Pinnacle Entertainment Group and Digital Adventures are proud to announce an exciting new venture: Savage Worlds Online! Using the phenomenal Fantasy Grounds II virtual gaming table, you can run, play, and create adventures for Savage Worlds right on your computer screen with friends from as far away as across the world to right there in your own home or game store!

Why are you still here, amigo? Head over to http://www.savageworldsonline.net right now and see what the digital age looks like when it goes Savage!

Buy it now from Smith and Robards.

You can still buy the pdf book, players’ guide, and figure flats over at Smith and Robards, of course, but our hardcover print run is no longer available.

In other Smith and Robards news, our customizable GM screen is available once more. Check out this awesome GM aid, and take a look at the inserts available for our Savage Worlds settings, too.

Sundered Skies

In this first Sundered Skies preview, you’ll find an introduction to this exciting and dangerous world. Look for more preview material and downloads in coming weeks.

Check out the TGTT podcast for insights into this great new setting, and look out for more Sundered Skies material coming soon.

We’ll have previews of this dark fantasy book along with sample characters and a One Sheet adventure in the weeks to come, so check back for more news soon.

For more information, check out the MidSouthCon homepage.

Ruling the waves - The British Navy are feared by every Pirate afloat! Legion Publishing brings you a brand new set of 25 figure flats from highly disciplined officers, hardened marines and jolly jack tars! With this set is a FREE!!! 32llb cannon model. Each character has full Savage Worlds character stats to help the GM to bring their piratical adventure to life!

My first contact with Gary was when I was a demo guy for “Dangerous Journeys.” He sent hand-signed Christmas cards to everyone, and I sliced my hand open on the envelope so bad that I ruined a carpet. I laughed and alternately called it my “Gygaxian Wound,” the “Enveloper of Wounding +5,” or the “Vorpal Envelope.” Needless to say, receiving a hand-signed Christmas card from the father of the industry was a major thrill–despite the horrific blood loss clearly indicating I’d lost a large number of Hit Points. (Game Designers have lousy saves.)

A decade later, someone picked up a D&D 3.0 book for me when it first came out at GC (I was working our booth). Gary was signing and I guess someone told him it was for me. He wrote “Hey Shane! Good job on Deadlands!” I have it on my top shelf, along with the numerous Hoyle’s signed by fans.

A year later, we spent a few hours together at a couple of smaller conventions, and I treasured every minute of it. He was warm, funny, and still incredibly enthusiastic about gaming. That stuck with me more than anything.

I think often about how not only the pen and paper industry, but a large part of the video and computer game industry wouldn’t be what it was without him.

I also think about how many hours of fun and enjoyment he brought to all of us. Or how he gave a creative outlet to kids who didn’t always fit in with the regular crowd so well. And perhaps most of all, how he created bonds of friendship that transcend any other community I’ve ever seen. I don’t remember the people I graduated high school or college with, as a rule, but I am still in touch or even work with those I gamed with.

Thanks for that, Gary. And rest in peace.

Shane

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