Mar 17, 2021

  Wonderstorm and Brotherwise Games announced a partnership to create strategic board games for The Dragon Prince. The Emmy® Award-winning Netflix original series is set in the rich and diverse fantasy world of Xadia, and its first board game will be The Dragon Prince: Battlecharged.   The game’s trailer, reveals that The Dragon Prince: Battlecharged...

Mar 17, 2021

  Evanescence announced a new graphic novel series, Echoes From the Void. The five-volume fantasy anthology features stories based on themes from the band’s songs.     “Echoes From The Void” is a fantasy graphic anthology series, comprised of 48-page deluxe comic books, each featuring two or more story adaptations from the EVANESCENCE...

Mar 17, 2021

  Wizards of the Coast, a division of Hasbro, Inc (NASDAQ: HAS) is proud to announce that DARK ALLIANCE, the explosive action roleplaying game that builds upon the rich lore of the Forgotten Realms in Dungeons & Dragons, launches on June 22, 2021 for PC, PlayStation®4, PlayStation®5, Xbox One Consoles and Xbox Series X|S.     “DARK ALLIANCE...

Mar 1, 2021

  Wizards of the Coast had $816 million in sales in 2020, with Magic: The Gathering revenue up 23% and Dungeons & Dragons revenue up 33% for the year to record years for both.  Sales for the WotC and Digital Gaming segment as a whole were up 19%, from $761.2 million in 2019 to $906.7 million in 2020.  That means that the non-WotC portion of the segment...

Feb 25, 2021

  This week we cover the Producers Letter, The things we learned from Severlin’s Chat and the Anniversary Event!   Audio Only Listen And Download Link http://subvertedmadness.com/ddo/playersnews/DPN283.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (89.6MB)   YouTube Watch Links Game News A Letter from Executive Producer Rob Ciccolini A Chat...

Feb 24, 2021

  The long-awaited Producer’s Letter has dropped today. So let’s take a look at what Producer Severlin has to say!     Happy 15th Anniversary DDO! We are excited to reach this milestone and are ever-thankful to our players for making this possible. Today I’ll be talking about some of our plans for the rest of the year and letting you know...

Feb 23, 2021

  One of the most popular adventures published by D&D in the last few years was Curse of Strahd which begins when characters are pulled by creeping mists into a land called Barovia. But Strahd’s domain is just one of the many Domains of Dread that make up the horror-themed setting of Ravenloft. Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft refreshes the setting by...

Feb 22, 2021

  High Noon, an easy-to-learn, tactical Western shoot-out board game where no two games are ever the same is announcing its launch on Kickstarter. Set in an immersive and cutthroat turn of the century Wild West world, the goal of the game is to achieve dominance playing as the gunslingers from the World of High Noon, known as “posses”. The player with the...

Feb 18, 2021

  This week we speculate on the upcoming producers letter, and the anniversary event that is upcoming soon!   Audio Only Listen And Download Link http://subvertedmadness.com/ddo/playersnews/DPN282.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (52.7MB) YouTube Watch Links Game News Producer Letter Incoming! Next Wednesday Target Date 15th Anniversary Event...

Feb 16, 2021

  Goodman Games has announced the next  Original Adventures Reincarnated. They are opening up the temple once again, yes  It’s The Temple of Elemental Evil.     The original was written by Gary Gygax and Frank Mentzer, and while it’s brutal, many consider the adventure to be one of the greatest of all time and a time when TSR was at its peak...

Feb 16, 2021

  Board game distributor Asmodee has picked up the digital platform Board Game Arena to expand its virtual board game offering.     Founded in 2010, Board Game Arena provides official online versions of over 250 tabletop games supported in 40 different languages, including Asmodee games like the joint-published Carcassonne, Jaipur, and 7 Wonders....

Feb 15, 2021

  It’s been a while! But we have another screenshot sent along for a reader/listener.  Note – due to a glitch in the matrix (IE- The email went into spam) we are late in posting this one! Sorry about that!   Pineleaf, Drac- Had a chuckle when we walked into end fight for yester hill. Of course, while I was distracted getting the nice pic,...

Feb 15, 2021

  We gamers tend to have a bad reputation when it comes to our social skills, as we are stereotyped as awkward, can’t talk to women in person, unattractive, most of the time the old joke we live in our mom’s basements as well.     Richard  La Ruina makes a living as a professional pick-up artist, helping men learn his techniques to...

Feb 12, 2021

  This is a very special episode of the podcast this week! We have the very first crossover with our sister site LOTRO Players News! Drac is joined by LOTRO Players News Hosts Pineleaf (Also of DDO Players) and Teriadwyn we have a chat with several members of the Standing Stone Games Team Community Manager Cordovan Bill Champagne LOTRO Lead QA (Darth...

Feb 9, 2021

  The One Ring is getting a second edition. Designers Francesco Nepitello and Marco Maggi are working with Free League, publishers, to revitalize the game that was first released in 2011. A core rulebook and boxed starter set are planned, both with new art throughout. The Kickstarter will begin Feb. 11 with delivery expected before the end of 2021.  ...

Feb 4, 2021

  There is another great Humble bundle up for grabs, This time is all about the tabletop digital style!   The Humble Asmodee Tabletop 2gether Game Bundle just launched on Today and will be live through Thursday, February 25. Get games like Terraforming Mars, Blood Rage: Digital Edition, and The Lord of the Rings: Adventure Card Games. Additionally, if...

Feb 4, 2021

  We are back! We talk the latest news for DDO, New Dragonlance books are coming!  and our week in gaming!   Audio Only Listen And Download Link http://subvertedmadness.com/ddo/playersnews/DPN281.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (71.0MB)   YouTube Watch Links Game News Update 48.3.2 Release Notes DDO Players Council Application The DDO...

Feb 3, 2021

  Thunderworks Games unveiled Cartographers Heroes, a map drawing game, for release in July. Cartographers Heroes is the sequel to Cartographers, where players assume the roles of royal cartographers sent off to map the war-ravaged Western Lands of Nalos.   This game comes with brand-new map sheets, scoring cards, explore cards, and ambush cards with...

Jan 26, 2021

  Well, the saga of Dragonlance has a new twist.     Author Tracy Hickman announced via his personal website that he and longtime co-author Margaret Weis will be writing a new series of Dragonlance novels set in Krynn and around the original cast of characters. Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman voluntarily dismissed their $10 million lawsuit...

Jan 14, 2021

On the show this week, Update 48 Patch 3, Snowpeaks Festival, And Drac Feels The Call Of Vecna! Audio Only Listen And Download Link http://subvertedmadness.com/ddo/playersnews/DPN280.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (101.1MB) YouTube Watch Links Game News Update 48 Patch 3 Release Notes DDO Market Updated The DDO Chronicle: Issue 408 From The Dungeon...