Super Genius Games to manage and run subscription based website Dungeonaday.com

August 06, 2010 (SAN DIEGO, CA and MILWAUKEE, WI) – Super Genius Games announced today that it has signed an agreement with Dungeons and Dragons 3rd Edition designer, Monte Cook, to manage and further develop the ground breaking web portal Dungeonaday.com. Starting September 1, 2010, Super Genius Games will handle the day to day design and management of the content on the site, using plans developed by Monte Cook, and updating the content to be compatible with the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game published by Paizo Publishing.

“When Monte approached us with the offer it was initially daunting, but after talking to the other Geniuses, we knew this was an opportunity we couldn’t pass up,” said Stan!, Creative Director for Super Genius Games.

Monte Cook said “When it time came to step back from Dungeonaday.com I knew I needed the right partner to step in and take over. After giving it a lot of thought the Geniuses were at the top of my list.”

“Dungeonaday.com is a unique and exciting gaming product.” said Super Genius Pathfinder Development Manager Owen K.C. Stephens. “It combines outstanding traditional game content with the richness of the Web, creating an entirely new way to use a product as big and complex as the Dragon’s Delve mega-dungeon.”

Released in spring 2009, the ENnie nominated Dungeonaday.com offers a new dungeon encounter for members every weekday, building a whole dungeon campaign one day at a time. The dungeon encounters are usable in any campaign setting, and GMs can pick and choose encounters from the daily updates to use in their own dungeons or use them together with all the other information available on the site to create a massive dungeon-based campaign called Dragon’s Delve. Although it may appear to start out like a fairly conventional dungeon, as you get deeper the full scope of the adventure and the unique challenges become more and more apparent. Discover the Aberrant Laboratory, the Sprawl of the Demon Liege, the Prison of the Red Saint, the Secret City, and the Court of the Dragon Prince!

For more information and a free sneak peak at Dungeonaday.com, please visit www.dungeonaday.com

About Super Genius Games
Founded in fall 2007 by game industry veterans Hyrum Savage and Stan!, Super Genius Games is the premier publisher of 3rd Party Pathfinder Roleplaying Game products and is dedicated to publishing quality PDF and print products for a wide range of games and game systems.

About Monte Cook
Monte has been involved in rpg design for more than 20 years. Although he started gaming with D&D, he got his start professionally working on ICE’s game, Rolemaster, and then Champions. Years later, he worked for TSR and then Wizards of the Coast as a senior game designer. He co-designed 3rd edition D&D, Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil, Book of Vile Darkness, Dead Gods, Planewalker’s Handbook, Labyrinth of Madness, and a number of other official D&D products.

In 2001, Monte started Malhavoc Press with editor and co-owner Sue Cook. Together, they published products like Monte Cook’s Arcana Evolved, the Books of Eldritch Might, and the ultra-deluxe Ptolus.

SUPER GENIUS GAMES CONTACT: Hyrum Savage
Email: Hyrum@supergeniusgames.com

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Welcome to the fourth book in the Loot 4 Less line, where we deal exclusively in items with a cost-to-consumer of 2,500 gp or less. That’s right: no epic items, ice picks of the dwarven gods, or even moderate magic items here. This is a forum for the cheapest of the cheap, and that’s it. And just to up the level of difficulty, we also don’t deal in one-shot (or even two- or three-shot) magic items. No scrolls, potions, talismans, or fire-and-forget tattoo magics here. Everything in these pages is a legitimate permanent magic item, free of charges and able to be used in adventure after adventure.

Here in Loot 4 Less, vol. 4: Fantastic Footwear we’re looking at just bargain bin boots, popular toe-covers any character can use. Not only do we provide each item with a full description and cost, we’ve scattered sidebars throughout the book to explain those costs. Each “Behind the Counter” sidebar explains how a price was arrived at, allowing GMs to apply the logic to other abilities (and be better able to change the pricing to match the needs of their campaign, with a firm knowledge of where the numbers come from).

Paizo: http://paizo.com/store/downloads/otherWorldCreations/pathfinderRPG/v5748btpy8dam

DriveThru: http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product_info.php?products_id=78512

Not every Pathfinder Roleplaying Game character is built to take challenges on using direct assaults – some prefer subtler methods that focus on stealth, misdirection, and covert maneuvers. The Genius Guide to Feats of Subterfuge contains a collection of feats that provide new alternatives to characters who use duplicity and deception to make their ways through the world, including exactly zero feats that add a +2 bonus to a pair of skills (so we can focus on other interesting options).

Subterfuge can be defined as a kind of pretext (misdirection or misrepresentation about the true nature of an act or item), or any deceptive or clever trick design to evade normal perception or consequence. That’s a fairly broad range of activities, and includes everything from hiding (which is essentially a deception regarding your location or presence) to fooling foes about your identity, combat ability, intentions, or goals. While that’s a broad theme, we did our best to create a range of feats all designed to aid in trickery and misinformation while working with the framework of the existing rules of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game.

Paizo: http://paizo.com/store/downloads/otherWorldCreations/pathfinderRPG/v5748btpy8d4x

Drive Thru: http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product_info.php?products_id=78414

The death mage is an arcane spellcasting class that focuses on powers drawn from the dead, dying, and undead. Death mages are not just specialist wizards or variant sorcerers, but an entirely new kind of arcane spellcaster with different types of powers and a unique spell list. A death mage is designed to allow characters to draw deeply on the iconic forces of death, spirit and shadow, without requiring them be evil or focus on undead (though both are options).

More than just necromancy, the powers accessed by death mages include many things associated with death including the fog of the graveyard, the dread all living things feel at the decaying remains of their own kind, shadow, the spirit realm, and the decay that sets in when life is gone. These are secrets held by spirits of the departed, which only death mages can hear.

Paizo: http://paizo.com/store/downloads/otherWorldCreations/pathfinderRPG/v5748btpy8d07

Drive Thru: http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product_info.php?products_id=78075

Of all the damage types, fire and lightning seem to get all the best coverage. Maybe it’s because fireball and lightning bolt are quantum leaps forward in the offensive arsenals of low-level sorcerers and wizards, or just that there’s a limited amount of space in any core rulebook, that an idea like an Ice cleric domain or a Cold wizard specialty that’s separate from the more material idea of elemental water is overlooked. But that doesn’t explain their absence from rules expansions? Why are there so few new options to keep characters in the cold?

The Genius Guide to Ice Magic aims to fix that by presenting new cold and ice spells (including at least one spell for every level), and a broad range of new class options designed to help spellcasters who want to focus on the magic of cold and ice.

Paizo: http://paizo.com/store/downloads/otherWorldCreations/pathfinderRPG/v5748btpy8by1

Drive Thru: http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product_info.php?products_id=77787

Welcome to the third volume in the Loot 4 Less line, in which we deal exclusively in items with a cost-to-consumer of 2,500 gp or less. And just to up the level of difficulty, we also don’t deal in one-shot (or even two- or three-shot) magic items. Here in Volume 3: Hot Rods, we’re specifically looking only at magic items that are longer than they are wide. Think of it as the Freudian Spellcaster Special.

In this volume we focus on rods, the nearly undefinable class of petite poles that can do anything, as long as you’re holding them. Rods have less tradition in fantasy literature that other arcane sticks such as wands and staves, but they enjoy a long history in fantasy rpgs (not even counting epic quests designed to put together artifact rods broken into little pieces). Fighters in particular have often found a rod or two useful over the course of their careers, and we have the entry-level examples they need until they can afford anything with “lordly might” in the name. Rods can be of use to anyone, making them perfect for GMs who need generic treasure fast.

Paizo: http://paizo.com/store/downloads/otherWorldCreations/pathfinderRPG/v5748btpy8by0

Drive Thru: http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product_info.php?products_id=77786

Get the Grinj here as our gift to you: http://tinyurl.com/yhjnzuu

Heads up Pathfinder fans, today is a double feature release day for SGG. Available now at the Paizo store and DriveThru are: Loot 4 Less Vol. 2: Pretty, Pretty, Rings, and The Forgotten Tomb of Felgar the Goblin King, a Pathfinder adventure for levels 2-5.

Loot 4 Less 2 presents the cheapest of rings, easy items any character can use. Not only do we provide each item with a full description and cost, we’ve scattered sidebars throughout the book to explain those costs. Each Behind the Counter sidebar explains how a price was arrived at, allowing GMs to apply the logic to other abilities (and be better able to change the pricing to match the needs of their campaign, with a firm knowledge of where the numbers come from).

So what are you waiting for? Get your Brightmote Ring or Ring of Stoutness today!

Paizo: http://paizo.com/store/downloads/otherWorldCreations/v5748btpy8btd

DriveThru: http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product_info.php?products_id=69000

Felgar continues the format started by The Kobold Death Maze, but we’ve changed the way we handle stat blocks. We like the new format a lot, but we want to hear from you, the fans, what your thoughts are.

What is Felgar about? The goblins tell the following, around the fire, when times are rough. (And when aren’t they rough for goblins?)

The Forgotten Tomb of Felgar the Goblin King, an adventure for characters of 2nd – 5th level, contains everything you’ll need for an evening of fun with Pathfinder. Inside you’ll find:

Adventure: The adventure itself, plus we’ve provided all of the NPC details needed in a new stat block format that makes it easy to print and use at the table. Let us know what you think by emailing me with your comments.

Map Tiles: Following the adventure write-up are 16 map tiles that, when cut out and assembled, create a battlemat with a one-inch square grid. There are also alternative tiles to use in order to keep the secret parts of the map hidden until the heroes make the appropriate discoveries.

Tactical Maps: After the map tiles are a series of tactical maps and notes to make running the adventure easier for the Game Master.

Standees: With the tactical maps are a collection of cut-and-tape standees representing all the creatures and monsters encountered in this adventure.

Think you can brave the tomb of the greatest goblin to ever live? Find out today!

Paizo: http://paizo.com/store/downloads/otherWorldCreations/v5748btpy8btc

DriveThru: http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product_info.php?products_id=68997

And here’s the cover:

The Paizo Connection
Once again we have product in the Top Downloads From Other Companies list at Paizo.com. Loot 4 Less, vol. 1 is #8 on the weekly count down. But there’s more Genius info in that newsletter. There’s ALSO a link to an entry that appeared on Thursday at the Paizo blog … an entry where they gave a full-throated shout out to SGG and solid promotion for our products.

It feels GREAT to be recognized by the publisher of the game we’re supporting … and from people that I respect both personally and professionally. So, thanks to my friends and acquaintances at Paizo. We’re going to do our damnedest to make sure ALL of our Pathfinder compatible material is worthy of the example you’re setting.

RPG Countdown
RPG Countdown is a bi-weekly podcast that is for RPG products what American Top 40 is for pop music. Put together by the mad geniuses at Moonstew Studios (who also produce the Atomic Array and Open Design podcasts. You really should be listening to ALL of those!

Anyway, The Genius Guide to the Dragonrider managed to break onto this week’s show! You ALSO get to hear Owen K.C. Stephens talk about some of the ideas behind the Dragonrider class. Check it out!

Upcoming Stuff
We also spent a good deal of time this week working on upcoming projects, including Snows of an Early Winter, our next Call of Cthulhu adventure, which should be available by the end of the month. It’s a modern adventure, set in New York City during this year’s election cycle … and let me tell you, politics and the mythos make uncomfortably cozy bedfellows.

We also have been doing work on the upcoming print edition of Strike Force 7. Right now we’re mostly getting all the art and pre-press worries squared away and we hope to get the book onto store shelves early in the new year. THEN we’ll be able to start talking about a VERY exciting follow-on project we have in the works.

More than a little time was spent hashing out our plans for upcoming Pathfinder products. As I said above, the audience has been responding well to our offerings so far, and we have A LOT more that we plan to bring to market. We just want to make sure that we maintain our high standard of design excellence and broad-based fun.

Oh, and I spent a little bit of time noodling around with more preparatory work for Operation: Kaiju. So far my goal of getting that ready for release next summer still seems reasonable. I keep my fingers crossed that this will remain true.

That’s all from the halls of Super Genius Games. Look for more news AND products next week!