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Wizards Announces Elemental Evil

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Jan 252015

Sorry guys I missed this announcement.

From WotC

Today, Wizards of the Coast announced the latest Dungeons & Dragons storyline, Elemental Evil, which includes new product offerings for both digital and tabletop RPG players.

The Elemental Evil storyline will begin this March and run through mid-summer allowing players to explore the Forgotten Realms and defeat the secret cults that threaten to wipe out the Sword Coast.

Some of the exciting new product offerings tied to the Elemental Evil story line includes:

Neverwinter: Elemental Evil, a new module for the MMORPG
Princes of the Apocalypse tabletop RPG adventure, including new options and spells for players
Player content including more new races, plus the content found in Princes of the Apocalypse, available as a free downloadable PDF
Elemental Evil-themed Dungeon Master Screen and unpainted resin miniatures from Gale Force Nine
Temple of Elemental Evil adventure system board game and pre-painted collectible miniatures that support the Elemental Evil storyline from WizKids Games

We encourage you to share this news with your readers. To support your piece, you can download high-res images here and view the full press release below.

Learn more about the Elemental Evil storyline at DungeonsandDragons.com.

Dungeons & Dragons: Dungeon Master’s Screen January 20th

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Jan 082015

Dungeons & Dragons: Dungeon Master’s Screen

$14.95

This durable, four-panel Dungeon Master’s Screen, lavishly adorned with illustrations inside and out, will enchant and inspire players and Dungeon Masters alike.

The screen’s landscape orientation allows the Dungeon Master to easily see beyond the screen and reach over it, even as it keeps die rolls and notes hidden from players.

Tables on the inside provide essential support for the three pillars of play – combat, exploration, and interaction – to Dungeon Masters of all skill levels.

Pathfinder Player Companion: Advanced Class Origins

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Oct 162014

Pathfinder Player Companion: Advanced Class Origins

$12.99

Bring the 10 new classes from the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game: Advanced Class Guide to life with this comprehensive guide to getting the most out of these exciting new character options. With all-new archetypes, traits, feats, magic items, spells, and more, this volume is the ultimate resource for players to integrate new classes like the bloodrager and warpriest into their Pathfinder campaigns, with specific attention to fitting the classes into the Pathfinder Campaign Setting. Take your character from the forge to the fray with Advanced Class Origins!

Written by Dennis Baker, Ross Byers, Tom Phillips, Stephen Radney-MacFarland, Owen Stephens.

Each monthly 32-page Pathfinder Player Companion contains several player-focused articles exploring the volume’s theme as well as short articles with innovative new rules for all types of characters, as well as traits to better anchor the player to the campaign.

D&D Next live play at Pax Prime

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Aug 292014

Tune-in to the highly anticipated (and hysterical) Dungeons & Dragons live game, Acquisitions Inc. tomorrow night (Saturday, August 30)!

Livestreaming on the D&D site – http://dnd.wizards.com/playevents/conventions/paxprime – the mayhem begins at 8pm PST, and features Jerry Holkins, Mike Krahulik, Scott Kurtz and Morgan Webb as they wade once more into almost certain doom, courtesy of Dungeon Master extraordinaire, Chris Perkins.

Fans attending PAX Prime can watch the mayhem live at Benaroya Hall (seating is first come, first served).

Feel free to share the link to the live stream with your readers, so they too can watch in the awe and amusement!

Thanks,

-Mary-Catherine

Duel of Ages II Master Set

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Aug 112013

Duel of Ages II Master Set

$129.99 SRP

Master Set expansion to the Basic Set (requires the Basic Set to play).

2-16 players

Ages 12+

Contains:

21 Map Platters 12 Dome Keys

144 Characters 48 Henchmen

302 Treasure Cards 100 Challenge Cards

88 Guardian Cards 54 Blue Encounters

D&D Shattered Keeps Map Pack from Wizards of the Coast

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Dec 042012

D&D Shattered Keeps Map Pack

Release Date: Dec 18th 2012

$ 11.95

Foldout battle maps for your D&D campaign. Dungeon Masters need awesome maps to create memorable encounters. This pack contains 3 full-color, double-sided, 21″ x 30″ battle maps with 1-inch scale grids. One map features two never-before-seen encounter locations: a besieged keep and a ruined, fortified manor. The other two battle maps are picked up from out-of-print products. You can even combine the maps in this map pack to create huge encounter areas. All the maps provide attractive, reusable terrain suitable for any D&D campaign. Map Pack products are compatible with all editions of the Dungeons & Dragons Roleplaying Game and are designed for use with D&D miniatures.

What DM doesn’t need more maps thanks Wizard of the Coast for making more of these for us.

New D&D Products to help your Games from Wizards of the Coast

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Nov 252012

D&D Dungeon Tiles: Ruins of War

Release Date: Nov 20th 2012

$ 11.95

Build Your Own the Battlefields Your tabletop never looked better! With this pack of customizable terrain tiles, you can add a new dimension to your Dungeons & Dragons adventures. Easy to set up and infinitely expandable, this pack allows you to create the adventures you want to play. Pick up additional packs to create larger, more elaborate encounters. This pack contains six durable, double-sided card stock sheets of illustrated terrain, with die-cut tiles you can use to create battlefields and warzones in your campaign. Use this product and other Dungeon Tiles accessories to make great D&D encounters that enhance your roleplaying game experience

D&D Dungeon Command: Curse of Undeath

Release Date: Nov 20th 2012

$ 39.99

Bury Your Enemies Dungeon Command is a head to head miniatures skirmish game for 2 players. Assemble your warband, choose your battlefield and crush your enemy! The Dungeon Command: Cure of Undeath Faction Pack contains a complete undead warband, ready to play right out of the box! You can also create your own warbands using multiple Faction Packs and challenge other players. In addition to their use in Dungeon Command, these miniatures can also be used in the D&D RPG, with their cards further usable with D&D Adventure System board games(Catle Ravenloft, Wrath of Ashardalon, and The Legend of Drizzt) Each Dungeon Command Faction comes in its own box, containing twelve pre-painted, non-random, plastic miniatures (plus the cards, tiles, and rules for the game) Included Miniatures Dracolich, Skeletal Lancer, Disciple of Kyuss, Hypnotic Spirit, Lich, Necromancer, Skeletal Tomb Guardian, 2 Warrior Skeletons, Vampire Stalker, Gravehound, 2 Zombies

I’m getting ready to start another D&D campaign and can always trust Wizards of the Coast to have great stuff for me

Never Unprepared: Game Master’s Guide from Engine Publishing

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Nov 242012

Never Unprepared: Game Master’s Guide

Release Date: Nov 2012

$ 19.95

Whether you’re new to game mastering or have been running the same campaign since 1974, Never Unprepared: The Complete Game Master’s Guide to Session Prep will help you prepare for games faster, avoid common pitfalls, and have more fun in the process. To our knowledge, this is the first book entirely devoted to the process of prepping for tabletop RPGs. Ten years in the making, Never Unprepared is award-winning author Phil Vecchione’s epic rock ballad to game prep. A project manager and veteran game master, he draws on extensive experience to present flexible systems for developing or optimizing your own unique approach to game prep. Phil’s work has previously appeared on GnomeStew.com (silver ENnie Award winner for Best Blog, 2010 and 2011) and in Eureka: 501 Adventure Plots to Inspire Game Masters and Masks: 1,000 Memorable NPCs for Any Roleplaying Game.

I was looking to start up another RPG and thanks to the stuff from Engine Publishing It might go even smoother this time.

D&D: Elminster’s Forgotten Realms

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Oct 022012

D&D: Elminster’s Forgotten Realms

$ 39.95 SRP

The FORGOTTEN REALMS is the most popular D&D campaign setting. It has grown and evolved, but this book takes the setting back to its roots and shows the world as it exists in the imagination of its visionary creator. Ed Greenwood gives Realms fans a behind-the-curtain glimpse into the world that he created for his home campaign. Perfect for D&D enthusiasts, this book contains scanned images of Ed Greenwood’s original typed and handwritten notes, manuscripts, and maps, in addition to all new material. This timeless tome is not keyed to any one edition of the D&D game and can inspire players and Dungeon Masters regardless of edition, as well as FORGOTTEN REALMS novel enthusiasts.

D&D Tiles: Castle Grimstead September 18th

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Sep 072012

D&D Tiles: Castle Grimstead

$ 11.95 SRP

Dungeon Masters can use these tiles to quickly and easily create interior castle settings for their D&D® games. This pack contains six durable, double-sided card stock sheets of illustrated terrain. Players can pick up additional packs to create larger, more elaborate encounters. Combining multiple sets of tiles allows for construction of entire fortifications, including the iconic Castle Grimstead. These tiles are suitable for any Dungeons & Dragons® campaign and are compatible with past and future dungeon tiles sets, including the Dungeon Tiles Master Sets. This set gives Dungeon Masters additional location-building options.

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