Echoes from the Wyrd #13

Ooo. Look around. This is the 13th Echoes from the Wyrd. Will it be lucky for you? It might be if you reach the end of the strange survey, pick a prize and win. We’ve a great set of previews this month. An exclusive peak at Signs & Portents #3 from Mongoose. This is a must if you’re a B5 fan since the preview looks at the wonderful Londo! The Morningstar setting was one of final contestants in Wizards of the Coasts setting search and we’ve Goodman Games to thank for picking it up, publishing it and letting us have this preview. Interested in campaign settings (but not d20 ones) – okay, what if the world was actually the dreams of dragons? Tempted? Not only do we have a preview of Rêve: the Dream Ouroboros’s World book but a downloadable adventure as a free bonus. Open World Press was one of the first companies to bring their first product to the marketplace since the launch of D&D 3.5. Take a look at it in the Hamlet of Thumble preview. The famous Philip J Reed has given us some Forbidden Arcana in the form of Pits of Despair, what’s more, this preview is entirely open content and you can stick it in your own book if you want!

This month we shove Chris Pramas, founder of bossman of Green Ronin, in the e-View hot chair. Do you think Green Ronin are the best d20 company? Starting this month GameWyrd is interviewing PDF RPG publishers for RPGNow’s Downloader Monthly ezine. You can find a link to this free ezine and an interview with Philip J Reed in this Echo.

Does the Underworld movie look cool? Does it remind you of White Wolf’s World of Darkness? What if we told you there was a White Wolf World of Darkness novel that was even more similar? Find out why White Wolf have unleashed the attack lawyers!. Wizards of the Coast have been making changes to the legal work behind the d20 system. Are they trying to improve things, censor blood, gore and naughty bits or are they picking on one or two companies in particular? Find out what’s going on and have your own say. Meanwhile, Mongoose Publishing are being more free with the d20 system and have announced that their CyberNet game will allow for a royalty free license. Are you a StarGate fan? You’ll want to know about the brand new RPG. Okay. Are you a Dragonlance fan? Guess what! There’s a shiny supplement for the new hardback RPG already.