 Archive for the 'Gen Con' TagOne of these years, I’m going to Gen ConAugust 18th, 2009, 12:59 pm by Jayson PetersYeah, right. I said that last year, too. But until that day comes, thanks to magic of the Internet, I can bring you RPG news via the many bloggers who did go to the largest tabletop gaming convention in the world last week in Indianapolis. Read the rest of this entry » GEN CON: The next D&D campaign world is … ‘Dark Sun’August 14th, 2009, 10:19 am by Jayson Peters Image: Wizards of the Coast Gamers gathered at Gen Con this week in Indianapolis got a sneak peek at the next Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting. Wizards of the Coast announced Friday that it is resurrecting the post-apocalyptic fantasy world of Athas — home to giants, nomads, psionicists and evil sorcerer-kings — with the 2010 release of the Dark Sun Campaign Guide. Dark Sun, a popular range of novels and gaming supplements back in the TSR days of D&D, has been a fan favorite to follow up this year’s release of the Eberron campaign setting. A promotion to find the “ultimate Dragonlance fan” made it seem to many that the classic world of Krynn would be next, but this turned out to be a red herring related more to the release of the new Dragonlance novel Dragons of the Hourglass Mage. Pathfinder RPG uses its Charisma bonus, sells out first runAugust 5th, 2009, 10:45 am by Jayson Peters
“We thought we had printed enough to last us at least until the end of this year, but skyrocketing demand from our customers and distributors has us reprinting already,” said Lisa Stevens, CEO of Paizo. “We have a healthy amount heading to Gen Con, but we think even those will go fast.” Gen Con, the world’s largest and longest-running gaming conventions, will be Aug. 13-16 in Indianapolis. Read the rest of this entry » GEN CON ‘08: When is D&D not D&D? When it’s PathfinderAugust 15th, 2008, 12:01 am by Jayson Peters
‘Dungeon Masters don’t have levels, dork!’August 25th, 2007, 8:30 am by Jayson Peters
The big news this year was the surprise announcement of a new fourth edition of “Dungeons & Dragons,” to be released in 2008. D&D4E will debut in April with a basic product containing quick-start rules. The three “core rulebooks” - the “Player’s Handbook,” “Monster Manual” and “Dungeon Master’s Guide” - will then come out one a month starting in Maysimultaneously in June. Read the rest of this entry »
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