Tuesday, 5 May 2009

The Week In Geek...

A round-up of geeky news you might have otherwise missed...

(1) Five Beautiful Years: The world-famous blog of Tuesday Knights' stalwart Clare, Three Beautiful Things, marks its fifth birthday on Monday, May 18.

(2) The New Dragon: Will Goodman Games' new Dungeons & Dragons 4e magazine, Level Up, replace the late, lamented Dragon?

(3) The First Hit Is Free: Wizards of The Coast is offering a "free test drive" of the Dungeons & Dragons 4e rules for those who are unsure about shelling out for the expensive core books. You can download quickstart rules, a full adventure (sans battle mats) and "character builder" software.

(4) Stand And Deliver: Adamant Entertainment, publishers of Mars for Savage Worlds, has been named as the latest Call Of Cthulhu licensee.

(5) Obregon's Dishonor: Brave Halfling Publishing ships Obregon's Dishonor, the first adventure module based in Geoffrey McKinney's slightly controversial, Original Dungeons & Dragons setting Carcosa on May 8.

(6) Armies Going Cheap: Rackham has announced a line of "army boxes" for its AT-43 wargame - a 2,000 point starter army for $70.

(7) Fight On! Ignatius Umlaut, editor of the "old school" RPG magazine, Fight On! is interviewed over at Lulu after the magazine won the site's "March Sales Context".

(8) System Matters: Ron Blessing, host of the fine gaming podcast, The Game's The Thing, has started a blog.

(9) Wizards Remember Dave: Wizards Of The Coast has published a memorial to the late Dave Arneson, father (with Gary Gygax) of Dungeons & Dragons.

(10) On The Road: The movie adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's bleak, post-apocalyptic yarn The Road is now due out in October.

(11) New Gaming Mag: Big Iron Vault is a new role-playing game magazine, available initially in pdf but soon in print form, that looks not just at games, but also the people who play them.

(12) Big Bang In October: Season Two of the best geek comedy on TV, The Big Bang Theory, hits the UK on DVD in October.

(13) New Pulp: New packs of Pulp Miniatures are now available from Bob Murch - more 'must haves' for pulp era wargamers and RPGers.

(14) Break Into Comics: DC Comics is offering graphic designers a shot at working on a marketing campaign for Absolute Justice and a $25,000 tuition scholarship.

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Clare said...

Thanks for the mench! Your support over they years (and your fiance supplying service) has been very much appreciated.

The Acrobatic Flea said...

No problem, always a pleasure... and, of course, I shall dine off the fact that you and Nick met at our wedding at yours :-D

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