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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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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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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 331 – The One With Vecna and Dumpster Fires

DDO Players News Episode 331 – The One With Vecna and Dumpster Fires

Sep 2, 2023

  Drac is joined by Beeker once again this week!  We talk Vecna, Gencon, Bourbon and of course it would not be a show with Beeker unless we talk about Kickstarter RPGS!   Audio Only Listen And Download Link http://subvertedmadness.com/ddo/playersnews/DPN331.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (181.3MB) YouTube Watch Links     Game News...

Matthew Lillard To Launch Whiskey Inspired By Dungeons & Dragons

Matthew Lillard To Launch Whiskey Inspired By Dungeons & Dragons

Aug 24, 2023

  Matthew Lillard, an actor known for roles such as Shaggy in the live-action “Scooby-Doo” and Stu in the Scream Franchise. Is set to launch a whiskey inspired by… Dungeons and Dragons.     Find Familiar Spirits – founded by Lillard, screenwriter Justin Ware, and Blue Run Spirits co-founder Tim Sparapani – this fall is launching Quest’s End, a...

Free Range Games Unearths an Oct. 24 Release Date for The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria™ on PlayStation®5 and Windows PC

Free Range Games Unearths an Oct. 24 Release Date for The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria™ on PlayStation®5 and Windows PC

Aug 23, 2023

  Independent developer Free Range Games and publisher North Beach Games today announced the release date for their highly anticipated co-op survival crafting title, The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria, which will welcome Dwarves into the storied mines on Oct. 24 with a digital release for the PlayStation®5 computer entertainment system and Windows PC...

AN ICON RETURNS: ATARI AND PLAION ANNOUNCE FAITHFUL RECREATION OF THE ATARI 2600

AN ICON RETURNS: ATARI AND PLAION ANNOUNCE FAITHFUL RECREATION OF THE ATARI 2600

Aug 23, 2023

  PLAION, a global leading publisher and developer of video games, and Atari, one of the world’s most iconic consumer brands and interactive entertainment producers, are proud to announce today that the Atari 2600+ – a modern day faithful recreation of the pioneering console that first appeared in 1980 – will be launching worldwide on 17th November 2023...

Gen Con 2023 breaks attendance record; extends Indy contract through 2030

Gen Con 2023 breaks attendance record; extends Indy contract through 2030

Aug 7, 2023

  Pandemic? What pandemic!   The gamers came back significantly after the pandemic, as Gen Con reports record attendance for the 2023 event. More than 70,000 people attended.   Gen Con is estimated to have generated nearly $75 million in economic impact for Indianapolis-area restaurants, hotels, and other businesses. This year was the 20th...

DDO Players News Episode 330 – Vecna, Gen Con, And Kickstarters Oh My

DDO Players News Episode 330 – Vecna, Gen Con, And Kickstarters Oh My

Aug 1, 2023

  Beeker joins Drac as we talk all things Vecna Unleashed, Update 60, SSG wants your opinions, Gen Con and Kickstarters and more! Buckle up folks, it’s a long one!   Audio Only Listen And Download Link http://subvertedmadness.com/ddo/playersnews/DPN330.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (197.5MB) YouTube Watch Links Game News Vecna...

Drac’s Gen Con 2023 6 Most Anticipated Games

Drac’s Gen Con 2023 6 Most Anticipated Games

Jul 27, 2023

  Welcome to the End of July! As of this posting, we have a short 7 days to Gen Con 2023! This is the 56th anniversary. Our coverage of Gen Con is shaping up well. I have over 10 interviews scheduled with game companies, plus I plan to stop by many other booths and do interviews, so it’s going to be a busy time! As it always is 🙂 This year, we have no...

Happy Gary Gygax Day 2023!

Happy Gary Gygax Day 2023!

Jul 27, 2023

        Happiest of birthdays to Gary Gygax, Father of Dungeons and Dragons! Today we remember the man that created the game we all love. In 1974, Gygax, along with co-creator Dave Arneson, released the first edition of Dungeons and Dragons, up to that point there had never been anything like it. It was a “Fantasy” game, not a war game. And...

Zombicide: Supernatural Packs On The Way For Zombicide 2E

Zombicide: Supernatural Packs On The Way For Zombicide 2E

Jul 8, 2023

  There will be three character packs available in the Supernatural release. Pack #3 is a pre-order exclusive at cmon.com.   The Winchesters are Humanity’s Best Hope to Stop the Zombie Hordes! Demons, devils, and other supernatural creatures are intent on destroying humankind. How appropriate is it then that the zombies managed to it? If there’s any...

Monty Python’s Flying Circus Coming To Zombicide 2E

Monty Python’s Flying Circus Coming To Zombicide 2E

Jul 8, 2023

CMON announced Monty Python’s Flying Circus – Zombicide 2E, a new board game expansion, which will arrive in April 2024.   Monty Python is coming to inject some wackiness into the game with this expansion featuring the elements of the classic TV show by the legendary English comedy troupe.  The set revisits some of the show’s funniest...

Munchkin Digital Has First DLC

Munchkin Digital Has First DLC

Jul 5, 2023

  Munchkin Digital, the computerized version of the classic dungeon-crawler card game, has released its first Munchkin Digital DLC. Munchkin 2: Unnatural Axe adds 112 new cards to the game, including a new playable Orc race, brand-new baddies to battle, and fresh loot to plunder. Unnatural Axe is now available on Steam, Google Play, and the App Store for...

Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria Coming This Fall

Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria Coming This Fall

Jul 5, 2023

  Lord of the Rings is back with a new story focused on the Dwarves narrated by the brilliant John Rhys-Davis (Whom you will know from the movies) The title is based on the ending of The Lord of the Rings trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien, when Middle-earth enters its Fourth Age.       The game follows the dwarf Gimli as he returns with the dwarves...

The StokerVerse Roleplaying Game Now Available in Print and PDF

The StokerVerse Roleplaying Game Now Available in Print and PDF

Jul 4, 2023

  Following a successful Kickstarter run, Nightfall Games has released the StokerVerse Roleplaying Game which is based on the works of Bram Stoker. The RPG covers far more than Dracula as you’ll be able to embark on various horror adventures in Victorian England and beyond. The 216 page Stokerverse RPG hardcover carries an MSRP of $50.00 or grab the PDF...

MTG Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth Price Drops

MTG Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth Price Drops

Jul 4, 2023

  The ultimate Magic: The Gathering chase card, the MTG One Ring, has been found, and that has instantly tanked the price of booster boxes. Because each MTG Lord of the Rings packs no longer holds an infinitesimally tiny chance of containing the cardboard holy grail, the price of a collector booster box for this MTG set has dropped by roughly a quarter....

The MTG One Ring Card Has Been Found

The MTG One Ring Card Has Been Found

Jul 4, 2023

  The $2-milllion 1-to-1 rarity The One Ring card from the Magic: The Gathering x Lord of the Rings crossover set Tales of Middle-earth has been found. Not only that, but the lucky owner of the card has had it PSA-graded.     Wizards of the Coast itself shared the news on the official Magic: The Gathering social media channels such as Twitter and...

DDO Players News Episode 329 – Show Us Your Glyphs

DDO Players News Episode 329 – Show Us Your Glyphs

Jun 15, 2023

  Long time no hear! Long show, this time for your enjoyment (we hope!) Update 59.3, Underdark Patron Coffers, RPG, Tabletop News And More!!!   Audio Only Listen And Download Link http://subvertedmadness.com/ddo/playersnews/DPN329.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (101.9MB) YouTube Watch Links Game News Update 59.3 Release Notes Underdark...

Fantasy Woodland Cocaine Heist Crew (Cocaine OwlBear) RPG Out Now

Fantasy Woodland Cocaine Heist Crew (Cocaine OwlBear) RPG Out Now

Jun 15, 2023

  Cocaine Owlbear is a tabletop role-playing game inspired by Cocaine Bear, a comedy film released earlier this year, and based on the Honey Heist gameplay system created by Grant Howitt.     You’re a woodland creature who has recently gained sentience when you ingested magical cocaine from the satchel of an unlucky traveler in your forest....

HeroQuest Rise of the Dread Moon Quest Pack

HeroQuest Rise of the Dread Moon Quest Pack

Jun 15, 2023

  The classic dungeon crawl HeroQuest is getting its first original expansion in over 20 years! Gen Con attendees will be able to purchase limited quantities of this expansion and more at the Avalon Hill booth, or you can preorder from Avalon Hill. The dramatic story of treachery and unrest in the elven kingdom continues in this HeroQuest Rise of the Dread...

New Bounty Set On The “One Ring” Card

New Bounty Set On The “One Ring” Card

Jun 15, 2023

  Dave & Adam’s Card World is offering $1 million to the lucky collector that brings them The One Ring 001/001 card. Things are escalating quickly in the quest for The One Ring 001/001 card. Almost 48 hours after Cassius Marsh Sr. of Cash Cards Unlimited offered a $500,000 bounty for the card, the long-standing collectible’s industry...

DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: HONOR AMONG THIEVES Out Now On Blue Ray and DVD

DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: HONOR AMONG THIEVES Out Now On Blue Ray and DVD

Jun 3, 2023

  You can now own the latest Dungeons & Dragons Movie on the physical format of your choice.     Fans who purchase the film on Digital will have access to over an hour of fascinating bonus content taking them deeper into the exciting world of Dungeons & Dragons.  Go inside the making of the movie, featuring interviews with Chris Pine,...