You can do two things in Essen. Well, you can do a lot more than two, but these two are pretty huge. You can either look at the shiny things that the bigger companies come out with, or you can look in the little corners and crevasses to find different, new and difficult to obtain games that you never heard of.
Partly thanks to my friend Michael Fox, that is what I did last year and that’s where I met Nate, one of the designers of Cave Evil.
As usual, I will be very honest. I started reading this book because I like the author. It’s not just that I like him as a writer. I like him as a person. A lot. When Scott told me about the book, he said “it’s not a book about games, but it’s about gamers. Would care to read it and review it if it’s any good for your website”. He trusted me with a link that would allow me to download the book (actually, if would allow anyone to download the book, but, for obvious reasons, that link will remain pretty secret!) so I did.
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The fifth installment of Raging Swan Press’s „So what’s for sale…“-Series is 20 pages long, 1 page front cover, 2 pages editorial, 1 page ToC/foreword, 1 page advertisement, 1 page SRD and 1 page back cover, leaving 13 pages of content, so let’s check out what exactly we get here!
The pdf kicks off with two tables of the items herein, the first being organized by price and settlement size, while the second is organized by slot of the intelligent items contained herein. Yep, intelligent items – which implies uniqueness, so are these items up to their supposedly iconic roles?
Today Kuźnia Gier officially announced their new Essen release. The game is entitled “1984: Animal Farm” and created by the team responsible for “Kingpin” and “Alcatraz” – Krzysztof Cywicki, Rafał Cywicki and Krzysztof Hanusz. It already has a BGG profile which is going to be regularly updated by the publisher, just as “Maximum Security”, announced earlier this week.
We are pleased to announce that Bedrock Games and RPGPundit have teamed up to work on an exciting new project: Arrows of Indra.
RPGPundit is the author of Forward…to Adventure!, Forward… to Adventure! Gamemaster’s Notebook!, and Gnome Murdered, as well as the upcoming Lords of Olympus. A notorious blogger (Rpgpundit.xanga.com), Pundit is also the owner and administrator of theRPGsite (www.therpgsite.com), one of the most popular general RPG forums on the internet. Now you can experience his latest project: an authentic yet accessible old school game set in a fantasy world inspired by the Epic Myths of India during the Age of Heroes.
“Arrows of Indra is an RPG based on the original and most popular RPG; intended for old-school heroic fantasy adventure in a world that is exotic and at the same time highly recognizable. Inspired by the Mahabharata and other Indian legends, players may take on the roles of brave Kshatriya warriors, disciplined yogis, temple priests, assassins of the dark goddess, siddhis seeking the mysteries of the universe, monkey-men or half-demonic Rakshasa; and adventure in Naga-filled jungles, fight Asura demons, visit the ruins of ancient Rakshasa empires, seek out the shining treasures of the Patala Underworld, fight duels for money or honor in the Kalari Arenas, or get caught up in the political and military intrigues of the human Bharata Kingdoms. No anthropology, history, theology or linguistics degree required!”
—RPGPundit
Look for periodic updates and announcements as Arrows of Indra nears release.
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