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GAMA Trade Show 2011 Exhibitor Coverage – Part 13
Today’s GAMA Trade Show 2011 exhibitors include Green Ronin, Bandai, Three Sages Games, Gamers Rule, and Cactus Game Design Company Green Ronin Green Ronin had a nice spread of all there recently released books. And they seem to have new stuff around every corner. Most exciting (to me at least) was the Dragon Age RPG: [...]
Threshold: 10,000 Unique Visitors This Month!
I have never posted about Livingdice’s traffic before because no one really cares but me. That said, I reached a threshold I had as a personal goal for the past couple of years and just felt the urge to share my joy: 10,000 unique visitors this month! It only took a mere three years and [...]
Free RPG Day 2011 Books Announced
Free RPG Day 2011 posted the list of books for this year and it looks quite tasty. Since I am not the target audience for Free RPG Day, I never show up at my FLGS. That said, perhaps you can use this list to tempt a new player or two to the game table. This [...]
Site Update: Apture Installed
Apture is a small script that automatically adds a “Learn More” button when you highlight text on the site. Click the button to bring up a small window with Google and/or Wikipedia entries for the highlighted term. I hope it makes the site more useful. This is a pilot program and if it is too [...]
Livingdice Sponsors the Vul-Con Gaming Convention in Phoenix, AZ!
I am thrilled to announce that Livingdice is sponsoring a new game convention in Phoenix, Arizona called Vul-Con! Vul-Con will take over the 30,000 square feet of the Phoenix Convention Center on October 22-23, 2011. Plans are afoot for role-playing games, board gaming and miniature tournaments, so there is something for everyone. In its heyday [...]
State of Livingdice in 2011
The holidays are both a boon and a curse; boon for the fun things we do during them and a curse because of the endless demands on our time. Now that we are back to a normal schedule it is time for an update about Livingdice.com in 2011. We, that is myself and my collaborators, [...]
Contest: Win a Free Copy of the Eoris Role-Playing Game
Update: We have a winner. Thank you to everyone that entered. Watch this site for further contests! Eoris, the massive and beautiful role-playing game box set from “Visions of Essence” released at Gen Con 2010 after several lengthy delays. Controversy raged among the RPG forums about whether or not the game would ever release. Happily, [...]
Beta Testers Needed
Beta testers for a new project are kindly requested. I am launching some forums for Livingdice.com. The forums are my attempt to raise the level of tabletop game discourse (board, rpg, miniatures, etc) from mindless flame wars to civilized discussion among sane, polite gamers. I am committed to making this forum work and am seeking [...]
Why Are Role-Playing Game Characters Superior to Real World Politicians?
Because you can roll-up a new PC when it is no longer useful! ;-) Oh, and do not forget to vote. Trask, The Last Tyromancer