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 Gnome Games
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Roleplaying News & Info
March 2009 |
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 Greetings!
We've got a lot of news for you today! March brings a plethora of new RPG releases, games and events to Gnome Games. For the grandaddy of the RPG's (Dungeons & Dragons) we welcome the Players Handbook 2, Character Power Cards and a lot of adventure including D&D Day on March 21st! The folks at Goodman Games have a couple of cool suprises ready just in time for the days events, including a new magazine that you can order at Gnome Games. We've also got the schedule of Living Forgotten Realms events for the rest of the month.
The Gnomes have also been hard at work finding the best in adventures and have a new campaign guide for Star Wars and some dark and creepy information about The World of Darkness and the Nosferatu Clan for Vampire the Requiem. We've also seen a lot of Warhammer 40,000 adventurers visit the store lately and have a bit of information available for the high powered campaign of Dark Heresy.
Finally we've got a few tidbits for you to get ready for April - when we'll start the month off with CHAOTICON 18, plus we invite you to get ready for the biggest adventure of the year - Gen Con!
So grab your dice, sharpen your wit, and polish your banter - it's time for some great adventure at Gnome Games!
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Star Wars Roleplaying News
Legacy Campaign Guide, Imperial Entanglements Miniatures
The Empire has Returned!
 The Legacy Campaign Guide takes players and Gamemasters over a century after the Battle of Yavin to the dark future of Star Wars. Set during a three-way war between two factions of the Empire and the remnants of the Galactic Alliance, the Legacy Era is rife with great opportunities for adventures.
The galaxy has once again fallen under the shadow of the Sith and the Empire, bringing about an age of tyranny not seen since Palpatine took control of the Republic. Sith Lords openly work for Darth Krayt, and the galaxy has been devastated by war. The Dark Times have returned with rampant crime, oppression, and violence.
- Mix the best of the classic trilogy with the exciting elements of this Expanded Universe period.
- Contains a ready to play adventure and new character options.
- GMs can create campaigns that challenge the assumptions of the Star Wars Universe.
Imperial Entanglements - New Miniatures!
When the Empire Strikes Back, the Galaxy Shudders.....
The iron grip of the Empire stretches across the galaxy, and only the Rebel Alliance fights to keep the Imperial fist from crushing the flickering light of freedom. But the Rebels have the Force on their side...
Imperial Entanglement features:
- More favorite characters! Collect Darth Vader, Luke Skywalker, Emperor Palpatine, Dash Rendar, and more from this classic era of Star WarsŪ films.
- 40 miniatures per set make it easier to collect them all!
- Pre-painted plastic miniatures are durable, collectible, and appealing to all Star Wars fans.
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Go with the Gnomes to Indy!
Join us for the best 4 days in RPG's!
The Gnomes are ready for the big dance - and want you to ride with us! We'll leave Green Bay on Wednsday August 12th and head to Indianapolis for 4 days and nights filled with more games than anyone can play in a year! Whether it's RPGA, World of Darkness, Star Wars, or Classic Battletech Gen Con has it all.
And with over 50,000 other gamers on site there is sure to be someone to play your favorite game with you too!
Gnome Games takes a charter bus to Indy and has seats available from $300 Round Trip (Quad Occupancy). Space is limited, seats fill up fast, so preregister and make sure you get in on the greatest gaming trip of the year! You can download a contract here.
Buy your Gen Con Badge at Gnome Games!
We have badges at the store available for you to purchase today! Just $68 for a 4 day badge! Stop in today and get yours! |
World of Darkness The Art and Horror of Storytelling
The world is not what you think. Beneath skyscrapers' leering gargoyles, factories belching smoke and streets packed with the human throng lurk things we are not meant to see. Creatures dwell in the shadows and hidden places.They watch you, stalk you and prey upon your body and soul. Your darkest fears aren't make-believe.
They're real.
The stories told in this game are set in the World of Darkness. It's a place very much like our world, sharing the same history, culture and geography. Superficially, most people in this fictional world live the same lives we do. They eat the same food, wear the same clothes, and waste time watching the same stupid TV shows.
And yet, in the World of Darkness, shadows are deeper, nights are darker, fog is thicker. If, in our world, a neighborhood has a rundown house that gives people the creeps, in the World of Darkness, that house emits strange sighs on certain nights of the year, and seems to have a human face when seen from the corner of one's eye. Or so some neighbors say. In our world, there are urban legends. In the World of Darkness, there are urban legends whispered into the ears of autistic children by invisible spiders. It's all about the story . . .
Vampire: The Requiem
It is a Modern Gothic Storytelling game, a roleplaying game that allows you to build chronicles that explore morality through the metaphor of vampirism. In Vampire, you "play the monster," and what you do as that monster both makes for an interesting story and might even teach you a little about your own values and those of your fellows.
The Nosferatu Clan Book for Vampire: The Requiem™
 Horror lurks in the darkest places of the World of Darkness. They are the Nosferatu, outcast and shunned. They are the nightmares the lurk just beyond the safety of the firelight, waiting with wicked fangs and unclean hungers for those who stray too far into the night. But even the night terrors have things to fear. Come, and learn of them.
Uncover the filth-ridden origins of the Nosferatu in ancient Greece, where they haunted the Mediterranean nights as the god-plagued nosophoros.
Explore the Necropoli of the Nosferatu, the warrens where the horrors dwell.
Discover the many faces of the clan: the bizarre, the vile, the battle-hardened and the hidden.
New Merits, bloodlines, Discipline powers and clan secrets that every Vampire: the Requiem player will want to have.
Tell the story - if you dare! |
Level Up!
4E Magazine from Goodman Games
 Level up your 4E game! Level Up is the official 4E RPG magazine from Goodman Games. Covering all things 4E, Level Up includes adventures, character options, new monsters, Azagar's Advice for Adventurers, and the endearing wisdom of Dear Archmage Abby. All for only $1.99!
Look for the first issue at Gnome Games in April.
Goodman Games is a strong supporter of retail game stores like Gnome Games. We believe they are the one of the best vehicles for spreading our love for this great hobby to new fans.
Level Up will be available at Gnome Games for the low, low price of only $1.99. Plus if you preorder at Gnome Games on D&D Day you could win a free PRIVATE D&D Day for you and 5 Friends with the Head Gnome as your GM! | |
New D&D 4E Arrivals Available Now!
Players Handbook 2, Character Power Cards, Assault on Nightwyrm Fortress
Player's Handbook 2 expands the range of options available to D&D players with new classes, races, powers and other material.
This book builds on the array of classes and races presented in the first Player's Handbook, adding both old favorites and new, never-before-seen options to the game.
The book adds a new power source for 4th Edition D&D: classes using the new primal power source include the barbarian and the druid.
Just a reminder - if you want to play one of the classes in the PHB 2 or use the powers from it in the Living Forgotten Realms you must have a copy of the book at the table.
Players Handbook Character Power Cards
Player's using Player's Handbook Power Cards don't need to crack open a rulebook every time they cast a spell-all the crucial information is right in front of their eyes.
Each and every class power appearing in the Player's Handbook has its own card. Simply select the cards for your character's powers and you're ready to play!
Each deck of 100 cards includes all the powers from Player's Handbook for one of the eight classes featured in the book, plus a few blank cards for players to use for other powers.
The decks of power cards are available for the cleric, fighter, paladin, ranger, rogue, warlock, warlord, and wizard.
 Assault on Nightwyrm Fortress is a D&D adventure designed to take characters from 17th to 21st level. In this adventure, the PCs discover that not all souls rest easy, particularly those spirited away to Nightwyrm Fortress. To learn the truth, players must pierce death's veil itself and entre the Shadowfell, where sinister echoes of life wing through eternal gloom.
This adventure can be run as a stand-alone adventure or as Part Three of a three-part series of adventures (starting with P1 King of the Trollhaunt Warrens, and continuing with P2 Demon Queen's Enclave) that spans the paragon tier of gameplay.
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RPGA Events at Gnome Games
Adventure Schedule, CHAOTICON 18
The RPGA is the roleplaying arm of organized play at Wizards of the Coast dedicated to providing play opportunities and support for Dungeons & Dragons and other d20 System games. Gnome Games hosts RPGA events every Friday and Sunday in addition to special events like World Wide D&D Day!
 Living Forgotten Realms (or LFR for short) is a regionalized RPGA Living campaign, and utilizes the 4th Edition Dungeons & Dragons rules.
Players create characters and assign them to a specific region set in the Forgotten Realms. Characters can be played in any LFR adventure that supports their levels of play, anywhere. As your character plays adventures, it earns experience points, gold, and magic items which stay with you from game to game. There are dozens of unique adventures each year and you can play all of them at Gnome Games!
We host Living Forgotten Realms Adventures every Friday and Sunday. We do ask that you preregister for each event so we have enough GM's on hand for everyone!
Here is the line-up for the rest of March
Friday 3/20
DALE 1 - 3 Master & Servant (LVL 7 - 10)
TYMA 1 - 2 Taking Stock of the Situation (LVL 4 - 7)
CORE 1 - 1 Inheritance (LVL 1 - 4)
Saturday 3/21
World Wide D&D Day - 11 AM - 5 PM
Gnomish Realms Project - 6 PM "Cool Clear Water"
Marchenville needs water to survive. Either we get it from the mountains or from the well, but both sources seem to have dried up!
Sunday 3/22
MOON 1 - 3 Black Gold (LVL 7-10)
IMPI 1 - 2 Breaking Point (LVL 4 - 7)
CORM 1 - 1 The Black Knight of Arabel (LVL 1 - 4)
Friday 3/27
CORE 1 - 7 Sovereign of the Mines (LVL 7 - 10)
LURU 1 - 2 The Gibbous Moon (LVL 4 - 7)
TYMA 1 - 1 Elder Wisdom (LVL 1 - 4)
Sunday 3/29
WATE 1 - 3 The Woolman's Restless Tomb (LVL 7 - 10)AGLA 1 - 2 At the Foot of the Lighthouse (LVL 4 - 7)
MOON 1 - 1 Nature's Wrath (LVL 1 - 4)
FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY - APRIL 3, 4, 5
CHAOTICON 18 - UWGB |
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Dark Heresy RPG
Adventure 40,000 Years in the Future!
 You are an Acolyte in the service of the Emperors' Inquisition. You stand in the front line of a great and secret war where your duty is to hunt out the foul stench of heresy, the vile alien, and the twisted influence of Chaos. You will tread where others fear, venturing to distant planets, ancient space hulks and the unsavoury depths of the under-hive.
You will never know fame nor reward, yet if you stand resolute your deeds will be whispered to the God-Emperor of Mankind and your name will be revered for millennia.
Dark Heresy is a roleplaying game based upon the universe of Games Workshop's Warhammer 40,000. The setting of Warhammer 40,000 is a dark, gothic future where the Imperium of Man is beset by dangers within and without. In Dark Heresy players take on the roles of Acolytes of the Inquisition, aiming to uncover and combat the enemies of mankind, be they aliens, heretics or mutants!
 Creatures Anathema is a bestiary of enemies for your characters to face. Each monster is fully detailed and described, including plot hooks that make it simple to place each challenge into an existing game, or to build a story around a particular creature. In addition, Creatures Anathema contains rules for new, exotic alien gear and some new player character options. Creatures Anathema contains both monsters unique to the Calixis Sector as well as classic creatures from the Warhammer 40,000 universe. Presenting over 50 creatures for use in a Dark Heresy campaign, this 128-page, full-color hardcover tome is a handsome addition to any RPG bookshelf. |
CHAOTICON 18
April 3,4,5 - UW Green Bay
Chaoticon is a local convention that is coordinated and run by the Gamers' Club of the University of Wisconsin, Green Bay.
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D&D Day March 21st
Come play at Gnome Games!
 Prepare yourself (and your friends) to join D&D fans all around the world on March 21st for Worldwide D&D Game Day: Player's Handbook 2. Everything you need to play will be on-hand at Gnome Games, so it's a great chance for new players, as well as veterans, to band together and find some adventure.
Come try out the new races (such as the GNOME!!!) and the new classes (like the invoker and barbarian) while you battle wicked fiends and thwart dark plots. No matter if you're new to the game or a 4th Edition veteran; we'll have everything you need to embark on an all-new adventure.
The adventure, entitled One Dark Night in Weeping Briar, runs in 2-3 hours and includes five pregenerated 11th-level characters. The characters are:
- Ilvarra, drow avenger
- Markaria, tiefling invoker
- Roswyn, gnome bard
- Squeaks, warforged barbarian
- Balasar, dragonborn paladin (uses material from the upcoming Divine Power)
Adventures will start at 11:00, 1:00, 3:00 and 4:00!
BONUS ADVENTURE "COOL CLEAR WATER"
FOR LIVING FORGOTTEN REALMS WATERDEEP CHARACTERS ONLY!
At 6PM the Gnomish Realms Project will continue with the newest adventure for LFR players with characters from Waterdeep. The return to Marchenville continues as the citizens seek to secure their water sources. It seems that the well has run dry and that the stream that used to flow through the community is not providing the water it used to. Can the adventurers help the community secure a reliable water source before the new settlers get fed up and return to whence they came? It seems like we are all going to die of thirst! This adventure is only open to characters from Waterdeep and awards local story awards available only at Gnome Games!
Preregister for this event to make sure you have a seat! |
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Whew! That's a lot of dice rolling, hack -n- slash! Next month we'll take a look at Pathfinder and Mustants and Masterminds - plus we will announce a Gnomish Realms Adventure Writing Contest!
See you at the Gnome!
The Head Gnome
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