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Play The
Severed Oath at Gen Con So Cal—October
14, 2004
Game
designer Sean Reynolds is running The
Severed Oath Arcana Unearthed adventure
at Gen Con So Cal on Saturday, December 4, from 4 to
8 p.m. See the event listing at the Gen
Con website.
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The
Severed Oath Free Adventure—September
30, 2004
"This
adventure, which debuted as a tournament at Gen Con
Indy 2004, is designed for 5th-level characters using
the Monte Cook’s Arcana Unearthed variant
player’s handbook...."
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Arcana Unearthed Wins Best d20 Game Award—August
12, 2004
"Sue
and I are proud to announce that Malhavoc Press won
three 2004 Gen Con & EN World d20 System
Awards last week at the Gen Con Game Fair—including
the coveted Best d20 Game Gold Award for Monte Cook's
Arcana Unearthed. (And check out the Line
of Sight for a little about our annual tournament.)"
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Happy
Birthday Arcana Unearthed!—August
12, 2004
"We
were delighted to hear from many of you who frequent
our official fan site, diamondthrone.com, about how
you've been using Monte Cook's Arcana Unearthed
in your games. Now that the book is one year
old, it's high time we found out how your campaigns
are going. Take a look at the latest respondants in
our players spotlight page."
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Variant Player's Handbook Earns 2 ENnie Nominations!—August
5, 2004
"The
ENnie nominations are out! Find out about Malhavoc Press'
three nominations right here, including two for Monte
Cook's Arcana Unearthed. Keep checking back at EN
World, too, because soon you will be able to vote
for all your favorite nominated game products."
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Free Adventure!—July
1, 2004
"This
week we've got a great new free adventure for fans of
Monte Cook's Arcana Unearthed. Mike Mearls presents
'The Thrice-Cursed Crown,' the story of an ancient artifact
that has brought woe and ruin to all who have claimed
it...."
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Arcana
Unearthed Now Available as a Single PDF—June
17, 2004
"Many
of you have told us that you really want the whole variant
player's handbook book in electronic form...."
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Eldritch
Might Spell List for Arcana Unearthed—April
29, 2004
"’By
popular demand, we’ve taken spells from The
Complete Book of Eldritch Might to offer here in
spell list form fully compatible with Monte Cook’s
Arcana Unearthed...."
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Pen
& Paper Fan Award—April
22, 2004
We're proud to announce that Monte Cook's Arcana
Unearthed won the 2003 Pen & Paper Fan Award
for Best Roleplaying Game in the second annual competition
sponsored by Pen & Paper.net. Check out our full
winners list for other products that were recognized!
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Weird Gamewyrd Game Award News --
March 19, 2004
This just in... Monte Cook’s Arcana Unearthed
won the “Possessor of the Wow Factor” award
in the Weird Gamewyrd Game Awards. Read all about it
at the
Gamewyrd awards page. I also won the “award”
of being the author most likely to be a Caffeine Powered
Robot. Hmm….
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Arcana Unearthed
Nominated for InQuest Fan Award --
March 5, 2004
The nominations are in for this year's InQuest Fan
Awards, and we're proud to announce that Monte Cook's
Arcana Unearthed has been recognized.
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New
Spells for Mage Blades, Runethanes, and Witches
-- February 5, 2004
The following spells are specifically intended for mage
blades, runethanes and witches: They affect athames,
runes, and witchery powers. Also included are a few
new touch spells for use with the new spells lesser
spell's edge and greater spell's edge.
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Arcana
Unearthed ranks as a "Top RPG Proprty"
-- January 22, 2004
The latest issue of ICv2's
Retailer's Guide to Games has rated Monte
Cook's Arcana Unearthed as a "Top RPG Property."
We're really glad that so many of you have come to enjoy
the Lands of the Diamond Throne, and we're looking forward
to publishing more great support products in 2004.
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New
Causes to Champion
--
December 11, 2003
One of the more dynamic classes in Monte
Cook's Arcana Unearthed is the champion, because
its abilities depend so much on the cause the character
chooses to champion, and the number of causes is almost
limitless. Here are two more causes to champion that
you can add to those found in the rulebook.
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Convention
News
--
November 14, 2003
If
you're planning to attend Gen Con SoCal 2003, find out
how you can play in an Arcana Unearthed session
with Malhavoc designer Sean K Reynolds.
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New
Magister Spells -- November 14, 2003
While spells in Monte Cook's Arcana Unearthed
are not specific to any one class, the new spells offered
here apply to magisters and other casters of complex
spells and users of staves.
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Rules FAQ
-- October 2, 2003
Since the release of Monte Cook's Arcana Unearthed,
a few questions have come up more than once, suggesting
that additional clarifications might be helpful. This
Rules FAQ is a collection of these clarifications based
on answers I've offered. Thanks to Søren K. Thustrup
for compiling this!
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Between
Life and Death Free
Adventure -- October 2, 2003
To support The Diamond Throne, we’ve got
a free 16-page adventure for you called Between Life
and Death set in the Floating Forest.
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Generate Names for
Arcana Unearthed Characters! --
September 4, 2003
I'm excited today to share a cool new online tool
with all of you: a name generator for Monte Cook's
Arcana Unearthed.
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August 14 Chat
Transcript -- September 4, 2003
I was pleased to welcome almost 40 of you to our very
own chat room last week to answer your questions about
Monte Cook's Arcana Unearthed!
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Official Errata List
-- September 4, 2003
Every time a new rulebook is published, there are
always a few things you wish you'd caught before the
book went to press. While we're happy that we've found
relatively few errata points in Monte Cook's Arcana
Unearthed...
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The Reviews Are In! -- August
28, 2003
Read the Arcana Unearthed reviews at Mortality.net,
RPG.net,
and d20
Zines! And another one at at
RPG.net.
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Arcana Unearthed Electronic Titles Debut!
-- August 28, 2003
Today Monte Cook makes selections from his hot new
rulebook Arcana Unearthed available to the PDF
roleplaying audience. Read the official
press release, check out the PDF
previews, and see some
overviews.
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Monte's
Gen Con Journal -- August
21, 2003
Arcana Unearthed just blew out through
the doors at Gen Con. Life here in Malhavoc Land is
good. If you're interested, I wrote a detailed journal
of my Gen Con experiences in my Line of Sight this week.
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Akashic
Class Preview -- August 21, 2003
Check out a preview of the akashic class in the
August issue of Game Trade Magazine, now available
at game and hobby stores everywhere!!
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Arcana Unearthed
Breaks Records! -- August
21, 2003
A powerful debut at the Gen Con Game Fair this past
weekend and strong initial retail sales make Monte
Cook's Arcana Unearthed from Malhavoc Press the
roleplaying game title to watch this season.
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Take a look at our new
art gallery, featuring illustrations from Sam Wood,
Toren "MacBin" Atkinson, David Hendee, Jennifer
Meyer, and Stephen Shepherd.
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Create your own character with the official Arcana
Unearthed character sheet. Download
now! (52k PDF)
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Monte announced the forthcoming three Arcana Unearthed
electronic editions in his Line of Sight a few weeks
ago. Now see the covers
for these PDFs, available now.
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Dungeons & Dragons creator Gary Gygax has already
named Monte Cook's Arcana Unearthed a
winner!
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Download These Characters
-- July 29, 2003
"As
we get ever closer to the release date of Monte Cook's
Arcana Unearthed, we have some free characters for
download. They showcase more of the new book, but you
can use them in your own games as well. Includes the
verrik mind witch, giant champion of life, and the quickling
unfettered/totem warrior."
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Arcana Unearthed Trailer!
-- July
24, 2003
Wanna
see something cool? Check out the new Arcana Unearthed
trailer created for us by Mark Byer with music by Jammin'
Grooves. This link
takes you to a page where the trailer (about 300k) will
begin to play immediately.
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Arcana Unearthed in Sight!
-- July
17, 2003
"This
week, we got the Arcana Unearthed proofs back
from the printer. Proofs are what the printer sends
you to show that everything's all set up, and they're
ready to start printing...."
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"The
Giants" -- July 10, 2003
"This four-page preview for Monte Cook's Arcana
Unearthed contains the entire giant racial entry,
along with related artwork by Sam Wood. You'll see:
These are not the giants you're used to!."
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"The Greenbond
" -- July 3, 2003
"This five-page preview for Monte Cook's Arcana
Unearthed contains the entire greenbond character
class, along with related artwork by Sam Wood and Jennifer
Meyer."
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Introducing the Council of Magisters
-- June
19, 2003
"I
found myself overwhelmed. Arcana Unearthed was
garnering far more attention than I had ever expected,
from both gamers and publishers...."
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Arcana Unearthed Features at The Gaming Report!
--
June 12, 2003
Read
an interview
with Monte, plus view an exclusive Arcana Unearthed
art
preview.
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The
Art of Arcana Unearthed
-- June
5, 2003
"The
book's interior artwork was all completed back in April.
We asked the artists to reflect back and tell us which
of their contributions they were most pleased with...."
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Arcana
Unearthed Sneak Peek
-- May
8, 2003
"We
are really lucky to have had so many terrific artists
to illustrate Arcana Unearthed, and we're pleased
to unveil some of the first pieces in this sneak peek...."
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Download Monte Cook's Arcana Unearthed consumer
ad (246k PDF) -- May
29, 2003
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First-ever Sneak Peek
with art and designer commentary! --
May
8, 2003
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Download Monte Cook's Arcana Unearthed teaser
ad (320k PDF) -- May
8, 2003
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Monte's April 2 chat chat
transcript and April 12 chat
transcript --
April 17, 2003
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Download Monte Cook's Arcana Unearthed retailer
brochure (1 MB PDF) -- March
27, 2003
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Why
Do Arcana Unearthed?
-- November
27, 2002
"Well,
it's not because I think the existing Player's Handbook
is bad -- I helped put that together, after all -- or
that traditional fantasy is bad. In fact, one of the
most interesting things..."
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Arcana
Unearthed Design Diary
-- December
5, 2002
"In
this column, I cover issues that come up during the
process of writing Arcana Unearthed: The Malhavoc
Handbook. Some are specific design issues, while
others are somewhat more esoteric...."
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View the cover
illustration by Mark Zug -- November
22, 2002
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Read the FAQ --
November
22, 2002
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Presenting
Arcana Unearthed
-- November
22, 2002
"In
August of 2003, Malhavoc Press will release Arcana
Unearthed: The Malhavoc Handbook. This 256-page
hardcover product is a 'variant player's handbook,'..."
