Evil Genius announced they’d reboot Urban Arcana and run a world-building contest earlier this year. Ten finalists who impressed judges with a 200-word proposal would be paid to expand that to 1000-word submission.
Evil Genius Games
Evil Genius Games are the tabletop RPG publisher of Everyday Heroes. Everyday Heroes RPG is a mashup of d20 Modern and 5e, written by some of the original d20 Modern team.
The indie studio uses the ORC license for the system and has the RPG rights to some notable movie titles such as Pacific Rim, Kong: Skull Island, Escape from New York, The Crow, Highlander, Total Recall and others.
Evil Genius is successful in May 2023, launched a campaign for a legendary bundle of
Kong and Pacific Rim.
Evil Genius Games’ d20 Modern/5e mashup grows Kong and Pacific Rim
Everyday Heroes is a tabletop RPG engine born of d20 Modern and 5e, and it is by a company called Evil Genius Games, which appeared on the industry landscape with some incredible movie licenses.
Free to Download: Unofficial Highlander tabletop RPG
Eric explains that their unofficial Highlander RPG uses a rules-lite system where only the players roll dice. Pools of d12 are used in conjunction with a mechanic called the Quickening.
Urban Arcana: Evil Genius’ reboot competition to pay world-crafter competitive rates
The competition is open from March 20th, and applications have until April 20th, 2023, to hit submit.
Routinely Itemised: RPGs #164
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Luke Gygax’s RPG company signs on as an Evil Genius Everyday Heroes partner
Luke Gygax, of D&Ds’s Gygax family and his publishing studio Gaxx Worx has become the inaugural third-party publisher for Evil Genius’ newly launched third-party license.
Free to Download: Escape From New York RPG preview
Evil Genius Games have the license to a host of official movie RPG tie-ins, including Escape From New York.
Free to Download: Everyday Heroes quickstart for Pacific Rim RPG, Kong, The Crow and others
This special quickstart edition has been designed to let you jump into the Everyday Heroes™ RPG and start playing immediately.
Everyday Heroes funds and cinematic RPG 5e fans can breathe easy
Know the warning about putting all your eggs in one basket? The following official tabletop RPGs all needed the first Kickstarter from brand new publisher Evil Genius Games to succeed.
Routinely Itemised: RPGs #151
Routinely Itemised is a weekly RPG news wrap-up from Geek Native and other tabletop hobby blogs.
