El Dado Inquieto: November 2013 news (Second part)

miércoles, 20 de noviembre de 2013

November 2013 news (Second part)

Second instalment of news for November 2013:

Help for Haiyan Typhoon victims

As all of you may know, at the begining of the month Philippines was affected by the arrival of Haiyan Typhoon, which inflicted serious damage and human losses in the center of the archipelago, mainly in Sámar and Leyte.

Given the seriousness of the situation several projects had been launched, both government agencies and NGOs and in the roleplaying community, where you can help with your contributions (if your situation does not allow you to do it I ask you to raise awareness):

Roleplaying community projects

Pandapon Studios (link 1, link 2, link 3) promises to give the Spanish Red Cross half the gains in reading manga Midnight Hunters
Evil Beagle Games offers the After the Storm Bundle
DriveThruRPG offers the PWYW donation of Doctors Without Borders
DriveThruFiction offers the PWYW donation of Doctors Without Borders
Applied Vectors will donate all their collected earnings of the sale of its products until December 15th

Other help projects

Unicef Spain
Unicef International
Unicef USA
Creu Roja Internacional (link 1, link 2)
Church World International
Minreeva Learning Solutions

Retroroleplaying Cancer Fund

Randall Stukey, of the website Retroleplaying asks for help of the roleplaying community to cover his wife's cancer treatment medical expenses, in exchange offers the possibility of be part of a draw of some items of the 1970 and 1980 decades related to Dungeons & Dragons by publishers not affiliated with TSR (if your situation does not allow you to collaborate I ask you to raise awareness of this initiative).

Desde el Sótano reaches its 114th edition

The online magazine Desde el Sótano reaches 114th edition with the following articles (Note: The magazine is written in Spanish):

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.

Setting

Organisations: OFLAR, the lottery of stars or how to earn a fortune in Exo.
Character: Alfonso Arnao. a new inhabitant of Cunia, illustrator, will give a lot of talk in the future.
Systems: The Thalamir. First of a series of articles developing a zone of the Exo galaxy in detail.
Illnes: Malaria in Second World War. How to combat it, how to avoid it and a ittle history for a Comandos.
Sports: Kutela. A sport bettween sporting competition and religious ritual in planet Cántico (Exo)

Rules

Fauna: Forest constructor. A creature for Exo already present in our adventures.
Flora: Tree of joy. A sample of the vegetal reign of the known Entrovia Peninsule (Pangea).
Maneuvers: Cold zafarrancho. A maneuver to give more details for your CEP gaming sessions (and more survival capability to your pilots).

Equipment

Vehicles: Police girocopter with vertical rotor. A police vehicle with great autonomy for Exo.
Vehicles: Chevrolet Silverado Black Ops 4x4. The fad of any self-respecting gangster (Rol Negro).
Ships: Rehilete Class orbital patrol vessel. A new ship for CEP and for Exo.
Weapons: Artillery of Napoleonic Wars (I). First article about these weaposn in the Peninsular War (1808).

Events

Chronology: the war every day, November 1940.
Runes: news of Pangea.
The Truth: Cunia news of the day. November 2013.
A.D.E.G. '69: Special: Letter from Alfeiron.
Chronology: November 1808.

Adventures

Exo: Negocios a «ostia» limpia. A commercial adventure in planet Cántico which gets more complicated by certain sports competition.
Rol Negro: Cerrado por vacaciones. A new case by «As de Picas» or something a bit different. A case for the brigade best policemen, a pity it's August and holydays...
Sangrienta siete: Sinopsis of the episode for Comandos de Guerra. 1x02 - El Día de la Infamia.
Lobo: 1x02 - Salvad a Slissu. Sinopsis of the episode for the series of Pangea.

Club Silmaril announces Silmanit gaming day

Club Silmaril from Barcelona announces the night gaming session Silmanit for coming November 30th.

Third Jornadas Advanced Castilla & Dragón

Coming December 6th, 7th and 8th gaming days Advanced Castilla y Dragón will be held for third time in Valladolid (Spain), if you want to get involved with some activities send your proposal to the organisation via this link.

Ars Magica 5th edition for sale next November 22th