UK Role Players

Simon Emmins has posted the following in the forums. If anyone can help him is details are below:

I wouldn’t normally do this, but unfortunately events have conspired to make life interesting. I’m organising the Esdevium board games and D&D demonstrations for GenCon UK. I’ve just had several of my volunteers drop out due to Real Life invading and desperately need to make up numbers. What I’m offering is an all expenses paid jaunt to the show, free product, and guaranteed time off to experience the show as you see fit.If you enjoy board games, or like to DM D&D 4e, please drop me a line. I need people for all four days of the show.

Simon Emmins
Esdevium Games
01420 593 593

Update:

Well, that was an excellent response. All places have now been filled! If any of you are interested in helping out with demonstrations in the future please feel free to drop me a line.

Voting has now ended for the Scenario Writing Compeition, sponsored by Dungeons & Dragons and Esdevium Games and the results are:

1st: One of Us by Max Bantleman: 8.00
2nd: Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch by EvilGaz: 7.25
3rd: Engines & Dragons by John Davis: 6.615
4th: Jelthiens Daughter by dethflaim: 5.272 (more…)

Today is Worldwide D&D Game Day and shops across the country are, as I write, running demos of the new Dungeons & Dragons. Did you take part? If so, what was it like. Is Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition better, worse, or the same as 3.5? Let us know your views and opinions in the official Worldwide D&D Game Day forum (for the UK) here.

Late last month, UK Role Players was invited to participate in a pre-launch preview game of D&D4e by those fine chaps at Esdevium Games. I was unable to attend myself so Halfbat agreed to represent us. He really enjoyed himself and has written a Preview Review so that everyone can see what 4e is going to be like. You can find it in the Reviews section (or, directly, here).

The closing date has past and you can now read the entries for the competition here. Feel free to read them at your leisure, and maybe even play through them, because voting doesn’t begin until 26 May 2008.

Engines & Dragons by John Davis (for Deadlands Reloaded)

(8Mb)

Jelthiens Daughter by dethflaim (for AD&D 2nd Edition)

(2.4Mb)

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch by EvilGaz (for Deadlands Reloaded)

(5.5Mb)

One of Us by Max Bantleman (for Call of Cthulhu)

(1.8Mb)

…until the Scenario writing competition deadline. If you don’t know about this competition and want more information then you can get it here.

With thanks to the wonderful people at Dungeons & Dragons and Esdevium Games, UK Role Players is pleased to announce a scenario writing competition to help celebrate our fifth anniversary.

Full rules are beneath “the cut” but the basics are that the scenario, which can be for any system, should be playable in a standard 4-hour convention slot and include pre-generated PCs. The number of prizes available is vast (and once again, thanks to the sponsors Dungeons & Dragons and Esdevium Games for this) and includes; D&D Icons dragon miniatures, D&D Miniatures boosters, Star Wars miniatures boosters, Battlestar Galactica RPG, Runequest RPG, Inn-Fighting, and Three-Dragon Ante. An excellent haul indeed! So, without further ado, hit the “Read the rest of this entry” link and good luck! (more…)