions from some of gaming’s most esteemed designers.

For the first time ever, you’ll be able to self-publish material set in the Forgotten Realms using monsters, spells, characters, and locations previously unavailable. Set your side trek in Neverwinter or Baldur’s Gate, have your characters go toe-to-toe with the Xanathar, the beholder crime lord of Waterdeep, or fall in with some traitorous drow in Menzoberranzan. With some exceptions noted on the DMs Guild website, the Forgotten Realms is at your fingertips.

You can set whatever price you like for your creation; you can give your new monster away for free or charge a few gold coins. If you do decide to ask for money, you’ll get half of the revenue while DriveThruRPG and Dungeons & Dragons will split the other.

Creators can upload whatever kind of Forgotten Realms material they’d like to the Dungeon Masters Guild, but we’ll be featuring side treks, monsters, and backgrounds on the site. For now, the Guild is only accepting Forgotten Realms material that uses the fifth edition Dungeons & Dragons rules. For everything else, Wizards of the Coast has updated the Open Gaming License so that publishers can continue releasing their own material.

Mouse Guard Roleplaying Game Box Set Second Edition Out Wednesday

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The much-anticipated second edition of the Mouse Guard Roleplaying Game Box Set by David Petersen and Luke Crane will be in select stores this Wednesday, October 28!

For Mouse Guard fans who own the original Mouse Guard Roleplaying Game Box Set, or anyone who’d like to enlist in the Mouse Guard for the first time, the second edition contains everything players need to know about the world of the Guard, including rules for forming patrols and leading missions into the beleaguered territories. This updated edition of the Origins Award-winning game contains new art, additional Action, Weapon, and Condition cards, and a revised and updated rulebook.

Mouse Guard Roleplaying Game Box Set Second Edition

Pathfinder’s In Hell’s Bright Shadow Launches

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In Hell’s Bright ShadowPaizo Inc., publisher of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game and Pathfinder Adventure Card Game, has announced the release of In Hell’s Bright Shadow, the first module in Hell’s Rebels, the new six-month Adventure Path for the Pathfinder RPG.

The city of Kintargo, a safe haven for artists, freethinkers, and those marginalized by the oppressive Chelish government, has been placed under martial law by inquisitor Barzillai Thrune. When a protest turns into a riot, a new group of heroes comes together to form an organized resistance against the devil-binding government and the church of Asmodeus. Can they survive long enough to establish allies, or will they become the latest victims of the Thrice-Damned House of Thrune?

This volume of the Pathfinder Adventure Path begins the Hell’s Rebels Adventure Path and includes:

  • In Hell’s Bright Shadow, a Pathfinder RPG adventure for 1st-level characters, by Crystal Frasier
  • A double-sided gazetteer of the freewheeling coastal city of Kintargo
  • A plague doctor from Khari, searching desperately for a cure in the Pathfinder’s Journal, by Stephanie Lorée
  • A collection of monsters, both dangerous and beneficial, by Crystal Frasier, Eric Hindley, and Michael McCarthy

In Hell’s Bright Shadow, MSRP $24.99, is available in hobby game shops and bookstores nationwide.

Hero Lab’s Class Packs for the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game

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Lone Wolf Development has announced the release of Pathfinder Class Packs for Hero Lab. Class Packs are the perfect, low-cost entry path to get started creating characters with Hero Lab! Each Class Pack unlocks 3-4 classes and includes everything from seven of the most popular Pathfinder rulebooks. Players choose their favorite Class Pack and harness the power of the ENnie award-winning product for only $29.99. For extra class options, players simply add additional Class Packs for only $6.99 apiece.

Hero Lab Pathfinder

How Do Class Packs Work?

  • Create and manage characters from the 3-4 classes unlocked by each Class Pack. For example, if you select the Druid Class Pack, you’ll unlock the Druid, Oracle, Shaman, and Spiritualist classes, allowing you to build characters from those four classes in Hero Lab.
  • Class Packs include everything from seven essential rulebooks: Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook, Advanced Player’s Guide, Ultimate Combat, Ultimate Magic, Advanced Class Guide, Occult Adventures, and Ultimate Intrigue (when it releases in spring 2016.) All archetypes for unlocked classes are included, as well as all feats, spells, gear, optional rules, and everything else from those rulebooks – it’s all you need to create characters with your unlocked classes.
  • Further add-ons like Advanced Race Guide, the Summon Monster Creature Package, and Player Companion packages can be readily integrated with Class Packs. They are purchased and behave just like they do in Hero Lab today.
  • Hero Lab users who already use another game system, like Shadowrun or Mutants & Masterminds, can get started with their first Class Pack for only $20! Simply add the Pathfinder Class Pack option you want to your Hero Lab license through the website.
  • For existing Pathfinder users, if you feel that Class Packs are a better fit for your style, you can switch to the new Class Packs for free! Be sure to review all the details before converting, as it’s a one-way, one-time option. The conversion option is also a limited time offer, so don’t miss out!

Hero Lab is available for PC, Mac, and iPad.

Syrinscape’s In Hell’s Bright Shadow for Pathfinder Out Now!

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SyrinscapeHell's Bright Shadow for Pathfinder RPG, the award-winning app that puts the power of custom, movie-like sound effects, soundscapes, and music, into the hands of the gamer, announces today the release of the In Hell’s Bright Shadow SoundPack for the Syrinscape Fantasy Player app.

In Hell’s Bright Shadow, the first module in Hell’s Rebels, the new 6-month Adventure Path for the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, finds the city of Kintargo, which has long been a safe haven for artists, freethinkers, and those marginalized by the oppressive Chelish government, has been placed under martial law by inquisitor Barzillai Thrune. When a protest turns into a riot, a new group of heroes comes together to form an organized resistance against the devil-binding government and the church of Asmodeus. Can they survive long enough to establish allies, or will they become the latest victims of the Thrice-Damned House of Thrune?

With the In Hell’s Bright Shadow SoundPack from Syrinscape, players will experience a brand new Pathfinder Adventure Path like never before with fantastic sounds custom-made for the adventure, including:

  • An intense city protest, riot, and battle sequence
  • Zombies and skeletons
  • A super-evil female half-devil villain
  • Frustratingly gleeful gremlins
  • A battle with an alligator in a rebel alliance sewer hideout
  • Rodents of unusual size, feral dogs, disgusting lemures, and so much more!

In Hell’s Bright Shadow also includes sound samples from Pathfinder fans and players, recorded at both Gen Con 2015, and PaizoCon 2015.

The In Hell’s Bright Shadow SoundPack is available now on Syrinscape.com for $15.99.

Public Voting Now Open in Paizo’s RPG Superstar Game Designer Search

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RPG SuperstarPaizo Inc., publisher of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game and Pathfinder Adventure Card Game, has announced that Round One voting of RPG Superstar, Season Nine, is now open.

The annual search for the next great game designer is on, and with thousands of entries from around the world, Paizo calls on game fans everywhere to cast their votes to determine the Top 32 who will move on to the next round. Voting is open until 11:59 PST on August 30, 2015. To cast your vote in RPG Superstar Season Nine, Round One, visit Paizo.com.

The winner of the competition will have their adventure published by Paizo as a Pathfinder Module, a full-color, 64-page, high-quality softcover book, compatible with the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game (RPG). Also, three runners-up will win assignments to write adventure scenarios for Paizo’s Pathfinder Society Organized Play campaign, offering all four finalists professional writing contracts with Paizo Inc., and an opportunity to begin their game design careers by working on the world’s largest fantast roleplaying campaign.

In the best-selling Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, players take on the role of brave adventurers fighting to survive in a world beset by magic and evil. The Pathfinder RPG is currently translated into eight languages, and the vibrant Pathfinder universe has been licensed for comic book series, graphic novels, miniatures, plush toys, and apparel, and is being developed into a massively multiplayer online roleplaying game.

Gen Con 2015: Paizo’s New Product Announcements and Record-Setting Year for Pathfinder Society

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Pathfinder Occult AdventuresPaizo Inc., publisher of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, has announced that the company’s Pathfinder Society Organized Play program had a record-setting year at Gen Con, and recaps the new product announcements made at the Best Four Days in Gaming.

Pathfinder Society, the world’s largest organized play campaign, shined in the Sagamore Ballroom in the Indianapolis Convention Center, with 180 tables of Pathfinder game play, including 160 dedicated to the Pathfinder Roleplaying Guild, and 20 to the Adventure Card Guild, for a total of more than 1,300 players, a new record for Pathfinder Society Organized Play.

Further, the company made news by revealing the next adventure in the wildly popular Pathfinder Adventure Path line, Strange Aeons, a Cthulhu-based adventure set to release August 2016.

The Strange Aeons Adventure Path pits a your characters against a threat from the depths of time, space, and madness itself. From your awakening as amnesiac prisoners in an asylum ruled by nightmares to a final confrontation against an enemy far older than humanity itself, this horror-themed Adventure Path draws upon the writings and traditions of H. P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos and ties into Paizo’s upcoming Horror Adventures hardcover rulebook in a campaign sure to drive even the bravest of heroes to the brink of insanity… and beyond!

Paizo also announced next year’s hardcover RPG book release, Horror Adventures, scheduled for August 2016.

The book will contain a macabre selection of nightmares, from gothic classics to Lovecraftian terrors to inflict upon your players. Madness and corruption await!

The massive Paizo booth on the Gen Con Exhibit Hall floor provided not only a space for sales, but an opportunity for Paizo employees, designers, and artists to meet with thousands of customers and show off the latest products from the world of Pathfinder, including this year’s wildly popular hardcover release, Occult Adventures for the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game. Various Paizo partners also set up space in the booth, including renowned fantasy artist Wayne Reynolds, Black Book Editions, Ulysses Spiel, and Obsidian Entertainment.

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