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Updates to Ars Magica Downloads
With many thanks to Erik, Birbin, and Rich, we now have updated versions for the Ars Magica
shape and material bonuses, and
spell index. Check them out from the
Ars Magica 5th Edition product page.
Off to GTS
Early tomorrow morning (April 23) Michelle and I will be catching a plane to Las Vegas for the annual GAMA Trade Show, which will keep us away from the office all week.
Societates Preview
The product page for
Houses of Hermes: Societates now includes a small
sneak preview of the table of contents and introduction.
This book is at press and we expect it to be in our warehouse sometime in the second half of May.
All the cool kids like it ...
From Wil Wheaton's blog:
"I don't know if I'll be able to walk past Pieces of Eight another time and not buy it."
Read it now!
Societates: Off to Press (and UA reprint)
Yesterday I bundled two projects off to the printer.
The first is
Houses of Hermes: Societates, the next
Ars Magica sourcebook. This was supposed to be an April release, but since it should take about 6 weeks at the printer, we can expect the finished books to arrive in our warehouse in late May.
I also went ahead and ordered a reprint of the
Unknown Armies 2nd Edition core rulebook. We've been sold out of this cult classic for a few months, but demand remains strong and I feel confident investing in this third printing.
EXCLUSIVE Interview Clips at GenConHistory.com!
In the course of writing the manuscript for the upcoming "40 Years of Gen Con" coffee table book, Robin Laws interviewed over 75 of the most influential people in the hobby games industry ... including Margaret Weis, Larry Elmore, Ed Greenwood, R. A. Salvatore, Tracy Hickman, and many many more. To give you a taste of what you'll find in the book when it's released in August, each week we'll be featuring an audio clip from one of the best interviews at www.GenConHistory.com .
Our first clip comes from Larry Elmore, and it appears in the book in a condensed form. In it, he talks about how fantasy art has changed since he started attending Gen Con. Visit
www.GenConHistory.com to listen!
Special Ops Drawing
Atlas Games is pleased to announce that Rodolfo Schmauk of Villa del Mar, Chile, is the winner of this quarter's Special Ops prize drawing. Rodolfo will get to choose a prize from among the rare and and one-of-a-kind Atlas Games items reserved for the Special Ops drawing.
Special Ops is Atlas Games' corps of loyal fans who organize and run demos and tournaments at retail stores and conventions across the country and around the world. At the end of each quarter, Special Ops demo team members who have run a game in the last three months are entered into a prize drawing for special Atlas items. The next drawing will be June 29th, and will feature a choice of prizes such as press sheets and original art from our popular Ars Magica, Feng Shui, Penumbra D20, and Unknown Armies RPGs, and from card game favorites like Dungeoneer, Lunch Money, and Once Upon a Time.
Atlas would also like to welcome the following new recruits:
Antonia Cabal
Matthew Nash
Pascal van Oorschot
Thanks for being a part of Special Ops!
If you're interested in joining Atlas Games' Special Ops demo team, just fill out and send in the application form at
www.atlas-games.com/specialops.
To request a demo at your convention or retail store, send in the demo request form located at
www.atlas-games.com/pdf_storage/SOdemorequestform.rtf.
FREE Gen Con Badge Promo WRAP-UP
That's it, everybody! After 14 weeks, 98 story contributions, and 560 photo submissions, the Gen Con FREE Badges promo has come to a close. Congratulations to our last batch of winners at
www.GenConHistory.com , who received FREE 4-day badges to Gen Con Indy! They include ...
Kim Wesley's story about attending Gen Con via phone while on bed rest ...
http://www.genconhistory.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=380Terry O'Brien's story about some unhappy Ranma 1/2 animae fans ...
http://www.genconhistory.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=341Matthew Caron's photo of a lighter that was the result of a draw-off between Brom and Tony DiTerlizzi (Brom's side is on the left, Tony's on the right) ...
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We had quite a turnout in our very last "Miscellaneous" categories, so we decided to go all out and award badges for 4 stories and 4 photos! Here are those winners ...
David Chen's story about Bobba Fett and Darth Maul being shot down by local girls ...
http://www.genconhistory.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=350davester64's story about his dinner with Lou Zocchi ...
http://www.genconhistory.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=313Randy Miller's love story called "When Geeks Marry" ...
http://www.genconhistory.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=322Vic Polites' story about a phone call from Farscape's Virginia Hey to his wife ...
http://www.genconhistory.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=333Sonja Proffit's Rikku costume photo ...
Charlotte Ruck's photo of fun at Rogue Judges night before the training session ...
Julie Truesdell's photo of a Car Wars demo ...
Bryon A. Petrie's photo of the Lord of the Ring's Sean Astin at the Decipher booth ...
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And congratulations again to ALL of our 50 winners! They include:
Bob Derme, Zen Faulkes, Bill Dunn, Ryan Tackett, Erica King, Jeff Harkness, Tandora, Ronnie Rex, Oldgrognard, Ron Purvis, Jason R. Griffith, Robert Armstrong, Michael Yates, genconjunkie, ValentineW, Robert Peter Derme II, Anastasia Becker, Michael Dockery, Henchman213, Sidney Blumenthal, Cynthia Hart, Bart Miller, Dan Adams, Balthor, Mike Hawkins, Henry Chi, Jeff Thetford, Josiah Jenson, mortice, mjbrown111, GnomeNose, Leah Hand, Nicol Buckley, Shawna McCormick, Patrick Seymour, Jeremy Zimmerman, Tom Wesley, alycia, Jae Walker, Terry O'Brien, Kim Wesley, Matthew Caron, David Chen, davester64, Randy Miller, Vic Polites, Sonja Proffit, Charlotte Rucks, Julie Truesdell, Byron A. Petrie
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Didn't win a badge? Remember that we'll be selecting stories and photos to include in the 40 Years of Gen Con coffee table book in the next month or so. This selection is completely separate from the free badge promo ... so there's still a chance you could end up in the book and get a free copy, too, whether you won a badge or not! We'll announce those names sometime in May, so stay tuned!
Also,
GenCon.com will be accepting pre-orders for the 40 Years of Gen Con coffee table book through their website, and the Gen Con Indy gift shop will be THE exclusive place to buy it on its release in August ... if you can wait, it should also be available through your friendly local retail store a few weeks after the convention.
Once Upon a Time Review
Michael Erb of the Parkersbug News and Sentinal recently wrote a review of Once Upon a Time, which has been subsequently posted to Board Game Geek. Michael says, "Once Upon A Time is a great game, and can be played by a group of adults, a group of children or any combination of the two."
Read the entire review!
Sneak Peek at Legendary Dungeoneer!
Now up on the
Legendary Dungeoneer product page: sample cards and the card list! Plus the latest version of the rules (version 2.3) are on the
Dungeoneer line page!
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