I don’t like to gush a whole lot over the stuff that Games Workshop puts out – they’re a bit like the manic-depressive you used to date – when they’re good to you, they’re really good, but when they’re bad, they’re really bad. That said, I just had to bring this piece of art to your attention – outstanding. The Brass Scorpion is a war machine for Chaos Space Marines, representing a Khornate demon entering the material world as a savage, gorgeous piece of machinery (there are lots more pics here that give you an idea of how awesome and huge this thing really is). This resin beauty is currently priced at £127.23 and will be available on the 23rd of February from Forge World. I think I’m in love…

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Huntsville, AL: Thieves steal Harry Potter Clue and Harry Potter Monopoly games (and an LCD TV) from Walmart store. (source)

State College, PA: Man plays board games with a few guys, and then one of them later breaks into his apartment and wakes him up by molesting him. (source)

Winona, MI: Sex offender charged with molesting a 6 year old girl during a game of Go Fish. (source)

Lodi, CA: Four or five guys with a sawed-off shotgun rob a backyard card game. (source)

Wilmington, NC: Man shoots his estranged wife in the back and then kills himself after an argument over a card game. The wife had come over to attempt a reconciliation. (source)

Chicago, IL: Four women beat and stab a man to death after he breaks one of their cigarettes at a card game. (source)

Alameda, CA: Man stabs to death his friend over a game of chess. Drinking was involved. (source)

Colorado Springs, CO: Not exactly a game criminal, but robbed a 7-11 store with a Star Trek sword, a bat’leth to be precise. (source)

Dominican Republic: Ex-Mets player Ambiorix Burgos pulls a gun and threatens to kill a guy while playing Dominoes. (source)

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But more than just a character sheet, Green Ronin’s Character Record Folio for D&D 4E is 16 pages for all the detail on one (beloved) character’s basic statistics, powers, history of advancement, adventure stories, henchmen, hirelings, animals, magic items, abilities, mundane posessions, etc., etc., etc.

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NBOS Software, developer of Fractal Mapper and AstroSynthesis, is offering a free RPG character sheet creation tool. Just to be clear, that’s not a character sheet but rather a tool for creating character sheets. Essentially, it’s a form design program that allows the designer to incorporate check boxes, calculated fields, referece data tables, and other advanced features for players using Microsoft Windows and willing to install the viewer. Think PDF, just less refined and less universal, but maybe cheaper.

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