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Matt Forbeck's Brave New World: Revolution

Ask Not What Your Country Could Do For you. Ask What It Could Do To You.

John Cruise — better known as the superpowered delta Patriot — only wanted to serve his country, which has suffered under martial law since the assassination of the First Lady back in 1963. For years, he did so as a member of Delta Prime, the federal paramilitary organization dedicated to keeping deltas and the rest of the population in line. Then, during the Bicentennial Battle, Chicago disappeared in a blinding flash of light, taking the world’s most powerful deltas with it, along with Patriot’s wife.

Today, in 1999, Patriot leads a group of rebel deltas known as the Defiance, all of whom are on the run from Delta Prime. He hopes to find a way to break scores of their imprisoned friends out of New Alcatraz, the only place on the planet strong enough to hold them all. But then, while rescuing college student Lisa Stanski from a pack of Primers, the unthinkable happens.

Patriot gets caught.

Now it’s up to the rest of the Defiance, including Lisa, to figure out how to break Patriot out of New Alcatraz before his old pal Ragnarok, now the leader of Delta Prime, has him executed without trial, under the direct orders of President John F. Kennedy himself.

Matt Forbeck's Brave New World: Revolution is now available in eBook format at DriveThruFiction.com!

15.05.2012. 07:54

Gaming as Culture: Essays on Reality, Identity and Experience in Fantasy Games

Since tabletop fantasy role-playing games emerged in the 1970s, fantasy gaming has made a unique contribution to popular culture and perceptions of social realities in America and around the world. This contribution is increasingly apparent as the gaming industry has diversified with the addition of collectible strategy games and other innovative products, as well as the recent advancements in videogame technology.

Gaming as Culture presents the most current research in fantasy games and examines the cultural and constructionist dimensions of fantasy gaming as a leisure activity. Each chapter investigates some social or behavioral aspect of fantasy gaming and provides insight into the cultural, linguistic, sociological, and psychological impact of games on both the individual and society.

Gaming as Culture: Essays on Reality, Identity and Experience in Fantasy Games is now available in PDF at DriveThruRPG.com.

Also available now from McFarland Publishing:

Comics as a Nexus of Cultures: Essays on the Interplay of Media, Disciplines and International Perspectives
The 21st Century Superhero: Essays on Gender, Genre and Globalization in Film
Crossing Boundaries in Graphic Narrative: Essays on Forms, Series and Genres
Captain America and the Struggle of the Superhero: Critical Essays

13.05.2012. 17:48

[Unisystem] Eldritch Skies

It is 2030. The Gilman-Hawking drive has given us access to the stars. But we are not alone.

They're out there: aliens, gods and monsters. They're also down here. The Miskatonic Antarctic Expedition found the elder ones' city in 1931. The mi-go crashed in Roswell in 1947. In 1958, as quietly as possible, not knowing what we were doing, we bent occult powers to our hands and took the step to Mars. The third time, the men who made that step could not step back. We fled back into our cave for a while.

But rocketry, and the Soviets, brought us back out soon enough. Competition took us to the moon. Uneasy teamwork saved the astronauts who would have died there among cyclopean, immemorial ruins.

In 1994, human scientists cracked alien technology and overcame the lightspeed barrier. They brought us the stars. They also brought us the madness that lies between them, the mind-twisting undarkness of hyperspace.

The future is here. Machine-made telepathy, augmentations, and unprecedented levels of automation have changed the face of Earth. But the science of sorcery, and our primitive understandings of what lies outside, have changed more than our minuscule planet. They've begun to let humanity out.

We walk amongst giants. Tread carefully.

Eldritch Skies is a complete role-playing game of Lovecraftian science fiction that uses the Cinematic Unisystem. It contains all rules needed to play, and requires no additional material beyond your imagination and a few dice.

Eldritch Skies is available at RPGNow.com.

11.05.2012. 07:35

L5R: Strongholds of the Empire

Across the Emerald Empire, the greatest servants of the Emperor make their homes in ancient castles, elaborate courts, impregnable fortresses, venerable dojo, and majestic palaces. Some exist in the wilds of the Empire, while others mark the center of great, sprawling cities. Some are centers of trade and artistry, while others exist far from any other sign of civilization. And yet, despite their many differences, it is in the heart of each of these bold strongholds that the heart of the samurai dwells.

Strongholds of the Empire explores a handful of the many unique cities throughout Rokugan, seeking out those with particular interests for the different Great Clans. In addition to new mechanics for each of the clans as well as for each individual city, this book contains information on the following:

• The Crab’s economic powerhouse, Clear Water Village
• The extensive holdings of the Crane and Lion clans in the Imperial City, Toshi Ranbo
• The tradition of the Dragon Clan’s smiths in Water Hammer City
• The mainland Mantis port of Broken Wave City
• The diplomatic endeavors of the Phoenix centered in Nikesake
• The illicit interests of the Scorpion at Zakyo Toshi
• The Spider Clan’s sinister secrets in the ruined city of Otosan Uchi
• The dueling traditions of the Unicorn at Dark Edge Village
• And more!

Strongholds of the Empire is available at DriveThruRPG.com!

10.05.2012. 08:26

A Translation of Evil

A Translation of Evil is a short adventure for the Macabre Tales roleplaying game. What if it were possible for a book to actually be evil? What if the written words themselves had the ability to inflict harm upon the reader? If so, how do you fight something that is, in essence, only an idea on a page? Will the protagonist succeed in translating this vile tome or will his fate be far more sinister?

Macabre Tales is the dominoes-based RPG of Lovecraftian horror that strips out the "contributions" of later authors and focuses solely on what Lovecraft himself created. Spectrum Games, known for accurate emulation of various genres in their products, offers a brand new take on role-playing in the terrifying and abhorrent world of Howard Phillips Lovecraft. Will you emerge from the experience unscathed? Or will your mind snap in the wake of all the hidden abominations that lurk in the shadows, just out of sight of humankind?

Get all of the Macabre Tales eBooks at RPGNow.com!

08.05.2012. 07:52

The 2nd Annual Wayne Foundation Charity Pack

With over $235 worth of product and retailing for just $25, you’ll be hard pressed to find a better bargain than this.

Want another reason to get excited? All of the profits raised from the sale of this pack will go directly to The Wayne Foundation – a 501(3)c charitable organization dedicated to ending child prostitution.

This charity pack will get you a huge variety of amazing things! Complete RPG systems, books to supplement your D&D 4e, Pathfinder, FATE, G-core and other games, original character artwork, original short fiction and several full length novels! You will find months, if not years of entertainment right here, in one convenient, fairly huge .zip file just waiting for you to download it.

The 2nd Annual Wayne Foundation Charity Pack is available now at DriveThruRPG.com and DriveThruFiction.com!

07.05.2012. 08:40

Soul-Thieves of Mars

Adamant Entertainment is pleased to present Soul-Thieves of Mars, an adventure for our Savage Worlds setting of swords and science beneath the moons of Mars!

The heroes are hired by a trade caravan as guards, and travel to the city of Ban Ma Terril. One of the merchants of the city, a weaver named Argol, warns them that something is going on -- people in the city have begun to act strangely: hollow, as if their wills were not their own, as if someone or something had stolen their very souls!

The investigation will lead to mystery, intrigue and murder, as the heroes are drawn into the machinations of a secret society that threatens the entire Red Planet!

Soul-Thieves of Mars is available at RPGNow.com!

06.05.2012. 08:17

Avengers Assemble! Sale at DriveThruComics!

Avengers Assemble!

The Avengers hits theaters this weekend. S.H.I.E.L.D. brings together a team of super humans to form The Avengers to help save the Earth. DriveThruComics.com has a selection of costumed heroes on sale now to celebrate!

Participating publishers include Topw Cow Productions, Moonstone Books, White Wolf, Heroic Publishing, Margaret Weis Productions, Nifty Comics, Dork Storm Press and many more! Over 600 Comics, RPGs and other goodies are on sale for a limited time!

Check out the Movie Mayhem Sale at DriveThruComics today!

04.05.2012. 08:22

RMS Titanic: The Millionaire's Special

First Class on the Titanic is exciting in itself but when you are invited to a private viewing of one of the world’s great curiosities, you jump at the chance. The mummy of Hettunaway, Priestess of Amun-Ra, the Unlucky Mummy is being shipped to New York and donated to the Metropolitan Museum of Art by its owner, Jefferson Shaw. Legend has it that those who look upon her face are doomed. Jefferson Shaw’s intentions are not as philanthropic as they seem. Strange rituals, a device to contact spirits and the awakening of something he cannot control.

The Titanic is on a collision course with an iceberg but will it be the icy water that kills you or the ancient force, finally unleashed?

The Millionaire’s Special is a short adventure for Trail of Cthulhu by Adam Gauntlett (Not So Quiet, Hell Fire). This is to celebrate the centenary year of the Titanic’s tragic sinking.

All proceeds from the sale of this adventure will go to the Heroes in the Dark charity.

Heroes in the Dark is a nonprofit organization with a clear and simple purpose: to create audio comics to be enjoyed by the blind and sight-impaired. Working with local businesses, comics industry professionals, and recording industry professionals, we are dedicated to creating a chronological history of comics, in audible form.

The Millionaire's Special is available at RPGNow.com.

03.05.2012. 09:05

Spirit of the Century Presents: Dinocalypse Now

AN INVASION... FROM PREHISTORY!

When the Century Club is called in to prevent the assassination of FDR, it’s just another day on the job—but what they discover puts not just the President, but the entire world in jeopardy.

With psychic dinosaurs taking over Manhattan and beyond, it’s up to Sally Slick, Jet Black, Mack Silver, and the other Centurions to save humanity—from extinction!

"A fun pulp-style romp. Wish I’d thought of it first!"
— Brian Clevinger, author of Atomic Robo

Dinocalypse Now is available at DriveThruFiction.com!

02.05.2012. 11:04