Welcome to the Weekly Wrap-Up, where we highlight some of the articles and videos that have gone up over the past week that you might have missed!
ACQUISITIONS INC. Announces Its Newest Business Venture: A D&D DUNGEON MANUAL
Documancers rejoice! A new corporate manual is coming to town, so you can train your party using the Acquisitions Incorporated corporate methodology. We got some of the details from Jerry Holkins (who plays cleric Omin Dran on Acquisitions Incorporated) himself – check it out in the full story.
Callisto 6 Returns for Season 2!
Created by Shield of Tomorrow alums Eric Campbell and Sam de Leve, Callisto 6 is our actual play RPG show that uses Monte Cook Games’ Cypher system to explore a superheroic cyberpunk rebellion! Callisto 6 looks into the dark future of Los Angeles 2119. After a massive ecological disaster, the giant corporations rebuild the city into a glittering beacon of the future. All it takes are the freedoms, the rights and the lives of millions of the citizens within the city.
If you missed the first season, The Library Bards are here with a song to refresh you about our extremely powerful group of characters:
Blizzard Brings More LGBTQ+ Representation with New OVERWATCH Backstory
Representation matters. The new Overwatch backstory is one part of the bigger story of LGBTQ+ representation, which we covered this week.
The Crew of FIREFLY ADVENTURES Expands To Include Book, Inara, River & Simon
The crew of the Serenity is back on the tabletop! Firefly Adventures is a board game by Gale Force Nine that also published the much beloved Firefly Board Game, where you travelled through space in your ship. In Firefly Adventures, you control the individual crew members, and the newest expansion of the game round out the ship’s crew to include both Respectable Folk and Wanted Fugitives. Read about the game and the expansions.
Fantasy Flight Announces App-Driven LORD OF THE RINGS Cooperative Game
Games publisher FFG announced a dungeon-crawling game set in Middle Earth, driven by an app. You can get full details of the announcement, and what we think the game might play like in our coverage.
MARVEL STRIKE TEAMS is the Spectacular Superhero Dungeon Crawler
Contributor Charlie Theel posits that this game may well be the best Marvel tabletop game designed. If you love Marvel superheroes, you’ll want to check out his full overview of the game.
More Gaming Goodness!
- Deborah Ann Woll’s New D&D Show: Relics And Rarities (Trailer)
- Joe Manganiello Visits Pittsburgh’s Children’s Hospital to Share the Joy of D&D
- Predicting Dungeons & Dragons‘ Releases for 2019
Image Credits: Acquisitions Incorporated, Blizzard, Gale Force Nine, Wizkids, Fantasy Flight Games