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Announcements
We’ve just returned from origins, be sure to check our facebook page for some photos from the convention and also drop by the blog to submit your caption for July’s caption contest! The blog also has some great product reviews on it lately so be sure to check them out as well!
Headlines
New Iron Kingdoms RPG coming in 2012
Privateer Press have announced they are creating an entirely new Iron Kingdoms RPG that will be released during Gencon 2012. The system will be proprietary unlike the last iteration and it will be set within their awesome universe that blends both steel and magic into something worth gushing about!
Gary Gygax Memorial Site Approved
The Gary Gygax memorial has finally received a green light and has been approved for space inside Donian Park in Gary’s hometown of Lake Geneva, WI. We discuss what is perhaps a nod towards Gary and D&D itself within the commissioners statements and we each our propose our ideal “Gygax Memorial”.
Rob Donoghue’s Underpants Gnome Adventure Design
Rob Donoghue of Evil Hat recently posted about the underpants gnome theory of adventure design, it’s a great short read and gives us a lot to think and talk about regarding building our worlds and avoiding rigid plot arcs.
Twitter Question
@RenaissanceDork asks: “Do you see the future of table-top games trending towards the virtual table-top? Or will there still be a want for face-to-face?”
Listen to discover perhaps a very surprising set of answers from folks who are involved in sailing the ship that is Obsidian Portal!
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I feel that face-to-face is a core element of table-top rpgs. There are just too many intricacies in demeanor, player body language, and group dynamic that gets “lost in translation” within a virtual environment. There is a place for virtual table-tops, but I don’t believe they can ever replace the fundamental social interaction that makes pen-and-paper gaming such great fun.
While I think it’s great that the Gygax memorial will be going ahead, I hope at some point a similar honour will be awarded to Dave Arneson, whose contribution to D&D was at least as significant.
I do wholeheartedly agree.
Thanks again. I am really enjoying every podcast. I agree with Micah, Jerry and Justin about the longevity of tabletop roleplaying and hope that the rest of us do too. You are right to assume that both War Machine and Hordes are part of the Iron Kingdoms – they are tabletop skirmish games. Hordes is an updated version reflecting the changing world, and introducing new armies.