Well, this is not technically a role playing game related event, but there is a high level of cross over appeal. June 14-15 is the 2nd annual NorCal Pirate Festival, in Vallejo. This should appeal to all you 7th Seas players out there. More information available here.
Archive for May, 2008
It be a Pirate’s Festival
Monday, May 12th, 2008Pre-ordering Dungeons and Dragons
Friday, May 9th, 2008I wasn’t going to blog about 4th ed Dungeons & Dragons, since everyone is doing it, and probably doing it better. However, a couple of weeks ago my D&D group drafted me to run 4th ed. Last night I pre-ordered a copy of Keep on the Shadowfell from a nearby game store. I can’t say local game store, since there is no local game store where I live. Not only did I guarantee that I’ll get a copy when it comes out, I also got 20% off the price. You may want to check with your local/nearby/favorite game shop and see if there’s any kind of D&D preorder offer.
Received my copy of The Rifter #42
Wednesday, May 7th, 2008On my way to a work-related dinner party, I stopped at home and saw I received my first copy of the Rifter. I usually don’t subscribe to magazines since I’m worried about the condition that they’ll arrive in, but this was in near mint condition. I’ve thumbed through it, and I hope to get time to actually read it this weekend.
WoD - Goonies: The Good Enough
Friday, May 2nd, 2008White Wolf has released World of Darkness: Innocents. Innocents casts the players as 7 to 12 year olds in the World of Darkness. According to the product description, the book includes a version of the Storyteller system geared towards playing children.
There are two ways to order this book, as a hard cover directly from White Wolf (or from your favorite game shop), or as a soft cover, black and white, print on demand book from Lulu. The price difference is only about $5, so there’s no real savings.
Demon Hunters to be released soon
Friday, May 2nd, 2008Margaret Weis Publications Ltd will be releasing Demon Hunters in a couple of weeks. Demon Hunters will use the Cortex system, the same system as Serenity and Battlestar Galactica. The hardcover rulebook will come with a 30 minute dvd by Dead Gentlemen Productions.
Initially I had thought that Demon Hunter was a role playing game with a video made for it. Turns out that Demon Hunters was a film that Dead Gentlemen Productions made back in 1999. I haven’t seen it yet, but I’ll probably give it a watch today. So will MWP do an rpg of the Gamers next?
If you do go to the site, no need to click on the product, all you’ll get is “Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet…” and a picture of a Battlestar Galactica book. I understand that their “new” site is under construction, but leaving placeholder content like that doesn’t seem professional. Good thing this is an amateur site, I can get away with crap like that.