Another eclectic selection of interesting choices, as is often the case around here. There's also a little something special I shared on Memorial Day instead of the usual Pick. For those embracing the warmth on oncoming Summer, "Here Comes the Sun." For our Southern Hemisphere friends, "Winter is Coming."
Lankhmar: Savage Tales of the Thieves Guild
It’s an amazing time to be a Savage Worlds fan these days. You should definitely check out the Sixth Gun Kickstarter, if you haven’t already, and here’s the latest from Pinnacle for the classic fantasy setting of Fritz Leiber’s Lankhmar.
Steal a noble’s yacht. Get thrown out of the Silver Eel. Stop a mad god’s avatar. It’s just another day in the City of Thieves…
Within this tome are fourteen Savage Tales to unleash on your wary band of rogues. Task your scoundrels to uncover the source of a mysterious red smoke plaguing the city before a guild war breaks out. Collect the Thieves’ Guild’s bounty on the notorious pirate known as “Black Skull.” Or steal a holy relic out from under the watchful eyes of a rising church on the Street of Gods.
The adventures in Savage Tales of the Thieves’ Guild can be played independently or interwoven into an ongoing campaign. Each brings the City of Sevenscore Thousand Smokes alive and places your players in the thick of Lankhmar’s dark alleys, shady dealings, and twisted schemes.
Worlds in Peril
My first encounter with the Apocalypse World Engine (a Dungeon World game run by Phil Vecchione at Queen City Conquest) had me thinking this game system would work very well for superheroes.
Look what someone went and did!
Worlds in Peril is a collaborative roleplaying game designed to bring a comic book world to life. Learn the rules to the game by reading the comic inside and follow along to create your own hero with the exact powers and abilities you want them to have by mixing and matching Origin stories and motivations. Test their limits and watch their powers expand and change as you push them to learn and grow. Go up against two-bit villains, world-dominating masterminds, and unknowable beings from different planes of existence. Find out what happens when superheroes are powered by the apocalypse!
CypherCaster Magazine
The Cypher System really resonates with a lot of folks, and that means a high demand for more source material. Hearkening back to the days of Dragon, here’s a new periodical that features all kinds of support and material for Numenara, The Strange, and other Cypher-driven games.
The first issue of the CypherCaster Magazine includes:
Data Trails
Shadowrun players of hackers and technomancers, your book has arrived. So, too, any GMs wishing for more to work with for this part of the game and the world.
The last great undiscovered country is vast, wild, and weirder than you can possibly imagine. And it’s nearby, waiting, accessible by the press of a button, or a simple gesture, or even just a thought. The Matrix holds a whole lot more than selfies and cat videos—it has artificial intelligences, electronic ghosts of people formerly alive (or perhaps still living), and deep wells of pure data that can swallow you whole. Oh, and a copy of every secret ever recorded electronically. The possible rewards of exploration are great, and the dangers are greater.
Data Trails is the Matrix sourcebook for Shadowrun, Fifth Edition, offering more options for decker and technomancer characters, including qualities, programs, gear and more.
With detailed examinations of hacker culture, information on diving deep into immersive hosts, and briefings on the strange sites hidden in dark corners of the Matrix, Data Trails is a vital resource for any Shadowrun players involved in the omnipresent flow of information. Non-Matrix specialists have chances to get in on the adventures as well, with game details explaining how their skills and expertise translate into the wild virtual world.
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For those interested, this is what I posted in honor of the U.S.'s observance of Memorial Day at the start of this week.
As always, I hope everyone has some great gaming and other plans for the weekend. As for myself, it's board games at Kim's and Dave's tonight; tomorrow, some work on that big project you all know about, with a break to try out both Star Wars Armada and the Attack Wing game. On Sunday, it's Shaintar as the Rangers of Tarrow return to action.
Because... the Adventure Continues!
~SPF
Lankhmar: Savage Tales of the Thieves Guild
It’s an amazing time to be a Savage Worlds fan these days. You should definitely check out the Sixth Gun Kickstarter, if you haven’t already, and here’s the latest from Pinnacle for the classic fantasy setting of Fritz Leiber’s Lankhmar.
Steal a noble’s yacht. Get thrown out of the Silver Eel. Stop a mad god’s avatar. It’s just another day in the City of Thieves…
Within this tome are fourteen Savage Tales to unleash on your wary band of rogues. Task your scoundrels to uncover the source of a mysterious red smoke plaguing the city before a guild war breaks out. Collect the Thieves’ Guild’s bounty on the notorious pirate known as “Black Skull.” Or steal a holy relic out from under the watchful eyes of a rising church on the Street of Gods.
The adventures in Savage Tales of the Thieves’ Guild can be played independently or interwoven into an ongoing campaign. Each brings the City of Sevenscore Thousand Smokes alive and places your players in the thick of Lankhmar’s dark alleys, shady dealings, and twisted schemes.
Worlds in Peril
My first encounter with the Apocalypse World Engine (a Dungeon World game run by Phil Vecchione at Queen City Conquest) had me thinking this game system would work very well for superheroes.
Look what someone went and did!
Worlds in Peril is a collaborative roleplaying game designed to bring a comic book world to life. Learn the rules to the game by reading the comic inside and follow along to create your own hero with the exact powers and abilities you want them to have by mixing and matching Origin stories and motivations. Test their limits and watch their powers expand and change as you push them to learn and grow. Go up against two-bit villains, world-dominating masterminds, and unknowable beings from different planes of existence. Find out what happens when superheroes are powered by the apocalypse!
CypherCaster Magazine
The Cypher System really resonates with a lot of folks, and that means a high demand for more source material. Hearkening back to the days of Dragon, here’s a new periodical that features all kinds of support and material for Numenara, The Strange, and other Cypher-driven games.
The first issue of the CypherCaster Magazine includes:
- MCG Spring/Summer product preview
- Shotguns & Sorcery interview with Matt Forbeck & Robert Schwalb by Andrew Cady
- Exploring Cypher Space by James Walls
- “Shapes in the Salt”, Numenera short fiction by Jim Ryan
- “Hunting for Krofwarten”, a Numenera adventure by Chris Fitzgerald
- “Estate Files” covering a Norse Mythology recursion cluster for The Strange by Marc Plourde
- “Holstenwall — A Recursion of Gothic Fear” by Scott Robinson
- MCG Fan Relations News
Data Trails
Shadowrun players of hackers and technomancers, your book has arrived. So, too, any GMs wishing for more to work with for this part of the game and the world.
The last great undiscovered country is vast, wild, and weirder than you can possibly imagine. And it’s nearby, waiting, accessible by the press of a button, or a simple gesture, or even just a thought. The Matrix holds a whole lot more than selfies and cat videos—it has artificial intelligences, electronic ghosts of people formerly alive (or perhaps still living), and deep wells of pure data that can swallow you whole. Oh, and a copy of every secret ever recorded electronically. The possible rewards of exploration are great, and the dangers are greater.
Data Trails is the Matrix sourcebook for Shadowrun, Fifth Edition, offering more options for decker and technomancer characters, including qualities, programs, gear and more.
With detailed examinations of hacker culture, information on diving deep into immersive hosts, and briefings on the strange sites hidden in dark corners of the Matrix, Data Trails is a vital resource for any Shadowrun players involved in the omnipresent flow of information. Non-Matrix specialists have chances to get in on the adventures as well, with game details explaining how their skills and expertise translate into the wild virtual world.
~~~
For those interested, this is what I posted in honor of the U.S.'s observance of Memorial Day at the start of this week.
As always, I hope everyone has some great gaming and other plans for the weekend. As for myself, it's board games at Kim's and Dave's tonight; tomorrow, some work on that big project you all know about, with a break to try out both Star Wars Armada and the Attack Wing game. On Sunday, it's Shaintar as the Rangers of Tarrow return to action.
Because... the Adventure Continues!
~SPF
