Top 5 RPGs - Summer 2013

Top 5 Role Playing Games
1.  Pathfinder (Paizo Publishing)
2.  Star Wars (Fantasy Flight Games)
3.  Dungeons & Dragons (Wizards of the Coast)
4.  Iron Kingdoms (Privateer Press)
5.  Fate Core System (Evil Hat Productions)


*  This chart of the Top 5 Roleplaying Games (hobby channel) reflects sales in Summer 2013.  The charts are based on ICv2 interviews with retailers, distributors, and manufacturers.

Pathfinder Adventure Path: Wrath of the Righteous Part 1 - The Worldwound Incursion

Pathfinder Adventure Path: Wrath of the Righteous Part 1 – The Worldwound Incursion

For over a hundred years, the demon-infested Worldwound has warred against humanity, their Abyssal armies clashing with crusaders, barbarians, mercenaries, and heroes along the border of lost Sarkoris. But when one of the magical wardstones that helps hedge the demons into their savage realm is sabotaged, the border city of Kenabres is attacked and devastated by a demonic army. Can a small band of heroes, destined for mythic greatness, survive long enough to hold back the forces of chaos and evil until the cavalry arrives?

A Pathfinder Roleplaying Game adventure for 1st-level characters, The Worldwound Incursion begins the Wrath of the Righteous Adventure Path.

Pathfinder Item Cards: Wrath of the Righteous Adventure Path

Be they lost relics of prior crusades, sinister weapons liberated from demonic forces, or ancient wonders from a land murdered by the formation of the Worldwound, this deck presents a trove of treasures for use in your Wrath of the Righteous campaign. Each of this set's 54 beautifully illustrated, full-color cards includes space on the back to add notes for each item, allowing players to track their favorite treasures.

If you are in Puerto Rico, Bad DM recommends you visit The Gaming Pit, in Guaynabo, to get a copy of Wrath of the Righteousness Part 1: The Worldwound Incursion and Pathfinder Item Cards: Wrath of the Righteous.

Pathfinder's Demonic Duo

Pathfinder Player Companion: Demon Hunter's Handbook

Raise your banner and lead the charge in your fight against the dreaded demons of the Abyss with Pathfinder Player Companion: Demon Hunter’s Handbook! Whether you’re crusading against the demons crawling from the horrific Worldwound or you've traveled all the way to the Abyss to fight these fiends on their own turf, this volume will give you everything you need to face off against the forces of the demonic horde.

Demon Hunter’s Handbook contains player-focused, in-depth discussions of demons, how to slay them, and the best ways to survive encounters against these despicable foes. Each Pathfinder Player Companion includes new options and tools for every Pathfinder RPG player. Inside this book, you’ll find:

• Traits and advice for characters whose pasts have been soiled by the taint of demons or their cultists.
• Tips and guidelines for joining Golarion’s various demon-hunting organizations, as well as advice on how to start your own.
• New feats, rage powers for brawlers who seek to stand toe-to-toe with demonic foes, and archetypes like the cold iron warden—perfect for cult-busting inquisitors!
• Innovative new demon-slaying tools and weapons born from the efforts of the Mendevian Crusades.
• Details on the most heinous demonic foes, from the teeming rabble of the Abyss to unfathomable demon lords!
• In-depth details on the Worldwound and the Abyss, as well as traits for the unfortunate characters that hail from these dark realms.
• New spells, magic items, methods of demon interrogation, kits to prepare you for fights with demons, and much more!

Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Demons Revisited

Lords of Sin

 

Demons have plagued heroes since the dawn of time. They are legion, as varied as the countless mortal sins that give them birth, and ever eager for new opportunities to destroy the works of humanity. Yet despite the danger, arrogant mortals remain fascinated by demons, and may be the key by which these fiends shall inherit the world!

Demons Revisited presents 10 of the game’s most notorious demons, providing details on the sins that spawn each type, what roles they play on the Abyss, and what particular devastations they prefer to wreak on the mortal realm, given the chance. In addition, each chapter presents a list of unique demons drawn from the Pathfinder campaign setting, along with a full stat block for some of the most powerful demons of their kind.

Inside this book, you’ll find:

• Balors, the greatest of the demon races and rulers of their own Abyssal realms.
• Invidiaks, known also as shadow demons—fiends of envy who exist only to possess the bodies of the living. 
• Mariliths, demonic multi-armed generals born from the souls of the most arrogant and proud evil souls. 
• Succubi, beautiful but deadly seductresses who use charm, subtlety, and mind-control to achieve power. 
• Vrocks, bestial and foul avian demons born of wrath and hate. 
• Five other demon types: the slime-dripping babaus, the honey-tongued glabrezus, the toad-like hezrous, the gluttonous nabasus, and the greed-spawned nalfeshnees.

Pathfinder RPG: Mythic Adventures

Because not all heroes are created equal...

Pathfinder RPG: Mythic Adventures is for players whose goal is to become heroes of myth and legend, the kind whose every footstep shakes the heavens. Mythic Adventures introduces six mythic paths: archmage, champion, guardian, hierophant, marshall, and trickster. It also includes new mythic feats, spells, magic items, artifacts, legendary items, and over 40 mythic monsters.

Players choose a mythic path and complete mythic trials tied to their character's story, gaining "unbelievable" power as they do so. Each mythic path works in parallel with the player's character class. You can start playing a mythic character at any point, even as early as level 1.

Pathfinder RPG: Mythic Adventures also includes a thorough guide to assist Game Masters in the creation of their own mythic adventures.

Paizo Recalls Defective Pathfinder Product

Paizo Publishing issued a recall for Pathfinder Flip-Mat: Arcane Dungeons.

Defects in the manufacturing process, including the use of incorrect paper stock and improper folding, caused the Pathfinder Flip-Mat: Arcane Dungeons to crease within its original packaging, wrinkling the protective coating. While this affects the cosmetic appeal and mars the usability of the flip-mats, there are no safety concerns with this product.

SteamPunk RPG Beta Playtest

In the age of steam, coal is king…

ICOSAEntertainment’s Pure Steam is a steampunk campaign setting compatible with the Pathfinder Role Playing Game.  This isn’t your grandma’s steampunk.  Hillbillies and Yankees scatter the landscape, which is more Appalachian than Victorian.  The old, tired mountains rich in coal veins are home to the economic powerhouses of the setting.

This book focuses on the Federal State of Ullera, a relatively young nation born out of the Abolition War, founded on freedom from oppression and learning to cope with newfound economic prosperity. 

• Plunge into the setting with original subraces, each fresh and exciting.
• Test out the Chaplain, an original base class able to heal and buff without magic.  Representing her chosen association (each of which grants unique powers and options), she adventures for the betterment of society.
• Try your hand at one of eight unique archetypes.
• Aim true with new weapons, accessory and gadgetry.
• Kick the tires.  Brand new vehicles await for rapid travel and exciting combat.
• Experience the horror science can awaken with new monsters.

*The Pure Steam Campaign Setting was successfully funded on Kickstarter on May 9, 2012.