East Midlands Roleplayers on Social Media

Just a reminder that the group has a presence on all of the popular social media sites.

Whilst our forum doesn't see as many posts as it used to many of our members are active on Facebook, Google+ and Twitter so if you have something to share or discuss with the group posting there might work equally as well as a thread in our forums.

Gamesesh.com 10% Discount

A few months ago local gamer Ben Coulthard contacted the group and offered members a discount at his web based store www.gamesesh.com  The discount has been in place for some time and this week I finally got around to using it to purchase some of the excellent Otherworld Miniatures

I'll save the details on the miniatures for another blog entry but I chose the boxed set of Human Male Characters which includes 12 very nice multipart miniatures representing the iconic D&D character classes, all contained in a rather nice zip up case.

The prices on the GameSesh website for the minis and postage were a good saving, so with our additional 10% discount I felt that I got a really good deal.  I was also very pleased with the fast (two day) shipping time.

I'm keen to support brick and mortar shops like Spirit Games when I can, but in this age of internet shopping it's good be able to take advantage of the convenience of an online store and still be supporting a local business like GameSesh  Thanks Ben!

Bruce C


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Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition Basic Rules PDF

The new 'basic' rules for Dungeons & Dragons (fifth edition) has been released as a free PDF download on Wizards Of The Coasts website.

The Dungeons & Dragons Starter Set

Since 1977 Dungeons & Dragons has been available in a basic 'starter set' aimed at novice players  The original Dungeons & Dragons basic set was written by J. Eric Holmes and was essentially a simple and more accessible version of the original Dungeons and Dragons rules devised by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson and first realised in 1974.  Later versions expanded on the basic (levels 1-3 play) rules and eventually evolved into their own product line, separate from the 'Advanced Dungeons and Dragons' game.  Starter sets have always been popular and the iconic 1983 'Red Box' Basic set by Frank Mentzer is said to be the best selling Dungeons & Dragons product in the history of the game.

Anyway, enough of the history lesson I hear you say!  The 'Fifth Edition' of Dungeons and Dragons is just around the corner and this week Wizards Of The Coast unveiled details of the latest starter set, which has a release date of 15th July.

FREE RPG DAY 2014!

It's FREE RPG Day 2014 today!

Unfortunately for us here in the UK participating retailers are few and far between, however you can find the nearest participating shop on the website here.

I'm hoping to run a Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG session in Burton on Trent at the Raiders Of The Game Cupboard event.  I'll be using a free module 'Tower Out Of Time'  provided for the event.  Goodman Games really do support Free RPG Day very well, providing a free module in print and also free PDFs for folk like me who are unable to get to a participating shop.  Have a great day whatever you're doing!

Cheers,

Bruce

The June Meet 2014

Our next monthly meet is on Saturday 14th June at The Barley Mow, Leicester.

We usually meet from about 1pm and aim to get a game going by 2.  There could be a choice of games on offer if enough folk turn up.  Everything you need to know is in our forum thread here.

D&D 'Fifth Edition' Release info

There has been a lot of talk on the internet this week about the fifth edition of Dungeons and Dragons, now just branded as 'D&D'.  Wizards Of The Coast have finally announced release dates and pricing and there are some images on their website of the products.

The 'Starter Set' will be released (in the U.S. at least) on 15th of July.  There not a lot of detail about what it contains and some official tweets from WOTC's DnD twitter account suggest the starter set is aimed at DMs, with player character creation being available free of charge on their website, which is an interesting development.

The now traditional three 'Core Rulebooks' will see staggered releases from August.

What do you think about the branding and release info so far?  Did you take part in the play test or are you excited about the next iteration of D&D?  Our forum thread is here