I'm a dinosaur. I find it tricky reading and using pdf gaming resources. So every so often I will print them off (preferably with spiral bindings) for ease of table use.
The other week I watched the recent re-boot of the Planet of the Apes films (not that recent, I know - Rise of the Planet of the Apes is almost ten years old). I enjoyed them and it put me in mind of gaming the setting. Or rather, gaming the setting I remember from my childhood - the 1968-1973 films, the live-action tv series and the animated series. I'm also thinking of other 70's post-apocalyptic tv shows, such as Logan's Run and those Gene Roddenberry never quite got off the ground.
This isn't a new idea to me - I'd had the pdf of Apes Victorious from Gobliniod Games for some time. But now I've got it printed out and I might now read it with a mind to adapting it for a one-off game.
Carcass Crawler (Issue 0)
Regular readers of my musing on RPGs will know that my system of choice is Necrotic Gnome's Old-School Essentials (OSE). Carcass Crawler is the official zine for OSE produced by Necrotic Gnome. Issue 0 was issued in pdf to backers of their recent Kickstarter and work is currently underway on Issue 1 which will be available in more traditional routes.
Another product of a Kickstarter, this one from Sine Nomine Publishing, a fantasy adaptation of their Sci-Fi game Stars Without Number. I know nothing of either system, other than they've apparently been well-recieved.
I'm going to be reading this because one of my on-line gaming buddies has offered to run a session for us. The link about is to the free version, which at 350 pages is very generous.
All of these are great!
ReplyDeleteDamn You’ve sent me down another rabbit hole! I just checked out Necrotic Games Drive by RPG site and I’m sorely tempted by the Dolmenwood materials.
ReplyDeleteLast time this happened you pointed me at the Handiwork Games Beowulf Kickstarter. I backed that, it’s paid off gold for me. But now there’s an itch!
I also refer a real document to an electronic one. I will refer to a pdf if I have to, but it's a poor second to a piece of paper.
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