GAMA Trade Show Report - "DCC World," the DCC-CD,

[goodmangames]

Well, I'm back from the GAMA Trade Show with lots of cool announcements. You can see the Xcrawl announcement on our front page -- long story short, Goodman Games will be handling Xcrawl, with new releases starting in August. I've been a longtime fan of both the game and the creator (Brendan LaSalle, author of DCC #10: The Sunless Garden and another upcoming DCC), and I'm really looking forward to it.

There are a couple big announcements for DCC fans. First and foremost, "DCC World!" That's the code name for our big, fat boxed campaign setting. It does exactly what you've always wanted: place every single DCC adventure on one huge world map in a single cohesive setting. The DCC's will remain world-neutral, but should you choose you can tie them together with this setting. The authors -- Harley Stroh, Jeff LaSala, and Mike Ferguson -- are all on these boards and can field questions as we get closer to release.

Another biggie is our cooperation with Midnight Syndicate on DCC #34: Cage of Delirium. Slated for August release, this adventure by Wes Schneider (of DragonMech and DCC #12: Blackguard's Revenge fame) is tied to the Midnight Syndicate CD "Gates of Delirium," which will be packaged with the module. Each encounter area is cued to a specific track on the CD, so when you enter a room the adventure will read (for example) "cue track 6 then read or paraphrase the following." It's a great play experience and a ton of fun.

There are probably some other things I'm forgetting but hey, I've been sleep-deprived for a week so this is all I have to say for now! I hope you guys are as excited as I am about these announcements.

-- Joseph

P.S. Here's the full Xcrawl press release...

PRESS RELEASE: GOODMAN GAMES TO DISTRIBUTE XCRAWL FOR PANDAHEAD PRODUCTIONS


Goodman Games and Pandahead Productions are pleased to announce they have reached an agreement to bring XCrawl to even more fans! Effective April 3, Goodman Games will handle distribution for XCrawl. All previously produced XCrawl titles will be available to distributors under the Goodman Games product listings.

In addition, Goodman Games announces plans to bring new Xcrawl titles to market! Officially licensed from Pandahead Publishing and endorsed by Xcrawl creator Brendan LaSalle, these all-new titles will offer new and deadly crawls for every Xcrawl fan. Full details on upcoming titles will be announced in coming months.

“I’ve been a fan of Xcrawl since the very beginning,” said Joseph Goodman, President of Goodman Games. “I’m totally stoked to be a part of this!”

“We are very excited to be working with Goodman Games on this,” said Brett Brooks, President of Pandahead Publishing, “and I’m sure that fans of Xcrawl will be thrilled with the new product coming out. Goodman Games has a great reputation behind their Dungeon Crawl Classics line, and they will do an amazing job with the new line of adventures and supplements for Xcrawl.”

Distributors can begin ordering Xcrawl titles immediately. The following SKUs will be available effective April 3:

PDH 1001, Xcrawl: GM Screen/Adv Module (d20), $19.95
PDH 1002, Xcrawl: Guild Sourcebook (d20), $19.95
PDH 1003, Xcrawl: Three Rivers Crawl, $14.95
PDH 1004, Xcrawl: Sell Out (d20), $24.95
PDH 1005, Xcrawl: Emperor's Cup 4700, $14.95
PDH 1050, Xcrawl HC (Revised Edition), $37.95

For more information on Goodman Games, visit www.goodman-games.com. For more information on Xcrawl and Pandahead Publishing, visit www.pandahead.com.



Xcrawl is ©2006 Pandahead Productions.

[Jeff LaSala]

Thanks, Joseph, for making the announcement!

Incidentally, it would seem a discussion has started here with some helpful information from Harley Stroh:

http://www.goodmangames.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=746