Aug 3, 2018

  Breaking News From Gen Con today, Restoration Games announced they are releasing Return to Dark Tower. The game will have a Kickstarter campaign in 2019 and be released in 2020. The new game is being co-designed by Restoration’s own Rob Daviau together with Isaac Childres, designer of the critically acclaimed fantasy epic, Gloomhaven. The announcement...

Aug 1, 2018

    Tommorow marks the 51st annual Gen Con, held in Indianapolis, Indiana. What was a small gathering of friends at Gary Gygax’s house in 1967 has grown to become the biggest tabletop gaming convention in the U.S., attracting more than 60,000 people and hundreds of new games every year. For the uninitiated it can be pretty overwhelming, so here are...

Aug 1, 2018

  We talk about the upcoming Gen Con Meetup, and Drac finds his happy place?     Audio Only Listen And Download Link http://subvertedmadness.com/ddo/playersnews/DPN186.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (40.2MB)   YouTube Watch Links     DDO Player News Is Brought To You By The Easy Roller Dice Company. Use Coupon Code...

Aug 1, 2018

  Gen Con has announced that it has sold out of the  4-Day badges, setting a new record for the number of 4-Day badge holders. The convention also anticipates that Saturday badges will reach a sellout prior to the convention opening Thursday. Gen Con will alert attendees of any badge sellouts via Facebook, Twitter, and email newsletter. Those interested in...

Jul 30, 2018

  Fantasy role-playing game “Dungeons & Dragons” is seeing its best year ever, Hasbro Chairman and CEO Brian Goldner Said last week.   “People are more into ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ today than ever before, People are re-engaged with that brand because it’s a face-to-face game, it’s immersive and it’s a game that...

Jul 27, 2018

        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...

Jul 27, 2018

    CMON Limited announced that they have teamed with Steve Jackson Games to design and publish Munchkin Dungeon based on the award-winning card game. Munchkin Dungeon captures the same playful sense of humor of the original card game, while providing a completely new experience. It is the first collaboration between designers Eric M. Lang (Blood...

Jul 27, 2018

    CMON Limited announced  that they have partnered with Need Games!, an up-and-coming Italian RPG publisher, to design and publish Zombicide: The Role-Playing Game (Z:RPG), based on the celebrated board game franchise. Z:RPG, designed by Marco Maggi and Francesco Nepitello, merges the classic zombie-bashing action that players expect from the...

Jul 25, 2018

  We talk about Update 39 and Drac get’s a tiny bit worked up about the new proposed Buffy reboot!   Audio Only Listen And Download Link http://subvertedmadness.com/ddo/playersnews/DPN185.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (88.4MB)     YouTube Watch Links     DDO Player News Is Brought To You By The Easy Roller Dice...

Jul 24, 2018

  We told you the The “Retro” Mini Commodore 64 was coming, and now we know when that will be..     The C64 Mini was released in Europe a few months back. On October 9, it launches officially in the U.S. and Canada.   No official price has been released by manufacturer Retro Games, but it’s expected to sell for around $80.  ...

Jul 24, 2018

  Gen Con has announced that it expects to sell out of 4-Day badges as soon as this week, setting a new record for the number of 4-Day badge holders. The convention also anticipates that Saturday badges will reach a sellout prior to the convention opening next week. Gen Con will alert attendees of any badge sellouts via Facebook, Twitter, and email...

Jul 24, 2018

  Kieth Baker’s much-beloved world of Eberron is finally coming to 5E!     Keith Baker created the Eberron setting as part of the Fantasy Setting Search conducted in 2002, and the D&D team has been working with him to update the setting. The first step is the Wayfinder’s Guide to Eberron, a digital release in the Dungeon Masters Guild...

Jul 24, 2018

  Wizards of the Coast is psyched to announce the first collaboration on a major product between Dungeons & Dragons and Magic: The Gathering with Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica releasing everywhere on November 20. The book will contain everything fans need to play D&D in the world-spanning city of Ravnica, the fan-favorite Magic setting populated...

Jul 23, 2018

  The 10th Anniversary of the hit game Pandemic will be marked with the release of a special, limited edition version of the game.  The Pandemic: 10th Anniversary Edition Board Game will release in Q4.   This version of Pandemic returns the game to its original form, with players working together to halt the spread of life-threatening diseases in a...

  We have a chat with author Jonathan French about his new book “The Grey Bastards”   http://subvertedmadness.com/ddo/playersnews/DPNBastards.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (47.2MB)   YouTube Watch Links     You can order the book in serveraldiffernt formats over at Amazon. For more information on the book, head...

Jul 23, 2018

  CMON Limited is off to the wild-world of cartoon racing with their upcoming release of Wacky Races, in partnership with Warner Bros. Consumer Products, based on Warner Bros.’ popular Hanna-Barbera cartoon. Recreate the crazy, fun, and yes…  wacky races from the adventurous 60s animated series.   Wacky Races puts players in the “driver’s seat”...

Jul 23, 2018

  Just a note that this week ONLY, the podcast recording will be on Tuesday night this week.. Same time at 8:30 PM EST.     Sorry about having to move the show, and the late notice on it, but I have a few things going on, due to my move that I felt I would not have enough time to do a show on time, so this was the best option! I’m doing...

Jul 22, 2018

  “Into Every Geneartion A Slayer Is Born”   And it looks like that a new one is being born soon, as a “Reboot” has been announced over the weekend at Comic-Con   “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” will be getting a reboot with an African-American actress in the lead role. The new version, which will be pitched to...

Jul 22, 2018

  It’s been awhile since we’ve had a screen shot of the week! BonnieBew has some goals in this weeks shot   For all you adventurers out there thinking of redecorating your airship or lair, have you considered adding Gothic bookshelves? Count Strahd von Zarovich certainly has! Straight from the pages of Barovian Architectural Digest,...

Jul 22, 2018

  BBC America as released the full Series 11 trailer for Doctor Who. A teaser was released last week that introduced the characters , but we get a bit better look at what might be in store for us in S11. The new season will be only 10 episodes, but they will have a longer running time of 50 minutes each.  Release date has not been revealed....