Many have no doubt heard of Goblinoid Games already. Their free retroclone of the B/X rules, Labyrinth Lord, is one of the most beloved and well-supported of all OSR systems, and their titles such as Mutant Future and Starships and Spacemen show these folks have a real knack not only for humor, but for game design. They are skilled at applying familiar, straightforward rules to multiple genres.
I don't know the legal bits behind it, but they also appear to have the rights to Pacesetter, a long defunct game company that was active during the mid 80s. They have re-released some old titles, such as Timemaster (which looks totally awesome by the way).
You see Pacesetter also made an awesome horror rpg game called Chill. Chill isn't really about gory horror (although recently I had a gaming fantasy of mixing Chill with Kult into an unholy homebrew). It felt more like spooky, classic-movie-monster horror, with a touch of Scooby-Doo. Anyway, it had a lot of cool mechanics like the "Action Table".
So here is the awesome part: while CRYPTWORLD is a new game, it is apparently heavily influenced by Chill. In Chill, PCs are basically investigators for a secret organization called S.A.V.E.. CRYPTWORLD will expand this idea to include several other groups. I am assuming that since they are using the Pacesetter logo on the cover that other Chill fluff and mechanics will be in the game. Will we see the Action Table? God I hope so.
Check out the full details HERE!
Here's the full story on Goblinoid Games and Pacesetter. They own the Pacesetter brand and system:
ReplyDeletehttp://pacesetter.us/
Cryptworld uses the same Action Table system of all Pacesetter RPGs and is fully compatible with Timemaster, Rotworld, Majus, and other classic Pacesetter RPGs. Cryptworld was built from the ground-up as the newest Pacesetter brand horror RPG. Comparisons with Chill are inevitable, but it's something different, bigger, and more fully realized.
Thanks for clarifying! I will def be checking this one out!
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