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Savage Worlds ist ein generisches Rollenspielsystem, das vor allem für seine cinematischen, schnellen Regeln und außergewöhnlichen, kreativen Crossover-Settings wie bspw. Solomon Kane, Evernight, Pirates of the Spanish Main oder Deadlands Reloaded bekannt ist. Gut durchdachte Regeln und ein Verzicht auf übermäßiges Streben nach Realismus, minimieren zudem den Vorbereitungsaufwand des Spielleiters und lenken den Blick auf das Wesentliche, das Spiel und den Spaß, getreu dem Savage Worlds-Motto fast, furious and fun. Folgerichtig gewann Savage Worlds daher auch 2003 den bekannten Origin Award und den Ennies Award, als jeweils bestes Rollenspiel des Jahres.
Nach sehr angenehmen Verhandlungen, konnten wir uns mit Shane Hensley (dem Designer von Savage Worlds und CEO der Pinnacle Entertainment Group) einigen und verfügen nun über die exklusive deutsche Lizenz des Savage Worlds-Rollenspiels, sowie deutschsprachiger Settings. Der Erscheinungstermin des Grundregelwerks und der ersten Settings wird aller Voraussicht nach im zweiten Quartal 2009 liegen. Das Format der aktuellen Explorers Edition wird zumindest für das Grundregelwerk nicht übernommen, sondern durch weitere stimmungsvolle Illustrationen, ein einführendes Kurzabenteuer, Beschreibungen verschiedener Rassen usw. ergänzt. Zu den geplanten Settings oder gar weiteren Savage Worlds-Produkten (denkbar sind verschiedene Merchandisingartikel, auf den Settings basierende Romane etc.) können wir momentan allerdings noch nicht viel sagen. Wir danken Shane für das große Vertrauen, das er mit der Lizenzvergabe in uns setzt und hoffen den Spielern in Deutschland mit der Übersetzung einen ebenso lang gehegten Traum zu erfüllen wie uns selbst.
Get savaged …
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This deck was envisioned as both a stand-alone deck and a tie-in to a roleplaying game. Unfortunately, the publisher involved with the game has since dissolved. As a result, the deck is still yet to be completed.
The set is based on the symbology of the Crowley Thoth Tarot, with an emphasis on the four elements. I was originally one of four artists working on the set, and my completed quarter of the deck is shown here in its entirety. My portion of the deck included all of the suit of swords (associated with Air) and a selection of the Major Arcana related to the same element.
Recently, I’ve started creating new images for this set again, and the newest cards are shown at the top.
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Reality Blurs to Publish Licensed Call of Cthulhu Products for Savage Worlds
We are excited to announce that we are the newest Chaosium licensee and look forward to introducing the Mythos into Savage Worlds! We are greatly honored to work with such an outstanding property for such a terrific game system.
When one hears the name Lovecraft, one’s mind wanders to dread things, alien things, things that are dead, and things that are not, and things that are beyond the ken of humanity. In other words, one’s mind goes to that
venerable creation of a New Englander many years past when society was dealing with the strangeness of science and the potentiality of a world without religion. Lovecraft introduced the possiblity that there were indeed gods, ancient gods, alien gods, to whom all the glories and wonders of our civilizations and the vainglorious illusion of our cerebral superiority were as nothing. In short, we were nothing. So frail were we that even a glimpse at one of these dark denizens showed us how fragile we are. The Mythos revealed the atavistic nature of our humanity and the potentiality that this world was all there was and the powers beyond ourselves, the ones we sought solace in and turned to in our hours of need were the grandest joke of all, for these very creatures viewed us as little more than playthings if they viewed us as anything at all.
I was fortunate enough to grow up in a house full of pulp; old, dog eared books were laden upon our bookshelves intermingled amongst the likes of Edgar Allen Poe, Lord Dunsany, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and the classics of Twain and his ilk. As much as I enjoyed a spectrum of fiction in my youth, I was always fascinated by the strange focus of Lovecraft and his obsession with the bizarre. To me, it seemed, Lovecraft did not so much write strange and weird tales, but reported them. His stories ring with a disturbing resonance that lasts beyond the written page.
Returning to my young adulthood, I also had the rare opportunity to grow up in a hobby shop. Not the quaint world of trains and models, but one of fanciful knights, fearsome dragons, and chests of gold. In more simple
terms, D&D. I loved the game and the books of dark fancy soon were disregarded as I bathed in the works of fantasy authors. However, when I got to the hobby store from school one day and began unloading inventory, what did I discover? My brothers had ordered a new game from a fl edgling company calling itself Chaosium, a game called Call of Cthulhu. Soon we dove back into our passion for scaring each other senseless, one well served by the game, and some of my fondest game memories were of our characters exploits and how we went mad or died in some fantastic fashion. Call of Cthulhu taught us several lessons. The first one was not to get too attached to our characters and the second one was the fine art of roleplaying. In this unforgiving and merciless world where dark gods lie sleeping, your neighbor may be a cultist, guns are lethal, magic is dangerous, and the more you learn, the less you really feel you need to know, this is the dark gift we were given.
In 2004, I received another present, the gift of an innovative game system that struck a chord within me, a system that catalyzed me to actually pursue a longtime dream, a dream of writing in the gaming industry, and for that I owe much thanks to Shane Hensley and his Savage Worlds system.
Now fortune has afforded me the opportunity to delve into the darkness of the Cthulhu mythos and do so with one of the most flexible game systems I’ve ever encountered. If you already play Savage Worlds, I’m preaching to the choir, for those are reading this because of the mention of Cthulhu, I tell you, you’re in for a real treat, because now it’s time for me to put away my dreams and get down to the nightmares that dwell just below the surface. If you don’t think Savage Worlds can handle horror and grit and send rash characters to the morgue or the asylum, I assure you, you are mistaken.
Already a dark team assembles to guide you into the Realms of Cthulhu!
Best Regards,
Sean Preston
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Reality Blurs has worked out an arrangement with Eric Avedissian, the creator of Ravaged Earth, to finally bring his vision to life, a project most of you know as The Ravaged Earth Society or TRES. Although available for free on the web, we felt the property was strong enough –and the demand great enough- to offer this work to you in both print and PDF formats. We’ve established the look and feel of the work and have already begun moving the Ravaged Earth into layout and final edits. We are approaching this project very aggressively and hope you won’t have to wait much longer until you can hold this book in your hands. The price point and final page count have yet to be determined, but this offering is to be a full color softback cover with black and white interior. We plan to offer a Ravaged Earth Deluxe edition, the RED book will be softback and full color throughout. Release date and price point TBA. With the revitalization of the project, Eric promises to dive back into his development of support materials with a frenzy! I’m certain he’ll have more than a few words to say on that subject shortly.
Regards,
Sean
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Wizards & Warriors Mega Freebie!
We’ve got something SUPER cool for you this week–the Wizards and Warriors Fantasy Bundle! Get the entire bundle here, or look through the Downloads page later on for individual parts.
Included in this bundle is a new One Sheet, The Tomb of Terrors, the updated Wizards & Warriors supplement, and five brand new pregenerated characters!
But wait…there’s more! Jordan Peacock has added in Figure Flats for the characters and adventure!

But wait…there’s even MORE! Jordan also created templates for certain creatures a party might encounter in the Tomb of Terrors.

And there’s still MORE! Jordan–you just can’t stop this guy–created dungeon tiles for the Tomb of Terrors adventure to scale with our Figure Flats or your own miniatures!
And OH NO–THERE’S EVEN MORE! Jordan also made Treasure Cards for all the goodies your heroes might find in the Tomb of Terrors!

How’s that for a Tuesday update? If you enjoy all this, please make sure you stop by the forums and say so. We’d also greatly appreciate it if you’d let your friends know–maybe even those who typically play other games. That’s why we do all this awesome free stuff, so go forth, Savages, and proselytize!

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Necessary Evil

When all the super heroes of the world are blown to kingdom come by an army of invading aliens who will save the day? Evil… The only forces left to take on the alien menace are the crafty and self serving super villains!

Necessary Evil is a supers game for Savage Worlds. Inside this twisted Plot Point setting you will find complete rules on making four-color super powered characters, a whole slew of adventures weaving in and out of a resistance story, new Edges and Hindrances, a bestiary of out of this world critters, and more!

This 144 page full color book has everything you need to start leaping buildings and zapping your foes right away!

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Clint Black joins us for the first new Little Black Book segment in seven months (to the day). With the long wait, we decided to discuss the three most recent Savage Worlds print releases: Traveler’s Tales for Solomon Kane, Coffin Rock for Deadlands, and the long-awaited space pulp plot-point setting, Slipstream. In addition, Clint makes a secret announcement.

After all that was said and done, we resolved who gets this month’s TGTT Wild Die!

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Savage Worlds: Pop Culture Character Conversions
Here one will find character write up’s of pop culture characters that strike my fancy.
These will be converted to the Savage Worlds rpg system.

I plan to focus on comicbook, pulp, movie, old radio shows and TV conversions

I will also add various “homebrew” rules and conversion charts.

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What is Necropolis 2350?
Necropolis 2350 is a sci-fi horror setting set in the 24th century. In these dark days, mankind, divided into two main camps, stands on the brink of extinction.

The focus of the game is on Knights of the fictional Third Reformation Church, who are locked in desperate battle against “undead” invaders known as the Rephaim. While the heroes of humanity use advanced weapons and vehicles and can call upon the power of faith, the twisted Rephaim are masters of necromancy and wield vile technology created from living tissue.

The Crunchy Bits
Necropolis 2350 contains…

• Over 40 new Edges and Hindrances for grunts and leaders on the battlefields of the 24th century
• A variety of new gear and vehicles utilized by the Third Reformation Church.
• An overview of the weapons and vehicles of the Union of Corporations.
• New powers for those of strong faith.
• Special rules for the Rephaim’s necromantic technology, including weapon stats.
• Specific setting rules, including artillery and air support, and minefields.
• A detailed adventure generator, allowing a GM to create missions with just a few die rolls.
• Full stats for dozens of allies and opponents.

Pack #1 - Vehicles & Heavy Weapons
Pack #2 - Rephaim 1
Pack #3 - Rephaim 2
Pack #4 - Corporation
Pack #5 - Church 1
Pack #6 - Church 2

Pack #7 - War Masters Set (packs 1-6 complete)

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Anders als die erste Auflage des Pulp-Regelwerks der DORP basiert die Neuauflage nicht mehr auf dem “Cinematic Unisystem”, sondern auf den Regeln von “Savage Worlds”, was auch hier ‘fast furious fun’ garantieren wird. Das mittlerweile 42 Seiten starke Buch wurde auch inhaltlich komplett überarbeitet, von Torben Hoffmann in ein ganz neues, weitaus schöneres Layout gesetzt und von Markus Heinen von Grund auf neu illustriert. Trotz oder gerade wegen einigen Verzögerungen und einer langen Entwicklungszeit ist “Famous Pulp Adventures” einer der herausragendsten Downloads der letzten Zeit bei uns.

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AN ENDLESS WINTER IS COMING…
500 years ago: From the frozen far north, beyond the civilized lands with their rolling hills and forests, arose a mighty army of frost giants, ice devils, Hellfrost dragons, and fearsome orcs, servants all of the ice god Thrym. So began the terrible Blizzard War and the downfall of the mighty empires of man
Today: The races of the southern lands may have won the war, but they suffer its legacy still. For fi ve centuries the winters have grown steadily longer and colder. Huge swathes of the land of Rassilon are permanently covered in ice and snow, and even the temperate lands are not spared the misery of failed harvests, deadly winters, and the dreaded Hellfrost wind.
But winter is not the only danger. A mere 30 years ago, magic, once the civilized races’ most potent weapon, suddenly began to fail. The Siphoning, an effect of unknown origin, has made magic an unpredictable ally.
Welcome to the world of Rassilon. Welcome to the Hellfrost!

The Hellfrost Player’s Guide contains everything you
need to begin adventuring in the frozen wastes:

• Six player character races.
• Dozens of new Edges, including Disciple Edges for religious heroes.
• Rules for hedge magic.
• Six alternate magical Arcane Backgrounds, a revised casting system removing the need for Power Points, and the effects of the magic-draining phenomenon known as the Siphoning.
• Details on 24 deities and their followers.
• Rules for Glory, a new trait that measures the great deeds of your heroes.
• Organizations suitable for character membership, including the Convocation of Elementalists, Hearth Knights, Reliquary, and Sisters of Mercy.
• Complete setting rules for adventuring in Rassilon.

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