The Menace From Beyond RPG is a cold-war survival horror game of monsters, aliens, and commies. It runs on the Ubiquity Roleplaying System that powers Hollow Earth Expedition and many other great games.
Check out the official announcement here: http://www.siegetowergames.com/2013/03/05/what-is-the-menace-from-beyond/
Menace will be brought to us by Siege Tower Games (http://www.siegetowergames.com/). A bunch of free playtest material is available on the site. There will be a Kickstarter which is tentatively scheduled for an early 2014 campaign launch.
Wednesday, July 10, 2013
Tuesday, July 9, 2013
Hollow Earth Expedition Campaign
It has been brought to my attention that we have not played our Hollow Earth Expedition game in almost 4 years. We have playtested materials for Exile Games and my adventures for Gen Con but we have not played our own home game in way too long. This shocked me. This campaign may have been the most memorable and fun one we had since the old Champions games. Almost everyone was engaged and into their characters outside of the sessions.
We have run through most of the good adventures that folks have put out there and I have tried my hand at a few. I feel that I have gotten to know the system much better than before and I am now very comfortable creating adventures and the associated crunch that goes with it (rituals, artifacts, npcs, etc.).
I would like to get back to running on some frequency. It may be only a few sessions at a time but it will be a start.
I am thinking of using my original material. The question is do you want to try to continue with your old characters or do you want to start fresh? Depending on what we decide will determine the direction we need to take. We could pick up where we left off, start some time down the road or start over completely. Kelly, Alan and Bob do not have current characters. If we stay with the old game, this could open up Hollow Earth natives as play options. If anyone wants to retire an old character and start a new one, the same option would apply.
We will still playtest for Exile when they ask. I expect that we will get a shot at some of the Mars content. We have some other Ubiqity playtesting for Menace that I would like to try as well.
This will also give us another option other than PFS especially if we get 8 or 9 players (Steve and Corey are still out there.)
Thoughts?
We have run through most of the good adventures that folks have put out there and I have tried my hand at a few. I feel that I have gotten to know the system much better than before and I am now very comfortable creating adventures and the associated crunch that goes with it (rituals, artifacts, npcs, etc.).
I would like to get back to running on some frequency. It may be only a few sessions at a time but it will be a start.
I am thinking of using my original material. The question is do you want to try to continue with your old characters or do you want to start fresh? Depending on what we decide will determine the direction we need to take. We could pick up where we left off, start some time down the road or start over completely. Kelly, Alan and Bob do not have current characters. If we stay with the old game, this could open up Hollow Earth natives as play options. If anyone wants to retire an old character and start a new one, the same option would apply.
We will still playtest for Exile when they ask. I expect that we will get a shot at some of the Mars content. We have some other Ubiqity playtesting for Menace that I would like to try as well.
This will also give us another option other than PFS especially if we get 8 or 9 players (Steve and Corey are still out there.)
Thoughts?
Monday, July 8, 2013
Ordering Star Wars: Edge of the Empire
Does anyone want me to order them a Star Wars: Edge of the Empire rule book? I found them for $38.97 rather than the list price of $59.99. I also found dice for $9.72 rather than $14.99.
If I can get the order over $100, the shipping will be free.
I you are interested, let me know and bring money tomorrow night.
If I can get the order over $100, the shipping will be free.
I you are interested, let me know and bring money tomorrow night.
Tomorrow's Game
Does anyone other than Alan plan to miss the game tomorrow? Trying to determine if we will complete what we started last week or if we need to play something else.
Friday, July 5, 2013
Tuesday, July 2, 2013
New Firefly Role-Playing Game Coming
Looks like Margret Weiss will be releasing a new version of the Firefly RPG. Randy ran the old one, Serenity. We also played at Gen Con one year. I picked up the main books in print and and have them all (supplements and adventures) in PDF.
The games sound very similar. Here is a brief description from their blog page:
"the Serenity RPG was based only on the movie and the game rules were Cortex Classic. The Firefly RPG is based on the TV show and the game rules are Cortex Plus. Our development was heavily focused on the television show and streamlining the game rules so that it'd be super easy for any Browncoat to play."
What is the interest level from the group in playing this? Looks like they plan to release the Core Book in February 2014 and start releasing 10 digital oneshot adventures beginning in September 2013.
Check out some information about it here: http://www.margaretweis.com/creative-directions/what-s-in-the-gencon-exclusive-find-out-now
I am going to pre-order a copy of the preview book and pick it up at Gen Con. That will give me a free PDF after the convention and a 20% discount off the rulebook. (Buying directly from them also gets a copy of the PDF of that book.)
The games sound very similar. Here is a brief description from their blog page:
"the Serenity RPG was based only on the movie and the game rules were Cortex Classic. The Firefly RPG is based on the TV show and the game rules are Cortex Plus. Our development was heavily focused on the television show and streamlining the game rules so that it'd be super easy for any Browncoat to play."
What is the interest level from the group in playing this? Looks like they plan to release the Core Book in February 2014 and start releasing 10 digital oneshot adventures beginning in September 2013.
Check out some information about it here: http://www.margaretweis.com/creative-directions/what-s-in-the-gencon-exclusive-find-out-now
I am going to pre-order a copy of the preview book and pick it up at Gen Con. That will give me a free PDF after the convention and a 20% discount off the rulebook. (Buying directly from them also gets a copy of the PDF of that book.)
Monday, July 1, 2013
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