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December 1st 2005 Issue #4

December is crunch time for the Nature of Magic. We have specific objectives to achieve in order to get the product to you come January. Read more below. The tryout kit has been updated as well and offers more exciting material for your review, Conventions are on the horizon, and omnibus takes on a new look, see the forecast of issue #2 as well as info on the redesign of issue #1. The crossroads website still has many new features and a whole new look to it as well, so check it out!

www.crossroads-rpg.com
The CrossRoads of Eternity web site is taking on a whole new look and feel. Newly designed with a cleaner layout, material is easier to find than ever. With the coming of The Battle for Andora primer (see below) we have revised much of the material and story resources to reflect the events of this special world setting and rule set. The site is still packed full of special resources all available for free with a few clicks.

A newly designed online store makes products easier to find and also makes it easier to maintain each customer's personal log in information. This new system fully automates all aspects of electronic product downloads via the shopping cart system, so no more special log-ins to deal with. You simply log into your member account on the online store and view your order list to download any purchased PDFs.

Tryout Kit Version 2
This kit contains all the games basic rules, and will give you a good idea how to create a character, use magic, stage a combat and accomplish tasks. We’ve also included an adventure geared toward starting players and a selection of story material to help you get familiar with the games setting. Sorry there’s not a lot of pictures, but were saving those for the Core Rule Book. If you like what you find here then give the Core Rule Book a shot. It contains over 20 Trades and 13 races, plus hundreds of spells and skills, a ton of monsters to fight, a ton of weapons and equipment, a 2 part adventure and lots and lots of cool rules that go way beyond what you get in this tryout Kit. You can order the CrossRoads of Eternity RPG core Rule Book and The CrossRoads Omnibus off our website (www.crossroads-rpg.com) or from your favorite games retailer! Give it a try; we think you’ll dig it! Click on the image to the left to download this tryout kit for free.

The CrossRoads of Eternity Omnibus forecast
Issue #1 of Omnibus is in the process of being redesigned. Anyone who has purchased or Downloaded omnibus will get a new updated PDF of issue #1 when it is complete. This new layout offers better organization, smarter layout, cleaner graphics, and some better and more clarified details on the Koruk. The Koruk random race table has been made unique to the race, rather than improvising the Orc one in its place.

Issue #2 planed for early first quarter 2006 will include an entire reworking and expansion to the combat system with a full combat addendum which addresses such elements as mounted combat, two handed weapon bonuses, special mortality and death strike rules and much more. Along with this great addition, a special feature on werewolves which will elaborate on the werewolf hunter trade, give greater details concerning werewolves and lycanthropes which includes a rule addition for playing a lycanthrope character.

Arcadiam Games is busy planning for appearances at two industry shows at the end of first quarter 2006. First is Gamestorm 8 in Vancouver Washington in March, so if you are local or are going to be in the northwest in March, come and check us out at the show. Click on the banner above to see gamestorm's web site for specific convention details. The show promises to be exciting and we'll be there in full force giving demos, free-bees, drawings for prizes and much more. Come by the show with your copy of the CrossRoads of Eternity RPG core book, and we'll sign it and give you a free copy of Crossroads Omnibus #1. This show will be the official retail release of the Nature of Magic book as it will be available in stores in March (January over the web site) We look forward to seeing you there.

Additionally, Arcadiam Games is planning on attending the Game Manufacturer's Association (GAMA) annual trade show in Las Vegas, also in March 2006. If you are a retailer or Distributor come by and check out our products and the excellent support which we are all to happy to offer you and your customers. Because your customers are ultimately our customers, and we think they will greatly enjoy what we have to offer.

CROE CAM Update
We have had a good amount of interest expressed in the prospect of a live cam demo, however we haven't followed through to regular airing of game sessions for one reason or another. Instead, we will be setting up a schedule for a monthly live cam game session, and the rest of the times we will record it for your convenient download, as was suggested by a number of people. It's like a TV series, catch the featured new episode as it airs and watch reruns the rest of the time. We will also be setting up a series of video demos of game play, combat, character creation and PC conflict resolution within our system. These videos will all be less than 20 minutes each with the exception of the larger game night sessions or the extended play demos, which may last several hours. More information will be posted when the demos are completed.

N.O.M. update
The Nature of Magic project is well under way and nearing it's last leg of work. We have the last of the art and flavor text plotted out and have received feedback from several play testers and are now working through processing that input.

The Necromancer, which appears in the book is redesigned from the Core Rule Book in order to differentiate them from other diabolic magic users, and so we are also including rules for the "Dark Wizard" trade which is the other side of the diabolic spell caster coin. This great new trade gives yet another option for magical classes and an even larger variance on the possibilities of play and PC interaction.

The proposed Bard and White witch material mentioned previously in other press material will be withheld due to deadline concerns and will be later released in an upcoming issue of Omnibus. NOM is now exceeding 260 pages in size, and is being fluffed out and cleaned up to make for a very exciting book indeed. The final version will retail for $24.99 in soft cover form, $49.99 in limited edition full color with hard cover, or in PDF form for $9.99.

That's it for this month! Make sure to check out all the great features on our website, crossroads-rpg.com. Our Forums are the perfect place to ask questions, meet other players and learn more about our game!

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