May 24, 2022

  Gen Con has updated safety protocols once again. They lay it all out in a new update over on the blog.     Back when we started bringing Gen Con Indy back to life post-lockdown we emphasized two key principles: consistency and communication. Consistency means minimizing changes to plans and policy, and communication means telling you what we’re...

May 12, 2022

  The day we all wait for and hope that we get a good place in line to nab those events is almost here..     Event Registration will open at noon (Eastern) on Sunday, May 15th. For those who have never participated before, it’s a good idea to build and submit a wish list to reserve your spot at events during Gen Con. Please keep in mind that...

May 11, 2022

  Today, for the first time, you can begin your exploration of the Gen Con 2022 Exhibit Hall through official convention maps.     You can view the downloadable PDF document. Convenient to print and a handy web bookmark, this map is a great way to begin your Gen Con 2022 plan of attack for the show floor! So you don’t miss a booth. 85 days...

Apr 27, 2022

  We talk Update 54, Isle Of Dread Pre Order, And Drac Eats Some Crow!   Audio Only Listen And Download Link http://subvertedmadness.com/ddo/playersnews/DPN312.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (90.3MB) YouTube Watch Links   Game News Update 54 Release Notes The Isle of Dread is now available to pre-purchase!   From The Dungeon...

Apr 22, 2022

  One other announcement that was made in the slew of D&D Direct was an upcoming new  show titled  Legends Of The Multiverse Legends of the Multiverse is an ambitious project that tells interwoven stories of several adventurers across, well, the multiverse. The main cast of the series includes Deborah Ann Woll, B. Dave Walters, Gina Darling, Meagan...

Apr 22, 2022

  In Creature’s Campaign Case, players will find 64 differently sized creature tokens, ranging from tiny to large. These flat-packed tokens can have any of the 159 different replaceable creature illustrations placed upon them to immediately become monsters for your party to face off against. Accompanying these stickers are also a series of numbers...

Apr 21, 2022

  DUNGEONS & DRAGONS Onslaught is a competitive skirmish game in which each player controls an adventuring party from one of the powerful factions of the Forgotten Realms. Parties delve into dungeons, battle rival adventurers, and confront fearsome monsters on a quest for treasure and glory!       This core set includes everything two...

Apr 21, 2022

  We told you about this a while back, thanks to a quick tease in the Hasbro upcoming products video, but we now know a bit more information.     The Dungeons & Dragons Starter Set: Dragons of Stormwreck Isle is your gateway to action-packed adventures in the cooperative storytelling game Dungeons & Dragons, where heroes battle monsters,...

Apr 21, 2022

  The upcoming Dungeons & Dragons film finally has a title and a release date. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves will arrive in theaters on March 3, 2023.     During today’s D&D Direct event, Wizards of the Coast, along with directors John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein, dropped the title and release date. The film is...

Apr 21, 2022

  The Dragonlance campaign setting is returning to D&D!   A new adventure set in the world of Krynn arrives for Dungeons & Dragons in late 2022. Titled Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen, it marks the return of the classic setting first introduced by TSR in the 1980s. We don’t know much about the product, just that it’s...

Apr 21, 2022

  Wizards of the Coast, held the D&D Direct today as we told you, and they announced D&D Spelljammer: Adventures in Space, a new boxed set, which will release on August 16, 2022.     D&D Spelljammer: Adventures in Space is a campaign setting in a slipcase with three books, a DM screen, and a double-sided poster map. Included in the...

Apr 14, 2022

This week we talk Update 53.2 Preview, Dark Souls is getting and RPG and Drac rants about Stranger Things, and much more!   Audio Only Listen And Download Link http://subvertedmadness.com/ddo/playersnews/DPN311.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (68.6MB) YouTube Watch Links   Game News Lamannia U53.2 Preview 1 (4/13 – 4/15) U53.2 Preview...

Apr 14, 2022

  Dungeons & Dragons publisher Wizards of the Coast has announced a special streaming event on April 21 at 9 a.m. PT. Called D&D Direct, the approximately 30-minute presentation will “unveil upcoming products, along with other announcements, and updates” according to the press release. It will be broadcast live on both Twitch and YouTube.  ...

Apr 14, 2022

  Asmodee has announced a new board game label, set to feature games we all know, but will allow new board gamers into the hobby with an easy path.   dee The Unbox Now label will feature 11 best-selling Asmodee games, and games under this label have won over 140 awards. Unbox Now also introduces a Loyalty Program that rewards players with additional...

Apr 14, 2022

  The parent company behind Dungeons & Dragons has moved to outright acquire the game’s most popular digital toolset. D&D Beyond, currently operated by the entertainment wiki service Fandom, announced that it’s officially joining  Wizards of the Coast, as Wizards’ owner Hasbro plans to acquire Beyond.     In an official press release,...

Apr 13, 2022

  There’s a new villain in the Upside Down. The latest trailer for Stranger Things Season 4 recently confirmed as much, offering fans their first look at a monstrous, humanoid figure the likes of which they’ve never seen in the Netflix series. The mysterious creature tells the show’s heroes that they’ve “broken everything” before promising that their...

Apr 4, 2022

  In this supersized episode, Drac has a chat with Producer Tolero, in this episode.   MP3 VERSION 00:00 Beginning 01:35 Tolero’s history with DDO & Background 08:46 What does DDO Producer do? 12:17 How did the role come to you? 17:32 SSG vs pandemic 28:24 Hardcore season 6 30:24 Post “Free Handbook class/race” impact 32:39...

Mar 23, 2022

  Van Ryder Games and Lucky Duck Games have partnered to produce The Dark Quarter, an app-driven game of supernatural mystery set in the 1980s New Orleans, releasing later this year.     The Dark Quarter will be a co-op board game for one to four players and will heavily focus on narrative progression and character development. The Dark Quarter...

Mar 23, 2022

    Demoniaca: Everlasting Night is a flashback to all those Metroidvania games of yore, with a slight twist. It’s got gorgeous sprite work that channels the aesthetic of Symphony of the Night-era Castlevania, but its soundtrack draws on rock and metal. At first I was put off with it, but after a few minutes I was in love. It’s a hack-and-slash game...

Mar 22, 2022

  Following in the footsteps of anthologies like Candlekeep Mysteries and Tales from the Yawning Portal, Wizards of the Coast is excited to announce Journeys through the Radiant Citadel. This new D&D book provides adventures set in a variety of all-new locations Dungeon Masters can add to ongoing games, stream as one-shot sessions, or use as the basis...