This Just in From GenCon....unfortunately not

So not only am I not at GenCon, the one major connection I usually have is the "This Just In from GenCon" podcast; isn't going on this year!!! Luckily with Google + I can almost keep track of what's going on...

In not Gen Con news: Louis Porter Junior's Secret Project was announced this morning. LPJ has gotten 16 freelancers together to create..."A monster book" for Pathfinder which will be kickstartered...while these freelancers will have free rein to do whatever they want, I'm not really excited, because it's another Pathfinder product...

Pathfinder is starting to suffer from the same glut of products that d20 did.

GenCon News

Margaret Weis Productions (The ones who brought you Serenity RPG & the Cortex Rules system) have acquired the Marvel License!! That's a pretty huge coup for them. (That's owned by Disney these days you know.)

ENNIES at GenCon

Watching the Twitter for the Ennies!

Dresden Files has already gotten four gold Ennies, Best Production Values and Best Writing, Best Rules, Best Game.

Red Sands 1889 for Savage Worlds gets a Silver for Best Supplement.

Paizo gets LOTS and LOTS of Ennies. Including the Gold for Best Supplement for Advanced Player's Guide. And Fan Favorite Publisher

Silver goes to Wizards of the Cost for Fans' Favorite Publisher

Gold ENnie for Product of the Year goes to Pathfinder: Advanced Player’s Guide, Paizo Publishing 

Silver ENnie for Product of the Year goes to The Dresden Files RPG, Evil Hat Productions

Gold ENnie for Best Game goes to The Dresden Files RPG, Evil Hat Productions

GenCon

Been listening to the "This Just in from GenCon" PodCast. It as close as I can get for now.

RPG News: GenCon

While I'm not At GenCon, all the big industry news comes at GenCon, as I hear about these news items, I'll respond. I know Wizards of the Coast and Paizo have announcements happening at GenCon. Rumors have been circulated that 5th edition is to be announced, but coming on the heels of "essentials" we'll have to see what happens. Though there is a precedent for releasing consolidated rules, before the new edition. (Rules Compendium released just before the announcement of 4e). Note: While I'm not a fan of 4e, I am a fan of RPGs and anyway to get new blood into the industry is all right by me.
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Per the SJG Twitter, Steve Jackson Games announce 2012 release of Conan Munchkin!
Pretty cool, now we can play Conan the way it was meant to be played, with Cthulhu!! Pulp at it's finest

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Per Adam Daigle Twitter: Hardcover re-release of PFRPG Hardcover confirmed.
Good news for the people who are missing the original Out of Print Rise of the Runelords AP. I wonder what the price point will be.

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