[News] Arcanis Fast Play Rules Now For Download

Paradigm Concepts has put up their Arcanis Fast Play Rules, which can now be downloaded for free at their store.

The Arcanis Fast Play Rules is Paradigm Concepts' contribution to this year's Free RPG Day and is a precursor to their Arcanis Roleplaying Game which was released in Origins 2011 and would be hitting shelves in August 2011.

The Fast Play Rules comes with the basics of the Arcanis Roleplaying Game, together with sample characters and an adventure to run through the system.

The Arcanis Roleplaying Game is based in the Origin Award-winning setting of Arcanis: the World of Shattered Empires.

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News: Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG Beta Rules Released

Goodman Games has released the Beta rules for their Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG.

The rules are now available for download for free here.

Don't forget that you can pick up a starter adventure of the DCC RPG on June 18 from your nearest Free RPG Day participating retailer.

Once you have playtested the rules, you can provide your feedback and thoughts to the Goodman Games forums here.

The final release of the Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG is expected to be November 2011.

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News: Shadowfell Supplment for Free RPG Day

Wizards of the Coast has unveiled their contribution to this year's Free RPG Day.

According to the Free RPG Day Facebook page, Domain of Dread: Histhaven would be a supplement for the Shadowfell: Gloomwrought and Beyond boxed set that will be released on May 15.

There is no other information and details of what is contained inside the book, except that it is written by Erik Scott de Bie, but map tiles are likely not to be included with this supplement.

Speaking of the Shadowfell boxed set, Critical Hits has done an unboxing post to show you the contents inside the box.

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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: 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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