Just a quick one to say that Life and Death, an adventure/setting for OpenQuest, is nearly done. ETA August.

• Read about it on the Life and Death webpage

Here’s the cover by Jon Hodgson

I’ve also updated the games webpage , with the actual introductory chapter and contents from the game and a link to the downloadable character sheet.

• Go get Monkey from our store page
• Read the preview + download a character sheet

Big thanks to all who bought one of the copies at the Continuum convention last weekend,  causing me to sell out of the short print run I had done for the con

Here’s the big list of things, games and panels that we are running and when we are selling books  at Continuum.  Look forward to seeing you there!

As well as existing releases (OpenQuest, The Savage North, Wordplay: The Big Five and Hearts in Glorantha 1-3), I’ll also be bringing copies of our new releases;

Monkey, Hearts in Glorantha Issue 4 and Gloranthan Adventures Issue 1.

All orders will receive a FREE pdf now and I’ll bring the printed version to  Continuum with me.

Please note you must be a registered attendee with Continuum at the time of purchase.

PREORDER NOW ENDED.

• Monkey preview [Pdf, 1Mb]

• Store page
• More information about Wordplay the Big Five inc 12 page preview.

This pre-order is open until Friday 9th April.

• Wordplay The Big Five pre-order.
• More information about Wordplay the Big Five inc 12 page preview.

Update: Pre-order has ended and copies have been posted. Thanks everyone who bought a copy.

The Savage North!

More information on the book’s web page.

For more info about the con visit con-quest.co.uk

We’ll have copies of the newly released Savage North, and if things go according to plan Wordplay:the Big five and Monkey.

Finally here’s the line up of games being run by the D101 crew over the day;

GM: Tom Zunder (Morning)/John Ossoway (Morning)
Title of Game: The Beast of Ravenswood
System: OpenQuest
Max Number of Players: 6
Length of Game 3-4 hours.

It started just before the start of last Autumn. Trappers and woodsmen returning from hunting trips into Ravenswood brought back stories of comrades who had been lost to a creature of ancient evil which stalked any caught in the forest after nightfall. No one has seen the beast and lived to tell the tale. Their mutilated corpses were found headless. None of the victim’s heads have ever been found. The merchants and elders of Arnstown posted a bounty of 500 silver pieces to whoever killed the beast and brought the head before them as proof.
That was 4 months ago. The bounty has been increased 3 times and now stands at 1000 pieces of silver, but still no one has succeeded in slaying the beast.

A game for six players for OpenQuest, a modern streamlined version of the old D100 system.

For more information visit http://www.d101games.co.uk/openquest

Tags: Swords and Sorcery, D100 system, newcomer friendly.

GM: Andrew Edwards (Morning)
Title of Game: The Ministry of Thunder
System: Monkey
Max Number of Players: 6
Length of Game 3-4 hours.

Your errant immortals finds themselves in trouble with the Heavenly Authorities. Fully expecting to be cast out of Heaven for your crimes, instead you find yourselves drafted into the celestial Ministry of
Thunder. Run by the God of Thunder, Lei Gong, it takes on the role of punishing those crimes that mortal law can’t or won’t reach.

Monkey is based upon the Chinese classic Journey to the West, were the players take on the role of Chinese immortals. A blend of action and humour, Monkey uses an easy to pick up card based mechanic that models the mythological world the game is set in, with its mix of Immortals,Buddhism, Taoism and martial arts.

For more information visit http://www.d101games.co.uk/monkey

Tags: Monkey,Action/Comedy,light-hearted, newcomer friendly.

The Third Renaissance, or Bright Age as future historians will call it, is at its zenith.

After the catastrophic first contact with extra-terrestrial life that led to the horrific Solar System war, humanity clawed its way back from the brink and finally reached the stars. For millions of people, Earth’s sun is no more than another star in the night sky, a mote of light, a spiritual birthplace that they will never visit in their lifetimes.

It has been over a century since the Machine Civilisation gifted humanity technological marvels such as the Visser Cube, allowing wormhole travel across the vast chasms of interstellar space. Now interstellar distances grow ever shorter. How the myriad of splintered cultures view this gift varies. Some see it as a blessing, a way to draw humanity into a united whole. Others see it as a curse, robbing them of their individuality. And then there are those who would use it as a means to subjugate humanity and impose their own will upon all…

Across the river of heaven, humanity clings to a scattering of islands in a sea of stars. Players can take on a multitude of roles in this future: a crew member on an interstellar trader, a member of the mysterious Engineers’ Guild, a body-hopping Intercessionist agent – out to manipulate human cultures to its own secret ends, a Renouncer Zealot – intent on destroying Artificial Intelligence in all its forms, or perhaps one of the Reclaimers – planetary engineers dedicated to terraforming any viable planet they happen upon…

River of Heaven uses D101 games’ OpenQuest rules engine; a sleek and streamlined D100 rule set that enables you to maintain the tempo of your stories whilst keeping the rules simple and in the background.

In the core rulebook you will find:

The OpenQuest rules engine - tailored to a hard sci-fi setting.

Simple Character generation

Enabling you to go from concept to fully finished character as quickly as possible.

Augmentations

Humanity has found many ways to improve upon what nature created. Quickly augment your character with the latest biotech/nanotech upgrades.

Equipment

All the weapons, armour and other types of equipment your character might need to go adventuring in the 28^th century.

Transportation

Information on how to get around the River of Heaven universe, be it lowly pack animal on a frontier dirt farm or an interstellar trader equipped with exotic stellar-tap drive.

Background

In addition to a timeline spanning 1000 years of future history, River of Heaven includes an introduction to the Bright Age, the default play setting for the game. It also includes a campaign setting – the Kentauran Hegemony – and information about all the colonised star systems at the start of the 28th century.

An example adventure

Reunion is an introductory adventure designed to get you up and running River of Heaven as soon as possible. It can be played as a one-off, or as the start of a campaign.

Adventure Seeds

Ideas for adventure ideas set in the River of Heaven universe, covering a wide range of styles and themes.

ETA late 2010. Written by John Ossoway.