April 2012 news (Second Part)

Monte Cook leaves Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition development

Designer Monte Cook has announced in his blog that leaves Wizards of the Coast and the development of the 5th edition of Dungeons & Dragons citing a disagreement with the company.

Desde el Sótano reaches its 97th edition

Contents of this new edition of the magazine Desde el Sótano are the following:

Editorial

• Editorial: A word from the maker.
• Credits: Those who are behind this (and make it possible).
• Index

Fandom

• Basement Answers: Questions from the fans and the best of our responses.
• The Voice: Conferences, meetings and events for the coming days and months.
• Basement exterior: Section with interesting news from the outside world.
• Bibliography: War Memoirs of Bernard Montgomery.

Setting

• Characters: Thomas Francis Anchia "Longa". A famous guerrilla in 1808 that would end up fighting against his own comrades and allying with their former enemies.
• Medicine: Medicine in the battlefield of the Napoleonic era. Interesting data to frighten your PC of 1808.
• Street guide: Bazaar Bilbo. A business life corrupted by grieving Cunia. (Sistema Sombra, Rol Negro).
• Astronomy: The tear of Thela. A famous comet of Elyon system (Exo).

Rules

• Fauna: Primates (II). A quick reference article that these creatures appear on Pangea.
• Wildlife: Explosive Roses. The genetics of Exo taken to its ultimate floral consequences.
• Operations: CEP. A risky move that may surprise your opponents or lead to your destruction (CEP).

Equipment

• Health: Morphine. An interesting article on the uses of this drug in the Second World War (Comandos)
• Weapons: FY2011-a1. Who would not always have a double-barreled gun? (Sistema Sombra, Rol Negro).
• Equipment: Vortex Cube. A system for recovery of biological samples.
• Vehicles: Mine Detonators. The Krupp Rauner Alkett VsKfz S and 617. Two curious German designs (Comandos)

Events

• Timeline: The war every day, in April 1939.
• Runes: News of Pangea.
• The Truth: Cunia news of the day. April 2012.
• A.D.E.G. '68: Special: Press release of Defense Ministry.

Adventures

• Comandos: The Fall of Hainan. Set in a historical event, the characters in this game will witness the Japanese landing on the island Hainan and should make every effort to save children who accompany them.
• Exo: Hell on Muriano system. Nothing is as it seems when a ship reaches the planet independent trade Muriano...

Traveller and Paranoia again in Castillian

To finish this news’ delivery here goes a news item Spanish role-playing gamers will like, because in the website Traduciendo Rol there’s the announcement of the Castillian translation of two classical RPGs Paranoia and Traveller taking as a base Mongoose Publishing editions. The project is financed through crowdfunding with different prizes based in the contributed quantity.


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