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Archive for August, 2007

Lord of the Rings Online - Book 10 Update

Friday, August 24th, 2007 by Poor Knight

August 21st saw the release of Book 10: The City of Kings, the second free content update to the massively popular online roleplaying game. Highlights include newly customizable UI, new reputation and bartering systems, the latter being akin to WoW’s pvp reward system, where you trade trophies for special items, the introduction of the Ranger of the North and Troll into monster play, and over 100 new quests. In case that wasn’t enough, you’ll be able to play as a chicken. Yes - a tiny, harmless little chicken. (more…)

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D&D 4th Edition Announced @ Gen-Con

Thursday, August 16th, 2007 by Damionte
‘D&D 4th Edition’ Announced at Gen Con
Online Component Added
August 16, 2007

 

Wizards of the Coast is announcing at GenCon today that it will release the 4th Edition of its category-leading Dungeons and Dragon roleplaying game in 2008, the first full new edition in eight years.  The three core books will be released next summer on a monthly schedule:  Player’s Handbook in May, Monster Manual in June, and Dungeon Master’s Guide in July.  Pricing and page counts of the new products will be consistent with current packaging.  Graphics have been updated, art will be used on the covers, and interior design has been opened up to make the books less intimidating to new players. 

 

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End of an Era… ? Last look at Dragon, & Dungeon magazines.

Wednesday, August 15th, 2007 by Damionte

This is a clipping taken from Tomokato of  <LeagueOfTitans.Net> 8-15-07

Well, this is it.

As I sit here at home with the final print copies of Dragon and Dungeon magazines in my hands, it feels to me depressingly like the death of roleplaying games.
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Web Comic Review

Wednesday, August 8th, 2007 by Damionte

Hey gang,

 The rust monster crew has been a bit busy with RL lately, so the updates have been coming rather slowly. In an effort to turn things around I’m goign to let you all delve into a bit of what I’ve been doing as of late. As I gear up to run the next campaign I’ve been bouncing all over the web reading different Web Comics. Nothing sparks my own sense of creativity than a bit of escapism.

 Web comics are nothing new ofcourse but I havn’t really paid them much attention in the past. With a Midnight shift job though I find I have plenty of free time to browse the internet in the wee hours of the evening. So here are a few of my favorite Web Comics, in no particular order.

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