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Landsraad Report News Archives, 2000

 05.21.00
New Webmaster Joins Landsraad Report - Anunnaki

Hello everyone! I will be assisting Sherlock and Lapdog with site updates from now on. I'd like to thank them for welcoming me, and letting me be a part of the Dune RPG web community. Stay tuned for more updates, news, and exciting game support material once the core book is released !


 05.17.00
Landsraad Report Is Looking for Another Webmaster - sherlock 

This webpage needs another webmaster to help with the news updates, maintain the links, add new material as it comes in and possibly add original material when the game comes out. 

If you have strong html experience and plan on getting heavily involved with the RPG when it gets released, please contact me or Padishahlapdog. It would help if you
included any work you've done in the past that provided you with the experience and talents needed to maintain a news site. 


 05.15.00
Additional Game Information 

Owen Seyler gets involved with the fan community and provides exciting additional information on the soon-to-be-released books. Thanks goes to Owen for taking time out of his busy schedule to answer our questions.
 

The first supplement for the DUNE RPG (to be released in the same month) is Pathways to Infinity: The DUNE RPG Narrator's Guide. It includes a 64pp book of storytelling tips and techniques and a 3 panel game screen. 

The next scheduled release is Federated Houses of the Landsraad. This volume expands upon Chronicles of the Imperium by introducing new information regarding the Imperium as a whole. It provides information about the Imperial government and CHOAM, including an exploration of the Imperial capitol on the planet Kaitain. Federated Houses also presents more information about the Houses of the Imperium while expanding on the creation system for generating your own Great and Minor Houses. The supplement also contains a separate section for creating Noble characters. This section provides new templates, overlays and background packages—including a variety of new skills, traits and equipment reserved for the members of the Imperial aristocracy. 

Next in line, Arrakis: Center of the Universe takes DUNE RPG adventuring to the planet Arrakis. This "companion" volume describes the planet Arrakis in detail. The first part details the geography, cities, culture, and technology of Arrakis. The second segment describes the planetary government of the Harkonnen regime and some of the resident Houses Minor known as the "richece." The third section describes the "Ichwan Bedwine", more commonly known as the Fremen. All in all, the Arrakis companion details everything player need to know to adventure on the planet Dune. 

The Arrakis Adventure (currently untitled) immediately follows the Arrakis companion. It introduces a multi-chapter "chronicle" set on Dune. While I don't want to give away the storyline, this adventure exposes players to just about every peril you'd expect on the planet Arrakis. It's a great introduction to Arrakis for anyone who's never read the books or to players who aren't sure what types of adventures can occur there. 

Hope you find the info useful. I'm looking forward to seeing the direction this site takes once the game has been released. Best of luck to you. Let me know if I can be of further assistance to you in the future. 

Owen Seyler 
DUNE RPG brand manager 
Last Unicorn Games 

Correction On Info for Master Undercheck

Owen Seyler, brand manager for Last Unicorn and heavily involved in the design of the RPG corrected the information we had on the fourth module, Master Undercheck:
 

The description listed summarizes the plot for "Instrument of Kanly," the introductory adventure included in the DUNE RPG core game. "Encore for Vengeance," presented in Pathways to Inifinity: The DUNE RPG Narrator's Guide, continues this story arc by providing a story outline Narrators can flesh out using the storytelling techniques introduced elsewhere in the Narrator's Guide supplement. 

Master Undercheck is an old title dating back to LUG's '99 production schedule. It was outlined as a multi-chapter adventure surroundig a grand Cheops tournament on the planet Ecaz. While I hope to see Master Undercheck released in 2001, the Arrakis adventure (currently untitled) currently fills its slot on the 2000 schedule, following directly on the heels of the Arrakis: Center of the Universe companion volume. 


 05.13.00
Dune Miniatures - padishahlapdog

Dune brand manager, Owen Seyler comments on the prospect of miniatures for the Dune Rpg:
 

Right now I'm not exactly sure what the future holds for Dune miniatures. 

Initially, I had envisioned a character set corresponding to the RPG archetypes (House Nobleman, Assassin, Adept, Mentat, Suk, Swordmaster etc) and supplementary sets such as "Sleeper Underground" which might contain a Spymaster, propagandist, communinet technician, spies, and so on, or "Battle Group" which might contain a Warmaster, Herald, and an assortment of 4 or 5 troopers. The idea here is that these sets could be used in the same way Gamesworkshop sets work if we were ever to publish a miniatures game. But for right now, there's nothing definite on the production slate (the core game having been on hold for so long). Hopefully, there will be more to report once the game has hit the shelves and the production team starts cranking again. 


 05.10.00
Amazon Lists DuneRPG - sherlock

Before I even mention this, I want to make it clear that the Dune RPG from LUG is not out, has not been released, you will not find it on the shelves for at least a few more weeks. I do this to avoid mass confusion. Now that I have your full understanding...

Lapdog got a notification from Amazon.com that the DuneRPG has release date of today. For those of you who are reaching for your keys to run out to the store and purchase it, please read the first paragraph.


 05.05.00
Insight Into Fourth Module - sherlock

Here is some info on the fourth RPG booklet to be released in the series, Master Undercheck. Details provided by the club's Human Computer.
 

Master Undercheck does not intersect the novels in any significant way. It's set on the artist's planet; Varota, during a large trade fair. The players are dispatched by their sponsor to authenticate and acquire an ancient family heirloom lost long ago in a dispute between them and their rival house. Lots of intrigue abounds.

Not much about Cheops, actually. Strange, now that I think about it. I believe its the first part of a three part series (part two is in Federated Houses of the Landsraad) that ends, I think, with a Cheops match. 


 04.14.00
Dune Rpg soon to be printed!! - padishahlapdog

In recent news it appears that the Dune Rpg is closing fast on printing. Here's word from Lug's new salesperson, Tammie Webb:
 

From: Tammie Webb <twebb@lastunicorngames.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 08:32:15 -0700
We finally have the print window for Dune. It was an effort to get it scheduled with all of our other projects. Anyway, it starts printing next week.
 
 
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