Savage Mondays – August 30, 2010

Written by Tyson J. Hayes on 2010/08/30 – 08:22 -

It’s a Savage World out there, and Apathy Games provides the tools to survive it. First, check out our Savage Worlds Primer, if you have questions or just want to talk to us in real time just drop by the #savageworlds IRC Channel. If you’re looking for more up to date news, here’s what’s happening now:

Update: Community News Added.

Pinnacle Entertainment Group

Space 1889: Red Sands Preorder Bundle | Pinnacle Entertainment Group

Pinnacle Entertainment Group - Space 1889 - Red SandsThis week Pinnacle announced that pre-orders for Space 1889: Red Sands and their Red Sands preorder bundle are now available.  Stop by Pinnacle’s store and check it out.

Since Thomas Edison first explored the worlds with the help of his marvelous ether propeller, the British Empire has grown to include the red plains and stately canals of Mars, the steaming, dinosaur-infested swamps of Venus, and even a remote outpost in the twilight zone of Mercury. In 1889, the sun truly never sets on the British Empire! But deep inside the Empire, a core of revolt festers and grows. Martian cults cry out for the Earthling’s expulsion. Britain teeters at the edge of war with the Oenotrian Empire. In the midst of seething turmoil, the being known only as Kronos siezes the technology of a forgotten race to threaten the very future of mankind!

Savage Licensees

Daring Tales of Chivalry Adventure Compendium | Triple Ace Games

Out this week TAG announces five new adventures for their Daring Tales of Chivalry line all brought together in one comprehensive book!  Be daring in these new adventures

  • A Knight’s Tales
  • Death at the Joust
  • The Danbury Curse
  • Castle Fairstone
  • The Madness of Sir Stephen

Hellfrost Encounters #1 |Triple Ace Games

Finally after months of teasing TAG released the Hellfrost Encounters Book #1.  Following up on their Preview Copy the book is finally released!

Designed with the busy GM in mind, this book contains 50 detailed encounters covering a variety of situations and locales.

Whether you’re after a random encounter that’s more than just a standup fight on featureless terrain, an exciting mini-adventure on the spur of the moment, something to break up the party’s travels, or a starting scene for an adventure of your own devising, this book has something for you.

To help speed up play, every encounter is designed to fit one or two pages containing all of its pertinent information, so there’s no need to flip between pages. Lavishly illustrated with maps, everything you need to play these encounters is within the covers of this fantastic book!

Although designed for the Hellfrost setting, each encounter contains the stats required for play, so it can be used in any Savage Worlds fantasy setting!

Hellfrost Region Guide #20: The Mistlands | Triple Ace Games

Out this week is #20 in the collectors series, The Mistlands brings even more guides to the Hellfrost setting.

Once famed for its prosperous silver mines, the Mistlands are now a haunted realm of perpetual mist and endless ruins. A realm of ghosts and memories, few adventurers are brave enough to explore the rugged hills, for many who do are never seen again.

This supplement explores the history of the former realm of Silverdale, and presents rules for adventuring in the mist-wreathed lands, as well as over half a dozen new locales. The cult of Niht is explored in greater detail, along with the minor gods of sleep and concealment. Finally there are three new monsters, including the much-feared shadow dragon.

Sundered Skies Companion |Triple Ace Games

Feeling a bit left out after all the releases forHellfrost?  Thinking that your Sundered Skies game needs a pick-me up?  Well your in luck! The crack team of writers at Triple Ace Games have released the Sundered Skies Companion.

The Sundered Skies Companion expands upon and compliments the information found in the Sundered Skies core book. Designed to be used by players and Gamemaster’s the Sundered Skies Companion is bursting with gaming goodness, including;

  • A host of new Edges and Hindrances.
  • Detailed information on day-to-day life in the Sundered Skies, including superstitions and commonly held beliefs. Game mechanics are included so they can have a direct influence on your game.
  • Advanced dwarven munitions add even more explosive options to your arsenal of equipment.
  • Several new ship designs, including the experimental flame dancer.
  • New magic and spells, including a new goddess, The Beautiful One, and Voidomancy—where the caster draws on the void itself as a source for his spells.
  • Holy days for god, each one dripping with role-playing and adventure potential.
  • Expanded information on the isles of the skies, including four brand new island—The volcanic Atrium; frozen Frostrock, the desolate and tragic Remorse, and the mysterious jungle isle of Savannah.
  • 16 cults and secret societies the heroes can join or oppose. Each goals and organisation is fully detailed, including unique Edges available to heroes who join.
  • Over 25 new Savage Tales designed to be used alongside, and within the existing Plot Point found in Sundered Skies.
  • Sundered Gods—a guide to what direction your campaign can take once the Plot Point is completed.
  • A veritable horde of new monsters, opponents, and allies.
  • And much, much more!

Savage Community

Forum Top Five | PEGInc Forums

Each week, I delve into the Pinnacle Forums to find you the very best stuff.  Here’s what this week has to offer:

Arcane Abilities: This subsystem is designed to add more magical flair to your fantasy campaign by augmenting the current edge and powers system.  Very cool stuff.

Multiple Personalities: Some people are of two minds about everything.  This covers a character who not only has multiple personalities, but how to integrate the two over time.

Vehicles and Chases: If you’ve ever had questions about how the rules for vehicles and chases work, this is your thread.

Animal Stat Blocks: The Savage Worlds: Explorer’s Edition doesn’t have a lot of animals listed, so this thread attempts to fill in some gaps.  Useful if you’re looking for a familiar.

Social Combat: This is a ruleset for social combat based on the Mass Combat rules.  I’d like to see it tested and developed further.

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Savage Mondays – August 23, 2010

Written by Tyson J. Hayes on 2010/08/23 – 08:34 -

It’s a Savage World out there, and Apathy Games provides the tools to survive it. First, check out our Savage Worlds Primer, if you have questions or just want to talk to us in real time just drop by the #savageworlds IRC Channel. If you’re looking for more up to date news, here’s what’s happening now:

Pinnacle Entertainment Group

Oh the Podcasts! | Pinnacle Entertainment Group

This week Pinnacle decided to highlight The Gamer’s Haven‘s Gen Con coverage.  The August 14 episode featured Clint Black, our Core Rules Brand Manager, and Sean Preston, founder of Reality Blurs. The August 15 episode features Jodi Black, frequent Pinnacle editor and proprietress of Beautiful Brains Books & Games, and Reality Blurs’ Dave Olson and Stacy Young.  So give it a listen and let us know what you think in the comments!

Savage Licensees

Applied Vectors Gone But Not Forgotten | Applied Vectors

Somehow we missed this in our coverage last week but none the less the sad announcement comes from one of the licensee’s.

As the seasons change so does the focus of myself and my wife and business partner Anne Liddle. For this reason, we have decided to cease trading as Applied Vectors. Our books will still be available as legacy products on RPGnow etc, but there will be nothing new from us.

You can read more on Applied Vectors’ blog.

Interface Zero | Gun Metal Games

While I haven’t had a chance to dig into this setting yet this does look to be Shadowrun for Savage Worlds.  With that in mind I know we can probably get Jeff to give it a fair shakedown.

Welcome to the Future!

Interface-Zero, is the first book in the Interface-Zero Cyberpunk Setting by Gun Metal games. IZ brings your Savage Worlds game up to speed with the dark, frenetic world of 2088.

Didja Bring Your Gun?

Within the pages of Interface-Zero, you can match wits with ancient triad lodge masters, anarchist hackers and digitalized corporate moguls. Thwart the machinations of the New Chinese Mandarinate, or the Theocratic North American Coalition. Stare down the end of your gauss rifle at or match nano-woven steel with ganglanders, gene-spliced hybrids and borg shock troopers.

Are ya Wired?

Life is fast in 2088. If ya wanna survive, you need to be faster. Don’t worry Ami, we got ya covered. Fast Furious and Fun cybernetic rules enable you to create any type of cybernetic implant or bioware modification you can imagine!

Wanna crash a corp Domain?

Interface Zero hooks you up with everything you need to hack a computer network or derezz an enemy hacker in 2088. But watch out, omae; ghost into the wrong system and you’ll get fried faster than your food vat can spit out NUTRIpaste!

Interface Zero is a game without barriers; a setting where you can be artificially intelligent robots, vat-grown simulacrum, transgenic hybrids or just plain old flesh and blood humans. You can jack into the world around you and program it to suit your needs. You can implant cyberware in your body, interface with machines, fly hover craft, golemmechs, jump bikes and even hover tanks and Low Altitude Vehicles complete with the latest weapons and cutting edge VTOL or anti-gravity propulsion systems.

You can assume the roles of shadow operatives who rage against the corporate machine, private detectives cut from a noir-inspired cloth, fearless, larger than life heroes piloting mecha in a futuristic, transhumanist Japan- even survivors gutting it out in a post-apocalyptic wasteland filled with mutant horrors or AI-spawned mechanical nightmares are viable concepts in Interface Zero. Interface Zero is more than just a game setting, it is a toolbox you can use, adding or dropping whichever elements you wish to create the sci-fi game world that you and your friends want to play in.

End of Chapter 1 | Daring Entertainment

Personally I’m curious what the next chapter has in store as Daring Entertainment builds its way to be the most highlighted Savage World Licensee on our Savage Monday coverage.

In explosive Chapter One finale, the town of Dalesbury has become a war zone as you discover a secret that could effect the future salvation of the human race.

Can you survive the attack by the Living Dead horde, rescue your allies, and escape to safety before the Living Dead consume you, and with you the salvation of humanity?

Call of Cthulhu Bennies | Reality Blurs

Reality Blurs has entered the arena of bennies!  Drop by the Reality Blurs Store today to pick them up!

Hellfrost Region Guide #19: The Unclaimed Lands | Triple Ace Games

Below the Icewall, far to the north of the Hearthlands, are the Unclaimed Lands. A vast swathe of forest and rolling hills wracked by near-constant winter, many southerners consider the wilderness uninhabitable. Yet life prospers here for those who know and respect the power of nature and winter. Life is hard and a constant struggle against the elements, but here a man can truly be free. This supplement expands on the Hellfrost Gazetteer.

This supplement expands the Finnar culture, providing information on their social hierarchy, education, religion, and military. The cult of Ullr is expanded, giving details of its clergy and major rituals. GMs have six new major locales, two minor gods, and three new monsters to unleash against the players.

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Logs from Wednesday’s Chat Event (Parts 1 and 2)

Written by Jeff Carlsen on 2010/08/18 – 12:00 -

Updated!: Part 2 is now available.

The chat event we held on Wednesday, August 4th (randomly dubbed “Chataclysm 2010″) went very well, and very long.  As such, I’m presenting the logs to you in two parts as I finish editing them.

What follows is part one, which covers such topics as:

  • Converting a Reluctant D&D Player to Savage Worlds.
  • Converting a MMO Player to Roleplaying.
  • Savage Shadowrun.
  • Plot Point Campaigns.
  • Terrible Savage Worlds Jokes.
  • Random Adventure Generators.

Part two is much more on topic, and covers:

  • Making an Epic Boss Fight in Savage Worlds.
  • Making a Single Powerful Enemy.

The chat logs have been edited to make them more enjoyable to read.  You’re certain to find interesting ideas and information contained within.  Part two should be expected early next week.

Download Chataclysm 2010 Part 1 (.rtf | It should open in any word processor).

Download Chataclysm 2010 Part 2 (.rtf)


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Savage Mondays – August 16, 2010

Written by Tyson J. Hayes on 2010/08/16 – 00:00 -

It’s a Savage World out there, and Apathy Games provides the tools to survive it. First, check out our Savage Worlds Primer, if you have questions or just want to talk to us in real time just drop by the #savageworlds IRC Channel. If you’re looking for more up to date news, here’s what’s happening now:

Pinnacle Entertainment Group

Gen Con Huge Success! |Pinnacle Entertainment Group

This was a triumph! I’m making a note here, HUGE SUCCESS!!! At least according to PEGInc, for a full recap on their GenCon experience head over to the Pinnacle front page and get all the juicy tidbits on how the con went.  And those that did go make sure to head over to this forum thread, to suggest improvements for Savage Saturday Night.

Savage Licensees

War of the Dead Week 12 | Daring Entertainment

With only one more week left in Chapter 1 how will the player survive?

The seemingly peaceful town of Dalesbury has become a powder-keg of a power struggle between the Mayor and the newly arrived military forces, with you stuck in the middle.

With more questions than answers, a new mystery has developed as to the true identity of the town’s newest Mayor, and his real reasons for assuming control.

Answers, though, will have to wait thanks to a horde of hundreds of Living Dead marching directly towards the town . . . .

Region Guide #18: The Freelands | Triple Ace Games

Unfortunately as I have not yet had the opportunity to crack open the quickly becoming tomb of Hellfrost material I have no idea how many regions we have left?  If you know let us know in the comments!

The Freelands are a sea of grassy hills and small woods, its scattered communities are islands of civility in a land plagued by orcs, giants, and undead. It is a land where mighty heroes can carve out a fief and be master of their own destinies, for no sovereign holds sway over the Freelands; or meet a painful death at the hands, teeth, and claws of the many horrors that haunt the land between settlements.

This supplement explores the Freelands in greater detail, providing information on religious view, military might, and the vital trade network, as well as giving GMs over half a dozen new major locales to wave into their adventures. Expanded information is provided for the cult of the Norns, along with two new minor deities and three new monsters.

Savage Community

August Edition of the Savage Sixth | The Savage Sixth

Last month, the Savage Sixth was absent from the Internet.  This month, though, it is not.  This month is a lot of behind the scenes and personal posts surounding the Savage Worlds community.

Forum Top Five | PEGInc Forums

Each week, I delve into the forums so that you don’t have to.  Here are, in my opinion, the top five threads from the past week:

Future Explorer’s Editions: People seem to really appreciate the smaller, less costly explorer’s editions of the core rules and of Necessary Evil.  As other settings sell out their print runs, Pinnacle is working on making Explorer’s Editions of them as well.  Next up is Rippers and Evernight, but this thread includes some other tidbits and details directly from Pinnacle’s mouth.  As this news is still considered unofficial, we’re only going to point you at it, instead of broadcast it directly.

Viking Setting: What’s more savage than Vikings?  Reader Grubman is putting together a setting inspired by the 13th Warrior.  It’s called The Mistland Saga, and it sounds pretty awesome.

Cyberware and Mutations: Like magic, there are many different approaches to handling cyberware in your game.  This thread gets into a bit of the theory behind the various ideas.

Nanotech Augmentations: Cyberware seems to be a theme this week, so here is a well developed and solid example of using Nanotech Augmentations in your games.  Thanks go to OSIAdept for sharing his work.

Transformers: The only thing cooler about a man that turns into a robot is a robot that turns into a car.  This thread is a fun discussion of playing a Transformers game in Savage Worlds.

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Dave “Viz” Pryzblya talks Kith’takharos

Written by Tyson J. Hayes on 2010/08/11 – 00:00 -

Dave Pryzbyla was kind enough to answer a few questions for us for us while we were researching Kith’takharos.  Below is a full transcript of the e-mails and his responses.  Normally I write a question to the audience at the end of the post but due to it’s length I’ll post my follow up question up here.

Do you have a question for Dave? Let us know in the comments! While we can’t guarantee he’ll respond to every question we will pose any questions to him and post any responses he gives.

To begin the interview Dave told us a bit about White Haired Man.

Dave (viz) will answer most of the questions. When an answer requires contributions from both of us, the name will precede that portion of the text.

Before I answer your questions, I want to provide background about White Haired Man. Some of this has been adapted from an adventure introduction and will help you understand our goals and how we fit into the Savage Worlds universe.

The creative personnel of White Haired Man have been Gamemasters for many years. We have experienced the pressure of developing new campaign material every week. Like many other Gamemasters, we have also wished for a little help every now and then. White Haired Man was created to provide this help.

As Gamemasters, we generally had a developed campaign world and did not want our whole campaign planned out for us. That is why White Haired Man offers small-scale settings and adventures that can easily be introduced into a campaign and reduce the Gamemaster’s preparation time. Our settings do not force the Gamemaster to rework an existing campaign setting.

Our work also reflects the roleplaying styles we enjoy: a low level of magic, high drama, intense roleplaying opportunities, and realistic consequences for character actions. We must stay true to the types of adventures that generate our passion for roleplaying, and hope that others will be equally as excited.

The settings themselves are available for free on the White Haired Man web site (www.whitehairedman.com) in a rules agnostic format. That is, the free setting contains no rules that tie it to a particular game system. On the other hand, the adventures created for the settings comprise our core products, and do contain the information necessary to run the adventure in a particular game system such as Savage Worlds.

Each setting will include a number of linked adventures. While the adventures are designed to follow one another in a series, most of them can also stand alone if the Gamemaster desires.

In addition to the linked adventures, White Haired Man also offers Simple Scenarios for each setting. A Simple Scenario is a set piece encounter or very short adventure the Gamemaster can insert when needed to fill a gap or spice up an ongoing adventure. The Simple Scenarios are not necessarily connected to one another or any published adventure.

We have published one setting based in the swamp village of Kith’takharos, with three linked adventures and two Simple Scenarios. We also run a biweekly online Savage Worlds Kith’takharos campaign.

Our current focus is providing adventure modules for virtual tabletop (VTT) software such as Fantasy Grounds II. Each of our adventures contains a Fantasy Grounds software module as well as a PDF. The software module includes everything necessary to run the adventure within Fantasy Grounds. The PDF includes all the adventure material, and can be used as an aid to running the adventure in Fantasy Grounds, or as the basis for a traditional face-to-face roleplaying session.

We are also exploring print editions of our adventures, and should have a firm idea of the viability within the next two or three months.

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Savage Status Report – Kith’takharos

Written by Tyson J. Hayes on 2010/08/10 – 00:00 -

Each week we take a look at one setting or genre in the Savage Universe and see how it’s doing and what the developers have been up to.  This is not a review, but a guide to what’s available today.  Updates to each Savage Status Report will occur more or less twice a year.

This week we take a look at the remote swamp village of Kith’takharos come back tomorrow while we do a bit of Q&A with Kith’takharos scribe Dave “Viz” Pryzbyla.

What is it?

Kith’takharos is a setting available from White Haired Man.  The setting itself is best described by it’s creators:

From the White Haired Man website:

The remote swamp village of Kith’takharos provides the known world with valuable plants that are processed into drugs both beneficial and malevolent. Envious of this monopoly, the powerful Transit Guild schemes to wrest control of the swamp plant trade from the leaders of Kith’takharos.

Tribes of reptilian Swamp Men live in an uneasy truce with the village. Scattered throughout the swamp, the ruins of the lost Harlass Orn civilization lay hidden beneath the murky waters and dense foliage. Some scholars view the Swamp Men as fallen remnants of this advanced race, but most people would laugh at the idea that Swamp Men could build anything of stone or steel.

What I find interesting about the setting is that the setting itself is free in a rules agnostic format. All available on White Haired Man’s website.  What you have to pay for is their adventures.  I asked David “Viz” Przybyla about the decision to release the setting for free.

Andugus and I knew that we wanted to create roleplaying material. We are driven to do it. Yet how could we get others interested in our work? We decided on two approaches. First, we had to get our work in front of people. We had to convince them to take a chance on our products. It seemed that we could put the basic setting on the web for everyone to see. The value added by purchasing our products would be the adventures and the game mechanics for the setting.

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Savage Mondays – August 9, 2010

Written by Tyson J. Hayes on 2010/08/09 – 00:00 -

It’s a Savage World out there, and Apathy Games provides the tools to survive it. First, check out our Savage Worlds Primer, if you have questions or just want to talk to us in real time just drop by the #savageworlds IRC Channel. If you’re looking for more up to date news, here’s what’s happening now:

As GenCon just concluded the news seems to be holding its breath waiting for the right time to unleash the tide of news and announcements at GenCon.  Unfortunately as our news cycle ends on Sundays you’ll have to wait another week to pick up on all the news.  We’ll report everything we can find, until then this is the news we’ve managed to pick up.

Pinnacle Entertainment Group

Deadlands Map & New Deadlands Released | Pinnacle Entertainment Group

The Weird West just got a little less weirder with this new map released from Pinnacle.  If you want a full sized map that’s nice and poster sized you’ll have to pick up the Marshal’s Handbook or Player’s Guide that were just released.

Savage Licenses

War of the Dead Week 11 | Daring Entertainment

Only two more weeks left until the end of Chapter 1! This weeks adventure brings the heroes ever closer to the end.

After being rescued from impending death thanks to an Apache helicopter that crashed into your vehicle, you have been nursed back to health and accepted by the people of Dalesbury.

Assigned to patrol duty as a means of contributing to the town’s welfare in exchange for your medical treatment, you encountered a convoy of soldiers that survived the Jacksonville massacre. Taking them back to Dalesbury, you have ignited the fuse to a possible powder keg.

Now the place of safe haven and support is threatened to be torn apart in a power struggle between the politicians of Dalesbury and the newly arrived military forces, with you stuck dead in the middle.

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Savage Mondays – August 2, 2010

Written by Tyson J. Hayes on 2010/08/02 – 00:00 -

It’s a Savage World out there, and Apathy Games provides the tools to survive it. First, check out our Savage Worlds Primer, if you have questions or just want to talk to us in real time just drop by the #savageworlds IRC Channel. If you’re looking for more up to date news, here’s what’s happening now:

As we mentioned last week with GenCon less then a week away news is a bit few and far between.  Even if we do manage to scrape up some news it’s mostly about GenCon. Which makes people like us, who aren’t going, rather sad.

Pinnacle Entertainment Group

Pinnacle Entertainment Group - Space 1889 - Red SandsGenCon, GenCon, GENCON! | Pinnacle Entertainment Group

Pinnacle announced a number of neat little items would be available at GenCon.

  • Gen Con will mark the first public appearance of the Savage Worlds version of a Frank Chadwick classic — Space 1889: Red Sands.
  • The new versions of the Deadlands Reloaded rulebooks (the Player’s Guide and the Marshal’s Handbook) will also be available.
  • The Savage Worlds Starter Kit which is a sweet little simulated box which contains and contains a Savage Worlds: Explorer’s Edition, the oversized Savage Worlds Action Deck, a set of polyhedral dice, a custom Wild Die (from the Deadlands Dice Set), a set of mini poker chips (for indicators, bennies, or Deadlands Fate Chips), and cut-and-use templates, which they have on sale for $20!  If anyone wants to pick one up for me let me know.
  • New Space: 1889 Bennies! Which Pinnacle says is also available on their website.
  • Another Seminar! After the seminar at Orgins Pinnacle is back to chat a bit more and answer all of your burning questions.  They expect (and we’re hoping to) that Ogma videotapes the seminar.

Fantasy Companion now available for Fantasy Grounds II

It’s small news, but if you use Fantasy Grounds II for your Savage Fantasy game, then this might be a big deal to you.

Savage Licenses

War of the Dead Week 10 | Daring Entertainment

The first Chapter of the War of the Dead is drawing to a close, only three more weeks until the thrilling chapter one conclusion!

You’ve survived one catastrophe after another, seen every bit of peace you could squeeze from the world bled dry, and you finally had a plan and a destination. After being forced to react to the dying world, it looked as if you were finally going to be able to act first. Then it all came crashing down around you . . . or, more accurately, an Apache helicopter came crashing into you.

In War of the Dead: Week 10, you are rescued from the wreckage by a patrol team from the nearby town of Dalesbury.

Have you finally found a safe haven, or is it yet another taunting from the gods above?

Silver Gryphon Games - Pine Ridge HorrorThe Pine Ridge Horror Released! | Silver Gryphon Games

Silver Gryphon Games has kicked off con season by releasing their new adventure, The Pine Ridge Horror.

The Pine Ridge Region is a large territory of heavily forested ridges, buttes, and canyons, stretching across northwest Nebraska and into South Dakota. On the South Dakota land is the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, home to the Oglala Sioux Nation.

The Pine Ridge is densely covered in pine trees, with cottonwoods and other deciduous trees in the canyon bottoms. The buttes and canyons are quite rocky and the trails can have treacherous footing. A person can, and hikers often do, get lost on these trails, sometimes for days before stumbling across other campers or the park rangers. Along with smaller animals such as rabbit, squirrel, and chipmunk, the area is also home to larger game such as bighorn sheep, elk, mule deer, and wild turkey. A few prairie rattlesnakes also make their home here.

Two boys, hiking deep in the Pine Ridge Forest, stumble upon a ravaged camp and make a gruesome discovery. The remains of five campers, ripped limb from limb, partially eaten, and scattered about the area; turned into a feast for the flies, insects, and larger scavengers. Hearing a “roaring” from the nearby hills, the boys quickly fled the camp and made their way to the nearest Ranger station, nearly a half a day’s hike.

This adventure requires only the Savage Worlds Core Book to play.  Other toolkits, supplements, or setting trappings may be used depending on the flavor the GM wishes to add to the adventure.  This is the perfect adventure to run if you’re camping, love the outdoors, or are a fan of early 80′s slasher flicks.

What you’ll find inside is:

  • 16 pages of adventure
  • A full color map of the main adventuring area
  • Bookmarks for easy access to the PDF every step of the way
  • Detailed NPCs and Creatures
  • Suggested music
  • An Outline of Events for the GM

New Hellfrost Region Guide & Adventure! | Triple Ace Games

As Wiggy and Rob have decided to descend upon GenCon this year, Triple Ace Games has decided to pave the way with new Hellfrost Releases! Then they had a better idea.  Why not put the entire catalog on sale! So for the month of August you’ll be able to get all the all of the Hellfrost books.  So check out the TAG Store for all the new deals!

Triple Ace Games - Hellfrost - The Great SwampHellfrost Region Guide #17: The Great Swamp

In days of yore the Great Swamp was home to the advanced gatorman race. Now reduced to a state of primitive barbarity, their role as rulers of the swamp has been usurped by the lizardmen, led by the Tyrant Lizard King. A dank land of ever-hungry thunderlizards, crumbling ruins, and bloodthirsty inhabitants, the Great Swamp is no place for the weak of heart.

This product explores the dangers of the Great swamp, delves into the crumbling cities of old, details the bloodthirsty gods of the lizardmen and gatormen, and gives stats for a variety of deadly new creatures.

Hellfrost Adventure: #14 – The Frost Giant’s Hold

THE END IS NIGH!

Three times the heroes have interfered in the plans of Jarl Hrimwulf the Grim, and three times the heroes have vanquished the jarl’s minions. But now the Norns have decreed the final act must play out between might frost giant and mortal adventures. At stake is nothing less that the fate of the Hearthlands. After facing death on the shores of White Lake battle must be taken to The Frost Giant’s Hold!

The Frost Giant’s Hold is the last installment of a four-part series, but can be played as a standalone adventure.

This adventure contains Figure Flats for all the monsters and NPCs, as well as detailed maps.

New White Haired Man Site | White Haired Man

Viz of White Haired Man shot me an e-mail last week about their new site and resources and it was pretty cool! Now it’s been released to the general public.  So go check out all of the Kith’takharos setting information, and the new blog!  He mentioned that we can expect to see a new post about twice a week.  Looking forward to it guys!

Savage Community

Forum Fever! | PEGInc Forums

As always, I pour through the forums to bring you the best conversations and material.  I missed last week, so this week is full of extra goodness.

NPC Cards: Cards are a handy way of tracking NPCs.  There are some floating around the internet, and this thread tells you where, and some best practices.

Fallout Character Sheet:  This sheet is interesting even if you aren’t playing a Fallout game.  The layout is unique, and it’s rather pretty.

Free Supers Art: If you’re looking for some character art for you supers or Necessary Evil game, here you go.

Remembering Hindrances: It’s a challenge.  Every player has hindrances, and it’s something that you really want to keep in mind when running a game.  This thread is a good discussion as to how to do that.

Traps: More on adding traps to your game.

Schools of Magic: It’s a very D&D concept, but some people want a little more depth in their magic system.  Some fans are working on doing just that.

Ward Spell: A hole has been found in the Savage Worlds powers list.  Wards, circles of protections, and the like are absent.  Not anymore.  This is a very good thread, with some solid savage spells coming out of it.


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Savage Mondays – July 26, 2010

Written by Tyson J. Hayes on 2010/07/26 – 00:00 -

It’s a Savage World out there, and Apathy Games provides the tools to survive it. First, check out our Savage Worlds Primer, if you have questions or just want to talk to us in real time just drop by the #savageworlds IRC Channel. If you’re looking for more up to date news, here’s what’s happening now:

With GenCon in the air everyone is holding off the releases.  As such it’s a little slower news week then normal.  We’ll expect loads more news in about two weeks.  Until then here’s all the savage news our news monkeys could find.

Pinnacle Entertainment Group

PAX Appearance & New Game  | Pinnacle Entertainment Group

Pinnacle announced this week that Shane Hensley will be dropping by the Penny Arcade Expo with Dust Devil Studios.  Why is he dropping by with Dust Devil Studios you ask?  Simple he’s been working on a tower defense game called “Zombie Pirates.”

“Zombie Pirates features the adventures of Captain Smilin’ Jack O’Hurlihan and his friends, Esmeralda and Dr. Theopolis. (Like I wouldn’t have a mad scientist in there?) A terrible event gave rise to ‘Gruesome George,’ who is scouring the Shimmering Seas looking for his lost love, giving rise to all manner of monsters in his wake. But there’s an even worse scourge out there—the Red Widow! What is her secret? Can you survive the Great Hurlpool? Will Smilin’ Jack realize he first has to save the world to keep plundering it?”

Savage Licensees

War of the Dead Week 9 | Daring Entertainment

Another week another installemnt int he War of the Dead series.

After making it to the Rescue Station just in time to see it overrun and destroyed by the Living Dead, you took refuge in a nearby warehouse along with dozens of other survivors. It didn’t take long for the Living Dead to converge on the location, though, and it probably won’t take long for the survivors to begin tearing each other apart as paranoia and fear escalate.

Deciding it was imperative to determine if Samantha was Infected, or just had the Flu, you agreed to accompany Corporal Hauser into the city in search of medical supplies.

But can you survive long enough to save the life of a sick child?

Hellfrost Region Guide #16: Alantaris Isle | Triple Ace Games

Region Guide 16 marks in installment of Alantaris Isle into the collection.  Have you picked any of these up yet?

Long ago Alantaris Isle was the center of the greatest empire in the northern continent. Ravaged during the Blizzard War and its mainland holdings lost to rebellious natives, the Isle slipped into obscurity. Centuries have passed, and the once-great isle is slowly rising from the ashes.

This product delves into the culture of the old empire’s heartland, explores new sites, introduces new NPCs, expands the cult of Hoenir and introduces the minor gods of gossip, riddles, and teaching, and offers new monsters and an NPC archetype.

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Savage Mondays – July 19, 2010

Written by Tyson J. Hayes on 2010/07/19 – 00:00 -

It’s a Savage World out there, and Apathy Games provides the tools to survive it. First, check out our Savage Worlds Primer. If you’re looking for more up to date news, here’s what’s happening now:

Pinnacle Entertainment Group

So everyone is abuzz about the Ennie Awards coming up, and while we have provided a voting guide we thought we’d highlight again all of the Savage Worlds related items on the voting block.  Let’s make sure we get out their and show them what this community can do!  We borrowed the following from Pinnacle’s site.

Remember ENnies voting is open now!

Pinnacle Entertainment Group - Deadlands - One Shot ComicDeadlands: One Shot Comic | Pinnacle Entertainment Group

This seems to have been released quietly as we don’t see any announcement on the main page from Pinnacle about it.  Our news monkeys managed to dig this one up while snooping around the various news sites and DriveThruComics.com pages.  So check out the 50 pages of Weird West goodness written by Matt Forbeck and drawn by veteran Deadlands artists Kevin Sharpe and Richard “Rico” Pollard.

Matt Forbeck says:

“The book’s been out of print forever, but that all happened long before the latest e-book revolution. Now you can download and read it in glorious full color for only $2.99. That less than half what it cost in game and comic shops when it debuted 11 years ago. As far as I know, it’s the only Deadlands comic available to date. If you like your Westerns a little weird — or you just appreciate a beautiful book with a ripping yarn — be sure to check it out.”

Savage Licensees

The Kerberos Club Now Released | Arc Dream

After being nominated for the Product of the Year Award for their non-savage worlds edition they’ve finally released an edition for the rest of us!  You can of course pick up your copy on RPGNow!

Play the heroes and villains of a Strange century! Doctor Archibald Monroe, the erudite chemist and physician-chimpanzee . . . “Stony” Joe Smithson, the honest London boxer, transformed into living rock . . . Maeve O’Connel, Queen of the Mudlarks, the eternal child touched by Faerie . . . the Lady Mirabel, who by darkness defends Whitechapel as the terrifying Night Hag. . . . When the victims and enthusiasts of magic and bizarre science meet in an infamous club for “the Strange,” thrilling action is sure to follow!

The Kerberos Club (Savage Worlds Edition) is a sourcebook for superheroic roleplaying in Victorian London. It includes a detailed history and thorough treatment of Victorian society in its every particular, especially the incredible and sometimes awful changes that “the Strangeness” comes to wreak upon Queen and Country alike. It requires Savage Worlds and the Savage Worlds Superpowers Companion to play.

The Kerberos Club gives players every tool they need to create new heroes and villains in a world that is at the same time familiar and alien—a world made more of both by the Strangeness that grips it and the dangers that threaten it.

There is, after all, every good reason for the club’s motto: “MALUM NECESSARIUM.”

The Kerberos Club is written by Benjamin Baugh, with Savage Worlds conversions by Dave Blewer and Shane Ivey.

War of the Dead: Week 8 | Daring Entertainment

Nothing can stop the freight train that is the War of the Dead now with Week 8 on sale we’re quickly coming  to the first stop in 52 week journey.

The world is descending into chaos as the Living Dead consume all major population centers.

Barely surviving the outbreak aboard the Pinnacle cruise ship, you were lost at sea before making your way back to the coast of North Carolina. After encountering a friendly, elderly couple that offered them shelter, food, and information, a biker gang calling themselves the Ghost Riders soon took you captive. Forced to act as live bait in the infected town of Fairport, you managed to escape-making mortal enemies of the bike gang in the process.

Following a daring escape, you’ve finally made it to the military Rescue Station.

But is the Rescue Station the safe haven it was promised to be, or is more horror and tragedy awaiting you?

Savage Mojo - Suzerian - Noir KnightsReleased: Noir Knights | Savage Mojo

Hot off the press Savage Mojo has released this new Savage realm of Suzerian.  Noir Knights is everything you need to kick start a 1930′s supernatural game.  We also found that if you go to the SavageMojo wiki and use code NKr42Smj you’ll save 25%.

This Savage realm of Suzerain is the tale of the 1930s Great Depression as you’ve never experienced it. For Heroic rank characters who are feeling particularly heroic, Noir Knights is part of our American Grit realm, where government agents investigate paranormal activity across a hard boiled film noir America.

Whether it’s a supernatural swampland encounter in Florida or otherworldly conspiracies in the corridors of power, the truth is out there – just waiting for your characters to find it. Industry and legend clash in a time of folk heroes, hobo mages, and secret societies.

America is a nation of dust and determination.
Ride the rails and prove your mettle.

Product contains: A full color 148 page PDF including…

* Everything you’ll need to run games in a supernatural 1930s.
* Many new character options including new Edges, Hindrances and Powers.
* Weather-manipulating wizards, taxidermist reanimating priests, and railwalker hobo magic users – all as playable options!
* All the possibilities of the X-Files with femmes fatales and four-color G-men thrown in.
* 30 scenarios including a full plot-point campaign taking characters from Heroic rank to the brink of becoming demigods.

This is a high art product and a large download. When you buy this PDF you also get a print friendly version at no extra cost.

It Came From Facebook | Savage Mojo

Lifted straight from Suzerain Facebook Page we found this nifty little news item.

Wondering what the next products are coming from Savage Mojo? Caladon Falls, for Savage Suzerain, is nearing completion. Ready to see how your characters would handle being uprooted from their homes and plunged into a civillian war against invaders? Play Caladon Falls to find out! Wondering why it’s been quiet for our own system, Suzerain? It’s being retooled and will come out as Suzerain Adventurer.

The rules in Suzerain Adventurer are now known as Mojo Rules! and will be ready in the next few months. And for those of you who’ve been waiting for Hero level rules for Suzerain, in the coming months you’ll see a fine-tuned book to offer you everything you need for your characters to really take things to the next level. Suzerain Hero has a whole team making it happen right now.

Keep an eye on forums at www.savagemojo.com for details and to chime in on those things Savage Mojo.

Triple Ace Games - Hellfrost - Crystalflow Confederacy Region GuideHellfrost Region Guide #15: Crystalflow Confederacy | Triple Ace Games

Again the news monkeys are worth their weight in bananas.  While TAG didn’t make an announcement on their website our monkeys managed to find this little gem that was released this week.

The mighty waters of the Crystalflow cut through the central Hearthlands. At each end stand great cities, testament to the wealth trade can bring, while numerous settlements, bound together into a loose confederacy by trade agreements, line its banks. Yet the settlements are not clones of each other, and together they create a melting pot of ideas, cultures, languages, and beliefs.

Explore the Crystaflow Confederacy in more detail! Learn about the cult of the Unknowable One and its unusual festivals, discover the military might of the Confederacy’s Grand Army, explore 8 new locales, study the mysteries of three new minor gods, and battle two new creatures.

Savage Freeport on Sale | Green Ronin

We don’t hear much from Green Ronin because the only Savage Worlds product they have is the Savage Worlds Freeport Companion.  But since it has gone on sale for $8, we felt compelled to tell you.

Savage Community

Interview with Clint Black | Troll in the Corner

Clint Black is the Savage Worlds Core Rules Brand Manager.  If you want to know about the rules, you ask him.  Troll in the Corner has a nice interview with him including fan questions.

The Forum Whisperer | PEGInc Forums

As always, the forums are the best way to interact with your fellow savages and to find new ideas.  This week the content has been rather rules heavy.  Here’s the best stuff.

Martial Arts Edges: There have been several takes on martial arts, from a simple edge in Day after Ragnarok, to the complex Arcane Background (Martial Arts) from Deadlands.  The thread is great, but the best tidbit is this unofficial Modern Martial Arts (pdf) supplement by Clint Black.

Arcane Background (Shaman): There’s a lot of depth and rules discussion to this thread, so be forewarned, but this arcane background has a lot of potential and is worth looking into.  Clint also took the time to weigh in on it.

Working with Knowledge Skills: Knowledge skills are tricky.  They cost points, so you want them to be useful.  This thread discusses how to choose knowledge skills for your setting that will find use and how to implement them, including exampled from official and licensed settings.

It’s a Trap!: A discussion of using traps in Savage Worlds.

Foreign Languages: Here is an in depth house rule for dealing with foreign languages and linguistics that might find a home in your game.

How to Play a Spy Game: There isn’t an official setting that emulates Spycraft or similar games.  This thread discusses how to run just such a game.

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