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New Year, New Direction

  • Jan. 1st, 2009 at 10:47 AM
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Happy Arbitrary Time Increment everyone!

I'm just here to give you a heads up on what the plans are for Postmortem Studios in this forthcoming 2009.
  • Redesign: Expect this blog/site to get a facelift and redesign in the early part of this year, something a bit more slick and professional and I think I'll be retiring the old Postmortem Studios logo for something a bit more 'chic'.
  • Cthentacle: This is my first priority this year, to get Cthentacle out of the door. I have, somewhat controversially, decided to go with the simplified, faster, Vs rules for this iteration of the game.
  • All These Worlds: Mongoose's Traveller is going a storm and there's really no point me reinventing the wheel, so this is being revised for a second time and will become a series of expansions and materials for Traveller, most likely released - somewhat - via Mongoose's Flaming Cobra line.
  • 100 Series: 100 Conspiracies and 100 Conspirators, 100 Supervillain Plots and 100 Supervillain Lairs will be the next few 100 Series books. I'm also cooking up a similar concept for players, something akin to the old Central Casting 'lifepath' books.
  • Neverwhere: When I get time the third edition of this free RPG will be made available. This will also have more 'proper' rules for those who like such things.
  • D&D4: I hope to be writing for Axe Initiative and I also hope to be releasing a complete adventure line, piecemeal, for D&D 4th Edition, a 'super campaign' that takes character from starting out to maximum level while also spinning out a complete game world. I also hope to begin work on my world-city setting.
  • Gumshoe: Expect a Gumshoe version of @ctiv8 at some point during the year.
  • Blood!: If there's time I hope to get Hell on Earth out of the door this year. That's the Renaissance/Enlightenment/Witch Burning era version of Blood!
  • Fiction: I WILL complete a book of short-mid length stories this year and self publish, this is my promise to myself.
  • Fanbooks: I hope to complete a Fallout fanbook for the Xpress system, again, depending on time.
  • Getting Paid: Fingers crossed I get paid for work I've done over the last 2-3 years that I haven't yet been paid for :P
  • Other: Agents of Swing (Xpress) and Unnamed Barbarian Fantasy Game (Xpress), The Pretentious Game.
If you're looking for work this year and you're a writer or an artist I need the following things:
  • Someone with knowledge of d20 Modern, RuneQuest and my game, Blood!, willing to do some system conversions/creations for all three systems at about ten dollars a shot.
  • A map-maker, preferably using the newer versions of campaign cartographer, willing to do play-mat style grid-work (nothing too fancy required) at about the same payment as above, per map.
  • A map maker/illustrator willing to do larger, more freehand maps at about 25-100 per shot, depending on the size and intricacy required. CC maps also acceptable here.
  • If anyone wants to release clipart through my established channel, they're welcome to, the profit split is about 50/50.
  • I'm also willing to take on, produce and publish games that you'd like to and have no time to put out yourself at a similar profit split (after my costs are recouped.
Watch this space!

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The Process

  • Feb. 12th, 2008 at 1:58 PM
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So I've started work on my winning adventure concept the 'Cross City Race' and I have around... forty ideas for mini encounters but have now exhausted much of the inspiration and capacity I have for thieving re-working ideas from other sources of inspiration. I've played a little Assassin's Creed to get the feel for the chase sequences in that, watching Jump London and exhausted the Wiki and internet references to Le Parkour and Free Running as well as hunting down the opening chase to Casino Royale and the old Nike adverts.

What would YOU want to see in a running/climbing race across a fantasy city?

(Besides boxes full of chickens and panes of glass, clearly).

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100 SF Adventure Seeds

  • Aug. 14th, 2007 at 4:02 PM
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Following on from the success of 100 Fantasy Adventure Seeds, this book provides you with a wealth of generic science fiction plots. There are 100 pages of ideas each with a base idea, three twists and an epilogue. Never be without game ideas again!
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100 Horror Adventure Seeds

  • Aug. 14th, 2007 at 3:56 PM
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100 Horror Adventure Seeds is the next installment in the successful Adventure Seeds series from Postmortem Studios.

100 Horror Adventure Seeds presents 100 game session ideas, one to a page, with three twists, an epilogue and some ideas to help you make that session a better game.

Far more useful than a traditional roleplaying module, 100 Horror Adventure Seeds can spark your imagination and get you past 'GM's Block' so you can get on with a good evening's gaming.

Reviews & Comments
'A very useful book, this one. Out of 100 adventure ideas, at least half were to my liking. Each adventure hook lists three twists, and in many cases not only did I find at least one twist to my liking, the other two are suitable for addition as further plot complications or as red herrings. Each hook also includes an epilogue to inspire sequel adventures from the consequences.'

'This product delivers, and in a big way. There is no shortage of really good ideas. Each idea is fleshed out slightly more than a true adventure seed, with some good details and a few twists and variations, too. Overall, this is an excellent product, and a must-have for any horror GM.'

'It's a big book, full of useful ideas. Its great for a GM who did not have time or the inspiration to coble together an adventure or who wants inspiration doing exactly that.'

'Not only does the book offer useful condensations of adventures, but it leads the reader to find inspiration in other media.'

'Lots of fun and definitely extensive. Great for when you can't come up with an idea all on your own.'

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100 Fantasy Kingdoms

  • Aug. 14th, 2007 at 3:51 PM
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100 Kingdoms presents 100, individual fantasy countries for your use in your own fantasy-based games.

  • Great for worldbuilding.
  • Great for game inspiration.
  • Great for adding new twists to existing gameworlds.
  • Good accompaniment for 100 Fantasy Adventure Seeds.

Each 'Kingdom' is provided for with a single page description consisting of an overview, an examination of the rulership, the general geography and a scattering of adventure seeds to get you started.

This is a generic product suitable for most fantasy games.

Reviews & Comments
'Get it if you're a fantasy GM - it's just chock full of ideas.'

'A wonderful inspiration! Probably a third of the ideas here could be used in my current campaign, either as-is or with minimal tweaking, and the remainder are giving me ideas for the future. Highly recommended.'

'An interesting mixture of the usual and unusual. Even the strange ones are nicely described and are not alien enough to make it difficult to intergrate with most fantasy settings.'

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100 Fantasy Adventure Seeds

  • Aug. 14th, 2007 at 3:45 PM
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The following pages contain one-hundred adventure seed ideas for you to use in your fantasy based games.

Each adventure consists of the basic idea, three twists and an epilogue which, in effect, means you're actually getting closer to 900 different combinations and possible adventures!

Feel free to add your own embellishments or to combine or string together the adventures in any way you please and, if you have particular success with any of them we'd love to hear about it.

Reviews & Comments
'The number of new ideas presented (or old ideas reworked) in this rpg accessory should allow any GM to find something new (or a least a new take on something) to throw at his/her players.'

'Very usefull handy-dandy DM aide...especially when an impromptu adventure gathering happens and you are caught with nada for a new adventure...gets the ball rolling quite well.'

'A fantastic compendium of ideas which can be used as encounters, provide inspiration for your own plots or expanded into full adventures if need be.'

'This is a great product - heaps of fun ideas and good value!'

'This genuinely has 100 Fantasy Adventure Seeds. How sad is it that I thought there might be some fudging in the advertising of such. But the creators deliver.'

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@ctiv8: Week 2

  • Aug. 14th, 2007 at 3:44 PM
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@ctiv8 is a modern-setting, very political, conspiracy game where the players ? usually ? take the part of conspirators. Activists who are part of a global covert network dedicated to interfering, to trying to make the world a better place, to safeguard peace and freedom for all according to the dictates of their own conscience in the face of the increasing irrelevance of government or democracy to a person?s personal beliefs.

The adventure ideas and stories contained within this booklet all come from real life and include the real story, the fictional story-behind-the-story, some adventure/encounter ideas and reference material to tell you more about the background of the piece as well as including a sample character for your @ctiv8 dossiers. We don?t necessarily need the world of fiction to inspire us or to show us the strangest and most wonderful sides of humanity. The news has it all.

With a little work these adventure seeds can be adapted to any other modern setting game or given an extra touch of strangeness to suit games that include magick and more outlandish conspiracies.

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@ctiv8: Week 1

  • Aug. 14th, 2007 at 3:43 PM
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@ctiv8 is a modern-setting, very political, conspiracy game where the players ? usually ? take the part of conspirators. Activists who are part of a global covert network dedicated to interfering, to trying to make the world a better place, to safeguard peace and freedom for all according to the dictates of their own conscience in the face of the increasing irrelevance of government or democracy to a person?s personal beliefs.

The adventure ideas and stories contained within this booklet all come from real life and include the real story, the fictional story-behind-the-story, some adventure/encounter ideas and reference material to tell you more about the background of the piece as well as including a sample character for your @ctiv8 dossiers. We don?t necessarily need the world of fiction to inspire us or to show us the strangest and most wonderful sides of humanity. The news has it all.

With a little work these adventure seeds can be adapted to any other modern setting game or given an extra touch of strangeness to suit games that include magick and more outlandish conspiracies.

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RPGNOW
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