The origins of the being known as Oblivion is a mystery.  Occasionally, she assaults Earth from her base on the dark side of the moon.  The American Legion of Justice is constantly in fear . . . → Read More: Superpowered Dossier: Oblivion]]> Gamer’s Haven Publishing is proud to release the Superpowered Dossier for a major villain in the Superpowered setting — Oblivion!

The origins of the being known as Oblivion is a mystery.  Occasionally, she assaults Earth from her base on the dark side of the moon.  The American Legion of Justice is constantly in fear of her wrath, as she is a living, breathing black hole.  Oblivion is a major threat to any campiagn world, let alone any superhero group.  She is a genuine force of nature, a plot element that drives storylines.

Oblivion is a PL 20 NPC.

Updated and expanded, now with the support of Lone Wolf Development’s Hero Lab software, Gamer’s Haven Publishing is proud to begin releasing Superpowered Dossiers.  These Dossiers will completely detail a superhero or supervillain for use in the Superpowered universe, or for use in your personal Mutants & Masterminds setting. Some of these characters can be found on the Justice City United Podcast at http://www.gamershavenpodcast.com.

This product includes the Hero Lab portfolio file so you can easily adjust and modify the hero or villain to meet your campaign needs!

Buy Superpowered Dossier: Oblivion

In the Three Parter, . . . → Read More: Episode 91 – Mecha and Other Strangeness]]> We are joined in studio by none other than Chris Perrin, creator of the Mecha RPG available from Heroic Journey Publishing.  Chris discusses his new Kickstarter project, Mecha Combiners, and we talk KantCon a little.  We talk inspiration for Mecha, and other place where Mecha can be found in games.

In the Three Parter, Nathan talks a bit about What We’re Into with the Kickstarter projects Leisure Suit Larry, Shadowrun Returns, Wasteland 2, and Spaceventure – Guys from Andromeda and also talks about a book he just read, Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker.  Jeremy talks the News.  Ethan and Chris, meanwhile, hit you all up with some shameless plugs for Mecha Combiners and the Superpowered Dossiers.

Total running time on this episode is 138 minutes.

About Mecha

Metal and Flesh

In battlefields on Earth, in space, and on realms known only to imagination, brave men and women answer the call of fate. They leave behind their simple lives and become pilots of giant armed robots, called mecha, opening a world filled with excitement and danger.

Live and Die

No matter their beginnings, mecha are tools of war! Pilots will soon learn that with the awesome power of their mecha, comes the awesome responsibility to fight the evil gods of the Living City, put down the Separatist Guard’s shameful rebellions, topple unjust kings and his lackies, the Arbor Defense Force, find love with the Cheerleader Captain, and get to class before the Vice Principal finds out. Such is the life of a mecha pilot.

Together As One

No pilot faces these trials alone. A pilot will always have his mecha to be strong where he is weak and protect him in the face of unspeakable danger. Also, the pilot will always be there for his mecha, who needs to be led to glory on the battlefield.

Mecha… The RPG

This is mecha-style anime role playing at its finest. Grab some friends, some dice, and this book and get ready to relive the best robot anime you’ve ever seen and tell mecha anime-stories no one has dreamed of yet. This is Mecha.

Buy Mecha on IPR

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About Mecha Combiners

Mecha combine and form blazing weapons!

Do you remember how cool it was on Saturday mornings to watch five robot lions come together to form a mighty robotic warrior? Did you marvel when that robot hero formed its blazing sword and hacked giant evil creatures to tiny bits? (Did I just reveal my age…if so, search for Voltron on Netflix!! )

Welcome to Mecha Combiners, the second published supplement for the Mecha Role Playing Game by Chris Perrin. These rules have long been the most asked-for supplement for Mecha, because, let’s face it, there’s something pretty awesome about playing a team of pilots that can come together to form a giant robot.

Support the Mecha Kickstarter Project

About Leisure Suit Larry

Leisure Suit Larry is a series of adventure games written by Al Lowe and published bySierra from 1987 to 2009. The main character, is Larry Laffer who, though still somewhat lovable, is a balding, dorky, double entendre-speaking, leisure suit-wearing “loser” in his 40s. The games follow him as he spends much of his life trying (usually unsuccessfully) to seduce attractive women.

About Shadowrun Returns

Jordan Weisman, the creator of Shadowrun, is back and Shadowrun Returns (forApple & Android tablets and PCs) is the game that Shadowrun fans have been waiting for a long time. A graphically rich 2D turn-based single player game with deep story interaction, meaningful character development, and highly-contextual tactical combat, Shadowrun Returns is not only going to make some old geeks (like us) very happy but it will introduce new players to a dynamic gaming universe that is beloved around the world.

About Wasteland 2

Wasteland 2 is the direct sequel to the first ever post-apocalyptic computer RPG. The original Wasteland was the inspiration for the FALLOUT series of games, and the first RPG to allow players to split parties for tactical considerations, to face players with moral choices, and to make them deal with the consequences of their actions. It was the first to provide far more than the one-key-for-one-lock style of puzzle solving. It was groundbreaking, which is why IGN named it one of the top 25 PC games of all time, Computer Gaming World named it the Adventure Game of the year in 1988, and it was short-listed for inclusion in the Smithsonian Institution’s current “Art of the Computer Game” exhibition.

About Spaceventure – Guys from Andromeda

Hey there, Classic Adventure Gaming fans as well as those relatively new to our worlds. Congratulations on being, er… special enough to find yourself here. We happily welcome you to our official Two Guys website. Scott Murphy and Mark Crowe, aka ‘The Two Guys from Andromeda’, are back together. No, your optic orbs have not been on a bender. You read correctly. After a brief 25+ year hiatus we (Mark and Scott) have joined forces once again and are tooling-up to bring you a new Space Adventure, or SPACEVENTURE™ ,.if you will.

Support Spaceventure – Guys from Andromeda

About Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker

The Hellbound Heart is a horror novella by Clive Barker, first published in November 1986 by Dark Harvest in the third volume of their Night Visions anthology series, and notable for becoming the basis for the 1987 movie Hellraiser and its franchise. It was re-released as a stand-alone title by HarperCollins in 1988, after the success of the movie, along with anaudiobook recorded by Clive Barker and published by Simon & Schuster Audioworks. It retains the gory, visceral style that Barker introduced in his series of collected short storiesThe Books of Blood. The story focuses on a mystical puzzle box and the horror it wreaks on a family which is unfortunate enough to come across it.

Buy Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker

About Superpowered Dossiers

Updated and expanded, now with the support of Lone Wolf Development’s Hero Lab software, Gamer’s Haven Publishing is proud to begin releasing Superpowered Dossiers.  These Dossiers will completely detail a superhero or supervillain for use in the Superpowered universe, or for use in your personal Mutants & Masterminds setting. Some of these characters can be found on the Justice City United Podcast at http://www.gamershavenpodcast.com.

Buy Superpowered Dossiers from RPGNow

Rick Cameron lost his wife in an alien invasion!  And then justice failed him in the aftermath.  Now, armed with the technology he can understand, it’s his job to pick up where the justice system leaves off.  If someone is above the law, it’s Turnkey who puts him . . . → Read More: Superpowered Dossier: Turnkey]]> Buy Superpowered Dossier: Turnkey

Rick Cameron lost his wife in an alien invasion!  And then justice failed him in the aftermath.  Now, armed with the technology he can understand, it’s his job to pick up where the justice system leaves off.  If someone is above the law, it’s Turnkey who puts him away in The Labyrinth.  If only he can keep up with his teenage daughter and keep her out of trouble at the same time …

Turnkey is a PL 8 NPC.

Updated and expanded, now with the support of Lone Wolf Development’s Hero Lab software, Gamer’s Haven Publishing is proud to begin releasing Superpowered Dossiers.  These Dossiers will completely detail a superhero or supervillain for use in the Superpowered universe, or for use in your personal Mutants & Masterminds setting. Some of these characters can be found on the Justice City United Podcast at http://www.gamershavenpodcast.com.

This product includes the Hero Lab portfolio file so you can easily adjust and modify the hero or villain to meet your campaign needs!

Buy Superpowered Dossier: Turnkey

Introducing the Supwepoered Dossiers!

Updated and expanded, now with the support of Lone Wolf Development’s Hero Lab software, Gamer’s Haven Publishing is . . . → Read More: Introducing Superpowered Dossiers]]> So the Superpowered Olympus project is still in development, I’ve decided to start scratching an itch Green Ronin Publishing started to scratch last year with their Mutants & Masterminds Threat Reports …

Introducing the Supwepoered Dossiers!

Updated and expanded, now with the support of Lone Wolf Development’s Hero Lab software, Gamer’s Haven Publishing is proud to begin releasing Superpowered Dossiers.  These Dossiers will completely detail a superhero or supervillain for use in the Superpowered universe, or for use in your personal Mutants & Masterminds setting. Some of these characters can be found on the Justice City United Podcast at http://www.gamershavenpodcast.com.

This product includes the Hero Lab portfolio file so you can easily adjust and modify the included heroes and villains to meet your campaign needs!

We’ve updated each member of the original Justice City Irregulars in their individual PDFs and re-released them.  Expect a lot more to come down the line soon!

In the meantime, check out Blue Streak, Cerberus, Crimson Bolt, and Eclipse!

Sorry for the delay, internet connection has been uncooperative.

As a side . . . → Read More: Pathfinder: Brother Episode 31 – Wedding Interupted Part 2]]> The brothers have to continue their attempts to foil a marriage in order to get the spell components they need to end the Kinbane curse.  Will the heroes be able to break apart love, or will they find something sinister enough to make the Hammertime family call it off all together?

As a side note, there is a small bit that was not placed in part 1 that should have been, so it is at the beginning of this one.  Sorry for the confusion.

No, we’re not dead, just busy.

We tackle this episode with some more freestylin’ and hit up some news, reviews, and chat a bit more about 5th edition.  It’s an aimless episode, but we needed to get together to record, and it’s been two months … life has been busy.

In the Three . . . → Read More: Gamer’s Haven Episode 90 – News, Reviews, and More 5th Edition]]>

No, we’re not dead, just busy.

We tackle this episode with some more freestylin’ and hit up some news, reviews, and chat a bit more about 5th edition.  It’s an aimless episode, but we needed to get together to record, and it’s been two months … life has been busy.

In the Three Parter, Jeremy reviews the new D&D supplement, Player’s Option: Heroes of the Elemental Chaos, Ethan takes a look at the new DC Adventures/Mutants & Masterminds book, Heroes & Villains Vol. 2, while Nathan (and Ethan and Jeremy) talk a bit about What They’re Into …

We wrap things up with a few Random Encounters!

Running Time on this Episode is 137 minutes.

About D&D Player’s Option: Heroes of the Elemental Chaos

Masters of fire and earth. Lords of air and water. This tome is the definitive sourcebook for creating and playing characters with ties to the Elemental Chaos and the primordial beings that dwell there. It shows how the elements can influence heroes of the natural world and presents elemental-themed character options for players.

In addition to discussing elemental power and presenting new character themes with strong story hooks, this book includes new class builds — including the elementalist and the sha’ir — and new feats and paragon paths designed to tie existing characters more closely to the Elemental Chaos.

About DC Adventures Heroes & Villains Vol. 2

The DC Universe features a dazzling array of characters who have thrilled readers for generations. The two-volume Heroes & Villains set details more than 500 of those characters for use in your DC Adventures games, all featuring character stats fully compatible with the award-winningMutants & Masterminds RPG. Vol. 2 picks up where Vol. 1 left off, covering characters from the League of Assassins and Legion of Super-Heroes to Zatanna and Zauriel. With Heroes & Villains in-hand, you will never lack for characters to use in your game, from heroic guest-stars and villainous foes to heroes suitable as ready-to-play characters. You’ll also have a comprehensive guide for modeling your own DC characters based on existing examples along with a collection of animals and monsters useful for mimics and shapechangers. It’s the comprehensive guide to the heroes and villains of the DC Universe no fan should be without!

High school is a time that everyone remembers. We see it everywhere: in movies, and books, and music. But what we see there isn’t real high school, . . . → Read More: School Daze – Vulgar Halloween]]> If you like narrative-driven roleplaying games with light systems, and easy character creation, you’ll love School Daze. It’s gaming, in a high school setting, and it rocks.

High school is a time that everyone remembers. We see it everywhere: in movies, and books, and music. But what we see there isn’t real high school, and neither is School Daze. School Daze uses high school as a vehicle to tell fun stories. Stories like you’d see in Saved by the Bell, Buffy, the Vampire Slayer, The Breakfast Club, or Brick. School Daze is high school, but it’s high school the way you want it.

High school is a time that everyone remembers. We see it everywhere: in movies, and books, and music. But what we see there isn’t real high school, . . . → Read More: School Daze – Playtest 2]]> If you like narrative-driven roleplaying games with light systems, and easy character creation, you’ll love School Daze. It’s gaming, in a high school setting, and it rocks.

High school is a time that everyone remembers. We see it everywhere: in movies, and books, and music. But what we see there isn’t real high school, and neither is School Daze. School Daze uses high school as a vehicle to tell fun stories. Stories like you’d see in Saved by the Bell, Buffy, the Vampire Slayer, The Breakfast Club, or Brick. School Daze is high school, but it’s high school the way you want it.

High school is a time that everyone remembers. We see it everywhere: in movies, and books, and music. But what we see there isn’t real high school, . . . → Read More: School Daze – Playtest One]]> If you like narrative-driven roleplaying games with light systems, and easy character creation, you’ll love School Daze. It’s gaming, in a high school setting, and it rocks.

High school is a time that everyone remembers. We see it everywhere: in movies, and books, and music. But what we see there isn’t real high school, and neither is School Daze. School Daze uses high school as a vehicle to tell fun stories. Stories like you’d see in Saved by the Bell, Buffy, the Vampire Slayer, The Breakfast Club, or Brick. School Daze is high school, but it’s high school the way you want it.

And see what happens when one of . . . → Read More: M&M Justice City Issue 11 – Mixed Signals]]> Picking up where things left off the issue before, the Justice City Irregulars square off against none other than the Canadian Crusaders!  It’s Massive Defender vs. El Colibri, Grip vs. Nightmaker, Blue Streak vs. Strict, Crimson Bolt vs. Spectrum, and Cerberus vs. Exodus in an all-out brawl!

And see what happens when one of our heroes doesn’t walk away from the fight …

“You are all employees of Currie Pharmaceuticals. A large multi steller nation drug company. . . . → Read More: One Shots – Traveller: Twilight Sector – Along for the Ride]]> Ethan, Nathan, Jeremy, Becca, and Chris were treated to a game run by the fine guys at Terra/Sol Games, Mike Cross and Chris Stevens.  Terra/Sol Games is, of course, the publishers of Twilight Sector, a setting for Mongoose Publishing’s Traveller.

“You are all employees of Currie Pharmaceuticals. A large multi steller nation drug company. You are members of a field trial team in some way, researchers, security, ship crew, management. You are meeting the Mistress of Orion, one of the city sized mega ships in the setting called Dreadnoughts so you can piggyback to your jump off location a system 8 parsecs distant called Absolute Zero. In Traveller terms this ship is huge, it is about 1.2 million dtons big. These ships can traveller further faster than smaller ships like the one assigned to your team the Hunter’s Princess.

“You are on your way to a planet called Edge which is a fringer backwater world with a population of only 82,000. There Currie does a lot of it’s field trials away from the prying eyes of competitors and regulators. When you get there you are to conduct the field trials for a new psionc drug currently simply labeled Psion – C.”

It’s 10 years after the Fall. Transhumanity is scattered across the solar system, holding on to life, convincing themselves that everything is okay. But it’s not.

As new operative of Firewall, our Sentinels investigate the trail of one of their fellow operative, trying to figure out what happened to her. The . . . → Read More: Eclipse Phase Breakdown Episode 1 – Flashback]]>

Eclipse Phase

It’s 10 years after the Fall. Transhumanity is scattered across the solar system, holding on to life, convincing themselves that everything is okay. But it’s not.

As new operative of Firewall, our Sentinels investigate the trail of one of their fellow operative, trying to figure out what happened to her. The Song Cai Flower awaits, and what is hidden inside, no one knows.

About Eclipse Phase: Eclipse Phase is a game of transhuman conspiracy and horror. Eclipse Phase is published under a Creative Commons license by Posthuman Studios.

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Happy Holidays everyone!

We all sit down after nearly three months to record our next episode, with some reflection and reservations … which are thrown out the window with a discussion on the announcement of 5th Edition Dungeons & Dragons!  We talk about what we’ve been doing, and try a new thing with the show … . . . → Read More: Gamer’s Haven Episode 89 – Freestylin’ On 5th Edition]]>

We all sit down after nearly three months to record our next episode, with some reflection and reservations … which are thrown out the window with a discussion on the announcement of 5th Edition Dungeons & Dragons!  We talk about what we’ve been doing, and try a new thing with the show … current events!  So, if you like this episode, please comment and let us know if you want more like it!

In the Three Parter, we really do a Four Parter when Jeremy reviews the Dungeons & Dragons 4th Editon Player’s Option: Heroes of the Feywild (and a bit about the Faeries book from Bastion Press way back when), Nathan and Becca both talk about Star Wars: The Old Republic, Nathan goes on about Planescape Torment, and Ethan wraps it up with a trifecta of reviews of Sentinels of the Multiverse from Greater Than Games, Martian Dice from Tasty Minstrel Games, and Cards Against Humanity from … well, Cards Against Humanity.

Finally, we bring things to a close in this extra long episode (making up for lost time) with a few Random Encounters!

As always, please rate and review us on iTunes, comment on posts, head over to the forums and chat with other listeners, or visit our various affiliate stores on Amazon, Noble Knight Games, and RPGNow.

Until next time!

Total running time on this episode is 152 minutes.

About D&D Player’s Option: Heroes of the Feywild

Player’s Option: Heroes of the Feywild enables players to weave elements of the Feywild into their existing and future characters, in much the same way thatPlayer’s Option: Heroes of Shadow gave players reasons to explore their characters’ dark connections to the Shadowfell.

This book contains exciting new character builds and options that are thematically rooted to the Feywild, a wild and verdant plane of arcane splendor, full of dangerous and whimsical creatures. Characters who trace their origins or backgrounds to the Feywild gain access to unique feats, powers, and mechanics. The book explores what makes fey-themed characters so fun and distinct.

Buy Heroes of the Feywild from Amazon.com or Noble Knight Games

About Star Wars: The Old Republic

Star Wars: The Old Republic, abbreviated as TOR or SWTOR, is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game based in the Star Wars universe. Developed by BioWare Austin and a supplemental team at BioWare Edmonton, the game was first announced on October 21, 2008, at an invitation-only press event. The video game was released for the Microsoft Windows platform on December 20, 2011 in North America and part of Europe. Early access to the game began one week before release, on December 13, 2011, for those who had pre-ordered the game online; access opened in “waves” based on pre-order date.

Although BioWare has not disclosed development costs, industry leaders and financial analysts have estimated it to be between $125 million and $200 million. If accurate, this would make it the most expensive video game ever developed.

Buy Star Wars: The Old Republic from Amazon.com

About Planescape Torment

Planescape: Torment is a computer role-playing video game developed for Windows by Black Isle Studios and released on December 12, 1999 by Interplay Entertainment. It takes place in Planescape, an Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (AD&D) fantasy campaign setting. The game’s engine is a modified version of theInfinity Engine, which was also used for BioWare‘s Baldur’s Gate, a previous AD&D game set in the Forgotten Realms.

Planescape: Torment is primarily story-driven; combat is given less prominence than in most contemporary role-playing games. The protagonist, known as The Nameless One, is an immortal who has lived many lives but has forgotten all about them, even forgetting his own name. The game focuses on his journey throughout the city of Sigil and other planes to reclaim his memories of these previous lives. Several characters in the game may join The Nameless One on his journey, and most of these characters have encountered him in the past.

The game was not a significant commercial success but received widespread critical praise and has since become a cult classic. It was lauded for its immersive dialogue, for the dark and relatively obscure Planescape setting, and for the protagonist’s unique persona, which shirked many characteristics of traditional role-playing games. It was considered by many video game journalists to be the best role-playing game (RPG) of 1999, and continues to receive attention long after its release.

Buy Planescape Torment from Amazon.com or (more reasonably, and with much more stability) download it from GOG!

About Sentinels of the Multiverse

Sentinels of the Multiverse is a cooperative card game in which 3 to 5 players control a team of super powered heroes battling a dastardly villain.  Sentinels of the Multiverse, or SotM, provides players with an innovative, streamlined game play experience that is easy to learn but requires strategic, team-based thinking.  The game comes with ten different heroes, allowing players to build myriad hero teams and find new ways to challenge the villains.  There are four different villains, each with unique mechanics and challenges, and four dynamic environments in which the battles take place.  This flexibility adds enormous replay value and ensures that no two SotM games will play the same.

Buy Sentinels of the Multiverse from Amazon.com, Noble Knight Games, or directly from Greater Than Games themselves!

About Martian Dice

Your mission, Martians, is to swoop down on the pathetic denizens of the primitive planet “Earth”, and to scoop up as many of the inhabitants as you can manage. We are interested in samples of the Chicken, Cow, and Human populations, so that we can determine which of them is actually in charge. The Earthlings might manage to put up a feeble defense, but surely nothing that a small taste of your Death Rays can’t handle. Make Mars proud… be the first Martian to fill your abduction quota!

Buy Martian Dice from Amazon.com or Noble Knight Games.

About Cards Against Humanity

Cards Against Humanity is a party game for horrible people.

Unlike most of the party games you’ve played before, Cards Against Humanity is as despicable and awkward as you and your friends.

The game is simple. Each round, one player asks a question from a Black Card, and everyone else answers with their funniest White Card.

Cards Against Humanity is distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution – Noncommercial – Share Alike license – that means you can use and remix the game for free, but you can’t sell it.