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Dieselpunk and logistics: Andrew Gaska and Magnetic Press Play’s Mike Kennedy talk Carbon Grey RPG

August 11, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Polarity owned Magnetic Press had set up a company, Magnetic Press Play, to get into tabletop games.

Filed Under: Interviews, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: andrew gaska, carbon grey, d6 system, magnetic press, magnetic press play, west end games

Free to Download: Carbon Grey RPG and D6MV quickstart

August 10, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

It’s our first look at the MVD6 system, the Magnetic Variant of the D6 system that once powered titles like Star Wars and Ghostbusters.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: andrew gaska, carbon grey, drivethrucomics, drivethrurpg, free to download, magnetic press play, Steve Wieck, west end games

Carbon Grey launches today, bringing West End Games’ D6 System to Kickstarter as Oni-Lion Forge’s sister brand Magnetic Press gets into RPGs

August 3, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Magnetic Press Play’s first Kickstarter launched today as West End Game’s D6 System is adapted to the paranormal dieselpunk adventures of Carbon Grey.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: d6 system, kickstarters, magnetic press, magnetic press play, west end games

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #111

July 30, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Routinely Itemised is an RPG news summary, and this week there’s mixed news with $30,000 injected into the hobby but sadness as Brian Fitzpatrick passes away.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: 9th level games, a couple of drakes, awfully cheerful engine, beadle & grimm, bounty hunter, carbon grey, Chaosium, Charles Ryan, cortex prime, Cthulhu Mythos, cubicle 7, dms guild, doctor who, dscryb, Dune: Adventures in the Imperium, Dungeons & Dragons, en publishing, Fire Ruby Designs, forbidden lands, gama, gm screens, legends of avallen, Loke BattleMats, lovecraft, magnetic press play, Massif Press, Monte Cook Games, Numenera, Paizo Publishing, Pinnacle Entertainment Group, routinely itemised, Sandy Petersen, savage pathfinder, savage worlds, sigil & shadow, Sneak Attack Press, soulmuppet, sr 16, starfinder, stargate, Steve Jackson Games, tales of xadia, the lost citadel, third eye games, trinity continuum, tsr games, Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft, Verdant Isles: Teatime Adventures, warhammer, warlord games, west end games, wizards of the coast

The new D6MV RPG system confirmed for the Carbon Grey TTRPG

July 26, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

In Carbon Grey, which is heavy with paranormal and dieselpunk, space/time is bent. It snaps under pressure. In the Carbon Grey RPG, this space/time complication will be represented by the Wild Die addition to D6MV, which causes Continuity Surges, Flux Effects and others.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: andrew gaska, carbon grey, d6 system, d6mv, magnetic press, magnetic press play, west end games

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #110

July 23, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Routinely Itemised is an RPG news summary, and this week there’s the latest from D&D, Cyberpunk Red, 13th Age, Call of Cthulhu, Critical Role and even of Chainmail, the game that became D&D.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: 13th age, Battlefield Press, beadle & grimm, blackmoor, Call of Cthulhu, carbon grey, castles & crusades, chamomile has adventures, Chaosium, city of mist, critical role, cubicle 7, cyberpunk red, doctor who, Evil Hat Productions, fading suns, FATE, Fizban's Treasury of Dragons, grant howitt, handiwork games, hearts of wulin, Honey Heist, injuries & vile deeds, m20 technocracy reloaded, magnetic press play, Matt Colville, mcdm, Necromancer Games, Nightfall Games, onyx path publishing, Paizo Publishing, Pelgrane Press, roll20, routinely itemised, savage pathfinder, savage worlds, sdcc, sigil & shadow, soulbound, starfinder, strixhaven, The Gauntlet Gaming Community, the green knight, the oracle, The Wild Beyond the Witchlight: A Feywild Adventure, Troll Lord Games, Ulisses Spiele, Victoriana, west end games, wickerpunk, wizards of the coast, wrath & glory

Magnetic Press Play deal brings West End Games’ D6 System back for Carbon Grey, Call of Cthulhu and anime RPGs

July 19, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Magnetic Press Play will use West End Games’ D6 system for the games for a launch RPG based on Carbon Grey, following up with Call of Cthulhu and anime adaptations.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: andrew gaska, board games, Call of Cthulhu, carbon grey, d6 system, gallant knight games, magnetic press, magnetic press play, Nocturnal Media, Steve Wieck, west end games

Genre Police: The (Role)play’s The Thing

May 5, 2019 by Ben Jackson-Ellery Leave a Comment

Comedy in is perhaps the hardest genre to bring to a tabletop game.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: genre police, Ghostbusters, humour, paranoia, shakespeare, west end games

Star Wars: RPG 30th Anniversary Edition announced

August 17, 2017 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Fantasy Flight Games have an anniversary edition for the Star Wars RPG. The Star Wars Sourcebook is also being brought back – but both books will be limited editions. They’ll come in a stylized slipcase. The original game was first printed by West End Games back in 1987. At the time the trilogy had finished […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: fantasy flight games, star wars, west end games

Torg returns bringing a pan-dimensional war to Kickstarter

June 5, 2017 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Other Roleplaying Game (aka Torg) was first published back in 1990 by West End Games. Written by Greg Gorden and Bill Slavicsek the game casts players as Storm Knights, who to try and defend Earth from the pan-dimensional entities known as High Lords. The game is currently owned by Ulisses Spiele and has been […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: horror, kickstarters, sci-fi, Torg, Ulisses Spiele, west end games

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