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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.

Unearthed Arcana Unearthed Arcana Mass Combat

http://media.wizards.com/2017/dnd/downloads/2017_UAMassCombat_MCUA_v1.pdf I wasn't expecting an article today...looks like a rehash of the old Mass Combat rules. I was really hoping for the Mystic.... Pretty radically different from the previous attempt, much more abstract and fast paced; which is good, because it has been gestating for two years! mearls has been talking up various DM...
New on EN5ider, the 5th Edition Patreon! The cleric's Dream Domain grants revelations and forges nightmares into weapons; the sorcerer's Transcendant Soul origin uses the power of dream to slip across planar boundaries; and the wizard's School of Nightmares uses necromancy and illusion to spread fear. Also here, you'll find 7 new eldritch invocations for warlocks, such as Nightmare Mask, Ominous Dreams, and Word of Doom. By Brandes Stoddard; illustrated by Egil Thompson. Support us now to get tons of awesome 5E content for you games!

(ENN) Bree Cover Revealed for The One Ring

Cubicle 7 Entertainment today unveiled the cover to the upcoming Bree supplement for The One Ring. It’s the first One Ring cover by artist Sam Manley and I think you’ll agree he’s done a fantastic job! No news on what Bree will include, or when it is due for release was made available at this time.

New Releases In Stores This Week : 20th February 2017

A rundown of the New Releases that should be hitting games stores this coming week! Board games, card games, RPGs, and collectible games... hopefully something for everyone! For more information about any of the products please contact your local games store.

A New Digital Direction for Wizards?

When Chris Cocks, the recently-named CEO of Wizards of the Coast, took on his new position we speculated how his digital gaming background, strongly grounded in Magic: The Gathering, might influence the company's vision. Thanks to a letter he released in January, we have a bit more insight into how he plans to translate his vision into reality. Virtual Magic Cocks mentioned Magic: The...

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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

Possibly the most ecologically-friendly Intriguing Organization yet.
Beholder may be the next killer in the multiplayer horror video game
Developer tool released under Open RPG Creator (ORC) License.
A WizKids miniature reveals the iconic character's face for the first time.
SRD 5.2 will be released under Creative Commons next year.
Garr is obsessed with proving that he’s better at it than you are—no matter what it is.

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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