Oct 5, 2019

  The Game Manufacturers Association (GAMA) will debut the Rick Loomis Service Award at the GAMA Trade Show in March. The award is named after former GAMA president Rick Loomis who died last month from complications of cancer.     “Loomis made grand contributions to GAMA and to the entire hobby games industry throughout his illustrious career. We...

Oct 4, 2019

  Warner Bros. has released the official trailer for Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)     Margot Robbie stars in the film, in her latest turn as the chaotic antihero Harley Quinn, whom she first played in 2016’s Suicide Squad. Now, Quinn will get her own origin story: Birds of Prey is about how Quinn joins up...

Oct 4, 2019

  Gather round the table, with your Jr. Bacon Cheeseburger and Frosty and slay the evils of the land!   “The nation of Freshtovia has been the lone beacon of hope in the land of Beef’s Keep for decades, However, the Ice Jester and his rogue’s gallery of frozen fiends threaten Queen Wendy’s reign of prosperity. Prepare your heroes for...

Oct 2, 2019

    Ultra PRO has announced they will release a d20 Dungeons & Dragons Heavy Metal Black/Red dice set in October.   This set of two d20 dice is made of premium, weighty zinc alloy, and is an official dice set of D&D. Each die comes with a standard randomized number layout, and has the D&D Ampersand logo where the “20”...

Oct 1, 2019

  Ghostbusters: The Video Game Remastered just released a brand new trailer, featuring fans sharing memories and favorite moments from the original 2009 game.     Ghostbusters: The Video Game, which launched 10 years ago, is coming back with a remastered edition for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows PC and Xbox One.  Will release on October...

Oct 1, 2019

  The Ghostbusters are set to return to movie theaters just in time for Halloween! Sony Pictures has announced the original 1984 classic will return to more than 600 theaters across the United States this October 6th & 10th ONLY!       When ghosts go on a rampage, only three men can save the world. It’s Ghostbusters, starring Bill...

Sep 29, 2019

  MineCon, The celebration of all thing craft and block kicked off Saturday and there was a surprise announcement that I don’t think anyone saw coming.     Minecraft: Builders & Biomes, a new tabletop game based on Minecraft and developed by Ravensburger in conjunction with Mojang. In Minecraft: Builders & Biomes, players explore...

Sep 25, 2019

  On the show this week we talk the Mac client, Evil Dead 2 Board Game and The American Tabletop Awards     Audio Only Listen And Download Link http://subvertedmadness.com/ddo/playersnews/DPN238.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (65.0MB)   YouTube Watch Links       Game News MacOS: New Client Available Masterminds of...

Sep 23, 2019

  We told you that Jasco Games was hoping to raise the failed Evil Dead 2 game back from the grave, the kickstarter was a success and the game will see the light of day after all.     As announced during the Kickstarter, Jasco will ship games to the original Kickstarter backers, new Kickstarter backers, and will also bring the game to retail. The...

Sep 18, 2019

  We have a purely DDO centric this week! We cover update 43.0.1 release notes, and talk about 10 years of free to play and the pack that’s in the store right now for that.   Audio Only Listen And Download Link http://subvertedmadness.com/ddo/playersnews/DPN237.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (54.1MB)   YouTube Watch Links  ...

Sep 17, 2019

  Baldur’s Gate: Descent Into Avernus is the newest book from WOTC, it clocks in at 256 pages. The book is full of all sorts of devilish goodness!     The book on the left is the Limited cover only at your local FLGS   The main adventure takes place over the first 155 pages, here is a quick break down   The City of Baldur’s Gate gets 60...

Sep 17, 2019

  Halloween is around the corner, Goodman Games will offer the first two titles in its new Dungeon Crawl Classics Horror line:  Creep, Skrag, Creep!  and The Sinister Sutures of the Sempstress, both releasing in early October. The new series of adventures adds a terror-themed twist to the Dungeon Crawl Classics retro-style role playing game, similar to the...

Sep 11, 2019

  This week, we cover the release notes for Update 43 The Soul Splitter.  and talk about Funko Pops and D&D Dice!   Audio Only Listen And Download Link http://subvertedmadness.com/ddo/playersnews/DPN236.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (84.8MB) YouTube Watch Links       Game News Downtime Notice: Tuesday, September 10th...

Sep 5, 2019

  We take a first look and unbox the upcoming Baldur’s Gate: Descent Into Avernus Dice Set…       Thanks to WOTC (Wizard’s Of The Coast) for sending over the review dice set!   Buy your set on Amazon today for September 17th...

Sep 3, 2019

  Funko and Wizards of the Coast have finally partnered up to deliver the Dungeons & Dragons Pop figure line. That we did not even know we needed. The first wave includes Asmodeus aka The Lord of the Nine Hells, the good ranger Minsc and his “miniature giant space hamster” companion Boo, and a Mind Flayer.     Pop! Mind Flayer,...

Sep 3, 2019

  The first adventure card game set in the quintessential fantasy world of J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings: Adventure Card Game lets players face epic challenges during solo and cooperative adventures. The game is inspired by the cooperative Living Card Game®, The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game. Combining a strong immersive narrative experience...

Sep 3, 2019

  It took 9 long years, but you can walk around Middle-earth in Minecraft if you want.     This massive project has been worked on by countless players for around nine years, and it looks as if the majority of it is finally finished. In a recent video, the NODE crew get  a tour by one of the project’s builders that takes in pretty much the...

Aug 27, 2019

  On the show this week, we talk about update 42.5, & our adventures in hardcore continue, did we stay alive?   Audio Only Listen And Download Link http://subvertedmadness.com/ddo/playersnews/DPN235.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (61.7MB) YouTube Watch Links     27   Game News Update 42.5 Release Notes Small change coming...

Aug 26, 2019

  Thousands of Kickstarter backers who put hundreds of thousands of dollars towards a board game adaptation of cult horror movie Evil Dead 2 only for the project to be plunged into chaos might finally get their game. Well, sort of. Space Goat Productions raised over $700,000 for Evil Dead 2: The Official Board Game in mid-2016, originally telling the...

Aug 26, 2019

  It is with great sadness, that we have to report that Mr. Rick Loomis founder of Flying Buffalo has passed away from complications of cancer.       Rick Loomis was an important figure in the Tabletop industry. In 1970, he founded Flying Buffalo Games (Tunnes & Trolls, Grimtooth’s Traps, Mercenaries, Spies, & Private Eyes and...