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DDO Players News Episode 348- The One With Lanterns Crossbows And Sabertooth

Posted by on Oct 19, 2024

  This week we discuss update 70, Crossbows Changes, Cormyr, Lanterns in the Mist, and much more! 0:00 Start 00:38 Update 69.4 Release Notes 02:02 Update 69.4.1 Release Notes...

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DDO Players News Episode 348- The One With Lanterns Crossbows And Sabertooth

Posted by on Oct 19, 2024

  This week we discuss update 70, Crossbows Changes, Cormyr, Lanterns in the Mist, and much more! 0:00 Start 00:38 Update 69.4 Release Notes 02:02 Update 69.4.1 Release Notes...

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Dungeons & Dragons 5E

Hasbro’s Magic: The Gathering and D&D: A Deep Dive into Q3 2024 Results

Posted by on Oct 25, 2024

  Despite the highly anticipated release of the 2024 Player’s Handbook, Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) appears to be struggling to make a significant impact on...

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Tabletop Games

Dive into the Depths of R’lyeh: New Arkham Horror: The Card Game Expansions Announced

Posted by on Oct 31, 2024

  Prepare to submerge yourself in the Lovecraftian horror of R’lyeh with the upcoming expansions for Arkham Horror: The Card Game. Fantasy Flight Games has unveiled...

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DDO Players News Episode 291 – Dragonlancing Zombie Munsters

DDO Players News Episode 291 – Dragonlancing Zombie Munsters

Jun 17, 2021

  We talk about the Epic Destiny Changes that on Lamannia right now, also how WOTC is really jumping in to D&D video games and much more!   Audio Only Listen And Download Link http://subvertedmadness.com/ddo/playersnews/DPN291.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (85.8MB)   YouTube Watch Links   Game News U51 Early Preview Epic...

Video Game Core For The Future Of Dungeons & Dragons

Video Game Core For The Future Of Dungeons & Dragons

Jun 15, 2021

  Wizards of the Coast president Chris Cocks revealed some plans about Dungeons & Dragons’ in the video game realm.     In an interview with GameIndustry.biz, Cocks revealed that fans can expect a total of six Dungeons & Dragons-themed video games over the next five years. That list includes the soon-to-be-released Dungeons &...

Gencon 2021 Exhibitors and Vendors Official List

Gencon 2021 Exhibitors and Vendors Official List

Jun 12, 2021

We have the full list of the Vendors and Exhibitors for Gen con 2021!     Gencon 2021 Exhibitors and Vendors Official List 1985 Games 23rd Century Productions 25th Century Games Abbots Hollow Studios Adam Watts Adventure Scents / Oddfish Games AEGIS Combining Robots Albino Dragon Alderac Entertainment Group (AEG) AMIGO Games Anime Depot...

Lord Of The Rings Anime Prequel The War of the Rohirrim Announced

Lord Of The Rings Anime Prequel The War of the Rohirrim Announced

Jun 11, 2021

  The Lord of the Rings is getting another movie, this time with animated treatment, with a new film titled The War of the Rohirrim. New Line Cinema, the studio behind Peter Jackson’s Middle-earth-shattering Lord of the Rings films, is returning to J.R.R. Tolkien’s source material for the first time since The Hobbit movies, and teaming up with Warner Bros....

Own A Piece of AD&D History Original Manuscript For Deities & Demigods On eBay

Own A Piece of AD&D History Original Manuscript For Deities & Demigods On eBay

Jun 9, 2021

  Do you have a good amount of cash lying around? Want to own a piece of D&D History? Well, I have the item for you!     The manuscript is currently going for US $12,300.00 (As of this post)  https://www.ebay.com/itm/384211836524     The photos in the listing, show a stack of slightly yellowed typewriter paper full of text, stat...

Rob Zombie To Direct The Munsters Remake/Reboot

Rob Zombie To Direct The Munsters Remake/Reboot

Jun 9, 2021

  Rob Zombie has confirmed that his long-rumored resurrection of The Munsters, which he has been wanting to make for a very long time, is really happening. The musician-director announced the news on his Instagram page. “Attention Boils and Ghouls!, The rumors are true! My next film project will be the one I’ve been chasing for 20 years! THE MUNSTERS! Stay...

DDO Players News Episode 290 – Bringing Our “A” Game!

DDO Players News Episode 290 – Bringing Our “A” Game!

Jun 8, 2021

  Drac is joined by BonnieBew and EvilBeeker this week as we talk about the proposed adjustments to Shadar-Kai, Radiant Servant, we speculate a bit about Sinister Secrets of Saltmarsh mini expansion and review the new D&D 5E Book – Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft and much more! It’s a jammed pack show this week!   Audio Only Listen...

Marvel Multiverse Role-Playing Game Coming From Marvel

Marvel Multiverse Role-Playing Game Coming From Marvel

Jun 5, 2021

  Marvel Entertainment has announced the official Marvel Multiverse Role-Playing Game.     There will be a preliminary Playtest Rule book that will be releasing next spring, with the full game launching in 2023. Marvel Multiverse will enable players to don the costume of their favorite Marvel heroes or create their own heroes and experience...

Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft Review

Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft Review

Jun 4, 2021

  FACE YOUR FEARS Unleash the horrors of Ravenloft in this campaign sourcebook for the world’s greatest roleplaying game. Terror stalks the nightmare realms of Ravenloft. No one knows this better than monster scholar Rudolph Van Richten. To arm a new generation against the creatures of the night, Van Richten has compiled his correspondence and case...

WOTC Announces Dungeon Master’s Screen: Dungeon Kit

WOTC Announces Dungeon Master’s Screen: Dungeon Kit

Jun 4, 2021

Wizards of the Coast unveiled Dungeon Master’s Screen: Dungeon Kit, for use with Dungeons & Dragons 5E, which will hit stores on August 17.     This kit equips the Dungeon Master with a screen and other tools that are perfect for running D&D adventures through dungeons, whether ruined or thriving. The Dungeon Master’s screen features a...

Ultra Pro Is Bringing Middle-Earth To The Table

Ultra Pro Is Bringing Middle-Earth To The Table

May 28, 2021

  Ultra PRO Entertainment has announced a few games that are set in the iconic world of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, entitled The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth, releasing in July, and The Lord of the Rings: Journey to Mordor. Both games are updates of previously published works.   The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for...

DDO Players News Episode 289 I learned It From Pepe Le Pew

DDO Players News Episode 289   I learned It From Pepe Le Pew

May 26, 2021

  We cover the chronicle, Gen Con News and Spiel des Jahres 2021 Nominations!   Audio Only Listen And Download Link http://subvertedmadness.com/ddo/playersnews/DPN289.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (53.9MB)     YouTube Watch Links   GAME NEWS The DDO Chronicle: Issue 426   From The Dungeon D&D Announces Summer-Long...

Funko Games Say Goonies: Never Say Die

Funko Games Say Goonies: Never Say Die

May 24, 2021

  The classic 80s movie The Goonies is coming back to the tabletop.  Funko Games and Prospero Hall are not only giving fans of the beloved film the story they know and love, they also plan to expand the story. Funko Games has revealed The Goonies: Never Say Die, Players will work together as Mikey, Mouth, Chunk, Data, and Sloth navigate their way through...

Spiel des Jahres 2021 Nominations Announced

Spiel des Jahres 2021 Nominations Announced

May 24, 2021

  The most coveted award in tabletop gaming the Spiel Des Jahres, split into the Game of the year (Spiel Des Jahres), the children’s game of the year (Kinderspiel des Jahres), and the connoisseur or expert game of the year (Kennerspiel).   For the Spiel Des Jahres this year The Adventures of Robin Hood by Michael Menzel; published by Kosmos...

Remastered 60 Minutes Footage From Satanic Panic Era

Remastered 60 Minutes Footage From Satanic Panic Era

May 24, 2021

  60 Minutes, covered the game at the height of the Satanic Panic.  D&D co-creator Gary Gygax defends the game that supposedly caused kids to commit suicide and summon demonic spells. Also features Patricia Pulling, whose son committed suicide, and blamed his death on D&D. Gary Gygax handles himself well and refutes all the claims thrown his way....

Chip Theory Games Teases An Elder Scrolls Game

Chip Theory Games Teases An Elder Scrolls Game

May 23, 2021

  Looks like we are getting more Elder Scrolls on the tabletop! You may recognize Chip Theory Games from Cloud Spire, from Too Many Bones, from Hoplomachus (and its recent Kickstarter) it looks like they are ready to do their toe into the world of Elder Scrolls.   More info coming 2022: https://t.co/pL53Lb0vvF pic.twitter.com/TvAXAYMj1U — Chip Theory...

True Dungeon Also Bails Out Of Gen Con 2021

True Dungeon Also Bails Out Of Gen Con 2021

May 22, 2021

  In they are not going to Gen Con 2021 either file, comes an announcement that True Dungeon will not be there either.     We apologize for our earlier erroneous announcement that we would be attending the show, and we ask for your forgiveness that we were not able to work out the details with Gen Con by today.  We felt we owed it to our fans to...

THE HOBBIT THE BATTLE OF FIVE ARMIES BOARD GAME COMING BACK TO GAME STORES

THE HOBBIT THE BATTLE OF FIVE ARMIES BOARD GAME COMING BACK TO GAME STORES

May 22, 2021

  Ares Games announced The Battle of Five Armies: Revised Edition, an updated edition of the original two-player standalone game, for release in September. The epic boardgame inspired by the most famous battle from The Hobbit, The Battle of Five Armies will become available again by September 2021 with a revised edition, including an exclusive variant...

D&D Announces Summer-Long Celebration of Drizzt

D&D Announces Summer-Long Celebration of Drizzt

May 21, 2021

  Wizards of the Coast announced a summer-long celebration of all things Drizzt Do’Urden, the iconic Dungeons & Dragons hero made famous in countless (30+) novels penned by New York Times best-selling author R.A. Salvatore.     Kicking things off is an animated short narrated by Benedict Cumberbatch and written by R.A. Salvatore  ...

More Game Companies Bail On Gen Con 2021

More Game Companies Bail On Gen Con 2021

May 21, 2021

  Another day another game company has pulled the brakes on attending Gen Con 2021     Asmodee USA, Asmodee NA studios, and Ultra PRO Entertainment will not be physically present at Gen Con Indy 2021. This follows the announcement that Paizo was also not going to be there as well.   Asmodee has decided to not physically participate in Gen...