GenCon 2012 – Day 1 Events (News)

Posted by on Aug 21, 2012 in Articles, Event Coverage, Industry, News, Trade Shows | 2 comments

GenCon's tag line is, "The Best Four Days in Gaming". They have earned every right to that tagline. GenCon celebrated its 45th convention this year and has plans to keep going another 45 and more. I'm here for three of the four days and I am having incredible fun time gaming, seeing great films, learning new techniques and tips, and meeting people.

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New Media Storytelling Breaks New Ground with First Paladin (News)

Posted by on Aug 18, 2012 in Articles, Event Coverage, Industry, News, Trade Shows | 0 comments

Roleplaying games as visual media just took a step closer to reality with the launch today of a new website for hobby game players around the world. Now roleplayers have the opportunity to experience a Dungeons & Dragons® campaign in a whole new way: through a Web series hosted exclusively at www.thefirstpaladin.com. Viewers can watch The First Paladin™, a campaign being played with D&D Next rules, and see the game evolve dynamically as game master Peter D. Adkison and the players make their own choices. This new series is produced by Hostile Work Environment™, a new multimedia company owned by Adkison, the former CEO of Wizards of the Coast and owner of Gen Con®, LLC.

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