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EN World Weekly Newsletter
Podcast #42: April Fools Games This week, Morrus and Peter tickle their funny bone with the best tabletop RPG April Fools pranks of 2019 and go over several humorous roleplaying games available to keep the laughs coming. Plus...	Paizo Product Roundup: Pathfinder Adventure Card Game, Dawn of Flame and Tyrant's Grasp Adventure Paths Hello again my lovelies and welcome once more to your favorite compilation of all things from the Golem – that’s right, it’s time for the PAIZO NEWS UPDATE! How spoiled are we that once again the new...
New D&D Adventure Reveal On 17th May at 'The Descent' WotC has announced the reveal of the next D&D adventure hardcover, which will be unveiled at 'The Descent' in LA on Friday 17th May at 4pm PDT (midnight BST). ..	EN5ider #264 & #265: Tiger Eyes Mini-Adventure & Zeitgeist #6 - Revelations of a Mad Man (Part 2) We’ve got a double dose of adventure this week at EN5ider! In addition to the usual dose of the ZEITGEIST Adventure Path there’s a new type of article with Tiger Eyes—a supplemental mini-adventure...
News Digest: John Wick and 7th Sea to Chaosium, Next D&D Announcement Announced, Paranoia gets a Video Game, and more! Hello everyone, Darryl here with this week’s gaming news! John Wick and 7th Sea going to Chaosium, Wizards of the Coast announces the announcement date for their announcement of the new campaign...	Murders, Capers, and Laughter: An Interview with Craig Campbell Most companies design an RPG and use the same rule set, with or without new editions, for everything. With NerdBurger Games, Craig Campbell created three RPGs using three very different sets of...
Paizo Product Roundup: Tyrant's Grasp Maps, Chronicle of Legends, Occult Adventures, and Ultimate Wilderness We’re back, my wonderful friends! A single update wasn’t enough to contain everything Paizo, so here we are with another edition of the PAIZO NEWS UPDATE! There’s plenty of goodness to be had here in...	Unboxing The Starfinder Beginner Box I was a big fan of the Pathfinder Beginner Box, so I've been looking forward to this one. Paizo has posted an official "unboxing" of their upcoming box, which includes books, dice, 80 pawns,...
You Can Now Preorder The Acquisitions Inc Book On Amazon With a release date of June 18th, you can now preorder the D&D Acquisitions Incorporated hardcover on Amazon. Explore a wealth of peril and personalities in this campaign book for the...	Epic Monsters: Black Shuck (5E) This entry in Epic Monsters is one I am definitely fond of—a big black dog hailing from the easternmost bit of England, the one and only (or many, as you like) Black Shuck! Black Shuck is an...
It's Not A Cartoon, But What Is It? Matt Corley is a freelance RPG writer for Kobold Press and Petersen Games. He recently tweeted the image below with the caption "Pre-hype, hype for an amazing project coming to Kickstarter this...	EN5ider #266: Herbalist's Knapsack Adventurers out in the wilderness and making Investigation, Perception, or Survival checks? EN5ider has some fun things for them to find and use! Lately on EN5ider: #266. Herbalist’s...
3D Printing D&D's Demon Lords Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes is full of demons and demon lords, and Miguel Zavala has 3D printed them all! These include Baphomet, Demogorgon, Grazzt, Juiblex, Orcus, and many more. In...	RPG Crowdfunding News – Critical Role, Contagion Chronicles, Forbidden Library, Castles & Cats, and more Between April 19th and 25th, there are at least 18 RPG and RPG-related Kickstarters ending. Of those, I look at ten including the largest animation/RPG project ever on Kickstarter, Critical Role, as...
New Acquisitions Inc. Art Over on Sage Advice D&D is a handful of images from the pages of Acquisitions Inc., the D&D hardcover coming out in June.	Lancer: Narrative Characters & Tactical Mechs Lancer is a new sci-fi RPG just launched on Kickstarter with a phenomenal out-of-the-gate backing of nearly 3,500 backers. It describes itself as a "mud-and-lasers RPG" and features narrative...
Podcast #43: Why is D&D So Popular? This week, Morrus and Peter attempt to definitively answer the question of why D&D is so popular. In the news, our sketch becomes reality as Wizards of the Coast announces the announcement for the...

Wizkids - Weekly Newsletter

The latest from Wizkids courtesy of their weekly newsletter...
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WIZKIDS NEWS WEEKLY ISSUE (April 8-April 15) Inspired by the Dungeons & Dragons adventure of the same name, this exciting new release sees players journeying through the Yawning Portal to Undermountain to take on the creatures and quests that lie within. As always, Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage Adventure System Board Game can be combined with the previous games in the Dungeons & Dragons Adventure System series, and Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage Adventure System Board Game adds a variety of new and exciting features, such as the ability for players’ characters to reach level 4 and the addition of Bane/Boon cards, to make players’ adventures more epic than ever before! The game comes in both Standard Edition for $79.99, featuring unpainted miniatures, and Premium Edition, which includes 42 fully painted miniatures, for $159.99.  Dungeons & Dragons Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage Adventure System Board Game is available now, so venture to your Friendly Local Game Store and pick it up today!   NEW RELEASE! DC COMICS HEROCLIX: DC REBIRTH DC Rebirth is DC Comics' most recent reboot of the entire DC Universe that re-imagines many of the most iconic heroes and villains in a stunning, new light! This exciting interpretation of the DC Universe includes new iterations of the usual suspects from the Justice League, JSA, and Teen Titans as well as new and exciting themes like Deathstroke’s Defiance, Justice League China, and the Dark Trinity of Bizarro, Red Hood, and Artemis! DC Comics HeroClix: DC Rebirth will be available this Wednesday, now so be sure to pick it up at your Friendly Local Game Store!   LEARN MORE REVIEW! TOURNAMENT AT CAMELOT We're featuring some blast from the past reviews this week, and this Tournament at Camelot review with Sam Healey from The Dice Tower is one of our favorites!  Join him as he shares his thoughts on this fantastic reverse trick taking game. From the review: "This is one of the games that I've played recently where every single time it hit the table it was loved, with a couple of people even hurrying right after the game on their phones ordering the game and having it shipped to their home. That's how much people enjoyed this game." Click below to see the review, and click here to learn more about Tournament At Camelot!   LEARN MORE NEW RELEASE! MAGE KNIGHT: DUAL COLOR CARDS EXPANSION Mage Knight: Dual Color Cards Expansion features the five new cards that were introduced in Mage Knight: Ultimate Edition. Each of these cards allow you to spend either type of mana shown on the card in order to play them or activate their stronger effect. They also count as both colors for certain effects. The fifth card is a new artifact, the Mysterious Box.    This exclusive expansion pack will only be available for sale at conventions or in the WizKids Online Store, at a price of $4.99.   LEARN MORE REVIEW! KUNG FU ZOO Our other blast from the past comes from none other than the fantastic team at Gaming with Sidekicks! Their team sat down with Kung Fu Zoo and had a great time playing this hilarious game of animal combat! From the review: "Kung-Fu Zoo is a fun experience for young and old-this game plays smooth and gives everyone involved a chance to be a part of the action. Everyone that we have introduced this game to loves it and catches on quickly. I recommend this one for your next family game night.  It gives everyone a chance to enjoy a fun time at the zoo!" Click below to see the review, or click hereto learn more about Kung Fu Zoo! LEARN MORE

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En World - RPG Newsletter

A selection of RPG news and reviews...
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EN World Weekly Newsletter
A Look At The D&D Acquisitions Inc. Book D&D Beyond has a look at the upcoming Acquisitions, Inc. D&D sourcebook, scheduled for a June 18th release date. Details include: Authors: Shawn Merwin, Teos “Alphastream” Abadia, and...	The Fortenite-ification of Everything The online battle royale video game Fortnite has become a smash hit that is changing the industry. But what makes it so popular are the same elements that are behind Dungeons & Dragons' recent surge....
One Page Adventure: The Mystery of Mordecai's Monster It's time for this month's ONE PAGE ADVENTURE! There's a monster running loose, the uncontrolled creation of a mad wizard who likes to sew creature parts together. Can the PCs track down the...	Want A Job As WotC's Community Manager? For those who want to work at Wizards of the Coast, there's a new job opportunity opening up. Current Community Manager Satine Phoenix's contract expires this month, and the spot has opened up for...
News Digest: Acquisitions Inc Preview, Call of Cthulhu Censored, New Pathfinder and D&D Minis, and more! Hello everyone, Darryl here with this week’s gaming news. Preview of Acquisitions Inc. sourcebook, Call of Cthulhu books destroyed by the government, new Pathfinder and D&D minis from WizKids, and...	There's An Altered Carbon RPG Coming Based on the Netflix show and the novels of Richard K. Morgan, Altered Carbon is set in a Bladerunner-esque future where people can transfer their minds from one body to another, even after death....
Vecna v Acererak v Larloch? Who's The Most Powerful Lich? Forgotten Realms creator Ed Greenwood was recently asked who was the most powerful lich: Vecna, Acererak, or Larloch. Here was his reply! "Heh. I've been asked this many times before,...	EN5ider #263 - Intriguing Organizations: The Stone Path EN5ider is traveling across time today with the Stone Path! For a comparatively small sum you too can travel to the distant future—as long as you don’t mind making the trip as a statue! [/URL]...
Mythological Figures: Atalanta (5E) Mythological Figures is headed back to Ancient Greece today with a huntress by the name of Atalanta! This is one of Ancient Greece’s righteous ladies—both because she was a...	RPG Crowdfunding News – Arcana of the Ancients, Seas of Vodari, Ultraviolet Grasslands, Ultimate Spheres of Power, and more The number of Kickstarters have decreased from the highs of February and March. Between April 12th and the 18th, there are 9 RPG Kickstarters and 1 RPG zine ending, all covered below. 5e sees...
Acquisitions Inc. Book Officially Announced WotC has just sent out the official press release for the Acquisitions Incorporated D&D book. I know we all already know about it, but here's the PR just for completeness'...	John Wick Sells 7th Sea to Chaosium A couple of years ago, game designer John Wick acquired the rights to his 1999 roleplaying game, 7th Sea from publisher AEG, and launched a record-breaking Kickstarter for a 2nd Edition which sailed...
James M Ward: Meeting Gary Gygax and Learning D&D Thank you all for the very kind welcome onto the EN World pages. A writer always glories in the kind words of his readers. Also I want you to know I will be very responsive to the interests of the EN...	7 One Page Adventures I have now made 7 of my One Page Adventures. I try to vary the style a bit, so they're not all dungeon crawls, or not all event-driven. Each is an entire adventure contained on a single page. It's...

Kobold Press - Newsletter #157

Some interesting new supplements for 5th Ed. Dungeons and Dragons via Kobold Press...
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Volume 157 | March 30, 2019 News from the Warrens Spring has arrived at Kobold World Headquarters! The sun is out, the sky is blue, and the gryphons are wheeling overhead, occasionally diving down to snatch up one of our interns to feed their newly-hatched young. (Note to self: hire faster interns.) Speaking of nature's wonders, we're happy to announce that Tales of the Old Margreve is available for pre-order! We also continue to explore the Southlands with the new Enigma adventure by Richard Pett, conclude theThree Little Pigs adventure series, and talk planar adventure with the fine folks at Tabletop Babble. And now...onward! Pre-Order Tales of the Old Margreve Missed the Kickstarter? Fear not, fans of forest adventures: You can nowpre-order Tales of the Old Margreve for 5th Edition on Backerkit! You'll get deep forest adventures for levels 1 to 10, plus useful locations, NPCs, forest lore, and magic, all in one set of covers. You can also pre-order the Margreve Player's Guide, with new forest races, spells, and subclasses—plus expanded material for existing races such as the alseid and bearfolk. Pre-order your copy today! A Labyrinthine Southlands Adventure The Heart of Roshgazi, core of every maze in Midgard, is cracked. Its keepers have spent the past three centuries staving off the maze’s impending madness—but now the maze has become more violent and twisted than ever before, preventing the keepers from effecting their cure. Meanwhile, a hungry dragon with a host of kobolds seeks to claim the Heart's power! An Enigma Lost in a Maze is a 50-page 5th Edition adventure for 6th‑level characters by designer Richard Pett. Buy it at the Kobold Store! Wolfgang and Dan Talk Shadow Fey On the latest episode of Table Top Babble, Wolfgang Baur and Dan Dillon join host James Introcaso to talk about Courts of the Shadow Fey for 5th Edition, and writing modular adventures. Listen to the episode! The Thrilling Conclusion to Three Little Pigs! Three Little Pigs Part Three: Madgit's Story brings you the final adventure in this series of 5th Edition adventures! As you no doubt remember, the three beloved daughters of the merchant Omar-bac-Maheem have been transformed into pigs. With Nulah and Armina safely returned, it's time to seek out the third enchanted daughter—blonde-haired Madgit, she of the angelic singing voice. But within the Souk of False Smiles, the notorious chef Qadi Hafeez-i-Burhan sharpens his cleaver and awaits the return of his assistants with a very special pig that's been spotted in the bazaar... Get the PDF at the Kobold Store ADVERTISEMENT Sci-Fi horror for Starfinder RPG from actor/director Sean Astin (Lord of the Rings) and award-winning designers Lou Agresta and Rone Barton. In a science-only galaxy invaded by magic, it's bullets versus fireballs against a backdrop of alien terrors. Learn more! What Else is New from Kobold Press? We're always releasing new adventures and supplements for 5th Edition! Here's what we've published lately: Courts of the Shadow Fey Handouts contains the menu for the Queen and Night and Magic's feast. Be sure to finish yourcocooned badger a la drow with fish sauce! Warlock Guide to the Shadow Realm includes the shadow fey City of Lanterns, new spells and items, locations and characters, customs of the realm and more! What is An Enigma Lost in a Maze doing in this newsletter again? Anyway, IT'S AWESOME AND YOU SHOULD BUY IT. Watch THE WORLD TREE BURNS Season Two! Watch the First Official Midgard Livestream on YouTube or Listen to it on the go as a podcast! Using 5th Edition rules, Game Master Dan Dillon and his five players have woven a story of dark magic, sorrow, and true heroism in the dark fantasy world of Midgard. The first season came to an exciting end late last year, and now the gang is back together with two new allies to continue their adventure. But don't take our word for it; this is what Dan Dillon has to say: "Season 1 of The World Tree Burns follows a motley group of adventurers in the Free City of Zobeck. When the game opens they're in the thick of it, searching for a lost journal they were hired to recover for the wizards of the Arcane Collegium. From there, our heroes learned quickly what it means to live in the Crossroads region of Midgard, and touched on elements from all over the continent with an overarching threat of dark magic with world-shaking implications.  "Season 2 picks up after the explosive finale, and we see our heroes shifting from deadly struggles to quiet normalcy in the city, and how they deal with both success, and loss. Blood ties will be important in this arc of the campaign, and we'll take a close look at what family means to our adventurers, and what choices they'll make as a result." Not caught up? Never fear. You can start the adventure from the beginning with Season 1, episode 1 on EncounterRoleplay's YouTube channel, or as a podcast hosted by our friends at The Tome Show. Once you're up, you can join the adventure onwww.twitch.tv/encounteroleplay every Tuesday from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Pacific Time. Dan Dillon is the author of Last Gasp, and one of the expert designers behind the Midgard Heroes Handbook, Midgard Worldbook, and Tome of Beasts. He is also a contributor to the official D&D adventure Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage. Rowan, wizened old ravenfolk disciple of Wotan the runefather; she collects stories and trinkets. Cloak, enigmatic gnome fled from Niemheim and on the run from Baba Yaga's horsemen. Glaz, erudite trollkin geomancer on a mission of knowledge. Tilly, reaver dwarf fighter; a jovial young woman who has earned her stripes in battle and the high seas. Riodan, dhampir cleric, a noble on the run from the wars that have torn the Blood Kingdoms asunder. RPG and Fantasy News from Around the Web Our books are full of incredible fantasy inspiration, but the world around us is filled with enough strangeness and magic to fuel a thousand RPG campaigns. From the Kobold Warrens We feature RPG creators known 'round the world and new authors alike on the Kobold Press blog. Let their wisdom inspire you! The latest posts on the Kobold Press blog are: The Sorcery Stop: Slime (Is On Your Side) Tome of Beasts: Fraughashar Warlock’s Apprentice: Amidst the Dust Midgard Reviews: Courts of the Shadow Fey (Part 2) Tome of Beasts: Tophet Memoirs of a Lich: Evocation From Around the Web Play This Instead of Killing Yrself is a 200-word RPG by designer Jay Dragon that deals with the theme of suicide, and how to survive and defeat the wolves when there seem to be no options. Jay posted the game on Twitter but you can check out their Patreon here. The The Adventure Zone Zone returns with another Q&A episode for fans of The Adventure Zone actual play podcast by the McElroy brothers with their dad Clint. Whether you're a fan of the D&D exploits of Taako, Magnus, and Merle, or the Monster of the Week RPG campaign with Duck, Aubrey, and Ned, this episode delves deep into the secrets of the show! Happy Spring! That's all for now! Happy gaming, Wolfgang Baur Kobold Press | koboldpress@gmail.com | www.koboldpress.com STAY CONNECTED  ‌ ‌ ‌

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