<![CDATA[JBCO - Press Releases]]>Tue, 14 May 2024 15:31:16 -0700Weebly<![CDATA[Peter Adkison and World of Chaldea Call on Gamers and Fantasy Fans Everywhere to Get in the Picture]]>Mon, 10 Jul 2017 10:09:19 GMThttp://jennybendel.com/press-releases/peter-adkison-and-world-of-chaldea-call-on-gamers-and-fantasy-fans-everywhere-to-get-in-the-pictureCasting Call Opens for Hundreds of Extras to Be Drawn into the World of Chaldea
 
Join Director Peter Adkison on Facebook Live at 12:00pm Pacific Today
 
SEATTLE, WA (July 10, 2017): World of Chaldea, the new web series by Peter Adkison, founder of Wizards of the Coast, co-owner of Gen Con and filmmaker (Chaldea: War Room and The Devil Walks in Salem), opens today a casting call for gamers and fantasy fans everywhere with World of Chaldea’s Part of the Picture. Hundreds of extras from fantasy and history will be immortalized in Chaldea’s graphic novel scenes – from local folk to Legionnaires, necromancers to knights, druids to drunks and many more.
 
The Part of the Picture call is open to anyone ages 13 and up and requires no previous acting experience. To become #PartofThePicture, fans will pick a character from the extras list, take a couple of photos in costume inspired by the character and post them to Facebook, Twitter and Instagram with the hashtags #PartofThePicture and #WorldofChaldea, along with the name of the character they are portraying. For complete details, including the extras list and guidelines, visit:
 
www.worldofchaldea.com/become-a-part-of-the-picture
 
“Initially, we started to create characters from scratch until we realized that it would be a lot of fun to make these characters look like people we know. Then we realized, if we think this is fun, maybe others will too, so we’re opening it up for everyone!”, says Adkison, World of Chaldea director.
 
Adkison will be live on Facebook.com/PeterAdkison at 12:00pm Pacific Time today, Monday July 10, for a behind-the-scenes look at the World of Chaldea and to answer questions about the casting call.
 
The World of Chaldea series is currently in production, featuring a cast that includes Jen Page, Conner Marx, Sarah Moore, Brandon Marino, Jesse Cheever, Stefan Hajek, Yasmine Aker and Eric Ray Anderson. Created by Adkison along with long-time collaborator Steve Conard, and developed directly from scenarios gamed by players in Adkison’s RPG campaigns dating back to 1981, World of Chaldea brings those games to life in a trans-media web series, using graphic novel art, music, sound, and live action film sequences. Chaldea has adult themes, traditional fantasy roots mixed with real-world places and times in history, and real-world pantheons of deities, all of which are brought together in an epic tale in an innovative blend of film, comics, and fiction.
 
Those cast by Adkison through #PartofthePicture will be drawn into the graphic novel pages that will become a part of the series. They will also receive a custom digital portrait of themselves as their character and an “extras” name credit.
 
Photos will be accepted through 12:00pm Pacific Time, September 15, 2017.  
 
Facebook.com/worldofchaldea
Twitter.com/worldofchaldea
Instagram.com/worldofchaldea
 
#WorldofChaldea
#PartofthePicture
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]]><![CDATA[Black Book Editions Launches Raoul RPG Second Edition on Game On Tabletop]]>Mon, 26 Jun 2017 18:09:40 GMThttp://jennybendel.com/press-releases/black-book-editions-launches-raoul-rpg-second-edition-on-game-on-tabletopBeloved French RPG Gets New Edition Through Crowdfunding For Gamers By Gamers
 
LYON, FRANCE (June 26, 2017) – Game On Tabletop, the innovative new crowdfunding platform dedicated to tabletop games, and Black Book Editions, publishers of Polaris RPG and the Mythic Battles:Pantheon RPG, announce today the return of Raoul, le jeu de role qui sent sous les bras (The RPG whose armpits stink). First released in 1994 by Patrice Larcenet and illustrated by Manu Larcenet, the Raoul RPG brings simple rules and a humoristic view of French life together in a fun new edition.
 
Authored by Cedric Ferrand and powered by his own hack of the Apocalypse World game system, Raoul 2nd edition puts players on summer vacation in France, living the good life with noisy barbeques, Pastis competitions, loud leisurewear and doing their best to annoy the locals at favorite camping spots.
 
Raoul will power-through a limited, one-week campaign on Game On Tabletop to launch the Raoul 2nd Edition rulebook, along with an additional scenario, a limited edition “Naturalist Edition” rulebook, GM screen, PC power cards, plus Raoul-branded bath towel and tote bag for immersive summer holiday fun. All first-day backers will also receive a free ocean-scented car air freshener.
 
“We are excited about having Raoul be the very first French project under the new Game On brand,” says Damien Coltice, Black Book Editions spokesperson. “This is certainly the most emblematic French RPG out there and we are thrilled to bring this second edition back in a whole new glory.”
 
After four years of hosting highly successful tabletop crowdfunding campaigns in France under the name Casus Belli, Game On Tabletop is a community-driven platform for gamers, by gamers.
 
To back the campaign or for more information, visit http://bit.ly/2rUfXL3.
 
About Black Book Editions
Located in Lyon and founded by David Burckle in 2004, BBE is a gaming company specializing in tabletop RPGs and related products. BBE is the French language publisher of several prestigious licenses, including Pathfinder, Shadowrun, Deadlands, Savage Worlds, Eclipse Phase and more, and Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition in France. BBE is also the creative studio behind Casus-Belli, the French RPG magazine, and publisher of France’s best-selling RPGs Chroniques Oubliées and Polaris. BBE has also been running the Casus-Beli crowdfunding platform in 2013, which launched globally as Game On Tabletop June 2017.
 
About Game On Tabletop
Game On Tabletop is located in Lyon, France and was created by the team behind Black Book Editions, France’s premier RPG publisher and promoter. With more than 20 years of experience in the hobby gaming industry and four years successfully running the Casus Belli crowdfunding platform, Game On Tabletop takes that platform and launches it on the global scale to create an engaging crowdfunding community for gamers, by gamers. For more information, visit www.gameontabletop.com.
 
 
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]]><![CDATA[SYRINSCAPE’S CTHULHU RISES DOOMPACK RECEIVES UK GAMES EXPO AWARD FOR BEST RPG SUPPLEMENT]]>Wed, 14 Jun 2017 06:57:30 GMThttp://jennybendel.com/press-releases/syrinscapes-cthulhu-rises-doompack-receives-uk-games-expo-award-for-best-rpg-supplementFree RPG Day Stores Will Give Away Bonus Cthulhu SoundPack
 
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA (June 14, 2017) – Syrinscape, creator of the award-winning apps that bring tabletop games to life with movie-like sound, is thrilled to announce it received the award for “Best RPG Supplement” at this year’s UK Games Expo. This marks the second award Syrinscape has received from the UK Games Expo community, having won “Best Game Accessory” at the 2015 show.
 
The Cthulhu Rises Doompack contains six spine-tinglingly immersive locations and encounters inspired by the Cthulhu mythos. Along with the mighty Cthulhu, Nyarlathotep, the Mi-Go, Great Old Ones and Outer Gods alike, this six-pack of sonic doom and horror includes subliminal skitterings, mind-bending energy fields, psychic horror, huge bestial roars, storms, demonic voices and more to have players of any Lovecraftian tabletop game on the edge of insanity. The Cthulhu Rises DoomPack is now available on Syrinscape.com for $19.99, and is already unlocked for all SuperSyrin and Sci-Fi subscribers.
 
Syrinscape creator Benjamin Loomes was on hand to accept the award, presented by game industry legend John Kovalic (Dork Tower, Munchkin). Said Kovalic, "Handing Syrinscape the award was one of my great pleasures at UK Games Expo. I've been a Syrinscape fan and subscriber since I began GM'ing again. Syrinscape audio adds so much to my gaming sessions, and I know my players love the rich aural soundscapes it creates. At least right up to the point their characters die horribly."
 
The “Best RPG Supplement” award caps-off a fantastic return to UKGE for Syrinscape, where hundreds of attendees contributed their voices via the new Syrinscape Sound Cave to be crafted into Lovecraft’s Shoggoth on a forthcoming SoundSet, and attendees were entertained by an all-star cast in the UKGE debut of Live RPG Plus.
 
Further, Syrinscape returns to Free RPG Day this year as a Platinum-level sponsor, providing 10,500 free Cthulhu Bonus – Steam Train to Salem SoundPacks to participating friendly local game shops. Steam Train to Salem is an add-on to the Cthulhu Rises DoomPack that will have players rolling down the tracks to insanity with the ambient hustle and bustle of Coach to Cabin Class, hungry riders in the dining car enjoying music from an upright piano, brain-sucking alien power, an incessant harmonica player, haunted luggage carriage and more. Free RPG Day takes place Saturday, June 17 at participating friendly local game shops.
 
The award-winning Syrinscape apps bring fantastic, realistic sound to tabletop gaming and are compatible with nearly any mobile device or computer. Syrinscape’s Fantasy Player, Sci-Fi Player and Board Game Player apps are free to download and the official sounds of Pathfinder, Mutants & Masterminds, Catan and hundreds of other sound creations for nearly any tabletop game are available for sale individually or as part of the Supersyrin Subscription for $10/month.
 
Syrinscape can also be completely unlocked for free for 30 days at Syrinscape.com/freetrial and includes two free SoundSets to keep after the trial.
 
Cthulhu Rises DoomPack demo video featuring Syrinscape creator and Dicestormers host Benjamin Loomes:
 
https://syrinscape.com/store/products/205-cthulhu-rises-doompack/
 
About Syrinscape
Using a powerful audio engine and complex algorithms to produce ever-changing soundscapes and rich encounter-specific music, Syrinscape conjures every aural landscape imaginable, from ethereal forests and stony shorelines, to dank, vermin-filled dungeons, to the spooky depths of the underdark. Designed by accomplished composer and tabletop gamer Benjamin Loomes, along with the developers at the Interaction Consortium, Syrinscape builds on more than 8 years of prototyping and community feedback. Syrinscape is based in Australia. Syrinscape is available for a wide range of devices, including PCs, Macs, Android Tablets and phones, iPhones and iPads, and the players can be downloaded via syrinscape for free.
 
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]]><![CDATA[PAIZO RETURNS TO FREE RPG DAY WITH OFFICIAL STARFINDER ALIEN PREVIEW MANUAL]]>Tue, 13 Jun 2017 11:18:09 GMThttp://jennybendel.com/press-releases/paizo-returns-to-free-rpg-day-with-official-starfinder-alien-preview-manualREDMOND, WA (June 13, 2017): Paizo Inc., publisher of the award-winning Pathfinder Roleplaying Game and Pathfinder Adventure Card Game, is proud to return to Free RPG Day as a Platinum-level sponsor with Starfinder: First Contact, an exclusive first look at more than a dozen creatures from the highly anticipated forthcoming science fantasy RPG Starfinder. More than 10,500 Starfinder: First Contact manuals have been provided to friendly local game stores participating in Free RPG Day and will be available June 17, while supplies last.
 
The Starfinder Roleplaying Game releases in August 2017, but the first aliens will land on Free RPG Day in Starfinder: First Contact, a 16-page manual previewing otherworldly foes, from the asteroid-dwelling sarcesians who ride solar winds on wings of light, to technomagical undead horrors capable of ruling forever as the sinister Bone Sages of Eox. Starfinder: First Contact includes:

  • A dozen alien creatures from throughout Golarion’s solar system.
  • Player-race information to let players be the alien, from the atrophied psychic creatures called contemplatives to the bug-like haan who float across gas giants on balloons of spun webbing.
  • Instructions for easily converting Starfinder creatures into Pathfinder.
  • Sneak previews of some of the new abilities and rules systems featured in Starfinder.
 
For more information about Starfinder, visit paizo.com/starfinder.
 
About Paizo Inc.
Paizo Inc. is publisher of the award-winning Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Pathfinder Adventure Card Game, Pathfinder Tales novels, as well as board games and accessories. The Pathfinder world, in which players take on the role of brave adventurers fighting to survive in a world beset by magic and evil, is currently translated into eight languages, and has been licensed for comic book series, graphic novels, toys, and apparel. Paizo.com is also a leading online hobby retail store, offering tens of thousands of products from a variety of publishers to customers all over the world.
 
 
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]]><![CDATA[GAME ON TABLETOP NOW LIVE WITH PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT’S THE GOON™ RPG AND FEAR AGENT™ RPG FOR SAVAGE WORLDS]]>Tue, 06 Jun 2017 18:16:45 GMThttp://jennybendel.com/press-releases/june-06th-2017Gaming Community Has Dedicated New Crowdfunding Home
 
LYON, FRANCE (June 6, 2017) – Game On Tabletop, the innovative new crowdfunding platform dedicated to tabletop games, and Pinnacle Entertainment, the award-winning publishers of Savage Worlds and Deadlands, announce the debut combined campaign of The Goon™ RPG and Fear Agent™ RPG is now live for backing at GameOnTabletop.com.
 
The Game On combined campaign for The Goon™ RPG and Fear Agent™ RPG picks up where their recent Kickstarter campaigns left off, having already raised more than $66,000 and unlocked stretch goals for archetype characters, creature cards, and more. The campaign offers for each game a core rulebook, GM screen with adventure, Bennies, dice, and miniatures sculpted by Bronze Age Miniatures. New backers may join the Game On Tabletop campaign with rewards priced individually beginning at $29.99 for a softcover + PDF copy of one book.
 
“Pinnacle Entertainment is excited to be Game On Tabletop’s launch partner with The Goon™ RPG and Fear Agent™ RPG,” says Pinnacle COO Jodi Black. “The site’s functionality makes managing our campaign a breeze and I love that the tabletop community is going to have a dedicated home for finding and supporting new games.”
 
After four years of hosting highly successful tabletop crowdfunding campaigns in France under the name Casus Belli, Game On Tabletop now makes its global debut with a community-driven platform for gamers, by gamers. For hobby game enthusiasts, Game On Tabletop is their new home for discovering the newest tabletop games from up and coming as well as established designers and publishers. For publishers, Game On Tabletop means fully customizable product pages, a real-time pledge manager, auto-updating Level Ups, Add-On management, and easy accounting with exportable invoices. Game On Tabletop also offers publisher assistance with fulfillment, production, and marketing as a la carte services.
 
The Goon™ RPG and Fear Agent™ RPG for Savage Worlds combined campaign is now live. To back the project or for more information, visit GameOnTabletop.com.
 
About Pinnacle Entertainment Group
The award-winning Deadlands and Savage Worlds tabletop RPGs were created by Shane Lacy Hensley, owner of Pinnacle Entertainment Group. For more information, visit www.peginc.com or contact Jodi Black, COO and Managing Editor for Pinnacle, at PEGJodi@gmail.com.
 
The Goon™ is created by Eric Powell and published by Dark Horse Comics™: darkhorse.com.
 
Fear Agent™ is created by Rick Remender (Black Science, Seven to Eternity, Captain America), Tony Moore (The Walking Dead, Deadpool, Exterminators), and Jerome Opeña (The Avengers, Moon Knight, Uncanny X-Force), and published by Dark Horse Comics™: darkhorse.com.
 
About Game On Tabletop
Game On Tabletop is located in Lyon, France and was created by the team behind Black Book Editions, France’s premier RPG publisher and promoter. With more than 20 years of experience in the hobby gaming industry and four years successfully running the Casus Belli crowdfunding platform, Game On Tabletop takes that platform and launches it on the global scale to create an engaging crowdfunding community for gamers, by gamers. For more information, visit www.gameontabletop.com.
 
 
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]]><![CDATA[MODIPHIUS RETURNS TO UK GAMES EXPO WITH STAR TREK, TALES FROM THE LOOP, CTHULHU BOWLING AND MORE]]>Wed, 24 May 2017 13:10:03 GMThttp://jennybendel.com/press-releases/may-24th-20177396316LONDON, ENGLAND (May 24, 2017): Modiphius Entertainment, award-winning publisher of the Star Trek, Achtung! Cthulhu, Mutant Chronicles, Conan, Infinity and John Carter of Mars roleplaying games, unveils today its line-up of activities slated for UK Games Expo, taking place in Birmingham June 2 – 4.
 
Attendees are invited to visit the Modiphius booth in the trade hall, #H5, to meet the writers and designers of Star Trek Adventures, the forthcoming RPG based on the legendary TV series’. Fans will have their last opportunity to pick up their free promo miniatures of either Captain Kirk or Captain Picard by signing up for the Living Campaign Playtest, now in progress, or with a booth purchase of £10 or more.
 
From the makers of Mutant: Year Zero comes Tales From the Loop, the much-anticipated retro RPG in the vein of E.T. and Stranger Things. Tales From the Loop is a sci-fi journey in which teenagers solve mysteries, explore and engage with abandoned robots, vehicles and machinery, while dinosaurs and other creatures wander the fields and roads. The game will make its UKGE debut, for sale in the Modiphius booth.
 
Finally, Modiphius invites attendees to test their bowling mettle and take on the Great Old Ones at ten-pin bowling at the Achtung! Cthulhu Bowling Alley in the Modiphius booth. The pins are the familiar bowling pin shape but the balls are giant d20s for an insanity-inducing challenge, with prizes through the weekend.
 
Attendees of UK Games Expo can also demo the new Achtung! Cthulhu Skirmish, a fast-paced wargame rule set combining World War II and the Cthulhu mythos, and be the first to get a look at sneak previews of miniatures for Fallout: Wasteland Warfare, the tabletop miniatures game based on the massively popular Fallout series.
 
Visit Modiphius in the trade hall at booth #H5 for Star Trek Adventures, Tales From the Loop, Achtung! Cthulhu Skirmish and #H7 for Achtung! Cthulhu Bowling.
 
About Modiphius Entertainment
Modiphius Entertainment is a London, England-based entertainment publisher of tabletop games and related hobby merchandise. The company launched its first game, the Achtung! Cthulhu Roleplaying Game, in 2013, followed by the Mutant Chronicles RPG, DUST Adventures RPG based on Paolo Parente’s DUST universe, Infinity The Roleplaying Game based on the best-selling miniatures game, Conan, Adventures in Age Undreamed of, the official roleplaying game of Robert E Howard’s barbaric universe, Matt Leacock’s Thunderbirds, a cooperative board game based on the classic 60’s show and the official Kung Fu Panda Boardgame. This year sees the launch of the Star Trek RPG & Miniatures line.
 
Modiphius Entertainment seeks to inspire with its tales of heroism, adventure and courage. Modiphius also works to combat global child trafficking through raising awareness of and funds for Vision Rescue. For more information, please visit modiphius.com.
 
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]]><![CDATA[SHADOWS OF ESTEREN LAUNCHES ADELIANE, A TRANSMEDIA ALBUM AND CONCERT TOUR BASED ON THE AWARD-WINNING ROLEPLAYING GAME]]>Wed, 24 May 2017 12:22:19 GMThttp://jennybendel.com/press-releases/may-24th-2017PARIS, FRANCE (May 24, 2017) – Agate RPG, publishers of the acclaimed Shadows of Esteren Roleplaying Game, announces today the successful funding of the Adeliane: Album & Tour, with five days to go in the Kickstarter campaign.
 
Composed by François Rousselot (Oscar-winning short film Mr. Hublot) and featuring the voice of Clarisse May (France’s The Voice television show) as Adeliane, Adeliane is based on the Shadows of Esteren character of the same name, a strong, brave young woman crushed under the weight of a tragic past and on a quest to shed light on the mysteries that haunt her nightmares. Inspired by the universes of Philip Glass, Agnes Obel and David Darling, the album is one window into a medieval world filled with dark romantiscim, where ghastly horror and awe-inspiring beauty go hand in hand. The album will be recorded by the Budapest Symphonic Orchestera under the direction of Rousselot. Adeliane will release July 2017 and marks the fourth album created for the Shadows of Esteren world.
 
The Adeliane Tour will make its debut in Birmingham at the UK Games Expo on June 3 and will continue at Essen Spiel October 27. The UK Games Expo concert will feature special guest Benjamin Loomes, renowned composer and creator of Syrinscape, the award-winning sound app for tabletop games, who will be filing the venue with the sounds of vicious storms, vast landscapes and other moody environments. Additional dates in France and the U.S. are in the works for 2017 and 2018.
 
In addition to the album and tour, the Adeliane Kickstarter also features Melwan, a 60-page sourcebook for Shadows of Esteren and Yldiane, a 16-page graphic novel.

Imagined and designed by Studio Agate from Paris, France, Shadows of Esteren features a medieval world with horrific and gothic overtones in a dark, low fantasy setting. Drawing inspiration from Celtic myths, this universe has a subtle fantastic side hidden under a bleak, realistic surface. As a role-playing game, Shadows of Esteren has received more than a dozen awards for its art, production value and cartography, earned a silver ENnie Award for Product of the Year and has thousands of devoted players worldwide.

There are five days left in the Adeliane Kickstarter. Pledge levels of €18 or higher also include a ticket to the Adeliane concert in Birmingham on June 3 at 8pm. For more information or to back the project, visit:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/agate/adeliane-album-and-tour

About Shadows of Esteren
Shadows of Esteren is a medieval roleplaying game with horrific and gothic overtones in a dark, low fantasy setting. Drawing inspiration from Celtic myths, this universe has a subtle fantastic side hidden under a bleak, realistic surface. The Shadows of Esteren world is populated by men and women trudging through daily lives whiles also struggling with supernatural threats lurking in the dark. With the focus of its adventures being investigation and survival, Shadows of Esteren favors immersion and interaction among the players.
 
 
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]]><![CDATA[DIZED TO MAKE UK GAMES EXPO DEBUT]]>Wed, 24 May 2017 12:19:11 GMThttp://jennybendel.com/press-releases/dized-to-make-uk-games-expo-debutSkip the Rulebook and Start Playing with Dized App
 
HELSINKI, FINLAND (date): Playmore Games, developers of Dized, the definitive companion app for learning tabletop games, announces today the activities for Dized to make its UK Games Expo debut (Birmingham UK, June 2 – 4, 2017).
 
UK Games Expo attendees are invited to enter the Dized Lab (Booth #C20), a fast-paced puzzle room to test their team’s memory and puzzle solving skills. Visitors will also get an exclusive preview of the Dized app currently in development. Dized is also looking for community evangelists. To become part of Team Dized, visit the booth for more information.
 
“Dized is the friend at the table who already knows how to play the game. Dized teaches players what they need to know, when they need to know it with smart, interactive tutorials and will revolutionize how we learn games,” says Jouni Jussila, Dized/Playmore Games CEO. “We can’t wait to introduce Dized to the UK Games Expo community.”
 
Dized puts the universe of tabletop gaming in the palm of the hand with a fun, easy-to-use app for learning any tabletop game. In addition to  rules tutorials and lookup tool, Dized will also feature exclusive digital expansions and a community of tabletop gamers at the fingertips. Dized will launch via IndieGoGo in August. Sign-up is now open to receive news, early announcements and other promotions. For more information, visit dized.com.
 
About Playmore Games
Funded in 2014 by enthusiastic players and game designers Jouni Jussila and Tomi Vainikka, Playmore Games goal is to show there is a better way to learn and enjoy board games together. While the board games industry is booming, a significant obstacle remains: learning rules is a slow and tedious process. Playmore Games' first app, Dized, will offer smart interactive tutorials, setup guidance, a blazing fast rules lookup tool and other exclusive features to make the board game experience all about fun.
 
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]]><![CDATA[GAME ON TABLETOP OPENS COMMUNITY CROWDFUNDING FOR GAMERS BY GAMERS]]>Wed, 17 May 2017 13:05:19 GMThttp://jennybendel.com/press-releases/game-on-tabletop-opens-community-crowdfunding-for-gamers-by-gamersFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
 
LYON, FRANCE (May 17, 2017) – With more than 20 years of experience in the hobby game industry, the team behind Game On Tabletop, the innovative new crowdfunding site dedicated to tabletop games, is thrilled to announce today the plans for attending UK Games Expo and the opening of the site for early-bird newsletter sign-ups.
 
After four years of hosting highly successful tabletop crowdfunding campaigns in France under the name Casus Belli, Game On Tabletop now makes its global debut with a community-driven platform for gamers, by gamers. For hobby game enthusiasts, Game On Tabletop is their new home for discovering the newest tabletop games from up and coming as well as established designers and publishers. For publishers, Game On Tabletop means fully customizable product pages, a real-time pledge manager, auto-updating Level Ups, add-on management and easy accounting with exportable invoices. Game On Tabletop will also offer assistance with fulfillment, production and marketing as a la carte services.
 
“Game On is where tabletop gamers will discover their favorite new games,” says Laura Hoffmann, business manager. “Our innovative technology streamlines the pledge management process and creates a more personalized experience for the community.  Game On Tabletop is crowdfunding for gamers, by gamers.”
 
Game On Tabletop will make its debut at UK Games Expo in Birmingham, UK June 2 – 4 with the launch of the “Get Your Game On!” search for the best yet-to-be discovered games. Attendees are invited to stop by the Game On booth in the Trade Hall (booth #A28) to pick up the Game On Prototype Kit and see if they can make a game before the end of the convention.
 
“Community is at the heart of Game On,” Hoffmann continues. “Tabletop gamers know tabletop games best, and we can’t wait to see what fantastic new games the community discovers!”
 
The first campaigns will be announced in the coming weeks. Sign-ups are now open on Game On Tabletop to be the first for news and campaign announcements.
 
About Game On Tabletop
Game On Tabletop is located in Lyon, France and was created by the team behind Black Book Editions, France’s premier RPG publisher and promoter. With more than 20 years of experience in the hobby gaming industry and four years successfully running the Casus Belli crowdfunding platform, Game On Tabletop takes that platform and launches it on the global scale to create an engaging crowdfunding community for gamers, by gamers. For more information, visit www.gameontabletop.com.
 
 
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]]><![CDATA[Cthulhu Comes to Syrinscape and Free RPG Day]]>Thu, 11 May 2017 18:29:17 GMThttp://jennybendel.com/press-releases/cthulhu-comes-to-syrinscape-and-free-rpg-day
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CTHULHU COMES TO SYRINSCAPE AND FREE RPG DAY
 
New Evocative and Horrific Sounds for Any Cthulhu-Themed Gaming Adventure Available Now for the Syrinscape App
 
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA (May 11, 2017) – Syrinscape, the award-winning sound companion app that brings tabletop games to life, releases today the second installment of the 6-part Cthulhu Rises DoomPack, with two new Cthulhu-themed SoundSets of doom and horror to have gamers playing on the edge of insanity, Mi-Go Laboratory and Mi-Go Underground Dwelling. Each is available from the Syrinscape store for $3.99 or as part of the Sci-Fi Subscription Package. SuperSyrin Subscribers will find the new SoundSets already unlocked in their libraries.
 
Mi-Go Laboratory SoundSet
With vats of bubbling goo and boiling liquids, analog clanks, biomatter, telemetric communications and more, the Mi-Go Laboratory SoundSet is a place of true Cthulhu-esque horror.
 
Mi-Go Underground Dwelling SoundSet
Mi-Go Underground Dwelling SoundSet is the audio solution for underground exploration in tabletop games. Whisperings, hissings, shrieks, iridescent walls, skittering and more unpleasant sounds will make players uneasy in their chairs.
 
Syrinscape is a proud sponsor of Free RPG Day again this year (June 17, 2017), the day when gamers can score exclusive free games and other goodies at their participating friendly local game shops. While supplies last, Free RPG Day stores will be giving out more than 10,000 Syrinscape gift cards for a free download of the Steam Train to Salem SoundSet, a bonus add-on SoundSet to the Cthulhu Rises Doompack. Steam Train to Salem will have players rolling down the tracks to insanity with the ambient hustle and bustle of Coach to Cabin Class, hungry riders in the dining car enjoying music from an upright piano, brain-sucking alien power, an incessant harmonica player, haunted luggage carriage and more.
 
Free RPG Day marks the debut of Syrinscape’s new retail gift cards. Similar to iTunes or Google-Play cards, the Syrinscape gift cards will feature a scratch-off foil to reveal a unique code good for use in the Syrinscape store. Syrinscape gift cards will be for sale in hobby game shops for $20 each and the packaging will feature several designs of collectible art and game enhancements such as maps and tokens. Look for Syrinscape gift cards at local game shops in Summer 2017.
 
The award-winning Syrinscape apps bring fantastic, realistic sound to tabletop gaming and are compatible with nearly any mobile device or computer. Syrinscape’s Fantasy Player, Sci-Fi Player and Board Game Player apps are free to download and the official sounds of Pathfinder, Mutants & Masterminds, Catan and hundreds of other sound creations for nearly any tabletop game are available for sale individually or as part of the Supersyrin Subscription for $10/month.
 
Syrinscape can also be completely unlocked for free for 30 days at Syrinscape.com/freetrial and includes two free SoundSets to keep after the trial.
 
Mi-Go Laboratory demo video featuring Syrinscape creator and Dicestormers host Benjamin Loomes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw22VkuHKA&feature=youtu.be&utm_source=PR
 
Mi-Go Underground Dwelling demo video featuring Benjamin Loomes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iAEvOIIUBc&feature=youtu.be&utm_source=PR
 
About Syrinscape
Using a powerful audio engine and complex algorithms to produce ever-changing soundscapes and rich encounter-specific music, Syrinscape conjures every aural landscape imaginable, from ethereal forests and stony shorelines, to dank, vermin-filled dungeons, to the spooky depths of the underdark. Designed by accomplished composer and tabletop gamer Benjamin Loomes, along with the developers at the Interaction Consortium, Syrinscape builds on more than 8 years of prototyping and community feedback. Syrinscape is based in Australia. Syrinscape is available for a wide range of devices, including PCs, Macs, Android Tablets and phones, iPhones and iPads, and the players can be downloaded via syrinscape for free.
 
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