Product: Crime Pays: A Godfather's Grimoire

Crime Pays: A Godfather's Grimoire includes everything a player or DM needs to bring the grim and gritty underworld into stark focus in a fantasy world. Forget thieves’ guilds – this is the mafia in a world of dragons and magic! Form your own band of rogues, make a bid for master of thieves, and win a king's ransom in jewels…
…but above all, don't get caught.

Crime Pays: A Godfather's Grimoire is a 96 page supplement by Goodman Games, compatible with the Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition rules to run and play a mafia-based campaign.

Written by Harley Stroh, the book offers players rules and mechanics to build up their own racket, from taking over neighborhoods to hiring the foot-soldiers for their criminal empire. It introduces a new stat block system to track necessary stats such as respect, infamy, defense, upkeep and territory and The Mob Turn (read a preview at the link provided) where players must decide on how to interact with the law and the underworld to expand or protect their mob.

For DMs, the book has ideas for plot hooks in the underworld and challenges by the law, together with a range of NPCs to get you started on your underworld campaign.

Crime Pays: A Godfather's Grimoire is now available at the Goodman Games Online Store for $21.99 or $9.99 as a PDF at RPGNow.

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Product: Fantasy Adventures; a Kindle-based RPG

Fantasy Adventures is a Kindle based rules light RPG that uses 3d6, created by Christopher Ng from Singapore.

It is mostly a generic fantasy which allows players to play as one of four classes (Warrior, Scoundrel, Priest and Wizard) and five races (Human, Elf, Dwarf, Halfling and Orc) and it does not use miniatures for combat.

An introductory adventure is also included in the game.

The minimal RPG can be bought at Amazon for $0.99.

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News: Free Chronicles of Arax Expansion until April 26

Crystal Star Games is offering a free expansion to their Chronicles of Arax to anyone who e-mails them until April 26 as an Easter special.

Send an e-mail to crystalstargames@gmail.com with the subject ARAX EASTER and you will receive a reply with a promotional code to download an expansion for free.

Chronicles of Arax is a fantasy solo game where you play as an adventurer to take on quests in the world of Arax, to withstand against evil.

The core rules of the game is free and available at their RPGNow page, along with the other expansion quests.

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News: Arcanis: the Roleplaying Game Fastplay Rules for Free RPG Day 2011

Paradigm Concepts, Inc president Henry Lopez has announced that they would be handing out fastplay rules of their upcoming Arcanis: the Roleplaying Game to participating retailers for this year's Free RPG Day (June 18 2011).

The 2005 ENnie Award winner for Fans' Choice Best Publisher is also welcoming reviewers to take a first glance of the final game at their 'Reviewers Table' at Origins where they would be able to run through the system in a demo during the convention on June 22-27.

Arcanis: the Roleplaying Game is an updated system of the World of the Shattered Empires RPG, set in the 2008 Origins Award winning setting of Arcanis, and is expected to ship in late June after Origins.

The new game would introduce a new skill and combat system (here's a combat example) as well as a magic system that gives the power of creation to characters at the peril of their mortal forms.

Pre-orders of the game can be placed at the Paradigm Concepts online store.

For more information about the 'Reviewers Table', visit the Paradigm Concepts website.

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News: The One Ring: Adventures Over the Edge of the Wild releases on August 7

The One Ring: Adventures Over the Edge of the Wild Roleplaying Game will feature two books in a premium slipcase when it is released on August 7 this year.

According to a report by ICv2, the first book will be a 128 page Loremaster's Book for GMs and the second one will be a 192 page Adventurer's Book for players, both with full color interior art. A poster map and set of 7 dice will also be provided in the slipcase with art by artist John Howe.

The RPG is written by Francesco Nepitello, who also designed the War of the Ring strategy boardgame and is produced by a partnership between Cubicle 7 and Sophisticated Games.

The One Ring: Adventures Over the Edge of the Wild RPG will have a suggested retail price of $59.99.

For more information about the game system, read this report by ICv2.

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News: Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG Adventure Starter and Beta Rules on Free RPG Day 2011

Goodman Games has announced that they will be releasing the first published adventure module for their upcoming Dungeon Crawl Classics (DCC) Roleplaying Game to retailers participating in this year's Free RPG Day.

The release of the Adventure Starter would also coincide with the online release of the DCC RPG beta rules, which will give players a chance to have a run with the mechanics and rules on June 18 2011.

The Adventure Starter will contain two adventures for low level and high level play so that players can have a feel of the DCC RPG.

Goodman Games had announced the DCC RPG in January; an OGL game that 'cross-breeds Appendix N with a streamlined version of 3E’ to create a modern system that is grounded in the origins of sword and sorcery.

Written and designed by Joseph Goodman and Harley Stroh, the game is intended to be a re-imagining of how Gygax and Arnerson would have designed Dungeons & Dragons with the OGL, instead of being a retro-clone.

DCC RPG is scheduled to be released in November 2011 and pre-orders can be placed at Goodman Games.

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