Feb 16, 2022

  So on Sunday those wishing to secure a room for Gen Con 2022, has there chance at the fun of the Gen Con Hotel Block Stampede.  AKA the Housing Lottery.     This used to be a epic free for all, where at Noon on the given Sunday everyone would log in and crash the Gen Con servers as they tried to get a room for the best four days in gaming. For...

Feb 10, 2022

Dynamite and Humble Bundle are teaming up to offer readers a delicious deal, offering fans the chance to bite into a huge haul of digital comics starring the most famous vampire heroine in the industry, the Daughter of Drakulon, the one and only Vampirella!     Dynamite and Humble Bundle are proud to ally with the NAACP Legal Defense & Education...

Feb 9, 2022

  Hasbro once again looked to Microsoft for the hire.     Hasbro has hired Microsoft executive Cynthia Williams as President of Wizards of the Coast and Digital Gaming, taking over when current WotC CEO Chris Cocks ascends to become CEO of Hasbro on February 25. Williams was General Manager & Vice President at Microsoft, most recently of the...

Feb 9, 2022

  Yes, they will make a munchkin game out of anything.   Steve Jackson Games and Cryptozoic Entertainment announced Munchkin Batman, which will be headed to Kickstarter soon. Munchkin Batman features classic Batman characters and villains like The Joker, Catwoman, Bane, and Commissioner Gordon alongside flavor cards like New Costume and Hunt Out of...

Feb 8, 2022

  Well, it appears that COVID-19 was good for something in 2021, and that would be WOTC.     Wizards of the Coast amassed $952 million in tabletop game sales in 2021, leading the company to over $1 billion in total sales (including digital gaming revenues) for the first time, parent Hasbro revealed in its Q4 and full-year earnings release and...

Jan 27, 2022

  This week we talk Update 52.1, What does the Microsoft/Activision/Blizzard deal mean for gamers, And lots of Geek TV Coming soon! It’s a good time to be a Geek TV Show watcher!   Audio Only Listen And Download Link http://subvertedmadness.com/ddo/playersnews/DPN307.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (104.9MB) YouTube Watch Links Game...

Jan 24, 2022

  One of the longest-running MMOs in gaming is set to leap from the digital desktop to the literal, as RuneScape will be getting a pair of tabletop games throughout 2022.     RuneScape developer Jagex is partnering with Steamforged Games to release both a board game and a tabletop RPG core book planned The company announced today.   The...

Jan 22, 2022

  Our journey back to Middle Earth now has an official title. The new series from Amazon Prime will be called “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.” Amazon made the announcement while also releasing the first official trailer from the series. The new series will premiere on Amazon Prime on Sept. 2, 2022.     “The Rings of Power...

Jan 20, 2022

Everything Epic Games will release Vampire the Masquerade Blood Feud – The Mega Board Game into retail on February 1, 2022.   The game is very  large-scale simulation tabletop game that can occur across multiple play areas and can contain elements of RPGs, tabletop games, LARPs, and war games. Blood Feud is a hybrid game that can support dozens of...

Jan 19, 2022

  Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse was first announced as part of the D&D Rules Expansion Gift Set that will be coming to stores on January 25 .   WotC  now have announced that the  book will release on its own, so that players who already own the other books in the Gift Set can purchase Monsters of the Multiverse without having...

Jan 19, 2022

  A brand new Doctor Who board game is set to launch in April this year, pitting the Doctor against the Weeping Angels.   Released by Gale Force Nine, Doctor Who: Don’t Blink will test players’ skills with a storyline that takes them to a derelict spaceship they must fix before the terrifying statues get to them. Not only will they be able to choose...

Jan 19, 2022

    Osprey Games will publish Undaunted: Stalingrad from the legendary design duo David Thompson and Trevor Benjamin. With a thrilling replayable campaign of branching narratives, our latest game in the award-winning Undaunted series will contain more content than ever before. This standalone, big box experience will challenge players with an...

Jan 19, 2022

  Moon Knight has arrived. A brand-new trailer for the upcoming Marvel Studios series has dropped. The series follows Steven Grant, a mild-mannered gift-shop employee, who becomes plagued with blackouts and memories of another life. Steven discovers he has dissociative identity disorder and shares a body with mercenary Marc Spector. As Steven/Marc’s...

Jan 18, 2022

  Microsoft will acquire Activision Blizzard for $95.00 per share, in an all-cash transaction valued at $68.7 billion, inclusive of Activision Blizzard’s net cash. When the transaction closes, Microsoft will become the world’s third-largest gaming company by revenue, behind Tencent and Sony. The planned acquisition includes iconic franchises from...

Jan 15, 2022

  Thames & Kosmos Announced the latest Exit game, Exit: LotR – Shadows Over Middle Earth, an escape room board game, for release in June 2022.     Exit will take players in the land  of Mordor where players follow Samwise Gamgee and Frodo on an epic, puzzle-solving adventure. Gandalf has sent them on a quest to destroy the One Ring, and...

Jan 14, 2022

  The official trailer for “The Legend of Vox Machina” is here — giving Critical Role fans a savory taste of the long-awaited animated show’s rollicking fight scenes, salty dialogue, cartoon gore… and of course a gigantic, glowing middle finger.     The Dungeons & Dragons-inspired adult animated fantasy-adventure series from Critical Role and...

Jan 14, 2022

  The Letter is a horror visual novel, think in lines of a Japanese horror film,  Ju-On (The Grudge internationally), the game focuses on a group of people who unwittingly find themselves the victim of a vengeful ghost when one of them discovers a cursed chain letter in the attic of an old mansion. What follows is a descent into madness and terror as the...

Jan 6, 2022

  It’s our annual year-end review show! We look at the past year in DDO and our gaming goals, and set new ones, plus more!   Audio Only Listen And Download Link http://subvertedmadness.com/ddo/playersnews/DPN306.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (106.0MB)   YouTube Watch Links   DDO YEAR IN REVIEW Update 49 Peril of the Planar...

Jan 6, 2022

  Gen con Indy is back in the Indiana Convention Center and Lucas Oil Stadium for The Best Four Days in Gaming™! Aug 4th-Aug 7th 2022     Badge Registration Badge Registration for Gen Con Indy 2022 will open at noon Eastern on Sunday, January 30! The convention will continue to operate in a hybrid format, featuring virtual Gen Con Online event...

Jan 6, 2022

  Ravensburger NA will release Dungeons, Dice, & Danger, a roll-and-write game designed by Richard Garfield, into retail stores in March 2022.   In Dungeons, Dice, & Danger, players need to make their way through a labyrinth, and find the most efficient paths to the treasure. Players will need to roll well to make their way through four...