The Blades System, a refined adaptation of the Apocalypse Engine, introduces elements like clocks, stress, and Devil’s Bargains, ensuring that every choice you make carries weight and the tension never subsides.
Flying Circus: Aviation-fantasy RPG bundle
We have until October 16th to join the Flying Circus with this ttRPG offer from Newstand and the Bundle of Holding
Apocalypse Keys: In Rae Nedjadi’s RPG, you can crush the world or cure your heart
Even the most terrible beasts and powerful monsters have hearts. Well, that’s the pitch for Evil Hat and Rae Nedjadi’s Apocalypse Keys RPG on Kickstarter.
Voidheart Symphony, The Between and Hearts of Wulin found in Apocalypse Engine bundle deal
The fifth Apocalypse Engine bundle deal is up at the Bundle of Holding. These are games which use the system created by Vincent and Meguey Baker but have settings penned by other authors.
Space trucking Powered by the Apocalypse: Rust Hulks on Kickstarter
This is a world without blasters or energy shields. Instead, you have the wonders of wooden crates, cans of boring food and radar scanners. I totally get the Firefly and Alien vibe.
Wuxia melodrama from The Gauntlet Gaming Community: Hearts of Wulin romps through Kickstarter
Characters are skilled martial artists from a world of rival clans, obligations and conspiracy.
Hangout with elder gods and sentient cats: The Oddity High Kickstarter
We’ve seen a load of strong Kickstarters this week. Amazing video pitches. Huge licenses and remakes of popular classics. Given that we’re between San Diego Comic Con and Gen Con this isn’t a surprise. I wanted to find a promising Kickstarter on the other end of the budget scale and found Oddity High. There’s no […]
Legacy looks to ruin the world, again
A humble but very good Kickstarter success in 2015 was Legacy: Life Among the Ruins from UFO Press. Ed Gibbs called it ” Legacy: Life Among the Ruins serves as an elegant re-exploration of the trail first blazed by Vincent Baker in his revolutionary Apocalypse World.”. Author James Illes is back on Kickstarter to do […]
Apocalypse 2.0: A Review of Legacy: Life Among the Ruins
The latest game powered by the Apocalypse, Legacy: Life Among the Ruins serves as an elegant re-exploration of the trail first blazed by Vincent Baker in his revolutionary RPG, Apocalypse World. Legacy is, essentially, a prettier, cleaner, and more-refined version of Baker’s game. Legacy is classic post-apocalypse adventure, complete with mutant monsters, weird and wild technology, and even a Maelstrom to […]
Super-light: A review of Worlds in Peril
The bar-raising, mind-blowing Apocalypse World has taken the hobby by storm, quickly moving from its post-apocalypse roots to old-school swords-and-sorcery with Dungeon World, urban fantasy with Monster of the Week, teen romance with Monsterhearts, even professional wrestling with World Wide Wrestling. Now, Kyle Simmons has brought the apocalypse to the realm of superheroes with Worlds in Peril. For those not in the know, the Apocalypse Engine, as […]
