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DDO Players News Episode 340 – The One With VIP Loyalty Rewards

Posted by on Apr 11, 2024

We are joined by Community Manager Cordovan this week to talk about the VIP Loyalty Reward Program, Update 67.1, And the most iconic video game character ever? 0:00 Start 00:44 VIP...

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DDO Players News Episode 340 – The One With VIP Loyalty Rewards

Posted by on Apr 11, 2024

We are joined by Community Manager Cordovan this week to talk about the VIP Loyalty Reward Program, Update 67.1, And the most iconic video game character ever? 0:00 Start 00:44 VIP...

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Dungeons & Dragons 5E

Hasbro/WOTC Details Quests From The Infinite Staircase

Posted by on Mar 26, 2024

  A new anthology is coming out in 2024 entitled Quests from the Infinite Staircase. Announced in December 2023 at the PAX Unplugged “50 Years of D&D Adventures” panel,...

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Tabletop Games

Don’t Starve: The Board Game Coming To KickStarter

Posted by on Apr 10, 2024

  Glass Cannon Unplugged has announced a new tabletop adaptation of a beloved video game. The studio is most well known for adapting different properties to the table like...

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USPS Announce Dungeons & Dragons Stamps Coming In 2024

USPS Announce Dungeons & Dragons Stamps Coming In 2024

Dec 1, 2023

  As someone who lived through the “Satanic Panic” of the 80’s this is mind-blowing.   Dungeons & Dragons This stamp release marks the 50th anniversary of Dungeons & Dragons, described by its owners as the World’s Greatest Role-playing Game, which has become a cultural phenomenon. By inviting participants to imagine...

Restoration Games Announce The Witcher Is Coming to Unmatched Board Game

Restoration Games Announce The Witcher Is Coming to Unmatched Board Game

Nov 30, 2023

  Restoration Games announced two upcoming sets for the Unmatched game line, featuring heroes from the exciting world of The Witcher video game series. The two sets are titled “Steel and Silver” and “Realms Fall”. Each set will include three playable hero decks and two unique battlefields. In addition to the White Wolf himself, fans of The Witcher will be...

An Icon Returns: The Atari 2600+ is Out Now

An Icon Returns: The Atari 2600+ is Out Now

Nov 29, 2023

  The Atari 2600+ – a modern-day faithful recreation of the pioneering console that first appeared in 1980 – has officially released today. Units have started shipping to pre-order customers. Atari and Plaion also today revealed three new accessories:  the CX78+ Gamepad (supporting two-button 7800 games) a standalone CX30+ Paddle Pack, and an accessory...

DDO Players News Episode 333 – The One With Illithid Invasion And Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Strangeness

DDO Players News Episode 333 – The One With Illithid Invasion And Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Strangeness

Nov 2, 2023

This week we talk Update 63, Extra Life and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?   Audio Only Listen And Download Link http://subvertedmadness.com/ddo/playersnews/DPN333.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (87.4MB)   YouTube Watch Links   Game News Update 63: Illithid Invasion Release Notes Extra Life, Team Standing Stone Games, and You Join us...

Hasbro/WOTC Announce Delay To Deck Of Many Things

Hasbro/WOTC Announce Delay To Deck Of Many Things

Oct 28, 2023

  DM’s that want to add the deck of many things into their 5E game, will have to wait a bit longer.     The Deck of Many Things is the physical embodiment of a magical set of playing cards first added to the lore of D&D in 1975. The elaborate boxed set, dubbed an “innovation product” by the Seattle-based publisher, includes 66...

The Fallbacks: Bound for Ruin New D&D Book On The Way

The Fallbacks: Bound for Ruin New D&D Book On The Way

Oct 19, 2023

  Penguin Random House will be publishing Jaleigh Johnson’s Dungeons & Dragons novel The Fallbacks:  Bound for Ruin under the Random House Worlds imprint with the release set for March 5, 2024.     Officially licensed by Wizards of the Coast, THE FALLBACKS: BOUND FOR RUIN introduces a new Dungeons & Dragons adventuring party, The...

MICROSOFT PASSES FINAL HURDLE IN ACTIVISION BLIZZARD ACQUISITION

MICROSOFT PASSES FINAL HURDLE IN ACTIVISION BLIZZARD ACQUISITION

Oct 19, 2023

  Microsoft has officially closed the $68.7 deal to acquire Activision Blizzard after clearing U.K. regulatory hurdles, the last hurdle it had to jump to make the deal go through.   Microsoft’s deal to buy Activision Blizzard had been in the making for quite some time, we told you about that.  It was being held up by the U.K.’s Competition...

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness RPG Heading To Kickstarter

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness RPG Heading To Kickstarter

Oct 19, 2023

  Palladium Books and Paramount Consumer Products have joined forces to reissue the ever-popular role-playing game Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness. The beloved, out-of-print Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles role-playing game and its sourcebooks are sought-after collector items that have enthralled generations since its release in 1985 as...

Rultmoork Available From AAW Games

Rultmoork Available From AAW Games

Oct 18, 2023

  After running a very successful Kickstarter, you can now purchase Rultmoork over at the AAW Games web store.     Four years in the making, Rultmoork is the new deluxe adventure by award-winning writer Jonathan G. Nelson of Rise of the Drow fame!  Extensively playtested and created to provide versatile, nonlinear playing experiences, Rultmoork...

Toys R Us Raises From The Grave

Toys R Us Raises From The Grave

Oct 18, 2023

  I guess it’s hard to keep a giraffe down these days.     Back in 2018, we told you that Toys R Us was going to be no more, with all stores closing, well today they are back! Well, kind of, WHP Global, the parent company of Toys”R”Us, has partnered with Go! Retail Group to launch new Toys’R’Us stores....

DDO Players News Episode 332 – Night Revels Key Farming Woes

DDO Players News Episode 332 – Night Revels Key Farming Woes

Oct 13, 2023

  Drac is joined by Axel this week to talk Update 62, Update 62.1, Night Revels and Much more!   Audio Only Listen And Download Link http://subvertedmadness.com/ddo/playersnews/DPN332.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (129.1MB)   YouTube Watch Links   Game News Update 62 Release Notes Update 62.1 Release Notes Fridays At Four...

More Marvel Zombies Heading To Your FLGS

More Marvel Zombies Heading To Your FLGS

Sep 25, 2023

  CMON has announced there were more content heading our way for Marvel Zombies.   Marvel Zombies: X-Men Resistance Core Box and four new expansions for Marvel Zombies: Hydra Resurrection, Clash of the Sinister Six, Guardians of the Galaxy Set, and Fantastic 4: Under Siege, all for release on October 20. In this version, the players act as...

CoolStuffInc to phase out Board Games

CoolStuffInc to phase out Board Games

Sep 24, 2023

  CoolStuffInc.com is phasing out its board game and RPG selections in both its online and six brick-and-mortar stores as the result of a strategic decision to emphasize TCGs, the company announced.     “CoolStuffInc.com, a beloved figure in the tabletop gaming community since its inception in 2002, has made the strategic decision to phase out...

Dungeons & Dragons Classroom Program Updated With New Content

Dungeons & Dragons Classroom Program Updated With New Content

Sep 18, 2023

  It’s been a while since we talked about the D&D Classroom And After School Program WOTC is offering to schools.   A new set of fun activities for the Dungeons & Dragons classroom learning program has been released for Grades 4-6 and 6-8. These teaching aids are specifically themed in line with the new D&D Fifth Edition supplement,...

Haba, Publisher Of Rhino Hero and Other Kids Games, File For Bankruptcy

Haba, Publisher Of Rhino Hero and Other Kids Games, File For Bankruptcy

Sep 18, 2023

  Haba, the German board game studio, has filed for insolvency with its local district court. The publisher is best known for releasing many great board games for kids such as Rhino Hero, Animal Upon Animal, and Valley of the Vikings, which was awarded the Kinderspiel des Jahres in 2019.     In a statement, HABA said, ‘The self-administration...

Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 Back In Development

Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 Back In Development

Sep 17, 2023

  Guess you really can’t keep a good vampire down.     Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 which I’d just about given up on, is now set to release next fall, over four years after its initial intended launch. If you have not been keeping up with the saga of this game, announced back in 2019, with a planned 2020 release date....

DDO Players News Episode 331 – The One With Vecna and Dumpster Fires

DDO Players News Episode 331 – The One With Vecna and Dumpster Fires

Sep 2, 2023

  Drac is joined by Beeker once again this week!  We talk Vecna, Gencon, Bourbon and of course it would not be a show with Beeker unless we talk about Kickstarter RPGS!   Audio Only Listen And Download Link http://subvertedmadness.com/ddo/playersnews/DPN331.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (181.3MB) YouTube Watch Links     Game News...

Matthew Lillard To Launch Whiskey Inspired By Dungeons & Dragons

Matthew Lillard To Launch Whiskey Inspired By Dungeons & Dragons

Aug 24, 2023

  Matthew Lillard, an actor known for roles such as Shaggy in the live-action “Scooby-Doo” and Stu in the Scream Franchise. Is set to launch a whiskey inspired by… Dungeons and Dragons.     Find Familiar Spirits – founded by Lillard, screenwriter Justin Ware, and Blue Run Spirits co-founder Tim Sparapani – this fall is launching Quest’s End, a...

Free Range Games Unearths an Oct. 24 Release Date for The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria™ on PlayStation®5 and Windows PC

Free Range Games Unearths an Oct. 24 Release Date for The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria™ on PlayStation®5 and Windows PC

Aug 23, 2023

  Independent developer Free Range Games and publisher North Beach Games today announced the release date for their highly anticipated co-op survival crafting title, The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria, which will welcome Dwarves into the storied mines on Oct. 24 with a digital release for the PlayStation®5 computer entertainment system and Windows PC...

AN ICON RETURNS: ATARI AND PLAION ANNOUNCE FAITHFUL RECREATION OF THE ATARI 2600

AN ICON RETURNS: ATARI AND PLAION ANNOUNCE FAITHFUL RECREATION OF THE ATARI 2600

Aug 23, 2023

  PLAION, a global leading publisher and developer of video games, and Atari, one of the world’s most iconic consumer brands and interactive entertainment producers, are proud to announce today that the Atari 2600+ – a modern day faithful recreation of the pioneering console that first appeared in 1980 – will be launching worldwide on 17th November 2023...