Aug 27, 2021

  Mythic Games and Privateer Press announced today the co-production of a new Monsterpocalypse big-box product range that will be coming to Kickstarter before the end of the year. “We are excited about this collaboration! Many of us at Mythic are long-time players of Privateer’s miniatures games,” said Mythic co-founder and Head of Communications Leonidas...

Aug 27, 2021

  Wizards of the Coast announced major plans for future Magic: The Gathering products, and one of them is a crossover set as part of the Universes Beyond.     The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth™ will bring the incredible depth of the world created by J.R.R. Tolkien to life with a full Magic set release, and it’ll be released in...

Aug 19, 2021

  Join us as we go Under The Cover Of Darkness, The second dungeon in Sinister Secret Of Saltmarsh.     First Video in case you missed it     *Disclosure* DDO Players was gifted the Sinister Secrets of Saltmarsh Ultimate Fan Bundle by Standing Stone Games. This was to help with our coverage of the game. This gift allowed us to make...

Aug 15, 2021

  We start our play through of Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh with Episode 1 The Haunting of Saltmarsh.   *Disclosure* DDO Players was gifted the Sinister Secrets of Saltmarsh Ultimate Fan Bundle by Standing Stone Games. This was to help with our coverage of the game. This gift allowed us to make these set of videos, and will not have an outcome on the...

Aug 11, 2021

  This week we cover Update 50 Hot fix and 50.1 release notes and more Gen Con news!   Audio Only Listen And Download Link   http://subvertedmadness.com/ddo/playersnews/DPN296.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (70.4MB)   YouTube Watch Links Game News Update 50 Hotfix Release Notes Update 50.1 Release Notes The DDO Chronicle: Issue...

Aug 10, 2021

  The Damsels Game and DDO Players take on Minecraft!     Check out the first video in the series!     Video thanks to the Damsels Game YouTube Channel, go sub! If you are not! They really make great videos! (I’m not just saying that because they are my friends either, they really do! I promise! Go check them out!)...

Aug 8, 2021

  Gen Con has updated safety protocols once again. They lay it all out in a new update over on the blog.     September is fast approaching, and I know I speak for everyone on the Gen Con team when I say that excitement is truly building. Yes, we’re going to be a little smaller this year (remember 2016?), but we have a fantastic slate of events...

Aug 4, 2021

  We talk Update 50: Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh release notes, Heroquest news (Drac was right!) and more!   Audio Only Listen And Download Link http://subvertedmadness.com/ddo/playersnews/DPN295.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (93.8MB) YouTube Watch Links Game News Update 50: Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh Release Notes Sinister Secret of...

Aug 4, 2021

  Hasbro announced today in an email for HeroQuest backers that they will be creating a companion app in late 2021 to work with the HeroQuest game system.   “With great fanfare, we’re excited to announce that we will be launching a HeroQuest Companion App in late 2021 alongside the HeroQuest Game System. The app is still in the forges of our most...

Aug 1, 2021

  Welcome to Night of the Dead, the survival horror game released in Early Access on Steam, The game created by Jacktostudios is a zombie-themed, crafting-heavy horror survival game with a bit of tower defense thrown in for good measure.     Every 24 hours, a horde of zombies descends on your location, you will need to build a base fast, guarded...

Jul 31, 2021

  We told you, that it was coming, and now we know when we will be delving through the dungeons.  Fantasy Flight Games confirmed the game will be released in August 2021.     Terrinoth is in peril. The barony of Kell has already fallen, and the demontainted barbarians of the Uthuk Y’llan stalk the realm. In the Mistlands, the undead servants of...

Jul 31, 2021

  Ravensburger has announced Horrified: American Monsters, a new version of Horrified, the extremely successful co-op monster-slaying game Horrified.     Where the original Horrified had players teaming up to kill off Universal Monsters like Dracula, Wolfman, and the Creature from the Black Lagoon, American Monsters will feature cryptids popular...

Jul 29, 2021

  This week talk about the Saltmarsh bundles and pricing and content, and Drac rages over a statue??   Audio Only Listen And Download Link http://subvertedmadness.com/ddo/playersnews/DPN294.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (79.8MB)   YouTube Watch Links     Game News Sinister Secrets Of Saltmarsh Information Coming Next Wed Aug...

Jul 28, 2021

  As of this posting, there are just 50 Days left till Gen Con 2021!!   We are making our plans as we were once again approved for our Press Pass (Finally!! ) So look for great interviews and all the fun and excitement of Gen Con coming to DDO Players. We would like to take this time to announce that our friends over at Skullspillter Dice Company will be...

Jul 27, 2021

      Happiest of birthdays to the late Gary Gygax, Father of Dungeons and Dragons! In 1974, Gygax, along with co-creator Dave Arneson, gave us the first edition of Dungeons and Dragons! Gygax and his co-creators worked to produce something that at the point didn’t exist – a fantasy role-playing game. Gygax was a lover of fantasy novels and of...

Jul 24, 2021

  The golden age of Vale is over. A mysterious explosion devastated the Magic Quarter and brought the once great city-state to its knees. Without Vale’s influence, the surrounding continent of Taelmoor grows ever more wild and untamed. This new age is one of danger, intrigue, and for the intrepid adventurer, perhaps opportunity…    ...

Jul 24, 2021

  The munchkin machines roll’s on from Steve Jackson Games     Play the classic game of Farkle in a whole new way! Munchkin Farkle marries the classic dice game with the Munchkin sense of humor and stab-your-buddy mentality. Rather than the traditional race to win, Munchkin Farkle is a race to win . . . and make your companions lose! Cheat,...

Jul 22, 2021

  Journey to the frozen continent of Azeroth to face the armies of the Lich King this fall when you pre-purchase the World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King–A Pandemic System Board Game.     In the Wrath of the Lich King board game, players control one of Azeroth’s heroes and fight their way through the Scourge to reach the throne of fallen...

Jul 22, 2021

  The 2021 winners of the German Game design awards were unveiled in the categories of Game of the Year, Enthusiast Game of the Year, and Children’s Game of the Year. Spiel des Jahres or Game of the Year was bestowed upon Johannes Sich’s MicroMacro: Crime City published by Edition Spielwiese (, and brought to the U.S. by Pegasus Spiele.  ...

Jul 21, 2021

  Wizards of the Coast has announced another set of dice and maps D&D The Witchlight Carnival Dice & Miscellany, look for it in to release on September 21.   The Witchlight Carnival brings the magic of the Feywild from world to world as they travel. Players can now explore the carnival for themselves with a full-color foldout map and dice set....