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Catalyst Announces May Battletech Releases

Catalyst Game Labs announced the upcoming May 25, 2011, release of the following products:

  • Battletech Handbook: House Liao
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  • Shadowrun: A Fistful of Credsticks – Horizon Adventure 1

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Battlelords RPG Galactic Special

imageSSDC, Inc. is offering a "Galactic Special" which allows Battlelords players to purchase the entire Galactic Underground Trilogy at one time for 20% off.

JBE’s Second Anniversary Sale

Jon Brazer Enterprises is celebrating its second anniversary by reducing their prices.  Every PDF they offer that is normally priced over $1 is being reduced by 20% for the sale.  The sale items can be found at DriveThruRPG, RPGNow, and Paizo.  JBE produces supplements for use with Pathfinder, Traveller, and others.

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.

New RPG Products from Goodman Games

The Goodman Games web site says two new RPG products have hit the stores: DCC #56: Scions of Punjar and Forgotten Heroes: Fang, Fist, and Song.

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!

 

 

Studio 2 Releases Slipstream

Studio 2 Publishing has announced the availability of Slipstream, a setting book for the Savage Worlds RPG.  Slipstream is pulp science-fiction plot point setting for the award-winning Savage Worlds RPG.  It’s produced in full color, hardcover, with 160 pages.  For more information, or to order, click here.

Paradigm Concepts Releases Witch Hunter – A Child’s Game

Paradigm Concepts has released the adventure “A Child’s Game” for their Witch Hunter: The Invisible World RPG. Paradigm’s official description of this adventure is:

A child, blessed by the Almighty with visions to aid the fight against the foul Adversary, has been spiritually assaulted by vicious devils of all sorts. Taken to the famed Court of Whispers, birthplace of the accord, Witch Hunters from throughout Europe have attempted to aid her to no avail. The characters are compelled to follow her visions across the ocean to the New World. Can they triumph against the forces of the Adversary before the veil between worlds is torn asunder and devils walk the earth?

This introductory adventure represents an ideal starting place for any Witch Hunter campaign.

Bezier Announces “Ultimate Werewolf: Ultimate Edition”

From Bezier Games comes the following announcement:

Ultimate Werewolf: Ultimate Edition announced!

Bezier Games is proud to announce the definitive edition of the wildly popular Ultimate Werewolf game. This new “Ultimate Edition” is a completely new, professionally printed and packaged version of Ultimate Werewolf, with great new characters and scenarios in a compact, gorgeously-designed box. It now supports anywhere from 5 to 68 (that’s right, sixty-eight!) players at once, in a single game or through multiple concurrent games. There are more than 40 characters in the set, including several that have never been seen in a werewolf-like game before. If you’re a back-to-basics kind of gamer, you’ll appreciate that Ultimate werewolf ships with 20 villagers and 12 werewolves, so you can even have a huge “vanilla” game if you’re so inclined. But where Ultimate werewolf really shines is in the rules. While the basic game is explained in only a few paragraphs, players will find dozens of pages of addtiional rules, variants, scenarios, character descriptions, tips, strategies, and even how to incorporate Ultimate Werewolf into your company’s team-building events. More than 80 cards and a moderator scorepad are also included.

Ultimate Werewolf will be shipping in time for Essen ’08. You may preorder Ultimate Werewolf: Ultimate Edition for a special limited preorder price of $20 including shipping (U.S. customers only) by sending $20 to orders@bezier.com.

Studio 2 Releases Warlocks and Detectives

From the Studio 2 Publishing web site comes the following news item:

The fourth book for the Edge of Midnight RPG is available for preorder now! See
the complete line here.

Some
mysteries are begging to be solved.

Others will destroy those who
try.

The Edge of Midnight is full of mysteries. Some hold the key to
abilities that let you stop bullets in midair and ignite gas tanks with a wave
of your hand. Others lead to the identity of a killer or a trail of dirty money.
But whatever the mystery, there are men and women who simply can’t let it be.
Whether pursuing raw power or the cause of justice, warping reality or just
keeping another bastard from getting away with it, they know how to uncover the
truth. This book contains the source of their wisdom, from hard-bitten P.I.s to
diligent cops to warlocks bending the laws of physics to their will. The answers
are waiting; do you have the courage to ask the right questions?

Be sure
to check out the Edge of Midnight Press homepage for more information about
the Edge of Midnight RPG.

Warlocks and Detectives $29.99 is available for
purchase here.

Warlocks
and Detectives PDF $18.00 is available for purchase here.

Eden Studios Releases Ghosts of Albion RPG

From the Eden Studios web site comes the following announcement:

Preorder Ghosts of Albion RPG hardcopy from your local store

Support your local game store! If you plan to buy a
copy of the upcoming Ghosts of
Albion RPG
download the PREORDER
FORM
and bring it to your local game store so that they can order
it from their favorite distributor!
The hardcopy is planned
to ship to fine retailers in late September.

Ghosts of Albion PDF now available

Set in London at the dawn of the Victorian age,
players join in the fight to keep the ever-present forces of evil at bay.
Whether fighting a demon prince or even a band of infant stealing faeries, the
battle wages on. Characters can join the fight as normal humans, ghosts,
mysterious faeries or even wield the magic of the Protectors themselves. All
against a backdrop of Victorian England with a dark supernatural
undercurrent.

Based on Amber Benson and Christopher Golden’s wildly popular
BBCi drama “Ghosts of Albion” and includes new material from the creators
themselves, featuring new fiction and a complete, ready to run
adventure.

The “Ghosts of
Albion RPG
” features the Eden “Cinematic Unisystem” game system,
designed by award winning game designer C.J. Carella, and written by Timothy S.
Brannan (previous work includes the “Buffy the Vampire Slayer RPG”).

The Ghosts of
Albion RPG
PDF can be bought here.

The Ghosts of
Albion RPG
demo kit can be downloaded for free at www.edenstudios.net/ghosts/GhostsDemo.pdf

The hardcopy is planned to ship to fine retailers in late
September.
If you wish to wait for the hardcopy, please ask
your favorite game store to preorder your copy. Thanks.

Atlas Games to Release Hedge Magic Revised Edition

From the Atlas Games web site comes the following news item:

Our next Ars Magica release will be Hedge Magic Revised Edition. We’ve officially set the release month as November, and sent out the formal solicitation to distributors. In case you haven’t seen it before (it’s been in the “Coming Soon” area on the website for a while), we do have the description of the book online as well.

Just to give folks a heads up, the suggested retail price on this book will be $29.95, but there’s a good chance that we’ll have to see price increases in the not too distant future. I think we began going with the current hardcover/$29.95 format/price for ArM sourcebooks back in October 2002 with Blood and Sand, so we’re going on six years without a price increase. Needless to say, our costs have risen over that time frame. Using the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank’s handy inflation calculator, we can see that $29.95 in 2002 dollars adjusted for today would be $35.89. I don’t know right know when or how much we’ll increase the MSRP on future books, but it will need to happen sooner or later.

New Titles from Alderac Entertainment Group (AEG)

Alderac Entertainment Group (AEG) has announced on their web site some new titles for August 2008:

Tomb - Tomb pits opponents against one another in a fast paced board game of monsters, traps, and treasures. After assembling your party from a plethora of random characters in the Inn, you set out into the Tomb. The Tomb is created as the game begins, with each player hiding treasure, traps, and monsters in each crypt, unknown to the other players. Do you remember where you left the chest of gold? Better hope your opponent didn’t put a Pain Eater in the same crypt! No rogues at the Inn today? Hope you don’t run into a poison dart trap! Tomb captures the fast-paced feel of a dungeon crawl without the hours of set up before hand. Just grab your party and go.

Straw - Will you be the one who breaks the Camel’s back?
It’s been a bountiful day at the bazaar. The caravan is leaving, and you must quickly pack your items onto the back of the Camel. But beware; even beasts of burden have their breaking point! Straw is a light-hearted family game where the players try to pack as many item cards as they can on top of the Camel without breaking its back. Be careful not to load the Camel too close to its limit, though. If your card breaks the Camel’s back, you lose! But if you can break the Camel’s back with the Straw card, you win!

Legend of the Five Rings RPG 3rd Edition Revised – In its triumphant third printing, the Legend of the Five Rings RPG Third Edition receives a major update! Now including material such as the Spider Clan, more intuitive combat rules, and more, the Third Edition Revised is everything players both new and old need to jump into the world of the Emerald Empire.

Legend of the Burning Sands RPG – The Burning Sands setting has exerted a powerful pull on the imagination of gamers since the 1998 debut of the Legend of the Burning Sands Collectible Card Game. As in the Legend of the Five Rings Roleplaying Game, this book allows you the chance to live out all-new adventures in a land of mystery and magic.