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New on EONS, the WOIN patreon! Welcome to Tartarus, the greatest space station in the galaxy! Located in The Cauldron, Tartarus is home to 7-million people and aliens. This 12-page document gives an overview of the station, a handful of notable locations and NPCs of note, random encounter tables, and a sample starscraper floor, 323 Maple Grove, with details of the 40 business to be found there and plot hooks to bring it alive.

New Dragon+ (issue 12): The Inspiration Issue

The tomb preview is great. It has a sidebar about possible places to put it, including the 6 original ones Gygax suggested in Greyhawk. Hopefully those who disliked the other 4 books being set in FR can appreciate their attention to explicitly stating it can be anywhere the DM sets his campaign, and giving the history about where it originally appeared.

Unearthed Arcana Unearthed Arcana: Traps Revisited

Actually an interesting article. I'm still scanning through it, though. I like the way they discuss the traps, their creation, and countermeasures (something that was missing, I think, from the DMG). Poisoned Tempest is an absolutely inspired and devious trap! I love it!!!

Release (ENN) Cubicle 7 Preview Next Adventures in Middle-Earth Release

Cubicle 7 have released the front cover of Wilderland Adventures, the next release for the Adventures in Middle-Earth 5e game. The book features seven adventures by Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan and Francesco Nepitello which can be played as standalone quests or linked to form an epic campaign. The cover art has been painted by fantasy artist Ralph Horsley. The book was originally published for The One Ring RPG as Tales from Wilderland.
New on EN5ider, the 5th Edition Patreon! Michael McCarthy takes a hard look at Kobolds and reveals the truth about them and their origins - the primal Kobalds. The dog-faced Kobalds differ to Kobolds, as do the Kobaloi, a race of immortal troublemakers. Also included are the Kobold Tunneler, Kobold Poisoner, and information on cobalt, a toxic substance used by Kobolds in blades and spikes for traps. Illustrated by Ellis Goodson.

LEGO Revisits the Dungeon Crawl

Thanks to an upswell in online support, the Dungeons & Dragons-inspired LEGO Idea Dungeon Master reached its goal of 10,000 supporters in just one month and is now on track to become a potential LEGO product. Will it succeed where other D&D brick-themed projects have failed?

Sean's Picks of the Week (0221-0224) - Symboroum, Legendary Planet, 7th Sea, and WOIN!

A short week, if you will, as we still had some awesome folks in town (Brandon Gensemer and Evil Beagle creator Michael Surbrook) following Genghis Con, for whom I ran yet one more session of Freedom Squadron on Monday. More on that later. This week, we traverse the Seven Seas and dark forests of Davokar out into the wild outer space frontiers of the Legendary Planets and beyond into all things N.E.W..
New on EN5ider, the 5th Edition patreon! The Johannes Institute of Science is a magical academy, renowned for its academic rigor. Whether alchemist, bard, druid, sorcerer, or any other magical class, all spellcasting characters have something to gain from this well-regarded institute. This article includes a description and history of the Johannes Institute, rumors and plot hooks, a new spell (transfiguration), background expansions, brief information on significant NPCs. Finally, it includes a table of random scientific innovations. By Josh Gentry; illustrated by Victoria Oliveira.

RPG Crowdfunding News 039: LexOccultum, A Strange Box, Bedlam Hall, Mutant: Mechatron, Tales of the

Welcome back to our weekly look at tabletop roleplaying game, and accessories, crowdfunding roundup! Each week we’ll be looking at a few campaigns currently running that have caught our eye as well as occasionally speaking to some of the creators about their campaigns, or looking at some of the ‘behind the scenes’ business aspects of putting together, launching, operating and then delivering a crowdfunded project. If you have anything you’d like us to cover, or questions about anything we talk about, please don’t hesitate to leave a comment or contact me directly.
Hello everyone, welcome to this week’s update on gaming news! Sentinels of Earth-Prime! Changes to the Magic: The Gathering Tournament Circuit! Judge Dredd and 2000 AD coming to WOIN! Lots of advance board game news on new releases, new licenses, new games, and more!

Bruce Cordell Interview for The Strange Boxed Set

This past Tuesday, I got a bit of time with legendary game designer Bruce Cordell to talk about the Kickstarter for The Strange Boxed Set, which funded in its first day. Bruce tells us all about The Strange for those not familiar with it and explains what's in the box for those who are already fans.

(ENN) Ranger Games release Arvan: Land of Dragons World Setting

Ranger Games Publishing have released a gritty sword & sorcery style high fantasy setting for the Dice & Glory RPG by Robert Neri Jr. Arvan: The Land of Dragons is a 300+ page book available in PDF now, and in print through the companies Lulu store later in March or the beginning of April.

Release (ENN) Tales of Arcana Roleplaying Card Game Released

Matt Knicl (Magic: The Gathering) has released his new Tales of Arcana Roleplaying Card Game direct through himself or through Amazon. Tales of Arcana is a roleplaying system that uses cards to randomly generate characters. It’s been designed for one-shot single sessions that can be set up in minutes.

(ENN) $330,000+ raised for Wyrmwood GM Screen on Kickstarter – Last 30+ hours!

The Wyrmwood Magnetic Game Master Screen on Kickstarter must be the most successful GM Screen on a crowdfunding platform to date. With just over 30 hours left this gorgeous looking wooden screen has already raised over $330,000!

(ENN) BAMF talks to new M&M Developer Crystal Frasier

In the latest BAMF Round Table new Green Ronin Mutants & Masterminds Line Developer, Crystal Frasier, joins Mike Lafferty and co to discuss what’s coming up for Green Ronin and M&M in 2017. Freedom City, the Basic Handbook and the Sentinels of the Freedomverse Card Game are among the items discussed – as well as the teams thoughts on the Lego Batman Movie.

"Tell Us, Baron Munchausen, About Your Latest Adventure Abroad..."

Gentle men and women of noble birth, it has come to my attention, as one who engages in the edification of the public in regards to the latest publications in the field of tabletop gaming suitable for those mostly of more commonplace backgrounds, that we are graced with a new edition of the game The Extraordinary Adventures of Baron Munchausen as presented by James Wallis, and published in a new edition via the purveyors of fantastic diversions, Fantasy Flight Games.

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Play a vampire and kill nazis in WW2!
You won't survive this tragedy of doomed heroes!
A new spin on a retro form of text adventure games.
A one-shot adventure which evokes the generational horror of Stephen King.

Dungeons & Dragons

Get in, nerds—we’re going to Curdello.
Here are a few more tidbits from Game Informer's magazine coverage of the new edition's rulebooks.
Art by Dmitry Burmak.
Dungeon Master’s Guide contains a sample setting—and that setting is, indeed, Greyhawk.
Game Informer has revealed the cover to the 2024 Player’s Handbook.
Possibly the most ecologically-friendly Intriguing Organization yet.

Industry News

D&D-powered cartoon fun from Cryptozoic Entertainment.
Developer tool released under Open RPG Creator (ORC) License.
SRD 5.2 will be released under Creative Commons next year.
One of only two TTRPG creators with four separate million dollar Kickstarters!
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