Routinely Itemised is Geek Native’s weekly TTRPG roundup, where we serve up the hottest news, reviews, interviews, Kickstarter launches, and other events, all with a dash of extra flavour.
Evil Genius Games
Evil Genius Games are the tabletop RPG publisher of Everyday Heroes. Everyday Heroes RPG is a mashup of d20 Modern and 5e, written by some of the original d20 Modern team.
The indie studio uses the ORC license for the system and has the RPG rights to some notable movie titles such as Pacific Rim, Kong: Skull Island, Escape from New York, The Crow, Highlander, Total Recall and others.
Evil Genius is successful in May 2023, launched a campaign for a legendary bundle of
Kong and Pacific Rim.
Routinely Itemised: RPGs #224
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Why is Evil Genius Games suing Netflix?
Evil Genius says Netflix is upset that art from Rebel Moon was shared at the GAMA Expo.
Routinely Itemised: RPGs #217 & #218
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Shadows Surrounding wins the Urban Arcana setting competition
Shadows Surrounding was one of the three finalists, and it was a close vote between it, Suba Rosa and Terra Arcana.
Urban Arcana: Vote Evil Genius finalists
Previously, Geek Native could reveal the ten semi-finalists; we can announce the three finalists in this post. The winner will be paid by Evil Genius, get full credit, and their setting goes into print.
Urban Arcana: The 10 semi-finalist 200-word pitches
Evil Genius has given each 200-word pitch a nickname or title, and Geek Native has put those in alphabetical order.
Urban Arcana: Evil Genius reveals the 10 semi-finalists
Evil Genius announced they’d reboot Urban Arcana and run a world-building contest earlier this year. Ten finalists who impressed judges with a 200-word proposal would be paid to expand that to 1000-word submission.
Evil Genius Games’ d20 Modern/5e mashup grows Kong and Pacific Rim
Everyday Heroes is a tabletop RPG engine born of d20 Modern and 5e, and it is by a company called Evil Genius Games, which appeared on the industry landscape with some incredible movie licenses.
Free to Download: Unofficial Highlander tabletop RPG
Eric explains that their unofficial Highlander RPG uses a rules-lite system where only the players roll dice. Pools of d12 are used in conjunction with a mechanic called the Quickening.
