We’re in the mood for publicizing purple. So Purple Pawn is giving away a brand spanking new copy of SET, the world’s best purple (and red and green, but nobody’s perfect) card game.

Want a copy? Sure you do! SET is a great, quick, easy-to-learn game for any number of players of any age.

And all you have to do is tell us why purple is your favorite color (or, if it isn’t, why it should be) in a comment to this post. We’ll pick a random entrant to win. You must enter by the end of Sunday, April 13. The winner will be announced on Wednesday, April 16.

Want an extra entry? Just add a link to Purple Pawn on your blog or site and email us about it. You’ll get an extra entry, free!

Purple Pawn staff

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Fantasy Flight Games is coming out with a board game version of Battlestar Galactica. It’s scheduled to be released August, 2008.

You can keep up with the latest developments on FFG”s forum for the game.

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Patch Products is looking for groups to help playtest their products. You can sign up by snail mail by sending your name, address, phone number and e-mail address to:

Game Testing!
Patch Products
1400 Inman Parkway
Beloit WI 53511

Or you can e-mail your information to patch@patchproducts.com with “Game Testing!” in the subject line.

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The News-Leader (Springfield, MO) describes a picnic gathering for local geeks of all stripes. Represented at the event were live-action roleplaying, tabletop roleplaying, miniatures gamers, and the local Harry Potter fan club. Picnic at the End of the Universe is sponsored by retailer Meta-Games. The next event is scheduled for October.

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Precis Intermedia recently announced that it has acquired the rights to several 25-28 mm miniatures skirmish games originally published by Game Werks. The games in this deal include Tombstones n’ Tumbleweeds, New World Disorder, and Zombie Apocalypse. Once revised, the games will be released in both print and PDF form.

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RPGBomb.com, a new gamer social networking site, is conducting an “open beta test.” The service is being marketed to gamers of all types and is offering “fabulous prizes” for the most referrals. As a system still under development, RPGBomb promises a number of features to be added soon.

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In what’s by far the longest posting I’ve ever seen on their website, Crave, the gadget blog by CNET, reviews the Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition digital initiative. The article, complete with preview screen-shots, describes the platform’s character creation abilities, dungeon builder function, and game element database. Though not providing a whole lot of detail, author Daniel Terdiman does give us some insight into Wizards of the Coast’s influences and motivations for developing the system.

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