[Q&A] Jared Earle & Mark Rapson (SLA Industries 2nd edition)

<+MarkR> Hello everyone. I am Mark Rapson and I am one of the 4 owners of Nightfall Games and we are the creators and publishers of SLA Industries.

<+MarkR> The other 3 are Jared Earle, David Allsop and Chris ‘Shep’ Shepperson

<+jearle> Hi, I’m Jared Earle and I’m another of the four Nightfall guys

<+MarkR> SLA Industries (pronounced “Slay Industries”) is an award-winning pen-and-paper role-playing game that was first published in Scotland in 1993. The game is a horror noir science-fiction setting set in a dystopian reality in which the majority of the known universe is either owned or indirectly controlled by the eponymous corporation SLA Industries. The game is a horror noir science-fiction setting set in a dystopian reality in which the majority of the known universe is either owned or indirectly controlled by the eponymous corporation SLA Industries.

<+jearle> We’re currently in the middle of our SLA Industries 2nd Edition kickstarter

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[Q&A] Ed Jowett (Era: Forbidden)

<+Ed_Jowett> Hi everyone! I’m Ed from Shades of Vengeance!

<+Ed_Jowett> It’s a pleasure to be back among you all once again, talking about another game – in fact, the 10th game line which I have spoken about here – Era: Forbidden.

<+Ed_Jowett> Inspired by Hellboy and Darksiders, Era: Forbidden is a game where you take the role of a more-than-human character and fight to protect Humanity in the ruins of our once-great civilisation.

<+Ed_Jowett> If you want a look at the Kickstarter, it’s right here: (Link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/shadesofvengeance/era-forbidden?ref=a6wyi0)https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/shadesofvengeance/era-forbidden?ref=a6wyi0

<+Ed_Jowett> The story begins when the world ended. Armies came from the skies, with weapons Humanity couldn’t comprehend, much less fight against. Our cities destroyed, we were reduced to running, hiding like rats.

<+Ed_Jowett> Someone found that taking a weapon from one member of these two armies – we refer to them as Angels and Demons, but who even knows what they really are – mutates a Human. We’ll change, grow stronger, larger, more able to fight back.

<+Ed_Jowett> The Angels and Demons don’t care about us, only about destroying each other. And only these people who change – the Forbidden – can protect us.

<+Ed_Jowett> Players take the role of a Forbidden in this game, which is designed for a small number of players – it’s optimised for 1-2 players and a GM – and try to fight back against the invaders… not to defeat them, but to protect whatever remains of Humanity.

<+Ed_Jowett> It runs on the Era d10 Rule Set and offers several new features, such as a new method of levelling and some rather interesting item traits linked to that.

[Q&A] Freddie Taylor-Bell (What We Were)

<+FreddieBell> My name is Freddie Taylor-Bell. I’m a games designer from Manchester in England. I’ve spent the past three years working on my own tabeltop role-playing system called What We Were which is at 130% on Kickstarter right now; (Link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/drunkwizard/what-we-were-tabletop-roleplaying-system)https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/drunkwizard/what-we-were-tabletop-roleplaying-system

<+FreddieBell> I have a BA with Honours in Games Design and a Diploma in games development

[Q&A] Rone Barton & Lou Agresta (Grimmerspace)

<+RoneBarton> Hey there, everyone. I’m Rone Barton of Iron GM Games. Longtime gamer, game designer, game podcaster, and a cannibal once found my leg “Gamy”

<+LouAgresta> I am not a cannibal.

<+LouAgresta> And it _was_ gamey.

<+RoneBarton> And the chat officially starts with Lou announcing his on again off again man eating.

<+LouAgresta> Lou Agresta here, of Iron GM Games. Been designing for the industry, often in collaboration with Rone, for well over a decade and a million+ words edited, developed, and written. We’ve both won awards for adventure design.

<+LouAgresta> And recently branched out as publishers of Grimmerspace.

<+RoneBarton> Which is a Starfinder compatible sci-fi horror setting and adventures book.

<+RoneBarton> It’s live on Kickstarter now at grimmerspace.com

<+LouAgresta> Grimmerspace is a Sci-Fi horror RPG setting developed by beloved actor/director Sean Astin (Lord of the Rings, Stranger Things) and award-winning game designers Lou Agresta and Rone Barton (that’s us).

<+LouAgresta> it includes five game books and a free Quickstart so you can get right into the action, whether you’re new to roleplaying games or haven’t played one in years.

<+LouAgresta> It’s bullets versus fireballs against a backdrop of alien terrors!

[Q&A] Audrey Stolze & Ben Quiggins (Spaceships & Starwyrms)

<+Audrey> Hi, all, I’m Audrey Stolze, one of the two creators of Spaceships & Starwyrms. We’re a science fiction game based on 5e foundations and we’re in the final week of our Kickstarter for print versions of the Core Sourcebook in addition to some new content.

[Q&A] Kale Stutzman (Master of the Rogue Spire)

<+SamuraiKale> Hi, everyone! My name is Kale Stutzman and I’m the owner of Samuraifight LLC. We’re doing a Kickstarter right now for a complete new game called Master of the Rogue Spire.

<+SamuraiKale> Here’s a link to it: (Link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/samuraifightllc/master-of-the-rogue-spire-a-classic-fantasy-rpg)https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/samuraifightllc/master-of-the-rogue-spire-a-classic-fantasy-rpg

[Review] Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game Second Edition

[NOTE: This is one of my earliest reviews from RPGnet, reposted here for convenient reference regarding the D6 System.]

As much as I liked the Star Wars movies, I’ve always shied away from the roleplaying game. I suppose I felt that, in the words of a friend, it’d be like “playing in someone else’s back yard”. But, after unsuccessfully trying to buy the second edition dirt-cheap on eBay, I figured, “Eh, what the Hell – let’s do this right!” So, without further ado, here’s my review of Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game, Second Edition – Revised and Expanded.