New Dungeons & Dragons logo brings on the dragon
Mashable, which was once a site about social media news, has a story about Dungeons & Dragons getting a new logo for the 40th anniversary.
The new logo transforms the ampersand into a dragon.…
Have Barnes and Noble just leaked D&D 5e release dates?
US retailer Barnes and Noble have two new pre-order entries on their website. The first is D&D Starter Set and the second is D&D Player’s Handbook. There really isn’t much on either page.…
WizKids announce D&D Next pre-painted miniatures
WizKids, which is part of NECA, today announced a new line of Dungeons & Dragons pre-painted miniatures.
The new range will feature the characters that D&D players have become familiar with.…
13th Age out performs Numenera as hottest RPG
Russell Morrissey, owner of the hugely popular RPG community, EN World, posted an interesting chart of popular RPGs to his Google+ account.
It shows that more gamers are talking about Pelgrane Press’s 13th Age than they are about Monte Cook’s Numenera.…
EN Publishing’s Zeitgiest AP hardcover storms Kickstarter
With a few days on the clock EN Publishing’s Zeitgeist AP Kickstarter project will beat its target by more than $10,000. [Back this Campaign]
The project from Russ Morrisey (aka Morrus) and Ryan Nock looks to put together as many of the Zeitgeist: The Gears of Revolution together in a hardback.…
Is D&D Next bringing back Planescape and Spelljammer?
Yesterday Mike Mearls posted some information on how D&D Next, that’s Dungeons & Dragons 5, will cope with its Many Worlds.
The designers wanted to maintain as much “story compatibility” as possible so you can convert an existing campaign over to D&D Next.…
Numenera goes on pre-order with big discount
Monte Cook’s latest setting Numenera has the weight of the world on it.
The RPG was announced last year, after Cook had quit the DnD Next project. The Kickstarter asked for $20,000 and raised $517,255 from 4,658 backers.…
Download the Dungeons & Dragons Next wallpaper
Wizards of the coast have made a D&D 5 wallpaper available. The dragon design is available in lots of different sizes, for desktop, mobile and even Twitter and Facebook. The Twitter zip bundle includes an avatar icon.…
The best selling RPGs of the summmer (2012)
Industry watchers ICv2 have released their count of the top five selling roleplaying games this summer. Tallies will always differ but ICv2 run interviews with manufacturers, distributors and retailers.
The top five are; Pathfinder (Paizo Publishing)
Dungeons & Dragons (Wizards of the Coast)
Dark Heresy/Rogue Trader/Deathwatch (Fantasy Flight Games)
Dragon Age (Green Ronin Publishing)
Dungeon Crawl Classics (Goodman Games) Once again, according to IVc2, Pathfinder edges ahead of D&D.…
Monte Cook quits D&D Next, defends team
The respected and popular designer, Monte Cook, unexpectedly announced he was quitting Wizards of the Coast and the D&D Next project this week. Cook’s return to the company, over a year ago, was one of the first signs that the next generation of the roleplaying game was on the way.…
