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Atlas Plans “Tales of Mythic Europe” for May Release

Atlas Games has announced a May 2009 release date for its Tales of Mythic Europe product. This 168-page softcover book is a collection of adventures for Ars Magica 5th Edition players. According to the product page, “Mythic Europe is a place of heroism and cowardice, honor and betrayal, wonder and horror…From a ship plagued by a faerie, to a noblewoman plagued by her neighbors. From a village facing a feud, to a town facing unnatural murders… Combat, politics, magic, and mystery fill the stories in Tales of Mythic Europe, to help you reach the furthest limits of Mythic Europe in your own game.” The expected price for this product is $27.95 as of this writing.

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Mongoose Releases Runequest Empires and Runequest Pocket Deluxe

Mongoose Publishing has announced the release of RuneQuest Empires and RuneQuest Pocket Deluxe.  RuneQuest Empires is a resource by Lawrence Whittaker, providing a complete guide on founding, growing, and running your own empire.  RuneQuest Pocket Deluxe provides all the rules and content of RuneQuest Deluxe in a handy pocket size.

Goodman Games Announces “Level Up” 4E Magazine

Goodman Games has announced the official Goodman Games 4E Magazine, Level Up.  The first issue is slated for an April release, at a cover price of $1.99.

Alderac Entertainment Group Releases Ultimate Toolbox

Alderac Entertainment Group (AEG) has announced Ultimate Toolbox, based on the award-winning RPG book Toolbox.  Ultimate Toolbox starts off where the original Toolbox stopped.  It’s 400 pages of “the best charts, tables, and seeds of gaming advanture. From character backgrounds and world building to pirate lore and magical portals, every page is the key to adventure.”  The product is expected to be released on February 23, 2009.

Adamant Entertainment Releases Venture 4th: Pact of Blood

Adamant Entertainment has released Venture 4th: Pact of Blood, part of a series of new warlock pacts for 4E.  It’s based on primeval beings that subsist on the power inherent in blood.  Warlocks forge pacts with these entities, using them to feed on an enemy, increase the strength of the warlock’s magic, or control another creature. The pact features a full listing of powers from levels 1 through 30, four new feats exclusive to the pact, a paragon path, and four new magic items.  The product is currently priced at $2.00 US.

New White Wolf Products Coming

The White Wolf online store lists three new products available for pre-order:

  • The Beast That Haunts the Blood: Nosferatu – This is a Nosferatu clan book for Vampire: The Requiem which discusses the origins of the Nosferatu, explores the warrens where they dwell, discusses the faces of the clan, and describes new merits, bloodlines, discipline powers, and clan secrets
  • Night Stalkers – This Chronicle Book for Hunter: The Vigil features an intense look into how the timeless Vigil and the immortal vampires come together in an eternal struggle, looks into how each compact and conspiracy deals with vampire society, and more
  • Dancers in the Dark – This Character Book for Changeling: The Lost provides expanded information on dreams and nightmares, new tools for storytelling, and more

According to their expected release schedule, these titles should become available on March 18, 2009.

Malhavoc Press Releases Dark Tidings Adventure

The Malhavoc Press site announced the release of Dark Tidings, a “short experimental Might/Ptolus dungeon adventure” by Monte Cook.  This 20-page eBook is on sale now.  It is a short adventure designed for characters of 6th or 7th level.  It is set within Ptolus, Monte Cook’s City by the Spire, but is suitable for any fantasy setting.

Chaosium Announces Plans for 2009

The Chaosium web site posted a “best guess” set of plans for 2009.  These include:

  • March: Terrors from Beyond – a new collection of Call of Cthulu adventures
  • April:  Mysteries of the Worm 3rd Edition – a collection of Robert Bloch Cthulu Mythos tales
  • May: Cthulu’s Dark Cults – a new anthology of Call of Cthulu short stories

They reportedly have other titles in the works, including Pulp Cthulu, Voodoo Virus, R’lyeh Rising, and Blackmoore Global Laboratories.  These are likely to release late in the year.

0One Games Releases Road to Revolution: Tides of Blood

The 0One Games web site lists a new title for February, “Road to Revolution: Tides of Blood” which is described as a series of adventures designed for use with “the 3.5 version of the world’s most popular role-playing game”.  The campaign contains six adventures written by the original authors of the Great City Campaign setting. It’s currently priced at $6.99.

Shadows of Cthulu on Sale at RPG Objects

According to David Jarvis over at RPGObjects.com:

I’m pleased to announce that Shadows of Cthulhu, a licensed true20 adaptation of Chasoium’s Call of Cthulhu RPG is now on sale for only 9.71, that’s 25% of the regular price.
In the spirit of Halloween, we want to make it even more affordable for you to check out this great game, written by werecabbage Russel Brown!

For most people, the world appears to be a relatively safe place, filled with the usual problems associated with day to day living. There are no monsters beneath the bed, nothing waiting in the darkness…

But for others, there is the maddening truth; unimaginable horrors lurk in dark places beyond the world we know, horrific things who regard humanity as little more than cattle; insignificant creatures to be used and cast aside at their whim. Ever watchful, they seek to pry open the gates to this realm, to reclaim that which was once theirs.

Some, so-called enlightened individuals choose travel the dark paths, seeking to gain knowledge never intended for human eyes, seeking arcane tomes and malefic artifacts in hopes of knowing the unknowable, even at the cost of their sanity. Indeed, at the cost of their very lives.

For you, the choice is clear, the imperative undeniable. Seek out that which should not be. Stand ever vigilant against the horrors lurking in the dark. Walk in the shadows of Cthulhu, and perhaps, if you’re lucky, you may survive, may even make a difference, though the cost might be more than you’re prepared to pay…

Shadows of Cthulhu makes use of the elegant True20 game system, providing you with everything you need to run a campaign series in the deliciously maddening world inspired by the works of H.P Lovecraft!

Take advantage of this great deal today!

 

 

Mongoose Previews “Wraith Recon” for 4e D&D

Mongoose Publishing has posted a preview of their upcoming Wraith Recon setting for Dungeons and Dragons Fourth Edition.  The main book will be released on October 1, 2008.   They’ve put a preview from the main book and a special introduction to Wraith Recon on their web site.

Upcoming White Wolf Releases

White Wolf lists the following upcoming products on their web site:

Upcoming Products  Expected Date 
 VTES Anarchs and Alastors Storyline
Kit
 
 07/22/2008 
 Hunter:
The Vigil
 
 08/14/2008 
 The
Equinox Road
 
 08/14/2008 
 Savage
and Macabre: Gangrel
 
 09/10/2008

News from Adamant Entertainment

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Adamant Entertainment released the latest in its series of officially-licensed adventures set in Freeport: the City of Adventure.  The April 17, 2008, release "Blood of Freeport" involves players in a blood feud between two powerful merchant families (the Lotharias and the Ischerns) whose near-open warfare threatens Freeport itself.  Blood of Freeport is an encounter-based adventure which can be run as a stand-alone tale or spread out over a longer campaign.  It uses the 3.5 edition rules and is intended for a part of 6th to 8th level characters.  It’s priced at $5.95 USD.  Click on the cover image below to see more information or order the adventure.

Blood of Freeport by Adamant Entertainment 

 

 

Adamant Releases Minions of Mars

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Adamant Entertainment has released Minions of Mars, a new RPG title they describe as:

A tool for Game Masters that provides quick stat blocks for Martian non-player characters, organized by archetype. Whether you need Sky-Corsairs, Assassins, Gladiators, Nobles or more, Minions of Mars provides you with ready-to-go NPCs, with each presented in three variant power levels.

In addition, Minions of Mars also includes a section featuring spotlight characters — a rogue’s gallery of fully developed NPCs that can be inserted into any Martian campaign.

This product is also available in print, directly from the publisher’s website.

ADM9002
$14.95 (book)
$9.95 (PDF)

 

 

The Book Of Experimental Might Released

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The Monte Cook web site has announced the release of The Book of Experimental Might, an 83-page sourcebook for all levels, by Monte Cook with a cover illustration by Kieran Yanner.  The electronic edition is planned for a February 21, 2008, release.

This book contains a collection of house rules Monte uses in his own games, including a spell progression system, new rules for healing and curative magic, magical disciplines for spellcasters, and more.  It includes an entirely new base class, the runeblade, for players wanting a character which combines magic and martial art skill without the use of spells.

See the Monte Cook web site for more details.

 
 

 

Exile Game Studio’s Hollow Earth Expedition RPG

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Today I discussed Exile Game Studio‘s Hollow Earth Expedition RPG with a member of their staff.  This role-playing game is set in the 1930′s on Earth, with players adventuring into an environment which combines some of the archaeology of Indiana Jones with the dinosaurs of Jurassic Park.  Players can take on roles like Hollywood starlets, priests out to "save" the people of the Hollow Earth, adventurers similar to Indiana Jones, and more.

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