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Fantasy Flight’s Rebellion Day Events

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SWAP02_ScrollTextImageThis September 13th, Fantasy Flight Games is kicking off Rebellion Day. It’s everyone’s chance to try out their Star Wars: Age of Rebellion roleplaying game. Folks who head to participating locations will be able to play the adventure Rescue at Glare Peak!

Rescue at Glare Peak is a special introductory Age of Rebellion adventure designed specifically for the event, and it challenges you and your friends to complete a daring rescue mission while the fate of the galaxy hangs in the balance.

You can find a location near you that’s participating with this handy list.

SWAP02-layoutThe highlight of Rebellion Day is Rescue at Glare Peak campaign. Designed for two to five players, Rescue at Glare Peak allows individuals to assume the roles of heroic Rebel agents who must work together to rescue a pair of Rebel pilots who have crash-landed on the planet Trivar II.

The kit includes four different pre-generated characters which introduce several of the many careers, specializations, skills, and talents of Age of Rebellion. Your group will be able to take on the roles of an Ithorian Engineer, a Bothan Spy, a Human Commander, and a Duros Soldier. You’ll need to make good use of all their tricks, talents, and technology in order to succeed at your mission!

The Age of Rebellion is the second of three epic, fully cross-compatible Star Wars roleplaying systems by Fantasy Flight Games. It thrusts players directly into the ongoing Galactic Civil War between the evil Empire and the rag-tag Rebel Alliance. Woefully outnumbered and outgunned by the Empire and its vast military might, player characters may undertake any of a wide variety of missions. They may perform reconnaissance, engage in guerrilla warfare, or recruit citizens from across the galaxy.

At the core of FFG’s Star Wars roleplaying mechanics are its custom dice. Designed to enhance a heavily narrative roleplaying system, these dice combine symbols for success and failure with symbols for “threat” and “advantage.” As a result, players may succeed at their actions but still earn “threat,” or fail but still “advantages.” These results encourage stunning plot twists, and every roll of the dice encourages additional storytelling.

Dark Heresy’s Forgotten Gods

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dark heresy forgotten godsValatine Lewin was good. Few knew of her, but those who did ensured she always had work. She had been Faceless many times before, smuggling Eldar trinkets, silver devices of unknown origin, and even fresh Ork teef from battles along the Stygies Cluster. The Faceless Trade never ended; the voracious appetite for the outré and forbidden meant that there would always be people like her to whet it.

Fantasy Flight Games has announced Forgotten Gods, the first book-length adventure for Dark Heresy Second Edition!

A moment of unchecked heresy can damn millions of lives. Any Warhammer 40K fan knows that as fact. As an Acolyte of an Inquisitor, your job is to forestall this fate, holding off the eternal corruption of Chaos. You’ll investigate proscribed artifacts of deadly power and battle a cult whose heresies reach far into the Askellon sector’s past.

Mankind was not always such a powerful force in the galaxy. Long before the first humans achieved consciousness, ancient gods ruled the stars and spaces between them. In Forgotten Gods, your fears are about to be realised. A cult has hired the smugglers of the Faceless Trade to bring them forbidden artifacts, and they plot to use the power of these artifacts to reawaken a god from the time before Man. As a devoted servant of the Emperor, you cannot allow this heresy to occur.

Forgotten Gods is the first book-length adventure for Dark Heresy Second Edition, and shows off more of the Askellon Sector! The adventure continues the storyline begun in the Dark Heresy Core Rulebook, where the Dark Pursuits adventure started your investigations into the dangerous xenos artifacts that pollute Hive Desoleum.

You’ll be able to to continue developing your character if you’ve place the Dark Pursuits or Desolation of the Dead adventures, or you can play without have already experienced the previous adventures. Forgotten Gods also offers new options for Acolyte creation. Each of the three major locations explored in this book includes rules for using that location as an Acolyte’s home world, so new players can craft characters hailing from these vastly different parts of the Imperium. Alternatively, a player can use this information to create a new Acolyte should his existing character not survive their climatic adventures in Forgotten Gods!

 

Fantasy Flight Takes us to The End of the World

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The End of the WorldFantasy Flight Games is taking us to The End of the World with a new roleplaying game line of horror and survival in humanity’s last days!

The roleplaying game will be made up of four books. Each book offers a different apocalyptic genre and experience. As you’d expect the series kicks off with a Zombie Apocalypse. The gam challenges you to face hordes of undead that rise and stalk the earth, hungry for the flesh of the living. The second released forces you to feel with the Wrath of the Gods. Players are pitted against a pantheon of supernatural foes intent of destroying humanity. This ranges from the Mayan apocalypse to Cthulhu, the gods return to exact terrible vengeance in this book. The third installment brings an Alien Invasion. Get ready to battle unknown life forms from beyond our galaxy. You may face a species of conquering warriors, or aliens too small to see with the naked eye. After all of that destruction there’s a Revolt of the Machines. There you match wits against artificial intelligence. When our technology develops consciousness, even normal people will need to battle technology in every form.

Each book is self-contained, containing the rules systems, so you can pick just one book up and you’re good to go!

Also, instead of taking ont he role of some fictional character, this roleplaying game(s) throws you into the mix. That’s right, this is you dealing with the world ending. You’ll be able to pick attributes to better represent you. This also means you’ll start with what you’d actually be limited to in real life. It’s not only a game, but practice for when the real thing happens!

 

The game hits shelves later this year.

Fantasy Flight’s Update on the Star Wars: Force and Destiny Beta

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SWFbeta_book_leftFantasy Flight Games has posted an update about the beta test for their Star Wars: Force and Destiny roleplaying game. Early copies of the game were on sale at Gen Con and the idea is the community will provide feedback for the game.

Fantasy Flight is holding off that feedback for a bit. The company is going to wait until copies of the beta are available in stores before they start posting updates, so they can get opinions and feedback from them as well.

The beta process of the game will run for eight to ten weeks depending on feedback and the changes that need to be made. You can discuss the game with others in a dedicated forum. You can also submit feedback to them directly at forceanddestinybeta@fantasyflightgames.com.

Throughout the process, the company will also be posting updates and additions they’re considering after reviewing the feedback. The first beta update should be released September 9th.

D&D Icons of the Realms: Tyranny of Dragons Miniatures Out Now!

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D&D Icons of the Realms Tyranny of DragonsWizKids Games has announced that the inaugural wave of D&D Icons of the Realms miniatures, based on the iconic Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game from Wizards of the Coast is available in select stores now!

Inspired by the new Tyranny of Dragons storyline, players can expect to find dragons, kobold fighters, bugbears, wraiths, mind flayers, and many more iconic Dungeons & Dragons characters guaranteed to level up their tabletop RPG experience. Collect all 44 miniatures found in the D&D Icons of the Realms: Tyranny of Dragons booster packs today!

Just getting started with your collection? Wizkids recently announced the launch of the D&D Icons of the Realms Starter Set, a perfect supplement to the new Starter Set for the D&D tabletop roleplaying game. The 6-Figure miniatures Starter Set includes the 5 player characters featured in the tabletop roleplaying game Starter Set and  are some of the most iconic classes and races from the Dungeons & Dragons universe, including the dwarf cleric, human ranger, Halfling rogue, Northlands fighter, elf wizard, and the famous drow ranger, Drizzt Do’Urden.

The D&D Player’s Handbook is Available Today!

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Players Handbook - Cover ArtToday marks the release by Wizards of the Coast of the first of three core rulebooks for the highly-anticipated Dungeons & Dragons Tyranny of Dragons storyline. Optimized for fifth edition of the Dungeons & Dragons tabletop roleplaying game, the Player’s Handbook contains everything players need to create heroic characters with rich backgrounds and compelling capabilities, ready for adventure.

Also released today, Hoard of the Dragon Queen is the first of two adventures in the Tyranny of Dragons story arc. This adventure provides everything a Dungeon Master needs to create an exciting and memorable experience. Players can get a sample of what this product has in store through the D&D Encounters in-store play program.

The Player’s Handbook and Hoard of the Dragon Queen are just the beginning of the many releases that will be rolling-out this year.

The world needs heroes. Will you answer the call?

First Run of Mouse Guard RPG Box Set Sells Out, Second Run Available in Time for Holidays

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Official Press Release

FIRST RUN OF ‘MOUSE GUARD ROLEPLAYING GAME BOX SET’ SELLS OUT, SECOND RUN IN STORES IN TIME FOR THE HOLIDAYS

BY POPULAR DEMAND, SEPARATE SETS OF PAWNS AND DICE ARE ALSO NOW AVAILABLE

Los Angeles, CA (December 1, 2011) – Archaia Entertainment announced today the initial run of the MOUSE GUARD ROLEPLAYING GAME BOX SET has sold out at the distributor level (copies may still be available at the retail level), so the company has rushed a second run into circulation to meet the demand for the holidays. In addition, by popular demand, limited sets of the Mouse Guard RPG dice and pawns—which until now had only been a part of the box set—are available for separate purchase exclusively through the Archaia Webstore, said Archaia Publisher Mike Kennedy.

The Mouse Guard Roleplaying Game Box Set ($69.95, ISBN 978-1-936393-17-6) is a deluxe version of the original Mouse Guard Roleplaying Game hardcover book, an award-winning, pen-and-paper RPG that uses Luke Crane’s Burning Wheel system and is lavishly illustrated by Mouse Guard creator David Petersen. In addition to the original rules book, the Box Set contains a 48-page supplement with all-new adventure scenarios and a host of game aids, including a GM deck of 12 Action Cards, two Player Decks of 12 Action Cards, Condition Cards, Characters Sheets, GM sheets, a GM screen, Mouse Dice, Mouse Tokens and a Map of the Mouse Territories. The Box Set was recently awarded the 2011 RPG Golden Geek Award for Best Artwork & Presentation.

“We’re ecstatic that Mouse Guard fans and RPG fans alike have responded so well to the Box Set,” said Kennedy. “And since there is such a high demand for the Mouse Guard Dice and the Pawns, we’ve made those available to fans for purchase exclusively through our online store.”

Fans wishing to purchase extra sets of the Mouse Guard Dice and Pawns can visit http://store.archaia.com while supplies last.

About Archaia Entertainment

Archaia Entertainment is a multi-award-winning graphic novel publisher with more than 50 renowned publishing brands, including such domestic and international hits as Mouse Guard, Return of the Dapper Men, Gunnerkrigg Court, Awakening, The Killer, Days Missing, Tumor, Syndrome, Artesia, The Engineer, and an entire line of The Jim Henson Company graphic novels, including Tale of Sand, which is based on an unproduced screenplay discovered in the Henson Archives. Archaia has built an unparalleled reputation for producing meaningful content that perpetually transforms minds, building one of the industry’s most visually stunning and eclectic slates of graphic novels. Archaia was named Graphic Novel Publisher of the Year according to Ain’t it Cool News, Graphic Policy, and Comic Related, and was honored with nine 2011 Eisner Awards nominations. Archaia has also successfully emerged as a prolific storyteller in all facets of the entertainment industry, extending their popular brands into film, television, gaming, and branded digital media.

Meet 38 Studios Visionaries Curt Schilling and R. A. Salvatore at Gen Con Indy 2010

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MEET 38 STUDIOS VISIONARIES CURT SCHILLING AND R. A. SALVATORE

AT GEN CON INDY 2010

R. A. Salvatore to Hold Seminar During Show

AUGUST 2, 2010 – Following the announcement of their highly anticipated role-playing game Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, 38 Studios visionaries Curt Schilling and R. A. Salvatore will be at Gen Con Indy 2010 on Friday, August 6, greeting attendees and giving away Reckoning t-shirts created exclusively for the conference.Additionally, R. A. Salvatore will be holding a seminar on Saturday, August 7, entitled “A Discussion with R. A. Salvatore” where he will be discussing his upcoming projects and past work.  The Reckoning teaser trailer will also be featured during the seminar.Reckoning is an epic, open world role-playing game that gives fans their first experience with Kingdoms of Amalur, a new universe imagined by R. A. Salvatore, brought to life by Todd McFarlane, and designed by Ken Rolston and his team at Big Huge Games. Reckoning is a single-player RPG that combines a lush open-world adventure with thrilling, heart-pounding action combat. Please visit reckoningthegame.com for more details.

WHO: Curt Schilling, Founder and Chairman, 38 Studios and three-time World Series Champion;

R. A. Salvatore, Executive Creator of Worlds, 38 Studios and author of 18 New York Times best-selling fantasy novels

BOOTH: Booth #838, Indiana Convention Center

SEMINAR: Saturday, August 7, 2:00 PM, Marriott Indiana Ballroom G

“A Discussion with R. A. Salvatore,” where the 38 Studios Visionary and esteemed author and will talk about his work and show the Reckoning teaser trailer

MEET & GREET: Friday, August 6th, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM, 38 Studios booth (#838)

38 Studios visionaries Curt Schilling and R. A. Salvatore will be greeting attendees and giving away Reckoning t-shirts, created exclusively for Gen Con.
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