If you are heading to GenconIndy, Vectorform and the Microsoft Surface team have a big surprise for you. Settlers of Catan on Microsoft Surface is heading to GenconIndy this week. A new video of game play was posted today and it looks amazing. Surface is shaping into the holy grail of tabletop gaming

Writer, game designer and creator of the Eberron campaign setting, Keith Baker, is running a cool contest on his blog. The winner will win a spot at his game table at GenCon 2010 where he will be running a 4E Eberron game. The game has been scheduled for Sunday, August 8th at 11:00 AM.

Want to find out about the newest updates for 4th edition Dungeons & Dragons, but don’t have the time to read the entire document. We’ve got the skinny on what the latest 4E updates mean to your game. We have created an summary of the latest changes and an index. The biggest shocker? Magic Missile is now auto-hit!

D&D Encounters have finally arrived in downtown Seattle. I’ll be running a weekly D&D Encounters: Dark Sun Season 2 game at Gamma Ray Games on Wednesday nights at 6:30PM. I’m looking forward to meeting some new gamers.

Follow this link to add the event to your Google calendar.

The target audience for this book is primarily aspiring game designers, but most of the material is of interest to gamemasters in general. I’m more of a game design tinkerer than an aspiring game designer, but I found plenty to love in this volume. If you are the type of gamemaster who enjoys the “Design & Development” series of articles in Dragon magazine, you will love this book.

Tonight is the final encounter of Season 1 D&D Encounters. Session 12 is appropriately named, “Showdown.” I can’t wait to find out what happens.

More Season 1 D&D Encounters eye candy. Session 11 is entitled, “Charnel Pit.” I’m going to be there tonight – come hell or high water.

D&D Encounters visuals are back. My flash has been getting too bloated. I’m experimenting with making smaller files. Session 10 is entitled, “Myconid Infestation.” Sounds like it’s going to be a good one. I hope I don’t miss it.

The next shipment of D&D Encounters eye candy has arrived. It’s the beginning of Chapter 3. This week’s session is entitled, “Broken Tower.”

New visuals for D&D Encounters. Better late than never.