Being a game master, or a GM, is in many ways like being a director of a motion picture. Both the GM and the director are responsible for the well being of their show. Not only must both maintain the integrity of what is unfolding before the cast, but both also moderate the flow of information. Continue reading »
This was released yesterday I think. You can buy it here from Paizo.
The mysteries and wonders of the Dragon Empires are finally revealed! The continent of Tian Xia stretches from the polar ice in the north to well south of the equator—a realm where honorable samurai, devious ninja, martial artistry, strange spirits, and imperial dragons rule.
This broad overview of Tian Xia presents details on more than two dozen regions inspired by the mythology of Japan, China, Korea, Vietnam, Indonesia, and other Asian touchstones, as well as brand new realms like Wanshou (a swamp nation of slaves ruled by a kraken), the hobgoblin nation of Kaoling, the tengu homeland of Kwanlai, the monster-infested Valashmai Jungle, and the underwater locathah enclave of Xidao.
The 64-page Dragon Empires Gazetteer also presents five new player character races—the birdlike tengus, reptilian nagaji, shapechanging foxlike kitsune, reincarnated spiritualists known as samsarans, and the shadowy masters of trickery called the wayang. An overview of life in the Dragon Empires offers a look at a new core pantheon (including more than a dozen brand-new deities), several new factions, and the challenges faced by a land recovering from the recent fall of a continental empire. Grab your katana, ready your best kung fu, and prepare to discover a whole new world of exciting adventure!
by James Jacobs
I stumbled across this today. It is the first I had heard about it. I look forward to seeing these and to using them. We are getting into all kinds of RPG’s and we need more figs.
Friday, December 8, 2011
Today’s preview blog marks an important milestone for the Heroes & Monsters set of prepainted Pathfinder Battles miniatures. With this preview, we’ve revealed all 40 miniatures in the set! In the few more weeks leading up to the formal release of Heroes & Monsters (looking like very early January, at this point), I’ll go back through the set and show off painted versions of early unpainted preview sculpts and digital renders, but with the images below, you will have seen (in one form or another) every single miniature in our first Pathfinder Battles set. ” That was from Pathfinders product preview blog.
You can go read the rest of the article here and here is the link for the product page
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Paizo is unveiling some prate style adventures and supplements in late Febuary . These supplements are Item Cards: Skulls and Shackles, Ships Cabin Map Pack, Wormwood Mutiny, Distant Worlds, Pirates of the Inner Sea, and Song of the Serpent.
Item Cards: Skull and Shackles
$10.99 SRP
Lay claim to the high seas with a scallywag’s stockpile of weapons, magic items, and other plunder. The riches of pirate kings and lost empires awaits discovery in the Skull & Shackles Pathfinder Adventure Path. This 54-card set of beautifully illustrated, full-color item cards allows you to track your newest and most dastardly treasures in vibrant detail.
Mundus Novus
$ 29.99 SRP
Spain, 16th century. You are a powerful ship owner in search of wealth from the recently discovered Mundus Novus (New World). Your goal: Charter fleets of caravels to collect valuable goods (including the legendary Inca relics) and trade to form the best sets to expand your business empire and make your fortune.
The box contains a Master Trade Token Doubloons: 90 Doubloons tokens, (30 of each 10, 5 and 1) 120 Resource cards: 16 cocoa, 16 corn, 16 tobacco, 12 coffee, 12 cotton, 12 sugarcane, 8 potato, 8 indigo, 8 vanilla, 12 Inca relics 44 Development cards providing specific advantages 6 Event tokens 1 rule book
Dr. Shark
$ 40.00 SRP
The evil Dr. Shark is holding a cocktail party on his private island. Spies will try to gather clues hidden in the pool in order to build a case against Dr. Shark. In turn, the players move their spy towards a free space at the bottom of the pool. They then gather clues by searching bare-handed in a bag, by following various directives. They could end up searching by only paying attention to the shapes or textures of the clues, search by the handful, or actually look into the bag to get the clue of their choice. The search ends if they find a shark or if the timer runs out. They must then sort out the clues to work out the proof (the clues earned must correspond to the images shown on the tokens placed next to the game board). The game lasts a variable number of turns depending on the number of players. The spy with the most points when the game ends wins.
Cyclades: Hades
$ 44.99 SRP
The Cyclades are currently at peace, but the sound of furious battles still echoes in our memories. Is this a long lasting peace or nothing but a short truce? There are whispers that Hades will soon return, bringing his undead phalanxes and ghost ships… Every city-state will need to demonstrate their skills at recruiting powerful heroes and gaining the favors of all the gods of Olympus, even terrifying Hades, to extend its supremacy over his opponents.This box contains several modules which can be incorporated one by one into the basic game, according to the desires and experience levels of the players. The game box contains 22 tiles (1 Hades tile, 1 Necropolis building ship, 4 Theater building ships, 8 Prosperity Markers, 8 Divine Favors Tiles), 30 cards (6 heroes, 10 magic items, 5 mythological creatures, 9 priestesses), 17 figurines (5 undead troops, 5 undead fleet, 6 hero figurines, 1 Cerberus figurine), and a rulebook.
Bonbons
$ 20.00 SRP
Candies, who wants candies? Well everybody, of course! But, you’ll need quite a bit of memory and some luck to snatch away the beloved candies before your opponents do. A cute little memory game but still tricky enough. “Bonbons” is a game for gourmets from Marc André, sweetly illustrated by Mathieu Leyssenne.
TSCHAK!
$ 24.99 SRP
Four successive dungeons, three levels each, and as many treasures guarded by various creatures. To explore all this, you will have to manage your adventurers as skillfully as possible, while keeping an eye on your opponents who want as much as you to get all the treasures and no monsters. Round after round, the cards travel from player to player, so that everybody gets to play with the same hands of cards. No luck involved? Nah, actually there is some!
Paul Ryan O’Connor, ed.
Steven S. Crompton, illus.
Flying Buffalo Inc., pub.
First Printing 1981
Digitally Remastered 2011
55 pages
Ryan’s Rating: 17 out of 20
MSRP 14.95
I’ve been into D&D 4th Edition for a while now, and while I have been thoroughly enjoying it, one thing that seems to be lacking are traps. D&D4e is great at tactical combat, but players can become a bit overconfident as they gain levels. Other systems (notably my favorites: Rifts and Silvervine) seem to have no traps at all! (at least, none detailed and statted out in their publications).
So, if you’re a DM, but you aren’t an incredibly inventive trap-maker, or if your group is getting a little cocky and you want to instill some paranoia, then Grimtooth’s Traps is for you! Continue reading »
