In this Gen Con Video Blitz Matt caught up with Paizo and chatted about Pathfinder Second Edition with Erik Mona and Jason Bulmahn. We chat about the 3 action economy, beasts empowering GM’s, combat and multiclassing.
I am so happy that this is now our game!
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ARCHON STUDIO TAKES OVER STARFINDER MASTERCLASS MINIATURES LICENSE |
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 REDMOND, WASHINGTON (July 25, 2019): Today, Paizo announced that Archon Studio will be taking over the license for Starfinder Masterclass miniatures, formerly produced by Ninja Division. As part of the agreement, Archon Studio will fulfill backer rewards for the Starfinder Masterclass Miniatures Kickstarter.
“Thanks for all of your patience as we worked with Ninja Division and Archon Studio to get this done. We’re looking forward to some epic minis!” said Paizo VP of Marketing and Licensing Jim Butler. “We’re excited to work with Paizo to bring the Alien Archives of the Starfinder universe to life on your tabletop,” said Archon Studio CEO Jarek Ewertowski. “We can’t wait to leap into the adventure with you!” Archon Studio will be producing plastic miniatures instead of resin. They will also be starting over with Kickstarter fulfillment; this means that backers who have already received resin miniatures from Ninja Division will receive those minis again from Archon Studio, this time in plastic. Archon Studio will also be creating all-new Starfinder Masterclass miniatures. Each month, they plan to produce 4 or 5 of the minis announced during the Kickstarter plus 1 brand-new mini. These minis will be available for sale at your favorite local game store, on archon-studio.com, and on paizo.com. (The Kickstarter-exclusive miniatures of Candy, Cola, Seelah the Paladin, and Epic Obazaya will not be available at retail.) Archon Studio plans to ship Kickstarter rewards in waves. Approximately every 6 months, the pledge rewards produced during the previous 6 months will be shipped to backers free of charge. Additionally, any time a Kickstarter backer purchases any Starfinder mini from Archon Studio—whether that’s a new mini or a duplicate of a Kickstarter mini—they will also ship any released Kickstarter miniatures due to that backer for no additional charge. Details of which minis are shipping when, and how to purchase other miniatures, will be posted on the Kickstarter page. Archon Studio will be fulfilling backers in Europe, and Ninja Division will be shipping to the rest of the world. Paizo does not have specific answers to fulfillment questions: if you’re a backer with a question about your order, you’ll need to post the question to the Starfinder Masterclass Kickstarter page. |
In the first episode of season 4 on Role-Play Ramblings Matt shares his final thoughts on the Pathfinder Playtest. He shares where he had hiccups in the playtest and what he liked about it.
What I didn’t mention in the video is that every player I’m playing with is sold on the game and have preordered the core book. My two boys were so fired up that I now have a full blown campaign based on the creation of their characters. I have never based an entire story on the how the players worked together during character creation that is just out of this world.
I didn’t go into spells that much either, but my players love the way the work and Joshua – who always plays a Rogue – has made ten spell casters since the start of the playtest!
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Are you ready for Block Party? Gen Con’s outdoor presence on Georgia St. and South St. runs all convention long, featuring the Sun King Beer Garden and over 65 food trucks!
On Wednesday at 6 pm, Sun King will tap BREWTRON 9000, this year’s official Gen Con 2019 brew! Join the party from 6 pm – 10 pm, featuring music provided by Indy local DJ Helicon!
Food trucks this year will run three shifts:
The Sun King Beer Garden (21+ only), will be open 5 pm – 10 pm on Wednesday, and noon – 10 pm on Thursday – Saturday!
Plus, check out our official food and beverage partners: HotBox Pizza, Quills Coffee, Burger Study, and Wild Bill’s Soda Pop!
Move over Jesse James, Billy the Kid and his gang of gunmen have arrived.
Billy the Kid is the leader of a like-minded gang known as The Regulators, who tread a curious line between notoriety and legitimacy. This is down to desperate Marshals who can turn to this gang of gunmen for their skill and experience in times of need.
These Outlaws frequently partake in criminal activities including, but in no way limited to, bank and stage robberies, street brawls and on occasion, simply ‘settling an argument’…
Pre-order The Regulators Posse from today!
Introducing New Kyoto scenery!
There’s a new collection joining the Warcradle Scenics range of tabletop terrain; New Kyoto offers a series of Japanese style sci-fi buildings ideal for 25mm – 32mm skirmish wargames.
Whether you choose to mix and match these scenery sets or get the entire collection to create your sci-fi tabletop, all of the New Kyoto buildings, when finished, are a beauty to behold. With modular buildings and walkways that fit together, you can build your city the way you want it. You’ll have complete tabletop freedom with this scenery and the option of constructing taller and more complex structures!
Each of the buildings in the New Kyoto range has removable doors, walls, and ceilings so you can continue the tabletop action inside – it doesn’t matter how large your structure is!
The range includes three themed H.A.B (Habitation Modules) scenery kits, varying in size and luxury, a Hallway set, a Staircase set and Walkway set. For those of you who want to transform a HAB into a distinctive sci-fi building, there’s also the Pagoda set and the Roof Corner set to collect (add these on to HAB units).
All of the New Kyoto scenery sets are available to pre-order now at Wayland Games and with your FLGs – due for release at the end of July 2019.
Roleplay in the Cosmos in Teens in Space
Spinning off from the exciting RPG of strange adventures in small towns, Kids on Bikes, Teens in Space takes the adventures of youth to the stars.
We are so thrilled to announce, in partnership with Hunters Entertainment and Infectious Play Publishing, that Teens In Space is landing everywhere in August!
Designed and developed by Jonathan Gilmour and Doug Levandowski, this roleplaying game sets the stage as you and your group of friends venture into the cosmos for adventure and profit. Along the way, your crew’s bonds will be tested, your ship will malfunction, and you’ll probably get shot a few times. But that’s all in a day’s work for Teens in Space!
Player characters will take on the roles of adolescents of a variety of species at the age of nearly full maturity; closing near their full physical and intellectual potential but lacking experience and wisdom. You’ll travel the stars in a customized starship of your own design and through your adventures you may discover many things about the galaxy you inhabit, as well as about yourself at this formative stage just before adulthood.
Teens in Space is an all-in-one 122-page full-colored book featuring art by Heather Vaughn and with sections for both players and GMs. Powered by the Kids on Bikes system for a streamlined world-building and storytelling experience, this game is optimized for crews of 2-6 players aged 8+ with a dedicated storyteller at the helm.
7 Games to Kickstart “Conan: Savage Legends” on July 16
June 21st, 2019 – S7 Games is thrilled to announce the launch date of Conan: Savage Legends Kickstarter campaign, based on the world-renowned pulp fantasy stories by Robert E. Howard. This fast-paced arena style combat miniatures game will allow 2-4 players to take on the role of either Conan or one of the Legends of Hyborea, as they command their forces, search for ancient relics, and clash in glorious battle.
S7 Games will launch a Kickstarter for Conan: Savage Legends on July 16th, 2019 which will conclude on August 8th, 2019. The Kickstarter version will include exclusives and Limited-Edition items.
A retail version of Conan: Savage Legends is planned for release following Kickstarter fulfillment, distributed by various top tier hobby distributors as well as through Diamond Books to the broad market.
About Conan: Savage Legends:
Conan: Savage Legends takes place in Conan’s Hyborean Age after the ancient necromancer, Xaltotun, shatters the walls of time and space, stranding heroes and villains alike together in Hyborea. You take on the role of a mighty Legend, gather your warband, and go forth to battle other Legends torn from space and time. Take command of your forces, gather magical artifacts, acquire power, and remind your foes why you deserve the title of “Legend.”
The base game will include everything that up to four people will need to play, including high quality miniatures, double sided game board, double sided terrain tiles, rulebook, dice, and hundreds of tactics and Item cards. With these tools, players will be able to experience the fast-paced and engaging gameplay of Conan: Savage Legends again and again.
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SEATTLE (June 21, 2019) — Gen Con, the largest and longest-running tabletop gaming convention in North America, expands its Gen Con TV streaming video program with new shows. Gen Con TV, a year-round streaming video program launched in January 2019, features tabletop gaming news, live gaming, interviews, and more. Shows are streamed live on Twitch, where fans can watch and chat in real time, often interacting with the shows’ hosts; episodes are then posted for on-demand viewing on YouTube.
“Livestreaming has become a huge driver of the growth of tabletop gaming culture, connecting fans across the world and attracting new audiences by making the hobby more accessible to newcomers,” said Kristen Jensen, Gen Con’s Marketing Manager. “We’re excited to connect with Gen Con fans year-round, both in Indianapolis and around the world, through our Gen Con TV streaming video channels, and can’t wait to share our plans for future content as the program grows.”
After launching in January 2019 with weekly tabletop gaming news show TableTakes and live gaming program Game Night, Gen Con TV has expanded its schedule with new programming including Fireside with Peter Adkison, an interview show focused on the history of tabletop gaming.
TableTakes, Presented by Gen Con, is a tabletop gaming news and culture talk show, streamed live each Friday from Gen Con’s studio in Seattle. The show is hosted by game designer Emma Larkins (Heartcatchers, …and then we died), actor and director Christian Doyle (Zombie Orpheus Entertainment), Gen Con Senior Event & Program Manager Derek Guder, and geek-culture streaming personality Banzai.
Game Night with The Brothers Murph is a weekly live-gaming show with brothers Mike and Nick Murphy, who play a variety of board and card games live on air while interacting with their audience in Twitch chat.
Fireside with Peter Adkison is a live interview show focused on gaming history, investigating games and movements influential to tabletop gaming’s development. This season, Adkison, the founder of Wizards of the Coast and current Gen Con owner, traces the inception and early years of Magic: The Gathering, featuring interviews with key contributors to the creation, growth, and success of the popular trading-card game.
Gen Con launched convention-long streaming of events on Twitch at the Gen Con 2018 convention in Indianapolis, netting more than 300,000 unique viewers of its programming with more than three million minutes of watched footage during the four-day event. Convention streaming will return at this year’s convention, across three Twitch channels featuring Main Stage events, live gaming with popular tabletop streamers, and game previews and interviews from publishers and designers.
Gen Con returns to Indianapolis August 1-4, 2019.
About Gen Con
Gen Con is the largest and longest-running annual event devoted to tabletop gaming culture in North America. The convention, which began in 1968 in Lake Geneva, WI, attracts 70,000 attendees and 520 exhibiting companies each year. During the convention, attendees choose from 17,000 ticketed events representing a wide array of board games, card games, roleplaying games, seminars, entertainment events, and more. Gen Con takes place each August in the Indiana Convention Center, Lucas Oil Stadium, and surrounding downtown hotel spaces in Indianapolis, IN.
