Time Stop, July 30th

Wizards of the Coast News

August 4th’s DDI Update will include Divine Power, Eberron Campaign Guide, Dragon 376 (including the Revenant) and Dungeon 167. Additionally, it will include a new Githzerai racial entry including feats and a new paragon path.

2009 ENnie Award Nominees: A complete list of the WotC products nominated for an ENnie Award this year.
GenCon 2009 Schedules: All the events that WotC will be holding during during GenCon.
GenCon Indy Approaches: Chris Tulach gives more details on the RPGA events going on at GenCon, and provides the rules for the D&D Championship.
D&D Minis Legendary Evils Preview: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 and Part 5. Each pack will contain 1 visible huge mini, 1 rare large mini, 1 rare medium or small mini, 2 common minis (5 total per pack). There are a total of 8 huge visible minis, 12 large rare minis, 12 medium or small minis, and 8 common minis (40 total).
Big Trouble: In this article, Logan Bonner provides DDI subscribers with alternative stats for many of the minis from the new Legendary Evils set that is about to be released.
AV2 Excerpt: Immurements: “An immurement is a rare form of magical prison that contains a place that has been sealed away from the rest of the world.” Use an Immurement to alter the terrain of an encounter.
AV2 Excerpt: Story Items – Armor: All good armor has a story behind it.
AV2 Excerpt: Story Items – Weapons: All good weapons have a story behind them.
DDI Subscriber Downloads: Eberron Campaign Guide Art Gallery, Eberron Campaign Guide Map Gallery, Dungeon 168 Art Gallery, and Dungeon 168 Map Gallery.

Other News

Articles

DM Tips: June 2009 Archive: Mike Shea from Sly Flourish archives the DM Tips that he sent out over Twitter during the month of June 2009.
Familiars by Artifice: In Dragon 377, Jennifer Clarke Wilkes discusses how Artificers harness the arcane powers to create familiars. (DDI Subscription required)

Podcasts

RPPR Episode 32: Show and Tell – Maps and Minis: Role Play Public Radio discusses the use of maps, minis, props and other gimmicks at the table.
The Podge Cast Episode 51: The Business and Props of the Podge: After recently celebrating their 50th episode The Podge Cast returns this week with their take on using props at the gaming table.
The Tome Episode 110: Wolfgang Advice: Wolfgang Baur, the man behind Kobold Quarterly, joins The Tome’s host Jeff to create a human warlord, discuss how to create monsters and how to give a campaign setting some culture.

Gold

Gold: The Series recently released the finale to their first season. “Gold is a comedy series about Professional Role Playing Gamers, written and produced for the web, which premiered in November 2008.” They are currently looking for donation to make a second season possible.
The Tome Episode 111: Gold the Series: David Nett, the writer/producer/actor of Gold: The Series, recently joined Jeff to discuss Gold, D&D, gamers, and Gold’s upcoming showing at GenCon.
RPG Blog II: A nice article about the series.

Tools

IniTracker: An online initiative tracking tool. It requires the installation of a Google tool.
Fight Card: Another browser based initiative tracking tool. This one you download and have to manually configure some files though.
Action Stands and Status Flags: A new way to track status effects from Dark Platypus Studios. Trask from LivingDice.com recently reviewed them.
Critical Hits recently released their Guide to 4e Accessories.