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From Phil Eklund: Hello, I have decided to start sharing work on the Prequel to American Megafauna. It is to be called Genesis, or perhaps Biogenesis. It starts in the Hadean Earth 4.54 billion years ago, and ends 250 million years ago. Just where American Megafauna gets started.

ConnCon,  is a RPG and boardgame convention held in Stamford CT, March 18-20, 2011. Their website ConnCon.com is now on line with current information, however pre-registration is not yet open. Weekend and daily badges will be available. The as yet unconfirmed price for a three day badge is $45. We have received the following schedule from Mark Casiglio  

The Arkham Horror Toolkit includes: Investigator Tool - tracks your investigator stats Dice Roller - Rolls up to 15 dice; clearly displays successes; can be adjusted for blessed or cursed; allows you to spend clue tokens (the clue token you have are tracked by the toolkit) Location Deck - Choose an Arkham or Other Worlds location and the tool will display a random card. You can choose to included or exclude expansions. (Expansions must be downloaded separately) Map - Use as a quick reference, or zoom and tap a location to...

From the WIzards of the Coast Webstie: "We have made the decision to depart from prepainted plastic miniatures sets. Lords of Madness stands as the final release under that model. We will continue to release special collector’s sets (such as the Beholder Collector’s Set we released last fall), as well as make use of plastic figures in other product offerings. Check out the Wrath of Ashardalon board game next month for the latest example of this. Moving forward, we will continue to explore more options for players to represent characters and monsters on the tabletop, including Monster...

Just for you fellow Arkham fatties that have been eagerly awaiting their release (like I have).  You can finally order the miniatures for Arkham Horror at Fantasy Flight Game's website: http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/edge_minisite_sec.asp?eidm=126&esem=2