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  • Matt Forbeck's Brave New World: Revolution

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    15 May 2012 | 2:54 am
    Ask Not What Your Country Could Do For you. Ask What It Could Do To You. John Cruise — better known as the superpowered delta Patriot — only wanted to serve his country, which has suffered under martial law since the assassination of the First Lady back in 1963. For years, he did so as a member of Delta Prime, the federal paramilitary organization dedicated to keeping deltas and the rest of the population in line. Then, during the Bicentennial Battle, Chicago disappeared in a blinding flash of light, taking the world’s most powerful deltas with it, along with Patriot’s wife. Today, in…

  • As Trained Afghans Turn Enemy, a US-Led Imperative Is in Peril - New York Times

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    16 May 2012 | 1:21 pm
    New York TimesAs Trained Afghans Turn Enemy, a US-Led Imperative Is in PerilNew York TimesOne RPG obliterated a sandbagged bunker between a pair of mortar pits at the center of the base, just moments after an American officer had dashed out of it. Despite the gun and RPG fire, Sergeant Hissong and another soldier managed to sneak closer to and more »

  • Review: Fable Heroes is a boring hack-and-slasher

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    16 May 2012 | 1:44 pm
    Fable Heroes isn't a bad video game. But there also isn't anything special about it.

  • Secret super history

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    14 May 2012 | 7:00 pm
    Superseeds returns to inspire us with tales of Lost Heroes.

  • Shop Watch May 2012

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    Russ
    13 May 2012 | 2:59 pm
    This month’s lateness brought to you by vacation.  Vacation – Oh why do we not meet more often. I was at a convention earlier this weekend and saw something both interesting and confusing.  Someone had taken it upon themselves to release roms of games which had not received a North American release with “North American” cover art in the cartridges for the system of intended release.  In other words, Sweet Home, a Japanese-release only horror game for the NES, was available to buy at this convention, but it was not an import.  The game had a Nintendo-style game…
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  • Matt Forbeck's Brave New World: Revolution

    15 May 2012 | 2:54 am
    Ask Not What Your Country Could Do For you. Ask What It Could Do To You. John Cruise — better known as the superpowered delta Patriot — only wanted to serve his country, which has suffered under martial law since the assassination of the First Lady back in 1963. For years, he did so as a member of Delta Prime, the federal paramilitary organization dedicated to keeping deltas and the rest of the population in line. Then, during the Bicentennial Battle, Chicago disappeared in a blinding flash of light, taking the world’s most powerful deltas with it, along with Patriot’s wife. Today, in…

  • Gaming as Culture: Essays on Reality, Identity and Experience in Fantasy Games

    13 May 2012 | 12:48 pm
    Since tabletop fantasy role-playing games emerged in the 1970s, fantasy gaming has made a unique contribution to popular culture and perceptions of social realities in America and around the world. This contribution is increasingly apparent as the gaming industry has diversified with the addition of collectible strategy games and other innovative products, as well as the recent advancements in videogame technology. Gaming as Culture presents the most current research in fantasy games and examines the cultural and constructionist dimensions of fantasy gaming as a leisure activity. Each chapter…

  • [Unisystem] Eldritch Skies

    11 May 2012 | 2:35 am
    It is 2030. The Gilman-Hawking drive has given us access to the stars. But we are not alone. They're out there: aliens, gods and monsters. They're also down here. The Miskatonic Antarctic Expedition found the elder ones' city in 1931. The mi-go crashed in Roswell in 1947. In 1958, as quietly as possible, not knowing what we were doing, we bent occult powers to our hands and took the step to Mars. The third time, the men who made that step could not step back. We fled back into our cave for a while. But rocketry, and the Soviets, brought us back out soon enough. Competition took us to the…

  • L5R: Strongholds of the Empire

    10 May 2012 | 3:26 am
    Across the Emerald Empire, the greatest servants of the Emperor make their homes in ancient castles, elaborate courts, impregnable fortresses, venerable dojo, and majestic palaces. Some exist in the wilds of the Empire, while others mark the center of great, sprawling cities. Some are centers of trade and artistry, while others exist far from any other sign of civilization. And yet, despite their many differences, it is in the heart of each of these bold strongholds that the heart of the samurai dwells. Strongholds of the Empire explores a handful of the many unique cities throughout Rokugan,…

  • A Translation of Evil

    8 May 2012 | 2:52 am
    A Translation of Evil is a short adventure for the Macabre Tales roleplaying game. What if it were possible for a book to actually be evil? What if the written words themselves had the ability to inflict harm upon the reader? If so, how do you fight something that is, in essence, only an idea on a page? Will the protagonist succeed in translating this vile tome or will his fate be far more sinister? Macabre Tales is the dominoes-based RPG of Lovecraftian horror that strips out the "contributions" of later authors and focuses solely on what Lovecraft himself created. Spectrum Games, known for…
 
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  • As Trained Afghans Turn Enemy, a US-Led Imperative Is in Peril - New York Times

    16 May 2012 | 1:21 pm
    New York TimesAs Trained Afghans Turn Enemy, a US-Led Imperative Is in PerilNew York TimesOne RPG obliterated a sandbagged bunker between a pair of mortar pits at the center of the base, just moments after an American officer had dashed out of it. Despite the gun and RPG fire, Sergeant Hissong and another soldier managed to sneak closer to and more »

  • 'Dragon's Dogma' Includes Locked On-Disc Content But CAPCOM Is Listening - Forbes

    16 May 2012 | 12:28 pm
    Forbes'Dragon's Dogma' Includes Locked On-Disc Content But CAPCOM Is ListeningForbesThis anti-consumer practice continues in the upcoming Dragon's Dogma RPG that launches on the 22nd of this month. Now, I'm pretty excited about the potential of Dragon's Dogma and will certainly play the game in spite of any on-disc DLC.Capcom Says "Dragons Dogma" Has On-Disc DLC, but They're "Re-Evaluating" PoliciesComplex.com (blog)Capcom "Re-Evaluating" Strategy For On-Disc DLCGameranxCapcom "re-evaluating" on-disc DLCMCVVG247all 60 news…

  • Strategy-RPG Castle Master 3D fights its way onto iPhone and iPad - Pocket Gamer

    16 May 2012 | 11:15 am
    Strategy-RPG Castle Master 3D fights its way onto iPhone and iPadPocket Gamerby Anthony Usher A few weeks back, developer Alpha Cloud released its free-to-play iPhone and iPad strategy-RPG Castle Master 3D, which throws you headlong into a large-scale battle featuring 600 brave warriors. Leading a party of 300 followers,

  • Lionhead 'working on MMO-like RPG for Xbox 720' - Computerandvideogames.com

    16 May 2012 | 11:07 am
    MCVLionhead 'working on MMO-like RPG for Xbox 720'Computerandvideogames.comBy Tamoor Hussain for computerandvideogames.com LinkedIn, that ol' gushing fountain of leaks, has revealed Lionhead is working on a new RPG with MMO elements for Microsoft's next home console. A job ad spotted by Superannuation reveals the game will be Lionhead making MMO-like new IP RPG for next Xbox - reportEurogamer.netLionhead Possibly Making a Hybrid MMO/Offline Game for the Next XboxKotakuRumor – Lionhead developing MMO-like multiplayer experience for next-gen XboxVG247NowGamerall 11 news…

  • THQ Moves South Park RPG to 2013 - Gamespy.com

    16 May 2012 | 10:58 am
    MCVTHQ Moves South Park RPG to 2013Gamespy.comThe latest moves by the struggling publisher have bumped the South Park RPG to next year, allowing THQ to create what could be the winning hand it desperately needs in early 2013. In THQ's quarterly financial statement it announced that the THQ delays South Park RPG into 2013Computerandvideogames.comSouth Park RPG delayed to early 2013The VergeTHQ delays South Park RPG into 2013, puts Devil's Third on red alertEL33TONLINEMCV -On Video Gamesall 37 news articles »
 
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  • Secret super history

    RPGnet
    14 May 2012 | 7:00 pm
    Superseeds returns to inspire us with tales of Lost Heroes.

  • Back into the dark

    RPGnet
    13 May 2012 | 7:00 pm
    We trust you all took care of things on Mother's Day (maybe even played a game or two?). In any case, we're plunging back in time and into mind-shattering horror with today's review of Cthulhu Dark Ages.

  • From the past to the future

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    10 May 2012 | 7:00 pm
    Our third-anniversary A Bit of History has tons of historical reviews, and as a free bonus we also have a review of the new Cthulhu by Gaslight today. Meanwhile, Sandy is looking toward the future when he talks about Kickstarter, the Avengers, and Pirates.

  • Encouraging role over roll

    RPGnet
    9 May 2012 | 7:00 pm
    Tricks for GMs addresses a basic concern today, in How to Get the Players to Play More In-character.

  • White meat or dark meat?

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    7 May 2012 | 7:00 pm
    Hope you're hungry, because today Jen talks about Eatin' Birds. Dig in!
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  • Shop Watch May 2012

    Russ
    13 May 2012 | 2:59 pm
    This month’s lateness brought to you by vacation.  Vacation – Oh why do we not meet more often. I was at a convention earlier this weekend and saw something both interesting and confusing.  Someone had taken it upon themselves to release roms of games which had not received a North American release with “North American” cover art in the cartridges for the system of intended release.  In other words, Sweet Home, a Japanese-release only horror game for the NES, was available to buy at this convention, but it was not an import.  The game had a Nintendo-style game…

  • RPG Deals 5/13 – 5/19

    Russ
    13 May 2012 | 1:02 pm
    Open world and Strategy RPG fans are the focus of this week. Best Buy is offering a ‘buy 1 get 1 50% off’ several titles $20 and under, including Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion and Borderlands. Best Buy also has SkyRim for $40 this week, and Witcher 2 for $50. Disgaea 4 is $30 at Amazon.  The Collector’s edition is $40 as well. That’s all I got for this week.  Happy Hunting. Disclaimer: Deals may not be available in all stores. Deals may stop and any time. Prices in each store may differ. You can try different stores to mitigate this, and always ask if a store has the…

  • RPG Deals 5/6 – 5/12

    Russ
    6 May 2012 | 1:11 pm
    Concern! This week is also light, by the way. I have often wondered as RPG elements become cannibalized for other games and the video game market, in general, becomes a social mess; how long before I run out of RPG-specific deals to post? Of course, I might just be blathering about nothing, since this is the time of year the market is slow. Toys R Us is offering a ‘buy 1 get 1 40% off’ on all games under $20. Amazon is offering Rage for $15 this week, and the Oblivion/Fallout 3 Double Pack for $20. That’s all I got for this week. Happy Hunting. Disclaimer: Deals may not be…

  • Bethesda Announces Elder Scrolls MMO, No One Surprised

    Michael
    3 May 2012 | 12:05 pm
    Today, in a move that should surprise few, Bethesda Softworks and Zenimax announced The Elder Scrolls Online, is being developed for the PC and Mac. The Elder Scrolls Online, TESO as it will now be called, will be the first Elder Scrolls game in the long running franchise to allow gamers to explore the world of Nirn and Tamriel. “We have been working hard to create an online world in which players will be able to experience the epic Elder Scrolls universe with their friends, something fans have long said they wanted,” said Matt Firor, game director of The Elder Scrolls Online There is…

  • Playing Earthbound for the First Time: Discussion 1

    Heath
    29 Apr 2012 | 4:22 pm
    As Janelle treks through Xenogears, Heath has his first go at Earthbound. Download the MP3 of their discussion here, or cue that bad boy up in video form below. Enjoy! Jump onto our Twitter and Facebook pages and share your own thoughts.
 
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  • Tales of Graces f Travels to Europe

    16 May 2012 | 1:31 pm
    It has taken some time, but Tales of Graces f is finally on track to arrive in Europe. In a bid to be seen as fashionably late, it's also bringing presents for its European fans.

  • South Park RPG Delayed to 2013

    16 May 2012 | 12:21 pm
    If you were waiting to see the South Park RPG this year, you're gonna have a bad time. Perhaps we can blame Canada for the delay?

  • Tales Series Goes Modern

    16 May 2012 | 10:03 am
    "Are you prepared to destroy the world for the sake of a girl?" It depends—did she say "pretty please?"

  • Winter Has Come, Now Watch the Trailer

    16 May 2012 | 9:50 am
    When you play the Game of Thrones, you win or you die several times and then finally win. Hurray for save files.

  • 5 Screens - 2 Packaging - Pokémon Black/White 2

    16 May 2012 | 9:26 am
    These screenshots include pictures of Aspertia, a new town in Unova. It'll be the launching point for the player's adventures two years after the events of Pokémon Black/White.
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  • The Troll Dens 2012-05-16 17:10:00 from The Troll Dens

    The Troll Dens
    16 May 2012 | 12:10 pm
    He also does a great Red Sonja as noted in this early sketch of his. [...]

  • 1e to 4e: Bringing wandering monsters back into D&D from The RPG Athenaeum

    The RPG Athenaeum
    16 May 2012 | 12:05 pm
    While perusing some old .pdfs of legacy edition Dungeons & Dragons modules, I was struck by how common random monster encounter tables were in the old adventures, and was reminded of the prominence of random encounters in the rules themselves. The first edition (1e) Dungeon Master’s... [...]

  • Indiegogo: Barrowmaze II Hits 5k! from DISCOURSE AND DRAGONS

    Discourse and Dragons
    16 May 2012 | 11:37 am
    A quick update to say that the Barrowmaze II Campaign on Indiegogo just hit 5k! As a stretch goal to 6,000 I'll add a new field of Barrow Mounds and a deluxe Random Barrow Mound Crypt Generator that will have application to BMII and beyond. Be sure to ... [...]

  • Tales From the Auction: Cryx Army, Part 2 from JP on Gaming

    JP on Gaming
    16 May 2012 | 11:26 am
    The Cryx Satyxis raiders are females imbued with dragon blood. After I bought them and began assembling them, I noticed that their horns were missing and that their whip-like lashes were broken off. So I added self-made whips and painted their horn-les... [...]

  • Disbelief 2: The Disbeliefening from Troll in the Corner » Role Playing Games

    Troll In The Corner
    16 May 2012 | 10:45 am
    A few weeks ago, a commenter lamented that I didn’t give specific examples when it comes to the suspension of disbelief, breaking it, and potentially getting it back. I aim to misbehave please, and thus I’ll try to expand upon that idea a b... [...]
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  • 1e to 4e: Bringing wandering monsters back into D&D from The RPG Athenaeum

    The RPG Athenaeum
    16 May 2012 | 12:05 pm
    While perusing some old .pdfs of legacy edition Dungeons & Dragons modules, I was struck by how common random monster encounter tables were in the old adventures, and was reminded of the prominence of random encounters in the rules themselves. The first edition (1e) Dungeon Master’s... [...]

  • Lords of Waterdeep from Icosahedrophilia

    Icosahedrophilia
    15 May 2012 | 11:45 am
    By now you may already have seen multiple reviews of Wizards of the Coast’s latest Dungeons & Dragons themed board game, Lords of Waterdeep. If so, I apologize for coming late to the party. If you don’t know much about Lords of Waterdeep yet—or if you just don’t mind hearing my... [...]

  • Wizards Watch: Skillful Rogues, Balanced Wizards, and Countdown to the Next Playtest! from NEUROGLYPH Games

    Neuroglyph Games
    14 May 2012 | 9:21 pm
    think that everywhere in the D&D Community there must be the growing sense of anticipation, and possibly a little dread, as we countdown the final days to the Open Playtest of D&D Next.  On May 24th, many players will finally get to experience firsthand what has been, up until now, a... [...]

  • Icosahedrophilia Special Edition 6: City of Destinies, Part 2 from Icosahedrophilia

    Icosahedrophilia
    14 May 2012 | 7:39 pm
    After an unforeseen delay due to family travel, the ending of the standard school year, and the beginning of the summer term, I finally squeezed out time to release the next installment in “City of Destinies,” the adventure arc now playing out in our second run of the Icosahedrophilia Special... [...]

  • Getting it out of my system… from The Rhetorical Gamer

    The Rhetorical Gamer
    14 May 2012 | 5:04 pm
    This one’s really just for me.  While it’s true that all of my posting is primarily, for me, in that I post as a way of getting ideas out of my head and into words that I can then go back to, think about, and get feedback from others on – this o... [...]
 
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  • 1e to 4e: Bringing wandering monsters back into D&D from The RPG Athenaeum

    The RPG Athenaeum
    16 May 2012 | 12:05 pm
    While perusing some old .pdfs of legacy edition Dungeons & Dragons modules, I was struck by how common random monster encounter tables were in the old adventures, and was reminded of the prominence of random encounters in the rules themselves. The first edition (1e) Dungeon Master’s... [...]

  • Disbelief 2: The Disbeliefening from Troll in the Corner » Role Playing Games

    Troll In The Corner
    16 May 2012 | 10:45 am
    A few weeks ago, a commenter lamented that I didn’t give specific examples when it comes to the suspension of disbelief, breaking it, and potentially getting it back. I aim to misbehave please, and thus I’ll try to expand upon that idea a b... [...]

  • The Gassy Gnoll: Three (Plus) Elements of Comedic Necromancy (May of the Dead) from Game Knight Reviews

    Game Knight Reviews
    16 May 2012 | 6:00 am
    The Gassy Gnoll isn’t much of a comedian. Sure, he can occasionally come up with a witty quote or spontaneously create bad puns like joke grenades (that usually fizzle), but that’s about it. Farting on stage isn’t much of an act, no matter how much movies like Jackass try to make... [...]

  • On Play-By-Posts and Social Contracts from Exchange of Realities

    Exchange of Realities
    16 May 2012 | 3:00 am
    Ah, the play-by-post game. You’d think it would be a supremely stable means of gaming; after all, it can work despite people being on opposite sides of the world, and people actually get to think about their turns without their fellow players being bored out of their minds. But a vast... [...]

  • Most Games Just End from Reality Refracted

    Reality Refracted
    15 May 2012 | 11:00 pm
    Short post for today, but it is something I've found myself explaining to several people of late and figured it deserved a blog post of it's own.Most experienced DMs will tell you this. Some will tell you it with a feeling of sadness for what could hav... [...]
 
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  • White Dwarf Wednesday #16 from The Other Side blog

    The Other Side
    16 May 2012 | 10:26 am
    We open the 80s with White Dwarf #16 for Dec 1979/Jan 1980.First up we notice another step up in the cover art.We have a few pages of ads and the editorial begins on page 7. Ian Livingstone talks about how WD was voted the best games magazine in the re... [...]

  • Review – Dreamchipper from Sea of Stars RPG Design Journal

    Sea of Stars
    15 May 2012 | 8:22 pm
    Dreamchipper is a blast from the past, an adventure for the original version of Shadowrun.  It is still a fun read and a fun adventure but a few additional pages with suggestions on ways to update and adapt it to the current edition and setting would not have been amiss. Dreamchipper for Shadowrun... [...]

  • Click Here to See What Rocks from Gothridge Manor

    Gothridge Manor
    15 May 2012 | 7:45 pm
    Loviatar's 9th issue does! So somewhere in the shuffle of stuff I did not post my thoughts on the latest issue of Loviatar.  To you not so smart people who have not subscribed to it, get an automatic +1 boost in Intelligence for doing so.  An... [...]

  • Raging Swan Press releases So What’s the Hoard Like, Anyway? II from G*M*S Magazine

    G*M*S Magazine
    15 May 2012 | 5:23 pm
    This week, Raging Swan Press is proud to announce the release of So What’s the Hoard Like, Anyway? II a Pathfinder Roleplaying Game compatible GM’s RESOURCE by Andrew J. Martin and Liz Smith. Your PCs are deep in the dungeon and have just defeated ... [...]

  • Lords of Waterdeep from Icosahedrophilia

    Icosahedrophilia
    15 May 2012 | 11:45 am
    By now you may already have seen multiple reviews of Wizards of the Coast’s latest Dungeons & Dragons themed board game, Lords of Waterdeep. If so, I apologize for coming late to the party. If you don’t know much about Lords of Waterdeep yet—or if you just don’t mind hearing my... [...]
 
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  • [Skull & Shackles] We’re On a Boat?! from Held Action » Role-Playing Games

    Held Action
    16 May 2012 | 9:00 am
    Two Fridays ago, as promised, I joined a new role-playing group to kick off the Skull & Shackles adventure path for Pathfinder. Eric (Felix Cailean), Joey (Lady Viola Leona Eudonius), John (Jetsam ibn Abbasid ibn Yunus al-Bhar; Jetsam al-Bhar for &... [...]

  • The Gassy Gnoll: Three (Plus) Elements of Comedic Necromancy (May of the Dead) from Game Knight Reviews

    Game Knight Reviews
    16 May 2012 | 6:00 am
    The Gassy Gnoll isn’t much of a comedian. Sure, he can occasionally come up with a witty quote or spontaneously create bad puns like joke grenades (that usually fizzle), but that’s about it. Farting on stage isn’t much of an act, no matter how much movies like Jackass try to make... [...]

  • Icosahedrophilia Special Edition 6: City of Destinies, Part 2 from Icosahedrophilia

    Icosahedrophilia
    14 May 2012 | 7:39 pm
    After an unforeseen delay due to family travel, the ending of the standard school year, and the beginning of the summer term, I finally squeezed out time to release the next installment in “City of Destinies,” the adventure arc now playing out in our second run of the Icosahedrophilia Special... [...]

  • The Imperial History Of Earth-Regency Part 12: 1998 from Campaign Mastery

    Campaign Mastery
    14 May 2012 | 9:29 am
    Pieces Of Creation is an occasional recurring column at Campaign Mastery in which Mike offers game reference and other materials that he has created for his own campaigns. All images used to illustrate this article are public-domain works hosted by Wikipedia Commons, or derivations of such works.... [...]

  • Creighton’s Corner: Ending it All from Game Knight Reviews

    Game Knight Reviews
    13 May 2012 | 6:00 am
    In previous instalments of this series, we’ve talked a lot about preparing for and starting a new campaign, but we’ve spent no time thinking about how we should end a campaign. Lots of campaigns come to a natural halt either due to participants moving away, a desire to try something new, waning... [...]
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  • Diablo 3 CE Giveaways & D3 Walkthrough Female Co-Cast & Bashiok & Jay Wilson Shoutout

    Doug Le
    15 May 2012 | 1:46 pm
    Hey Guys, I am doing a D3 walkthrough with the beautiful Kristina, my co-caster and were doing GIVEAWAYS :) Diablo 3 CE Blizzcon pet loot card (Murkablo/SC2 Panda portrait) Blizzcon Deathling Figure Jim Raynor Action Figure Blizzcon Exclusive artwork D3 Posters D3 T-shirts D3 Authenticator and much more. Giveaway video/unboxing/Midnight launch video/Jay Wilson & Bashiok Shoutout!!! Diablo 3 CE Giveaways, Unboxing, Official Midnight Launch, Bashiok & Jay's Shoutout - YouTube D3 female Co-Cast Walkthrough (coming soon)

  • Where is my diablo 3 activation key?

    Serack
    15 May 2012 | 11:56 am
    Hey guys. Im getting a bit short-tempered now. I can't seem to find my diablo 3 activation key. I pre-ordered on Battle.net and can't seem to find it so it wont even let me connect online. Any suggestions? Actually. It says my game is activated on the webpage but It won't let me sign in! wtf mate?!?!?!? Admin You Can Close this thread. I found out I need to type in e-mail rather than battle tag in order to log in!

  • Our guild.

    Vincent Valentine
    15 May 2012 | 9:18 am
    Hello everyone. As you're probably aware by now, we're going to make our own guild in Diablo 3, and I am its leader. I'm leaning towards Nights Watch for the name, but if anyone has a good suggestion I'm open to it. I plan on having this guild up and running asap. If you would like to join, please post here or send me a message with your battle tag so I can send you an invite. Looking forward to playing with you all. See you in Hell!

  • Neither up, nor down!

    graedon
    15 May 2012 | 2:05 am
    ... Able to log in.. but not create an account. /sigh. Is it like hell unleashed IRL?

  • Hi :-)

    Ambient
    14 May 2012 | 7:56 pm
    Incase anyone still knows/remembers who I am Diablo 3 comes out in a few hours Anyone wanna play? :-) Also, i'm the sexiest man that ever walked the earth i'll be on synirc
 
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  • Being Found in Elfland - 31B

    14 May 2012 | 5:15 am
    Being Found in Elfland Chapter Thirty-One: Part Two To the City of Hairy Men I had noticed that all of the men had the long hair and beard. The fact that even the younger men had such displays had caused me to feel that there was more to the growths than a local fashion. I thus looked to the man that had approached our table to ask a question. “Did a woman cause whatever it was that had you grow the hair and beard?” “No. In fact, it was due to a woman that we once thought this curse removed from our land. It will take more than a barber to now fight the cause of our hairy heads.” A…

  • Being Found in Elfland - 31A

    9 May 2012 | 5:00 am
    Being Found in Elfland Chapter Thirty-One: Part One To the City of Hairy Men ... Sir Titurel spoke in return. “These are not my women. I am merely their protector. They have come for their own reasons.” Another of the men boldly said, “Well, if you aren’t man enough, those of us here certainly are.” The hairy men laughed at this, but I tried to set the conversation on proper terms. “We are not just any women. We have a mission, and it isn’t with goat herders.” Our group really does not know what they are facing.

  • Being Found in Elfland - 30

    4 May 2012 | 5:00 am
    Being Found in Elfland Chapter Thirty: Complete Leaving the Valleys of Sleep ... I again was turning to leave, when I heard, “It might not be easy getting my gem.” The head of the great snake lifted in alarm as I spun back to her. “No, it might not be, but don’t hold that against us. We will do what we can. Once we get that gem, don’t then think to make it hard on us. There are two people in there counting on you, Seshanar. I am counting on you. Once we get that gem, let us balance any debts between us, then go home laughing, crying, and being friends. Don’t spoil that,…

  • Being Found in Elfland - 29B

    29 Apr 2012 | 5:00 am
    Being Found in Elfland Chapter Twenty-Nine: Part Two The North Beacon ... I moved up to touch my husband as I said, “And the beauty of us ladies stays constant. We overdress. We wear the petticoats to spread out our skirts. We wear the girdles to tighten our bellies.” Charlie said, “We put padding with our boobs to make them appear larger.” I believe that she intended that as a joke, but I kept my features appearing serious as I replied, “If you feel it helps. I don’t need to do that.” “Meow.” Earning friendship takes work.

  • Being Found in Elfland - 29A

    24 Apr 2012 | 5:00 am
    Being Found in Elfland Chapter Twenty-Nine: Part One The North Beacon ... Charlie sat up that night with Sir Titurel. I told them both to wake me, but they did not. I woke up to feel my husband beside me, so I shot out of bed wondering who was on watch. I saw Seshanar turn to me. I moved to sit next to her as I spoke my concern. “I feared the men had gone on to bed.” “The men?” “Charlie is my husband, Seshanar.” I did find it strange that I said what I did, although I spoke the same comforting thoughts that I mentally told myself. “Charlie might be a lady, but I really do not…
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  • Players seeking games | Re: Looking for Sci Fi / Fantasy / Metahuman

    13 May 2012 | 6:03 pm
    Heyo Sharlene,Dunno if you're still poking around for a game or not, but I wanted to toss my new original dark fantasy/horror game your way and see if it fits.Heres what we don't have:A numbers/Game system - Everything is literary based, no dice rolling for stats or fighting or money. We rely on the honor system as far as character stats and actions, and if need be, an admin will step in during stories to sort things out.Teen Angst - There is some family drama, but none of the characters involved are under the age of 18. And well, its a lot of bloody dissension type of drama as well, not a…

  • Science Fiction (non Star Trek) | Free PCGame RPG based on WingCommander Privateer.

    13 May 2012 | 9:13 am
    Hello , I found this very nice looking RPG site, the feeling of atmosphere is great. I missed the RPG era of the 80s, I thought RPGs were silly. I bought many PC games with RPG elements that I was unaware of. I bought D&D3.5 and read through the Players handbook and wow I went out and bougt about 20 RPG books, Im at a stage now where I want to play my own Rules, which brings me to my Posts point - I have programed to my best efforts a PC RPG game, its free and is based on the old game WingCommanderPrivateer but turn based and no mouse. I hope you give the game a home ? and please let me…

  • Action/Adventure | Chambly 1762 (colonial era) - On which side would you be?

    7 May 2012 | 6:16 pm
    Website URL: http://chamblyrpg.pbworks.com/Near the New England border, the Nouvelle-France is now under the British military regime.The new governors created severs laws for the King of England benefit and this is not more happy life as it was before.On which side would you be? Do you go with your heart or where you can get more money? At which cost?Welcome to the New World and be a part of this adventure!Be a British officer, soldier, be an artisan, a servant, a native indian, own or live on a Seigneurie, etc...Statistics : Posted by MlleCharlotte • on 2012-05-07 22:16 • Replies 0…

  • Science Fiction (non Star Trek) | Re: Battlestar Xanthi

    5 May 2012 | 7:17 am
    Okay, time for some more dusting....o, and I changed the text of the home page...here's version 2.0The Twelve Colonies of Man have been reduced to to ashes, and Galactica and her fleet have their scattered remains behind. But for those left behind on the ruined planets...there is one hope. A Battlestar called Xanthi. Commanded by Gaius Nash, she had survived and continues to battle the Cylons. And the crew of the Xanthi has no intention of losing...Imagine you designed a city....and imagined somebody else stole your glory....this is the fate of Xanthi, who designed the City of the Gods on…
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  • The Beautification of 6d6

    admin
    12 May 2012 | 6:31 am
    One issue we need to tackle over the coming months is improving the appearance of 6d6 – its products and web sites. This will be a gradual process that starts with the storefront – 6d6RPG.com – as we update it inline with the one-product strategy. The storefront has a job to do – converting interest into sales – so it cannot simply be a work of art. That said there is a lot of little improvements in the design and layout which will give it that more professional feel. Over on 6d6Fireball.com, it is a different story. This is our ‘corporate’ site but…

  • What 6d6 Has To Do Next

    admin
    11 May 2012 | 7:50 am
    When the going gets tough… Having had a big-rethink and pondered what is wrong with 6d6, we are ready to announce our new plan for making a profit. The One Product Strategy All our attention will be focused on selling 6d6 Online. The logic is simple. It makes us the most money. Plus the more people who get involved with 6d6 Online the more attractive it becomes to potential customers. Thus we get more customers and this virtuous circle can grow. Also, by focusing our marketing on single product we can afford to spend more time on the message, making it better and strong by constantly…

  • This Is What Is Wrong With 6d6

    admin
    10 May 2012 | 6:30 am
    The last two weeks or more have been spent rethinking where 6d6 is and the drive to make 2012: The Year We Make a Profit is taking us. During this time we have talked among ourselves, talked to other people and tried to look at 6d6 with cold, hard business focused eyes. These are some notes we made on this process but here are the headlines. Too Much Time Spent On Physical Products About 50% of my time is spent working on the design and organising the production of physical products, e.g. books and cards. This is in part because we have special requirements (we need cards), in part because we…

  • Making a Living from Kickstarter

    admin
    9 May 2012 | 4:35 am
    The links below are a three part analysis of RPG Kickstarter projects by the Geek Industrial Complex blog. I need to read them in more details but some numbers jumped out at me. The average successful RPG Kickstarters raises $8,251.31 per project from 110 backers on average. About $45 per backer or the price of an average RPG book. Given the low volumes, the Kickstarter fees, postage etc etc, at best each Kickstarter will have to pay out 50% in unavoidable costs (the real figure is probably about 80% but I’m being generous). Lets assume that the rest of the money is income for the…

  • There Is A Change Coming

    admin
    3 May 2012 | 4:09 am
    One third of the way through the year and we are bang on target to make a profit. And yet, there is no way we are going to hit our financial goal for 2012. How can we be on target and yet expecting to miss our goals? The simple answer is growth rate. What we have done in the first four months of the year is generate a modest income but the month-on-month growth rate is too slow. The targets for the early months were deliberately set low, a way of easing us into this project and preventing us failing before we had even started. However from now on, our income has to grow significantly each…
 
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  • Reaper Spam and/or Harpoon Spam

    DavidRM
    24 Apr 2012 | 12:21 pm
      I ordered my 2nd Reaper helljack earlier this week. I never thought I would be doing that.   When I started played Mortenebra’s theme force recently, I created a list that used cheap Slayers (only 5 points in the theme force) to fill out the force. Playing that list, though, I realized that I would rather have multiple Reapers than multiple Slayers.   Reapers don’t have the Slayer’s huge Combo Strike, but they have Reach and with their Harpoon’s Drag feature they have the potential for 2 attacks followed by Sustained Attacks. Reach, with both a solid…

  • The MAT 8 Hypothesis

    DavidRM
    19 Feb 2012 | 10:40 am
      I’m approaching the completion of my first year of playing Warmachine. A recent game with a Coven theme force where I included Bane Knights (who proved incapable of hitting anything even while mildly scaring my opponent with their mere presence) caused me to start thinking about how best to evaluate the potential effectiveness of a melee unit/model in a list. So now I’m working on what I called “The MAT 8 Hypothesis”: If a melee unit/model cannot reach MAT 8, either by itself (with Gang, Combined Melee Attack or some other ability) or with the help of the…

  • Lich Lord Terminus Battle Report

    DavidRM
    21 Jan 2012 | 12:00 pm
      The list I played last night:   35-point list Lich Lord Terminus +4 Leviathan – 9 Leviathan – 9 Mechanithralls (max) – 5 Brute Thrall – 1 Brute Thrall – 1 Brute Thrall – 1 Necrosurgeon & Stitch Thralls – 2 Withershadow Combine – 5 Darragh Wrathe – 4 Gorman DiWulffe – 2   I consider this my first “real” Terminus battle, in spite of a couple of 20-point Highlander games I played with him some months ago.   This list is a modification (35-point reduction) of what is called the Terminus…

  • My First Scaverous Battle Report – Boomhowler Bowl I

    DavidRM
    8 Jan 2012 | 3:34 pm
      I created this list with no real competitiveness in mind:   35-points Scaverous +5 Erebus – 8 Nightwretch – 4 Nightwretch – 4 Skarlock Thrall – 2 Boomhowlers (max) – 9 Bile Thralls (min) – 5 Gudrun the Wanderer – 3 Ogrun Bokur – 3 (client: Boomhowler) Saxon Orrik – 2   The point of this list was to play some of the models I have recently painted but never used, especially my Boomhowlers. The bolded models/units had never been played by me. The Bile Thralls I had only ever played once. Saxon Orrik and the Ogrun Bokur, only…

  • Witch Coven Fast List (35-points) + Battle Report

    DavidRM
    2 Jan 2012 | 2:12 pm
      I had the idea for a new Witch Coven list built of the fastest units I could field:   Witch Coven +5 Reaper – 7 Nightwretch – 4 Nightwretch – 4 Satyxis Raiders (max) – 8 Satyxis Sea Witch – 2 Satyxis Raider Captain – 2 Soulhunters (max) – 9 Darragh Wrathe – 4   The Satyxis Raiders + UA have Pathfinder, and the Raider Captain can give them an additonal +2″ movement.   The Soulhunters are Incorporeal when they activate near Darragh Wrathe–and Mr. Wrathe himself is no slouch with a SPD 8.   The Reaper is the…
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  • Want to help a gamer mom and fight cancer on Mother's Day?

    Michael Tresca, RPG Examiner
    13 May 2012 | 6:48 am
    Karen Boomgarden, former TSR contributor to Aurora's Whole Realms Catalog and co-designer For Faerie, Queen, and Country, has fallen on hard times. Poster Randall on the RetroRoleplaying Blog explained:Since her TSR days, she's remarried...

  • 'Incantor' Kickstarter empowers gamers to role-play as Harry Potter

    Michael Tresca, RPG Examiner
    12 May 2012 | 7:26 am
    MoveableCode just launched a Kickstarter that allows wand-wielding players to cast digital spells via their mobile phone. Incantor is a real-world, mobile, fantasy-action game with all the depth and expandability of the big massive multi-player...

  • Tabletop Adventures sales honors gamer moms on Mother's Day

    Michael Tresca, RPG Examiner
    12 May 2012 | 6:51 am
    Tabletop Adventures yesterday announced its eighth annual “Moms Are Gamers Too!” sale in honor of Mother's Day. They are offering 10% off on all their products from now through Tuesday, May 15. You can find their...

  • Design a Dungeons & Dragons shirt and win up to $2,500

    Michael Tresca, RPG Examiner
    11 May 2012 | 10:07 pm
    The WeLoveFine shop is conducting a Dungeons & Dragons design contest where entrants can win up to $2,500:We are proud to carry D&D as one of our licenses, bringing the best in wizards, warriors, trolls and...

  • Survey reveals secrets to launching a successful role-playing game Kickstarter

    Michael Tresca, RPG Examiner
    11 May 2012 | 6:02 am
    Neil Carr at The Geek Industrial Complex conducted a survey of 150 crowdfunding projects from websites such as Kickstarter and Indiegogo that focus on role-playing game-related material from April 2011 to April 2012. The results were encouraging...
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  • Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition Sells 1 Million in 5 Days

    Shaw
    16 May 2012 | 5:00 am
    Minecraft was already a huge success on the PC, but it would seem the game blew away all expectations when ported over to Xbox Live Arcade. Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition managed to sell one million copies in just five days of being released. Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition is being sold a $20 per download, so you can only imagine the hefty profit Mojang and the port developer, 4j Studios, has managed to accrue in this short amount of time. User statistics also shows that in this short period players have spent 5.2 million hours playing Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition, have played 4 million total…

  • Diablo III Alternatives

    Shaw
    14 May 2012 | 5:00 am
    It’s no secret that in past I have been skeptical of the quality of Blizzard’s third entry in the Diablo series, Diablo III. Participating in the beta hasn’t changed that, and I have been actively looking for alternatives to play. The fact that Diablo III’s aesthetics don’t match the style of the earlier Diablo titles, that there is no modding for the game, that there is no LAN multiplayer option and an always online DRM (even for single player), the 4 player capped co-op, the oversimplification of that game and its difficulty (i.e. lack of stat allocation), a pay-to-win atmosphere…

  • République Barely Meets its Funding Goal

    Shaw
    13 May 2012 | 5:00 am
    Here we have a Kickstarter funding story that almost wasn’t a success. République is a very interesting game concept that certainly seems to have a lot of talent (developers behind the likes of Metal Gear Solid, Halo, and F.E.A.R.) and ambition behind it, but for quite a while it seemed that République’s Kickstarter wouldn’t meet its goal in time. The entire premise of the game is that the player doesn’t control the main character Hope directly, but instead by interacting with the environment (i.e. hacking into security systems) and giving her cues about what to do in certain…

  • Free Game Friday! - Wolfenstein 3D

    Shaw
    11 May 2012 | 5:00 am
    The first ever first person shooter is now free to play within your very own internet browser. 1992’s Wolfenstein 3D created a genre that would forever have gamers shooting at virtual Nazis, and many other variation of villain from the immersive first person perspective through the years. To celebrate the 20th Anniversary of Wolfenstein 3D, id Software and Bethesda teamed up to bring the classic to the masses from a web browser. This version of Wolfenstein 3D allows for players to jump straight into any level of the three episodes; “Escape from Wolfenstein”, ”Operation: Eisenfaust”,…

  • Adventure Time Game Comes to DS/3DS this Fall

    Shaw
    9 May 2012 | 5:00 am
    MATHEMATICAL! The first ever retail game for one of my favorite cartoons is slated to come out this fall. D3Publisher, Cartoon Network Enterprises, and WayForward will be behind Adventure Time: Hey Ice King! Why'd You Steal Our Garbage?! , which may very well be the best title for a video game ever. The plot behind this game (surprisingly enough) is that the Ice King has stolen Finn and Jake’s garbage. Wait! There’s more! He stole their garbage to construct a Garbage Princess, and that was enough to get Finn and Jake to adventure through the Land of Ooo to teach Ice King a lesson. Series…
 
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  • LARP Weekly Roundup 5/11/12

    Jordan
    11 May 2012 | 7:34 am
    This news roundup is intended to be all about what’s happening in the Live Action Role Playing world. Therefore, we want as much of this weekly segment to be about the things you’re doing, creating and making waves in larp culture and in your circles across the globe. Is your university starting a larp club? Send us the info and we’ll cover it. Got a unique event taking place for your larp group? Let us tell the story. Got the best homemade costume of all time? Send us a picture and be judged by the masses. Whatever your larp story or news is we want to feature you. Yes, you. Email…

  • The new design is live!

    Jordan
    9 May 2012 | 11:53 pm
    Welcome to the newly redesigned Larping.org! Like parents of a newborn baby, we’re quite proud. Have a click around, share an article with an old friend, and more importantly tell us what you think. If you happen to see any bugs or issues with the site, please do us a favor and leave a comment or send an email to info@larping.org. That way we can squash those stinking bugs… Big Plans In the future we’ve got all kinds of plans for Larping.org. We will continue to strive to bring you the very best in larp news, stories and random larping thoughts. In addition we will be…

  • LARP Weekly Roundup 5/4/12

    Jordan
    4 May 2012 | 1:39 pm
    Battle in the rain Happy Friday everyone! I hope it finds you well. Actually, I hope it finds you excitingly anticipating an action filled weekend of Larping bliss. In fact, I hope that you don’t even get to read this until Monday when you sleepily check the internet for the first time after being lost in a world of fantasy, intrigue and hopefully some exciting action. If you’re un-lucky enough to not be larping this weekend I hope this post satisfies your appetite for all things good in the larp world. We’ve got some juicy stuff. So enjoy. This news roundup is intended to…

  • LARP can save the world!

    Jordan
    3 May 2012 | 11:00 am
    Average people save the world For many larpers role playing has been an outlet into a bigger world. One where they can understand who they are as a person more deeply. Often stepping into the shoes of a character can be incredibly liberating. It’s often these moments of self-discovery “in character” that translate over to out of game situations that are truly life-changing. These

  • Larp Weekly Roundup – 4/27/12

    Jordan
    28 Apr 2012 | 10:51 am
    Epic Photo Shoot Welcome one, welcome all to this week’s installment of the Larp Weekly Roundup where we bring you all the very best in larp happenings, news, stories and videos this week. As we’ve dug high and low through the fodder to bring you the best content we can find please take some time to visit each article. A lot of people put a lot of work into making each and every larp story happen. Let’s show them the love of our community This news roundup is intended to be all about what’s happening in the Live Action Role Playing world. Therefore, we want as much of this…
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  • Remembering Sierra On-line

    admin
    9 May 2012 | 5:38 pm
    Kings Quest On journey of revisiting older retro games, I found myself re-exploring the Sierra On-line games series.  Back in the 80s and 90s, Sierra On-line was my favourite game company.  With their hit series such as Kings Quest, Space Quest, Quest for Glory, Police Quest and Leisure Suit Larry.  As a child learning computer programming, I used to dream of working for them one day. Back then playing computer games was a cult hobby.  So not everyone had access to it.  Most other kids weren’t computer savvy enough in how to install, setup and play a computer game.  And vast majority…

  • ULTIMA 6 (VI) – One of the best Open World Games

    admin
    5 May 2012 | 11:25 pm
    Ultima 6 had great colorful graphics for its time RATING 10 OUT OF 10 If I think about games which had an incredible level of immersion, Ultima 6 comes to mind.  Ultima 6 stands as one of my favourite games, even competing with “The Elder Scrolls : Oblivion” from Bethesda Softworks.  I remember the days playing Ultima 6 back in the early nineties (Original release was 1990).  The game was so engrossing that I almost didn’t care about eating, drinking or sleeping.  As the fictitious land of Britannia, felt like a virtual world of its own.  That would keep on living and churning,…

  • 2D vs 3D games

    admin
    5 May 2012 | 11:20 pm
    2D Games to visualize your reality from a different perspective.  Similar to reading a book versus watching a movie.  Where your subconcious mind fills in the blanks which are not spelt out.  Similar to how when you dream and you hear a noise in your bedroom.  And your subconcious mind will incorporate that noise into your dream. In some cases when I have had the option to play the upgraded 3D version of and old 2D games, I prefer the 2D version.  Because I do believe it has some strengths over the 3D interface.  2D appeals to your imaginative subconcious mind.  Whereas 3D is more…

  • Wing Commander 2012 Remake – Wing Commander Saga Review

    admin
    29 Apr 2012 | 9:12 pm
    Wing Commander Saga 2012 with some spiffy new graphics RATING : 7 out of 10 Website : www.wcsaga.com Lately I’ve had an attraction for older / retro games.  As playing the currently line up of games here in 2012 there seems to be something missing.  While the eye candy continues to improve on games, there is nothing memorable that sticks.  With many of todays modern games lacking in ‘character’. Wing Commander Saga has incredible Production Values If I think about a game which ‘sticks’ and has ‘character’ Wing Commander comes to mind.  It was one day upon my quest to find…

  • Morrowind Remake Review – Morroblivion vs Morrowind Overhaul

    admin
    18 Apr 2012 | 10:39 am
    RATING 8 OUT OF 10 WEBSITE : www.morroblivion.com Morroblivion gives Morrowind a facelift Morrowind has been known as one of the greatest RPG games of all time.  However, Morrowind was not my introduction to the Elder Scrolls series.  Whereas Oblivion marked my personal entry into the Elder scrolls saga.  And now in 2012, Skyrim would be the gateway into the Elder Scrolls for many players. Despite being released in 2002 (Now over 10 years old), there are many adoring fans who have claim that Morrowind is superior to its succeeding titles like Oblivion and Skyrim.  Having a more expansive…
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