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Any entry would be great Minstrel. I'm really interested in seeing conversions.


Earthdawn Appreciation Day June 14th, 2013

Hey everyone, I'm an old school fan of Earthdawn. So I'm running an Earthdawn Appreciation Day event over on my Blog.

I'm running a contest for new Content, and have Hank Woon, Steven Black and Andrew Raglang lined up as guest judges. It's pretty simple guideline for the contest. Submit some new original material for Earthdawn (Any edition, including Pathfinder Edition and Savage Worlds), on your blog or email it to me; and I will post on June 14th on the blog.

The timing is intentional, being the day before FREE RPG DAY, so there's new material for Earthdawn for FREE RPG DAY. Prizes will be awarded for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd prize, with 4, 2 & 1 PDFs from the entire Earthdawn catalog available at Drivethru.

Come check out the blog for full details and ideas.


You could actually run the PFS adventures as PFS adventures, you would just need to span them over multiple days. You would need to make sure you have a commitment from every player, and, the best things would be to take a picture with a smart phone of any battlemat layout at the end of a play period.

PFS scenarios are designed to play in 1 4-hour time slot. 5 45 minute sessions is 3:45 hours. The benefit of running PFS is additional Society goals, and NO PVP, No evil alignments. In addition easily controlled rewards are generated.

That's my 2 coppers.


Nimon wrote:


Earthdawn was one of my favorite settings. I have all the original books and boxsets of the first FASA editions. Glad to see it getting a new edition.

It had new editions, up until the beginning of the year, Mongoose was publishing the Earthdawn 3rd edition line.

RedBrick is releasing these as both Pathfinder/Savage Worlds editions....while waiting for the timer to elapse from the Mongoose break to release the ED edition again.


There's definitely room for improvement with adepts, as I say in my review of it, the only thing I really didn't like is the Vancian spell casting, I always loved the spell matrix/thread weaving of Earthdawn, and was hoping to see a new skill-based magic system I could use in my Pathfinder Games.

All in all the fluff is there to support a Pathfinderized Earthdawn game. Some of the character creation guideline require some interpretation, but it's a fun looking game.

Is the feat to become an adept a free feat? Or is it the first level feat?


I also review products specifically for Child appropriateness, as I game with my 12 year old twins. For example, Dresden Files RPG, like its namesake line of novels isn't really designed for younger children. I cover whether the offending material is images, themes or even language (Cthulhu Tech is a language offender).

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Bestiary 2 review up


Bestiary 3 review is up now


Anime Conji pictures and commentary has been posted on the blog, in addition, I did a specific feature on the artists that were there, some new artists, some amazing artists, check it out.

Lots of pics of some cool CosPlay, including the Doctor x3.


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Classic Treasures Revisited review posted My 29th review on the blog.


Anyone going to Anime Conji in San Diego? The boys and I will be covering the event as Press.

Just posted a review of the New Interface Zero: Hacking 2.0 rules


Weapon Wordsearch has been posted on the board for this Fun friday.

This week I also put up reviews for Distant Worlds and Pirates of the Inner Sea.


Start a blog, I did, hasn't paid off monetarily, but contacts are cool.

Been unemployed since April Fools last year...I have some freelance stuff I've been doing, but it's been ROUGH. Luckily I have my blog to keep my mind off it. There's just not much work in the Architectural Field in San Diego, and us drafters are getting replaced by Licensed Architects working for a drafters wage. Feel sorry for me, come by my blog enjoy the content, and click some ads or buy something from DriveThru RPG using my affiliate link ;)

Also any feedback would be AWESOME!


Have added many more reviews to the blog lately, Interface Zero, several more supplements.

Also I run a Fun Friday set of posts, last week was an RPG Crossword, this coming Friday is a weapons wordsearch, on previous weeks I have been posting Dungeon Madness, a kind of mad lib based around gaming adventures.


I started my twins gaming at 6, now we run a game blog =D

This makes me think of our first games and makes me smile!


Love it, will also link it on my blog tomorrow morning.


EpicRPGBlog has gotten a review copy of Super Dungeon Explore!! Check it out:

Unboxing

Assembling

First play will be up tomorrow, review will be up this week.


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My review of The Advanced Player's Guide is up on the blog. Next week is Ultimate Magic, followed by Ultimate Combat the week after.

Among my other reviews are:
Dresden Files RPG by Evil Hat Productions
Earthdawn 3e, by RedBrick Ltd
Savage Worlds Explorer's Edition by Pinnacle Entertainment Group

Settings
Interface Zero Setting for Savage Worlds

Board Game reviews
Kill Doctor Lucky
Save Doctor Lucky

War Game Reviews
WarLands by Aberrant

Massive review (in 2 parts) of Ultimate Magic is now posted on EPIC RPG BLOG!

Ultimate Magic Part 1


My review of The Advanced Player's Guide is up on the blog. Next week is Ultimate Magic, followed by Ultimate Combat the week after.

Among my other reviews are:
Dresden Files RPG by Evil Hat Productions
Earthdawn 3e, by RedBrick Ltd
Savage Worlds Explorer's Edition by Pinnacle Entertainment Group

Settings
Interface Zero Setting for Savage Worlds

Board Game reviews
Kill Doctor Lucky
Save Doctor Lucky

War Game Reviews
WarLands by Aberrant


I listened to the full seminar.

I think they're taking a good direction, while I have not been a 4e supporter, I listened to what they said in the seminar and there were some good lessons they seem to have learned.

1. More open play-testing (including the new skirmish rules to go along with the minis.)
2. Less but higher quality products
3. Euro style Board Game - Lords of Waterdeep
(which may be the first WotC product I pick up in over 3 years)
4. Non-collectible, stock mini sets. (because in this economy random is bad.)

I have a big reaction thread on my blog.


Save Doctor Lucky Review now posted on the blog.


Got the Blog a twitter account.

@EpicRPGBlog

I'm planning on upping my post count.


I am pleased to announce (with my Pathfinder RPG Review Part I just being posted) or Family Oriented Game Blog: Epic RPG Blog to the Paizo Community.

This is an RPG Blog with reviews of various games, and Con Coverage. We have covered the following Cons in San Diego: Kingdom Con, Gaslight Gathering and Gam3rCon.

In addition, my boys, have been doing interviews. Amongst those they've interviewed are:
John Cadice (Soda Pop Miniatures)
Jeff Bellinger (Creator of Killer Bunnies)
Ross Thompson (creator of Kingdom Con)
Tony Knealy (Aberrant, creator of Rezolution and WarLands)
Brian Bielawski & Walter Meyer (of Gam3rs-The Play)

I also review RPGs, Board games and War Games.

We have been underway since February, the boys will be doing their own kid-related reviews as well.

(we're still growing, so please forgive any growing pangs)