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The season of Lent is upon us, but before you crawl back into bed from your Mardi Gras excitement, have we got a smorgasbord of gaming goodies for you!

First up, from Reality Deviants Publications, is a True20 sourcebook, Technothrillers. Co-written by Patrick Smith and edited by Troy Taylor, Technothrillers is an action-packed sourcebook for all of your espionage game needs. Equipment is the least of what's in this 106-page PDF - included are detailed vehicle chase rules for that speedy getaway in your shiny red TransAm.

The first month of 2008 has sprouted an awesome team up with Louis Porter Jr. Designs - not only did Greg Oppedisano (or Greg O as we like to call him) put out a monster for the NeoExodus line (Harvester of Sorrow), we've also teamed up for a twelve-part adventure series called Sidetrek Adventure Weekly. Just like old radio serials, the adventures are meant to be played quickly one after another and are perfect to break up longer campaigns. The first part, Blood on the Waterfront, written by Lou Agresta, is available now and dives right into action pronto. The second part, The Blood Stained Trail by Rob Manning, comes out this Friday! (Yes, there is a subscription available through RPGNow.) Rumor says that there might be a volume two collection of Sidetrek adventures (or SAW, as we've come to abbreviate it).

Paizo has not missed out on the Cabbage Love this month either. This month finished off the first adventure path in Pathfinder, Rise of the Runelords, with Steve Greer's Sins of the Saviors and Greg Vaughan's Spires of Xin-Shalast. Spiteful ghosts get center stage in Nicolas Logue's U2: Hangman's Noose.

Wolfgang Baur's Open Design project has released Six Arabian Nights, and also announced Blood of the Gorgon, a team up project between the Kobold-in-Chief and Nicolas Logue.

Later this month, we've got Steve Greer's Prisoner of Castle Perilous (Acererak returns and yes, that's his bad self to the right there), Nick Logue returns to the realm of Eberron with his hand in City of Stormreach as well as the opening adventure for Paizo's second adventure path, Curse of the Crimson Throne, in the Pathfinder line, Edge of Anarchy. Matt Conklin adds his touch to part three of Sidetrek Adventure Weekly with The Bloody Dog's Den. Paizo's GameMastery line of adventures releases J3: Crucible of Chaos by Wolfgang Baur. James Jacobs, Editor-in-Chief for Pathfinder, had this tidbit to say about J3: "He wrote that one with SURGICAL precision to get my attention: dinosaurs, Lovecraft stuff, flying monkeys."

I've saved the best for last, because I've been chompin' at the bit to see this one in my hot little hands. GM Gems Volume I: A Tome of Inspiration for Fantasy Game Masters, published by Goodman Games, is a collection of the best cabbage creative squeezings to date. A release date of February 11th and a free preview will be on the Goodman Games website, and maybe even a podcast... When I know, you'll know. Just a mere smattering of the tasty goodness in here includes replacement rod of wonder effects, alchemical mishaps, unique campsites and taverns (and their proprietors), ways to quickly shake up monsters on the fly, unusual holidays...There is more. Much much more. I didn't give an author list last newsletter, but here it is, complete and unadulterated: Stephen S. Greer, Louis Agresta, Rone Barton, B. Matthew Conklin III, Ashavan Doyon, Russell Brown, Liz Courts, Adam Daigle, Tom Ganz, Dave Hall, Stefan Happ, Ed Healy, Tim Hitchcock, Phil Larwood, John E. Ling, Jr., Hal Maclean, Rob Manning, Greg Oppedisano, Greg Ragland, Craig Shackleton, Patrick Smith. Oof. That's a lot of cabbages.

'Til the next time, keep on gaming (whatever you game).