The Friday Grab Bag - Tales, Betrayal, & AltspaceVR

Over on rpgnow.com from Ultanya Publishing, you can get your "Tales from the Game Tavern issue #1" in PDF form here.

Also, on slate.com, learn "The Fun of Betraying Your Friends" where they tell us "We’re in a golden age of board games. Betrayal at House on the Hill is one of the best."  Find out more here.

Finally, on the AltspaceVR YouTube channel, watch "How to play Dungeons and Dragons in AltspaceVR."  Enjoy!

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Throwback Thursday - Old Letters, Appendix N, & D&D Networks

Over on newsweek.com, they share an installment of "Explain Your Letter" wherein "This Guy Wrote Us a Letter About Dungeons & Dragons When He Was 12" and they confront him as an adult here.

Also, on digital-eel.com, they've preserved Appendix N for reference and education purposes here.

Finally, on enworld.org, Mike "Talien" Tresca has shared the latest in his columns on "D&D Does Digital Part IV: Online Communities," a story that stretches back to the mid-1980s.  You can read each part of the series starting with Part One here, Part Two here, Part Three here, and finally this Part Four here.

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The Friday Grab Bag - D&D Eats, 7th Sea, & Roll20 Stats

Over on tribality.com, they highlight "That’s Good Eatin’ – A D&D Meal Guide" here.

Also, on sailthe7thsea.com, They tell us that 7th Sea is making a comeback here.

Finally, on tenkarstavern.com, they share Roll20 stats for the last quarter here.

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Saturday Crowdfunding Roundup - Four Wizards, Tabletopia, & Dark Age Outpost

Three from Kickstarter this week with the first being "Four Wizards: A Medieval Card Game" by Undefined Knowledge.  They've had a pretty good track record with a couple of relaunches mixed in so check this one out here.

Also, have a look at "Tabletopia - The digital platform for board games" by Tabletopia here.  It's already well funded and has some good games lined up already.

Finally, "Dark Age Outpost: 28mm Terrain & Miniature Set" by Nick Ryan has the backing it needs already and is knocking past some stretch goals here.

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Saturday Crowdfunding Roundup - Last Call Oliviah, Monster Tokens 3, & Mare Nostrum Empires

Three from Kickstarter this week with the first being "Last Call Oliviah - RPG Adventure by Lloyd Metcalf" here.  It is "a full size OSRIC / 1E adventure module that shoots off from the "Midnight Olivah" Mini module adventure."

Also, have a look at "Monster Tokens 3 with new Hero and Villain Tokens" by David Dixon here.  They're "making more Monsters and adding Heroes & Villains to the mix! Get physical tokens. Download Heroes for Print & Virtual Tables."

Finally, check out "Mare Nostrum - Empires" by Uwe Eickert here.  "This expanded title includes updated rules, counters, and map board, many new components, and multiple new ways to win!"

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The Friday Grab Bag - Origins Award Noms, D&D Digital Maps, & Fantasy Grounds on Steam

Over on originsawards.net, the 2015 Origins Award nominations are available here.

Also, on The Daily Dot, they tell how "Dungeons and Dragons comes to life on digital maps" here.

Finally, over on Steam, Fantasy Grounds has been implemented and allows for playing Dungeons & Dragons 5E here.

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Tech Tuesday - Speeder Drone, Transparent Solar Cell, & Augmented Reality Sandbox

Over on slashgear.com, they show us how a "Star Wars Speeder Bike drone puts mini trooper in the air" here.

Also, on extremetech.com, they share "A fully transparent solar cell that could make every window and screen a power source" here.

Finally, on doc-ok.org back in 2012, they told everyone to "Build your own Augmented Reality Sandbox" here.

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Tech Tuesday - Beam, castAR, & Tomatan

Although I usually save Kickstarter mentions until Saturday, I've got a new one for Tech Tuesday as well as an update on one.  First up, check out "Beam: The smart projector that fits in any light socket"
by Beam Labs, Inc. here.

Also from Kickstarter, it seems that "castAR: the most versatile AR & VR system" by Technical Illusions is starting to ship.  Learn more here.

Finally, there is no other way to put it except in the words from the article, simple and straightforward, "A Japanese vegetable juice company has designed a new a wearable robot [code name: Tomatan!] that dispenses tomatoes for people to eat while on the go."  See more here.

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