The definitive board game fan site has launched its first foray into becoming the definitive RPG site. BoardGameGeek.com has released a series of enhancements that allow RPG-based content to be added into their massive game database (there will be a new site and the content will be segregated going forward). The database is still being populated, but a few titles are in there (including the awesome Mouse Guard RPG that I’m currently reading through) and a few session reports are popping up as well. Aldie has posted a number of facts about the new site in this thread.

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Wargods is a MMORPG for Facebook and Myspace from Enigma Games.

And is now planned to have a CCG expansion of 48 cards in both digital and print format. That’s the first leap from social-app game to CCG, as far as I know.

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Chocolate Chess sets come and go, but some show a little more style than others. This one is from KeyDesign, an industrial design group. Something about a Croatian legend.

Here’s another pretty one, if a tad more conventional looking. Certified kosher, too.

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The new ban and restricted list goes into effect on July 1. In Vintage format:

Thirst for Knowledge is restricted

Crop Rotation is no longer restricted
Enlightened Tutor is no longer restricted
Entomb is no longer restricted
Grim Monolith is no longer restricted

Vintage is the more powerful version of the Legacy format; both allow nearly all cards from all sets, but cards that are banned in Legacy are only restricted in Vintage.

Thirst for Knowledge appears to have been gaining some dominance in Legacy. It is the unrestriction of Crop Rotation that seems to be causing some stir. Crop Rotation costs a green mana and replaces a land with any other land from your deck – untapped. I’m not up on the Magic tournament scene, I admit, but it seems unforgiveable not to include 4 of these in a deck, as they simply thin your deck without any sort of drawback.

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