Author of CHROMATIC SHADOWS: Occult Cyberpunk RPG. Matrix Ghost Games.
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Pushing for the beta v0.9 release of the New Eden #TTRPG this month.
Been focusing last few days on Hacking rules, trying to give them a unique experience while being able to run in parallel with other events including combat.
Always loved *reading* the Matrix rules of Shadowrun, but found them too complex in practice, so taking a more streamlined approach that still retains a good amount of lore and flavour.
Combining two mechanic flows that are used in combat (Opposed Rolls) and vehicle chases (Distance) along with some new action options (Relay Actions) so that the process feels intuitive, while still being unique.
After we've laid out the new Hacking rules... on to a more detailed lore section for Prisma City! ➕✊
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The wooden churches of Transylvania represent the last gasp of the medieval Gothic.
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There's few greater joys in my life than introducing folks to the vibrant, deeply meaningful setting of New Eden.
If you see this post and appreciate grassroots builders of unique worlds, help us spread the word ➕✊
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Pre-launch page for The Bureau of Extraordinary Affairs, my next Shadowdark book, is up! Link in the replies.
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My next project: The Bureau of Extraordinary Affairs.
Beneath the gaslit and rain soaked streets of Victorian England, ancient evils stir and monsters of myth and legend stalk the night, preying on the innocent. But the Crown has a secret weapon! The Bureau of Extraordinary Affairs, a clandestine organization of brilliant researchers, intrepid adventurers, powerful mystics, deadly scoundrels, and tamed monsters of their own, tasked with confronting the preternatural horrors that polite society dare not acknowledge.
Backerkit pre-launch page coming soon.
Kris H. retweeted
Worked out a cover in the style of the old rulebooks I fell in love with, changed up a lot of wording to fall in line with copyright stuff.
First version of this is now written and about to be printed up and more thoroughly playtested.
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The filth and the fury of RTG’s “Cyberpunk 2020” filled many of my after school days as a kid and teen.
Sometimes the older me finds the genre a little tough to want to engage with, as “the future is now,” in many more depressing ways than I could’ve understood as a kid.
Even so, the retro-futuristic version of the 2020’s, along with the gritty mix of nihilism cut with a tiny glimmer of hope that raging against the corporate machine could actually make a difference still appeals on some levels.
Who has good memories of this one (or 2013)?
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Go ghosts and fairies exist? *Only* ghosts and fairies exist. Everything we see is a haunted by the virtuality of the past. Everything we think involves the constant intrusion of creatures of the world of the imagination.
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TSR got REALLY weird in 1981. ❤️
That year, the company behind Dungeons & Dragons released an official Escape from New York board game based on John Carpenter’s film.
And look who was involved:
Design: Zeb Cook and Harold Johnson
Art credits include: Jeff Dee, Dave LaForce, Jim Roslof, Bill Willingham, and Erol Otus
Even better, the game featured what appear to be:
🛩️ Bill Willingham art on the instruction booklet title page
🧟 Erol Otus art of the Crazies emerging from the sewers
So yes, TSR really made a board game where players race through prison Manhattan to rescue the President and recover the tape before time runs out.
And the box proudly says:
“For 2 to 4 Adults Ages 10 and Up”
An R-rated John Carpenter movie.
Turned into a TSR board game for ages 10 and up. 😂
This is the kind of gloriously strange early 80s TSR history I live for.
Had you ever seen this one before?
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Interview about Chromatic Shadows, an occult / cosmic horror #cyberpunk game with the creator @1matrixghost
youtu.be/A4SIqJgMGaU?si=RTGh…
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The Broken Shores campaign is still going strong! with 2 weeks left, we're heading our way towards the first stretch goal! kickstarter.com/projects/bla…
