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July 09, 2007Back on TrackRegular visitors to the site no doubt noticed a severe lack of updates over the last few months. I have spent the last few days getting things back in order: getting the news up-to-date, clearing the spammers from the forums, working on the next RPG Database update, etc. There is still quite a bit to do, but you should be seeing things pick up around here.
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July 08, 2007 DragonWing Games releases Lore of the GodsDeities from literature and history have long had a place in fantasy campaigns. Egyptian, Greek, Norse and Mesopotamian pantheons all contribute to the lore, superstitions and cosmology that make fantasy roleplaying so popular. For the first time in print, these pantheons are presented for the d20 system in a completely Open Game Content format for the 3.5 revised edition rules. Learn about the gods themselves, their avatars, the divine artifacts they possess, and their interactions with other deities.
Lore of the Gods by DragonWing Games/Bastion Press breaks down the Egyptian, Greek, Norse and Mesopotamian mythologies into gaming terms that will enhance your campaign and provide new elements to incorporate into your world. Familiar deities, monsters and heroes grace the interior of this tome. In addition, new artifacts, prestige classes, domains, spells, templates, skills, feats and forbidden lore await discovery. The power of Zeus, the wisdom of Odin, the knowledge of Thoth, and the evil malice of Lilith all reside inside these pages. Do you dare unlock the secrets of the gods?
Lore of the Gods is fully bookmarked and comes with a hypermarked Table of Contents. At 321 pages in length, this book will fill the needs of many players and GMs alike who are looking to add more mythology to their game.
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July 05, 2007 Crucifiction Games Releases "The Trail to Napawekka Lake"Crucifiction Games is proud to announce the release of the latest Adventure Script for Horror Rules, the Simply Horrible Roleplaying Game! Set in the remote Canadian Wilderness, the Script is a delightfuly unwholesome mix of dark prophecy, brooding evil, semi-possessed cultists and mutated, bloodthirsty animals, all of which conspire to pretty much make the Characters' lives short, terrifying and full of pain. But with Horror Rules, it's always the good kind of pain - and still guaranteed to make you DIE laughing...
Check out "The Trail to Napwekka Lake" today!
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Announcing RolePlayerOnline.com. Until now there was no way to play role playing games on the Internet and see your friends. RolePlayerOnline.com is the only web site to offer a solution. Use a web cam to see your self and three friends at the same time. Bring up character sheets, maps and other players aids on screen in our RolePlayer v1.0 Interface.
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Play role playing games from any computer with web access and a web cam. It’s only $9.95 per month for unlimited access to our role playing universe, a community of role players with one thing in mind, gaming. So whether you play d20 Modern, Dragon Ball Z, Dungeons and Dragons or War Hammer come join in with your friends and experience role playing like you never have before. If you would like to login and try out our service you can log in at: guest / guest for the next week.
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July 04, 2007 Layonara Studios Releaes - Goblin and Orc HordesLayonara Studios has released Goblin Hordes and Orc Hordes for game masters around the world.
These publications are intended to fall in to the hands of game masters that wish to have a clan of orcs or goblins to torment their players with. Each orc and goblin clan as well as individual orc or goblin is able to be dropped into any location within any world with little to no work involved on the part of the GM. Included is a short description of each clan’s beliefs and outlook on life and four types of orcs and goblins within the clan that do battle with opponents. There is also a defined loot drop for each clan and gorgeous encounter cards for each creature defined. For those that like good artwork there are many fantastic illustrations included as well.
All the GM needs to do is print out the clan or creature information, sit at the table, roll the dice, and hide the GM smile that so many players know and love--as well as fear.
To purchase the products as a bundle just follow this link:
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July 03, 200793 Games Studio releases Pride Goes Before a Fall“Pride Goes Before a Fall” is d20 fantasy adventure for 20th-level characters. This module can be used as part of an existing campaign or simply used as a one-off battle royal.
Test your might against a mighty balor. This adventure will pit you and your party up against one of the deadliest creatures around. Are you tough enough to go mano-a-mano with this legendary creature? Jump in and take Blazon’s challenge if you dare.
“You have heard of Blazon Rodomontade, mostly because he has been responsible for all the rumors about him. The rakish sorcerer has been a scourge to noblewomen and peasant wives alike, a dashing hero who has never had a hair out of place, even in the deepest, dankest dungeon. You also know that he started an on-going arena challenge called Blazon’s Dare years ago. Every month, a group of adventurers takes on his challenge to fight a balor in Balzon’s Dungeon Arena.
The sorcerer promised the winning party 80,000 gp, a single item worth 140,000 gp, or three months of his service. They also can claim the spoils of all the defeated adventurers over the years, as well as the fame it will bring.
The terms of the challenge are that Blazon teleports you to the Dungeon Arena, and you stay there until you are defeated or you defeat the balor. He has no responsibility to bring your bodies back to the surface, so once you are down there you cannot retreat. Any attempt to escape or teleport results in a disqualification.
Obviously, no one has succeeded and the balor waits in the Dungeon Arena to be defeated.”
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 Signs & Portents 46 - Free DownloadAs we march ever on to Signs & Portents' fourth birthday, the latest issues are ready for you to download. As always, issues are free and bring you up to date with the latest Mongoose news, games and features.
ROLEPLAYER
Conan players will get a chance to explore Mount Yimsha, while Wars fans can get to grips with spacecraft. For RuneQuest, we have a complete scenario in the shape of The Quest for the Stones, and also a complete article on Living Magic. Finally, for the forthcoming Spycraft range from Flaming Cobra, there are two brand new articles to get you in the mood. . .
WARGAMER
The Technomages go to war in Shadow Geometry in A Call to Arms, and we have a special battle report featured showing you how the Mongoose studio staff fared in this scenario. There are also some tactical considerations for war in the Babylon 5 universe, tailored for Raiders. Battlefield Evolution gets some new twists in this issue, first with a racing game based on MEA Technicals, and then with new unit cards designed for use with third party models - fear the Apache! You can also play out a new set of linked scenarios as warfare of the new future comes to Florida. . .
As always, issues can be downloaded from:
http://www.mongoosepublishing.com/home/series.php?qsSeries=13
The Dungeon Under the Mountain: Level 60one Games have just released The Dungeon Under the Mountain Level 6.
The Expedition to the mammoth dungeons continues! The Dungeon Under the Mountain expands, now deep to level 6!
Explore the so-called "Shaft Level".
Just under "The Citadel of the Four" lies the "Shaft Level". The sixth level of the Dungeon Under the Mountain layout tells its own tale. The level is divided in half. The upper half belonged to a warlike deep dwarves tribe which waged war to the dark trolls living below. The dwarves conquered and built, gnawing the trolls caverns foot by foot. In the end the two factions destroyed themselves leaving a ruined territory hunted by survived monsters and small bands of marauders.
Discover more here: http://www.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=22402
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July 02, 2007Octavirate Releases ExorSystems, IncOctavirate Games is proud to announce the release of ExorSystems, Inc™, Octavirate’s first full-length campaign setting. This d20 modern adventure setting establishes a world where monster hunting is a for-hire business and science and the supernatural clash for the fate of the world (and the bottom line).
Instead of stalking in the shadows and hunting monsters in the dark the heroes of ExorSystems, Inc™ are paid professionals. They have the high-tech tools, the corporate resources and the marketing clout required to bring the ghosts, ghouls and goblins of the world to their knees.
The ExorSystems, Inc™ Campaign setting features:
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June 30, 2007Tangent Games releases Mineral Magic Volume ThreeTangent Games is pleased to announce the release of our latest Campaign Detailer Series product for the d20 System and the third and final book in our Mineral Magic Series, Mineral Magic: Volume Three.
Mineral Magic: Volume Three is a short book for use with the Dungeons & Dragons, 3.5 Edition rules. Within you will find 33 new magic items, which can be made from 29 commonly found gems and minerals, including the deadly Star Fire Gem, the always useful Rogue’s Helper, and the Metals of Purity.
Mineral Magic: Volume Three contains detailed descriptions of all 33 new magical minerals along with the necessary rules for creating and selling them to your players. Also included are 2 feats that will allow your players to harness their own magical minerals, and detailed tables allowing you to add these magic items into the existing wondrous items tables from the DMG.
The new 33 page book is available for sale at RPGNow and DriveThru PRG for the retail price of $2.50.
Author: Geoff Habiger
Editor: Coy Kissee
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June 29, 2007Prestige Class Creation Cookbook for D20Louis Porter Jr. Design, in association with Devil’s Workshop, is proud to announce that they will be releasing the Prestige Class Creation Cookbook. The Only Pointed Based Prestige Class Creation System for d20! Prestige Classes are an essential part of D20, and one of the most exciting features for players to mull over when planning their characters. But the prestige classes you can find in a book aren’t always exactly what a player or a GM thinks fits in with a character concept, or campaign world. Enter the Prestige Class Creation Cookbook - intended as a guideline for creating brand new prestige classes. Creating a Prestige Class is great fun for many GMs, but it can also be a fun event for players. Giving players some game background, and then turning them loose with this book can produce some interesting and highly tailored results, allowing players to fulfill their unique character ideas.
Whether these are exotic new prestige class or variants of more familiar fantasy classes, the tools are in your hands. These sourcebook contains everything you need to create variations on your favorite prestige class to all new, all different prestige class ideas that no one has seen before. If you like creating new prestige class for d20 gaming but wished there were rules that actually made sense, you prayers have been answered. The Prestige Class Creation Cookbook is the book you have wanted to see done in an easy way to add to your game.
Prestige Class Creation Cookbook will be available at RPGNow.com & DrveThruRPG.com for PDF download. Coming Soon!
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June 26, 2007Expedition to the Sinister VaultA Sinister Vault full of treasures, is it worth an EXPEDITION?
Grab your weapon, your spellbook, your holy symbol and your thieves' picks and get ready to a new expedition to The Dungeon Under the Mountain! A new Rooms & Encounters product from 0one Games available now!
The great doors open smoothly outward to reveal a ten foot wide limestone tunnel leading deep into an expansive vault with a ceiling stretching over 25 ft. above the floor. Obscene glowing skulls light the vault chamber ahead of you from steel hooks mounted on the walls. They stare covetously down at the treasure and objects d’art strewn across the floor and around the four limestone pillars. There was a soft rumbling of voices and clinking of coins from the vault when the door was first breached, but the room is now strangely silent.
Discover more here:
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June 25, 2007 Paizo Announces GameMastery Modules SubscriptionsPaizo Publishing, a leading publisher of fantasy RPG accessories and quality board games, launched a subscription program for the all-new line of GameMastery Modules earlier this week.
"We've always tried to listen to our readers and to give them what they want," says Jason Bulmahn, GameMastery Brand Manager. "When we announced the GameMastery Modules line, a subscription was the first and most frequent thing they asked for."
GameMastery Modules are 32-page, high-quality, full-color, OGL-compatible adventures for use with the world's most popular fantasy roleplaying game. All GameMastery Modules include four pre-made characters, so players can jump right into the action, and full-color maps and handouts to enhance play.
Released monthly, GameMastery Modules kick-off at the end of June with
D1: Crown of the Kobold King. Written by fan-favorite author Nicolas Logue, this GameMastery Module pits the players against an evil kobold king and his minions. The prequel to Crown of the Kobold King, D0:
Hallow's Last Hope, was given away free at this year's Free RPG Day on June 23.
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June 12, 20070one Games release Bridge GatehouseEvery city needs it, every bridge needs it, every castle needs it: it is the Bridge Gatheouse, a new Colorprint for your fantasy campaing!
The Bridge gatehouse stands much like a small stronghold to one end of a big stone bridge. This massive building extends for two levels in height and for one level underground. The bridge gatehouse mantains a well-armed garrison of soldiers as well as a duty office, which oversees the goods moving from one place to another. The bridge gatehouse may stand at the end of a river bridge or before one bridge leading in a great city or even before a big castle.
Check out more here http://www.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=22100
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June 10, 2007Explore the World of Ordûn OnlineOur World of Ordûn role playing supplements and adventures all reference lands within, well, the World of Ordûn. So what is the World of Ordûn? What are the Pyrianthine Lands that Westbrook and The Master's Decree speak of? A Collection of Fantastic Weapons refers to lots of different places. What are they? Read on to find out, and to explore the rest of the World of Ordûn Fantasy World Setting!
If you look at the right-hand column on the 3am Games web site, you will see a new box entitled The World of Ordûn. Within this box is a link to an introduction to the world. Click it and read the basics.
In the coming weeks and months, we'll post more information about Ordûn and the lands within. This week's article describes the difference between the World of Ordûn and ordinary campain settings that we've seen so many of. Next week, look for an overview of the world - including a beautifully rendered map from cartographer Keith Curtis!
As we introduce new lands within the World of Ordûn, links will appear in our World of Ordûn box. You'll find an overview of each, along with descriptions of various important people and places. Over time, you'll see a pretty comprehensive overview of the World of Ordûn.
It's important to remember that, just because a new link to a new land doesn't show up in the box, it doesn't mean that there's no new information available. Keep checking back, and poke around the links. You'll find plenty of new fodder for your games, and all of those refrences in the World of Ordûn books that you already have will start to make sense!
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June 09, 2007Mystic Scrolls of AkaartiWe at Inspired Device are pleased to announce that "Campaign Tools" - a new rules-oriented product line - is on the shelves of electronic vendors. The first product, "Mystic Scrolls of Akaarti", is a compilation of spells in the classic tradition of the most played RPG of all times.
Fully compatible with D20 System's games MSA is a injection of raw magic for spellcasters of all the multiverse
More info here: http://www.inspireddevice.com/uk/products_ct.html
All Inspired Device products are electronic only.
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June 01, 2007Signs & Portents 45 - Free Magazine DownloadThis month, we did not have Signs & Portents uploaded at around midnight, so for most of the day people have been circling our web site like sharks! Anyway, the issues are now uploaded, and ready for your pleasure.
ROLEPLAYER
This month, we have a look at the forthcoming Spycraft releases (only from Mongoose's Flaming Cobra imprint), as well as the first Eternal Champion RPGs, Hawkmoon and Elric. For RuneQuest, there are rules for Spirit Invocation and Drinking (!), as well as a handful of magic items. For Conan, there is the Scarlet Citadel, and the Sorcerer of the Right Hand for Lone Wolf, a villainous class for baddies. All of this, plus the usual columns and articles to slake your thirst for roleplaying goodies.
WARGAMER
A bit of a Babylon 5 special this month, with two new scenarios for A Call to Arms, new League ships, and an article on scratchbuilding Soul Hunters and using them in your games. As well as that, we have a superb battle report for Battlefield Evolution, featuring the SAS, and another for Mighty Armies. More secrets of the Forth are unveiled for Starship Troopers Evolution, we continue our trek into the Cursed Earth with Gangs of Mega-City One, and conclude the Zapasnovan War campaign for Battlefield Evolution, meaning you can now play the whole thing back to back!
You can download both issues (and back-issues) from:
http://www.mongoosepublishing.com/home/series.php?qsSeries=13
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May 31, 2007Og Cover UnveiledFirefly Games has released the cover to Og, the licensed new edition by Robin D. Laws to the Wingnut Games comedy caveman classic.
Visit Firefly Games at www.firefly-games.com for more information.
Og, available in PDF in July and print in August, streamlines the rules but keeps all the laughs for a positively prehistoric good time. Play a caveman trying to overcome your own stupidity and limited vocabulary in a loopy world of dinosaurs, giant wombats, and even weirder stuff.
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May 30, 2007Lone Wolf is BackLaunched in the 80's, the Lone Wolf series of gamebooks quickly became firm favourites among a growing fan base. Alone among the gamebooks of their day, Lone Wolf was the only one to feature a cohesive and exciting world, and an extended campaign in which your character could grow and expand as he travelled through all 28 books of the original series.
Prepare to return to the world of Magnamund. The original gamebooks are being revised and updated with additional storylines, quests and adventures, together with stunning new artwork. The series kicks off with Flight From the Dark, now weighing in at a massive 450 pages. No longer left for dead at the Kai Monastery, Lone Wolf has to fight his way clear to raise the alarm.
Subsequent books have all been revised with new material. The first of the new Lone Wolf gamebooks will appear in your local book stores in September 2007 - however, hardbound Collector's Copies will be available, only direct from Mongoose Publishing, at the end of July. Together, they form a superb looking and durable archive of the adventures of Lone Wolf.
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Walk down the Cutthroats Alley0one Games have released: 0one's Blueprints: The Great City, Cutthroats’ Alley
The Cutthroats’ Alley is one of the most infamous places in the Great City. No place has such concentrate of evil and depravity. One who dare to enter in the alley, does it at his own risk. An occasional visitor who enters the alley during the day, can see only a normal city alley, with a small church, a bakery, a locksmith and a tavern. True, some bad-looking guys wander in the alley or stay in clutches playing card games over crates or barrels, but this is all one can see.
The truth is far more dangerous as the baker is a known fence, the tavern is owned by a guy who tortures people, the locksmith is a prohibited weapon dealer and owner of an house of pleasure, the church’s crypt is the meeting place of evil summoners and, finally, in the sewers below there is the lair of one of the most wanted smugglers of the city.
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