#eden studios

[retrocgads]

UK 1998

[krinsbez]

New Month, New Poll to pick a TTRPG to read, 5/4/24 Edition

So, after thinking it over, I have decided to keep letting y'all pick my next tumblr poll for now. I may be an addict.

Anyways, gonna just uses the options that weren't from last time, to wit:

-Old Gods and Young Guns: https://ratwavegamehouse.itch.io/old-gods-and-young-guns-setting-guide

-Terra Primate: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/705/terra-primate

-Land of Eem: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/515500/land-of-eem-core-rulebook

-DCC Empire of the East: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/314885/dungeon-crawl-classics-empire-of-the-east

-Fading Suns: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/592/fading-suns-second-edition

-Hollow Earth Expedition: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/23437/hollow-earth-expedition-rpg

-Jack Vance's Gaean Reach: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/142189/the-gaean-reach

Which of these should I look into next?

Old Gods and Young Guns

Terra Primate

Land of Eem

DCC Empire of the East

Fading Suns

Hollow Earth Expedition

Jack Vance's Gaean Reach

Just Results

Voting ended onMay 11, 2025

[vintagerpg]

I don’t think there is an official X-File RPG. Weird. Anyway, this is Conspiracy X (1997), the unofficial X-Files RPG. You probably have a good idea of where this is going just looking at the cover. Extraterrestrials are real. The government knows about them. The supernatural is real, too. All of it! And most of the conspiracy theories tied to aliens and the supernatural. And the government knows all about all of it, sort of. That’s where the players come in, containing menaces, unraveling mysteries and dealing with the other government agents who want to use all this for their own gain. Just like the TV show this is totally not based directly on.

Similarly, the game uses a system that requires you spend points to gain abilities. A sort of point-buy system. Again, it has nothing to do with GURPS, another point-based system with a long history of enthusing over conspiracy theories (and, actually, it WOULD have everything to do with GURPS in a later edition that is just, Powered by GURPS).

This might sound like I don’t like Conspiracy X, or that I think it is a low rent Delta Green. The latter is true, but not the former: I LOVE Conspiracy X. It is so on the nose, and in being so clearly a reflection of the X-Files and the conspiracy theories that show was enamored with, the game is a sort of snapshot of the ‘90s weirdo horror culture, uncomplicated by “it was Cthulhu all along” meta-twists. It’s the X-Files RPG in all but name, and it is greater for having to file off the serial numbers.

OH! The best part. Players can always attempt to use their “Psychic Abilities.” They do so by picking a Zener card symbol (You know the psychic test scene in the beginning of Ghostbusters? Those.). The GM draws a number of cards equal to the character’s psychic ability. If the symbol the player picked is among them, the action succeeds! AMAZING. This should be used in every game from now on.

[crossoverworldtree]

The Holy Grail (14-Point Quality)

The Holy Grail is one of the holiest objects in Christendom. There are a few things that are claimed to be the Grail, but they all function the same way. Water placed in it is purified automatically and made into Holy Water. However, the object and the water are extra-holy, being twice as effective as they would be on other targets. The waters can also heal people, those who have the water poured on them heal 10 life points, and are cured of any diseases they carry. Those who drink from it are healed for 100 life points. This can work to extend the life of the drinker, so someone who repeatedly drinks from it can become effectively immortal, though they still age by and large. The Grail must be Unmade to be destroyed. How is unknown.

[rpgcovers]

All Flesh Must Be Eaten: The Book of Archetypes ~ Eden Studios (2003)

[retrocgads]

UK 1998

[krinsbez]

Poll of the Apes; or, Help Me Pick My Next RPG Read 6/16/25 Edition

Almost done with the corebook for Hollow Earth Expedition. Gonna read DCC Empire of the East after that. And then? Then I am not sure, but I am in a Planet of the Apes mood, but wouldn't you know it, I have choices.

Which Planet of the Apes-esque RPG should I read?

Apes Victorious by Goblinoid Games

Terra Primate by Eden Studios

The Official Planet of the Apes RPG by Magnetic Press

Just Results

Voting ended onJun 23, 2025

[krinsbez]

Help Me Pick My Next TTRPG Thing To Read, 4/14/2025 Edition

OK, I am over a third of the way through Power Rangers: Adventures in Angel Grove, so I figured I might as well post the next poll.

I wanted to have a very limited number of options, but all my attempts to narrow it down were for naught, so instead we have the following:

-Old Gods and Young Guns: https://ratwavegamehouse.itch.io/old-gods-and-young-guns-setting-guide

-Savage World of Flash Gordon: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/231833/the-savage-world-of-flash-gordon?src=hottest_filtered

-Terra Primate: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/705/terra-primate

-Land of Eem: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/515500/land-of-eem-core-rulebook

-DCC Empire of the East: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/314885/dungeon-crawl-classics-empire-of-the-east

-Fading Suns: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/592/fading-suns-second-edition

-Hollow Earth Expedition: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/23437/hollow-earth-expedition-rpg

-Jack Vance's Gaean Reach: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/142189/the-gaean-reach

Which of the following TTRPG things should I look into next?

Old Gods and Young Guns

Savage World of Flash Gordon

Terra Primate

Land of Eem

DCC Empire of the East

Fading Suns

Hollow Earth Expedition

Jack Vance's Gaean Reach

Just Results

Voting ended onApr 22, 2025