Great stuff via Matt Jackson on Google Plus by “0x442644”: Pit Fight Each player has a distinct set of dice?d4 through d20. These are their gladiators. Players decide secretly which die to throw into the pit each round. All players …

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We’ve finalized the game systems we’ll use for the creature cards in our Creature and Encounter Cards Kickstarter.  The game systems will be: (links go to samples) Pathfinder Labyrinth Lord (1E Fantasy) FATE (sample coming soon) Dungeon World Plus, we’ll …

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I had a great time talking last night to the RPG Circus crew!  We talked about the week’s RPG news, Kickstarter in general, my Creature and Encounter Cards Kickstarter, Brian’s mid-campaign game-system jumping and his new releases for Open Design …

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From Time magazine: A team of researchers led by zoologist Tsunemi Kubodera encountered the squid in July near the Ogasawara islands, several hundred miles off the coast of Japan. Using a bioluminescent lure that mimics the glow of jellyfish, Kubodera’s …

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The Creature and Encounter Cards Kickstarter project has just been expanded to include a 5th deck of 54 more creature cards.  The fifth deck will be centered on animals which are often summoned and/or associated with druids such as a …

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I just posted the following to the Cityographer project’s Kickstarter updates page: Hi all, I wanted to give everyone another update on development progress.  I think bullet points are the best way to list the details: At the moment, the …

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All three main software programs by Inkwell Ideas have been updated in recent days.  In case you aren’t on our mailing list, here is a rundown: Hexographer: A bug was fixed which prevented maps to be scaled up in size …

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As I was researching creature cards for my own “Creature and Encounter Cards” Kickstarter, I remembered a long time ago I picked up a boxed set of then-TSR’s “Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd Edition Trading Cards.”  To be blunt, they …

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I saw this on Google Plus and had to share: Use baseball card pages in a 3 ring binder to store your paper/cardstock minis!  Put similar creatures (or multiple copies of a creature) in each pocket.  If you’ve got some …

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In case you missed the announcement elsewhere, the Creature and Encounter Card Decks project has expanded to 4 creature card decks (from 3 decks) and 2 encounter card decks (from 1 deck). Each deck has 54 cards plus a cover …

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