I'm a huge Talisman fan but I wasn't aware that a new edition was being released, and I thought that others would appreciate the news.

Key points:

• SDR 5.2 will be made available under Creative Commons.
• It will release within weeks of the 2025 Monster Manual (which will release February 18th, 2025).
• It will contain information from all three core rulebooks (PHB, Monster Manual, DMG).
• It will be localized in all officially supported languages.

This is exciting news for every aspiring game developer! Brackeys, a popular YouTuber who used to make in-depth and very user-friendly tutorials about Unity, is returning after a long hiatus, and will now create tutorials on Godot (for those who don't know, it's a FOSS game engine, but I'm pretty sure that, if you have an account here, you already know it).

Brackeys' tutorials were (and still are) the best tutorials for Unity, and have helped many aspiring devs (some of whom I know personally, and who later made a career out of it). His return, and the fact that he's now chosen to specialize on Godot, is a game-changer (pun intended) for the accessibility of the FOSS engine. Considering the recent Unity debacle, I'm happy that Brackeys will help people jump the ship, and I'm sure it will be instrumental in its success in the future.

Some trailers have been shared here, but not all. This is a list of all 35 announcements from the Triple-i initiative showcase.

• Slay the Spire 2 (Mega Crit, early access 2025 - Steam)
• Risk of Rain 2 - Free content update (Gearbox Publishing, coming soon - Steam, Epic Games Store, XboxOne, PS4, Switch)
• Kill Knight (PlaySide Studios, 2024 - Steam, XSX|S, PS5, Switch)
• Shadows of Doubt - Console announcement + Update (Fireshine Games & ColePowered Games, 2024 - Steam, XSX|S, PS5)
• My Time at Sandrock - Cross-platform multiplayer announcement (Pathea Games, Focus Entertainment & PM Studios, 2024 - Steam, Epic Games Store, XboxOne, PS5, Switch)
• Dinolords (Northplay & Ghost Ship Publishing, Early Access - Steam)
• Gestalt: Steam & Cinder (Fireshine Games & Metamorphosis Games, May 21st 2024 - Steam)
• Vampire Survivors - DLC + PS announcement (Poncle, May 9th 2024 - Steam, XBoxOne, PS4, Switch)
• Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn (A44 & Kepler Interactive, Summer 2024 - Steam, Epic Games Store, XSX|S (GamePass), PS5)
• Never Alone 2 (Humble Games & E-Line Media, TBA - Steam (not clear if it's coming on console as well))
• Cataclismo (Digital Sun Games, July 16 2024 - Steam, GoG)
• Death Must Die - Act II (Realm Archive, April 20th 2024 - Steam)
• Endzone 2 (Gentlymad Studios & Assemble Entertainment, Summer 2024 - Steam, GoG)
• Dyson Sphere Program - Free update (Youthcat Studio & Gamera Games, Coming Soon - Steam)
• UnderMine 2 (Thorium, TBA - Steam)
• Norland (Hooded Horse, Early Access May 16th 2024 - Steam)
• WHAT THE CAR? (TRIBAND, September 5th 2024 - Steam)
• Darkest Dungeon II - Free update (Red Hook Studios, 2024 - Steam)
• RKGK (Wabisabi Design & Gearbox Publishing, Summer 2024 - Steam)
• Broken Roads (Drop Bear Bytes, Out Now - Steam, GoG, Epic Games Store, XboxOne, PS4, Switch)
• Ravenswatch - Early access update (Passtech Games, April 22nd 2024 - Steam)
• Cat Quest III (The Gentlebros & Kepler Interactive, 2024 - Steam, XboxOne, PS4, Switch)
• Hyper Light Breaker (Heart Machine, Early Access Summer 2024 - Steam)
• The Last Spell - DLC Announcement (Ishtar Games & The Arcade Crew, April 24th 2024 - Steam)
• Laysara: Summit Kingdom (Quite OK Games & Future Friends Games & Quite OK Games, Out Now - Steam)
• Wizard of Legend 2 (Dead Mage & Humble Games, TBA - Steam)
• Let's School (Pathea & PM Studios, Summer 2024 - Steam, XboxOne, PS4, Switch)
• Brotato - DLC + Local Co-op announcement (Blobfish Games, Summer 2024 - Steam, XboxOne, PS4, Switch, Android, Apple Store)
• Tchia - Switch announcement (Awaceb & Kepler Interactive, June 27th 2024 - Switch)
• Streets of Rogue 2 (tinyBuild, Early Access 2024 - Steam)
• Old World - DLC announcement (Mohawk Games & Hooded Horse, May 28th 2025 - Steam, GoG, Epic Games Store)
• Palworld - Arena update (Pocket Pair, 2024 - PS4, XboxOne)
• 33 Immortals (Thunder Lotus, May 24th, 2024 - Epic Games Store, XSX|S (GamePass))
• MOUSE (FUMI Games & PlaySide Publishing, 2025 - Steam)
• V-Rising - Update (Stunlock Studios, Early Access - Steam)
• The Rogue Prince of Persia (Evil Empire & Ubisoft, Early Access May 14th 2024 - Steam)

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If I sort a multicommunity by 'Hot', it will show all posts from community 1, then all posts by community 2, etc... kind of defying the purpose of a multicommunity at all. I solved it by sorting by 'New' instead, but I figured I'd mention it here because it took me a while to notice - I thought people were not making new posts at all, while in fact, it was just displaying all posts by a lowly populated community first.

FIRST PIC TRANSCRIPTION:

Dear Pokémon fan game community,

It is with heavy heart that I announce that the Relic Castle website has been taken down following a DMCA takedown notice.

Relic Castle has always been a non-profit, ad-free, tight-knit community and we pride ourselves in what we have achieved. Members have felt at home, made friends, and even careers with us. It is with deep regret that I have to inform you that the forum part of this community, which was to turn 10 years old this year, has had to come to an end. With over 20.000 members and 65.000 posts, Relic Castle was a home to many of us.

The Discord server is not going anywhere, and the site is still visible as an archive using the Wayback Machine.

Thank you all for being with us this last decade, and thank you for making Relic Castle as awesome and life-changing as it has been for some of us.

Sincerely, Marin (Owner) & Andy (Manager)

SECOND PIC TRANSCRIPTION

FAQ: (will update as we can/want to)
1- The website was backed up and sent to me (Cat) right before it was taken down, so nothing is truly lost.
2- TCPI should not be contacted as it was a third party who is authorized by TCPI to supply DMCAs and looks legitimate to us.
3- The DMCA was on the entire site for using "unauthorized copies of copyrighted material", so different from one game being taken down.
4- What will RC staff do next? Is there a new site or will the Discord be expanded? We don't know right now.
5- Put love into the world today

A post/comment that was published, say, ten days ago, but edited two days ago, is shown as being published two days ago. Would it be possible to display the date as "10d (2d)" or something similar, to distinguish between the two dates?

The Heroic Warrior is a revamped Fighter that shares some similarities with the One DnD version of the class, but replaces the weapon masteries (which I honestly find overly simplistic and boring) with battle maneuvers and additional fighting styles.

The goal is to create a martial class that's simple to use, fun to run over multiple sessions, and on a more equal power level with casters, while also trying not to dilute its "martial" nature with spells-like or arcane powers (such as giving it overly flashy maneuvers).

The four subclasses provided are heavily inspired or directly derived by existing subclasses: the Blademaster is a blend of Battle Master and Cavalier, the Commander is an improved Purple Dragon Knight/Banneret, the Green Knight combines the Eldritch Knight and the Arcane Archer and gives them Pact Magic with third caster progression, the Psyker is a middle ground between the Echo Knight and the Psi Warrior, and lastly, the War Veteran is a mix of Champion and Samurai.

Feel free to comment and share your thoughts; I'll be happy to improve the class following other people's opinions and suggestions.

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Ko Fi: https://ko-fi.com/taverntalesdnd
Online reader and pdf download (MEGA): https://mega.nz/file/6NFkDDSY#rhDGho5JPh--_its_RrBtMIVi8hLrorbHxz02naIn4c

I've been working on this one for a while, and I'm happy I've finished it in time for the release of Dune 2!
The Ashworm Dragoon was a prestige class in DnD 3.5, meant as a "mundane" (as in, non-magical) special mount for fighters.
The two main hurdles when writing this class was finding a way to have the ashworm come back to the player in the event of death (most familiar subclasses in the game don't have this problem, as the character has spell slots to heal/resurrect their faithful friend) and balance the burrowing speed of the ashworm (I actually found that the rules are a bit more restrictive than I thought, and I've added a few more to prevent strategies that the players could employ to cheese encounters using their burrowing speed).

Ending theme from Xenogears, the most ambitious videogame ever created.