I am a game designer with over 15 years worth of game credits and industry experience. My work includes licensed games based on worlds like Star Wars, Star Trek and Firefly, classic game worlds like Dungeons & Dragons and Shadowrun and my own creations like Camelot Trigger and Save Game.
Palladium Bookscan’t. Plenty of people not interested in swords and wizards caught the RPG bug from games forUnfortunately, these games often succumb to the realities of licensed products. Once the license term is over, they often fade into forgotten history as new products stop coming out and old products live on in used bookstores and online auction sites. Games for popular IP often fetch handsome prices on the secondary market.
A licensed RPG coming back in its original form is a rare occasion. Usually its easier to license a new game with a new company. That’s why Palladium Books shocked the industry when it announced a Kickstarter for a new edition ofin 1985. The game was tied to the original comic books by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird. The books featured original artwork by the creators as part of the draw.
The game featured a wild character creation process that gave players several charts to roll on. It was then up to players to make sense of the characters they got. How do I put together a six foot tall otter with Olympic level marksmanship and a love of hang gliding? Role playing games are built on indelible characters and even if they didn’t end up working out, the characters made here often left an impression on young players.
Digital copies are not available through the Kickstarter. Palladium has said their license only extends to a physical reprint at this time. Hopefull, the success of the Kickstarter might allow them to change things for the future.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem: 'Villain-Forward' SequelThis has been such a great year for animation, from the fantastic box office run that The Super Mario Bros. Movie had to Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse blowing everyone's minds; if you're a fan, you've been a happy camper.
Read more »
How Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem Blended Hand-Drawn & CG Animation Detailed By VFX ArtistsVFX artists at Corridor Crew explain how Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem was able to blend both hand-drawn and CG animation.
Read more »
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Who is The Last Ronin?Who dies in TMNT: The Last Ronin? We summarize the hit Ninja Turtles series
Read more »
Civilizations Could Use Gravitational Lenses to Transmit Power From Star to StarSpace and astronomy news
Read more »
Every Star Trek: TNG Guest Star In Lower DecksSeveral characters from Star Trek: The Next Generation have made the jump to the world of animation on Star Trek: Lower Decks.
Read more »
Civilizations could use gravitational lenses to transmit power from star to starIn 1916, famed theoretical physicist Albert Einstein put the finishing touches on his theory of general relativity, a geometric theory for how gravity alters the curvature of spacetime. The revolutionary theory remains foundational to our models of how the universe formed and evolved.
Read more »