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Pathfinder for Savage Worlds is Coming to Kickstarter in January 2021

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Pinnacle Entertainment Group and Paizo have announced Pathfinder for Savage Worlds in a surprise revelation. The project will be launched in January 2021 on Kickstarter with a boxed set and will see a retail release later in 2021.

The Pathfinder for Savage Worlds core rulebook will include an adaptation of the Savage Worlds game mechanics for players to make and evolve characters, and for game masters to create games of their own design, for play in Pathfinder’s world of Golarion. A separate purchase of the Savage Worlds core rules (SWADE) is not necessary to play.

The Pathfinder for Savage Worlds boxed set—as typical for Pinnacle Entertainment Group—will include the core rulebook as well as other elements of game play for Savage Worlds like Bennies, Action Deck, Templates, Game Master Screen with adventure, Powers Cards, and more.

For the Kickstarter planned to launch in January 2021, a Boxed Set for Rise of the Runelords with all six books of the Adventure Path provides starting adventures for many gaming groups who have not yet visited the town of Sandpoint.

Retail release of all items created in the Kickstarter is targeted for Q4 2021.

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The Appalachian Horror RPG Holler Comes to Savage Worlds

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Holler

Pinnacle Entertainment Group, creators of Savage Worlds and Deadlands tabletop roleplaying games has announced plans to develop the Appalachian Horror RPG Holler with Odd Bard Games and author Tim Earley. 

It’s a land of ghostly, shrouded mountains sealed off from the rest of the world, dominated by the schemes of madcap industrialists and their strange inventions, threatened by ecological collapse in the form of a toxic fog known as the Blight, and beset by a harrowing array of demons, cryptids, haints, and roguish fey.

Author Tim Earley pulls inspiration from Appalachia’s history of labor conflicts—the Battle of Blair Mountain, Bloody Harlan, the textile strikes of the 1930s—and fuses those complex, real world struggles with the folklore, legends, murder ballads and ghost stories that characterize the region’s abiding cultural richness.

Heroes are everyday folks in Holler: miners, moonshiners, granny women, holy rollers, bluegrass pickers, and roustabouts. Outmanned and outgunned by robber baron industrialists, Holler’s heroes must rely on their wits, ingenuity, kinship bonds, and hardscrabble toughness to win the day.

Pinnacle Entertainment Group kicks off interest in the Holler setting with a free online-only game convention, “Hollerween,” for Savage Worlds games October 29th-November 1st. Special livestream games, panels, and more are anticipated. Game Masters and Players can grab your badges now (use discount code “free”) to submit games and get notices when event registration goes live.

Deadlands—The Granddaddy of the Weird Western—is back with a New Edition

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Pinnacle Entertainment Group, creators of Savage Worlds tabletop roleplaying game, is currently raising funds for a new edition of Deadlands, the award-winning Weird West roleplaying game.

Deadlands: The Weird West is entering its final week on Kickstarter.

Deadlands: The Weird West Kickstarter campaign features a new edition of this award-winning roleplaying game, revised and updated for Pinnacle’s Savage Worlds Adventure Edition rules. Players take on the roles of a range of western characters, from tough law dogs to magical card sharps, from gadget-wielding mad scientists to gun-toting bounty hunters. These heroes travel the Weird West to drive back the evil that threatens to engulf the land and plunge it into mayhem and fear.

Kickstarter reward levels allow backers to join at a digital level, receiving PDF copies of the various Deadlands books and boxes available, or to pledge at higher levels to receive physical rewards including books, boxed sets, dice, cards, poker chips, and more.

The Kickstarter will run until May 12th and has already unlocked great new content for the Weird West, with more exciting reveals planned.

Savage Worlds Gets a New Setting in Freedom Squadron

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Sean Patrick Fannon, President and CVO of Evil Beagle Games, creator of the epic high fantasy setting of Shaintar, and lead writer/designer and Brand Manager for Savage Rifts from Pinnacle, has yet another major Savage Worlds setting he’s bringing to the world.

Based on the award-winning board game from Spyglass Games, VENOM Assault, Freedom Squadron is a love letter to all the great action and adventure cartoons and comics of the 80s and early 90s, modernized and made even more exciting for Savage Worlds fans.

Featuring Vocation Frameworks, Specialization tables, new Edges, lots of Gear, and so much more, Freedom Squadron is epic, action-driven, and over-the-top as anything you’d expect from SPF. In addition, he’s created the game-changing Plans & Operations rules — a way to run missions, capers, special ops, and investigations that both simplifies the experience for GMs and players alike while encouraging extensive player-driven narrative in a way not yet seen in Savage Worlds.

Sam J. Jones to Write the Foreword to The Savage World of Flash Gordon RPG

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The Savage World of Flash Gordon is currently being Kickstarted by Pinnacle Entertainment Group. The Kickstarter features The Flash Gordon RPG (you’ll need a Savage Worlds core rulebook to play), Kingdoms of Mondo supplement, GM Screen, miniatures, and adventures! Both direct and retail versions of the game have been announced.

It has been announced that Sam Jones, star of the much beloved 1980 Dino De Laurentiis Flash Gordon film, has once again boarded a rocket ship to Mongo! The actor, US Marine, and Savior of the Universe has taken a look at all Pinnacle has done with the beloved world of Flash Gordon and agreed to write an exclusive foreword for the core book!

The Savage World of Flash Gordon RPG draws on the original Alex Raymond strips, the Buster Crabbe serials, and the 1980 Dino De Laurentiis film for inspiration. It was written by Scott Woodard and uses the Savage Worlds™ game system.

The Kickstarter for The Savage World of Flash Gordon funded within the first hour and has busted through several stretch goals, adding miniatures, maps, and cards.

The top tier reward levels include:

  • a Collector’s Box Set,
  • Flash Gordon™ RPG in Limited Edition hardcover,
  • a supplement book The Kingdoms of Mongoalso in Limited Edition hardcover,
  • a Game Master Screen and adventure Journey to the Center of Mongo,
  • two double sided combat maps which are wet– dry– and permanent marker–erasable,
  • two decks of playing cards,
  • Bennies (including five Conviction chips),
  • and a Cliffhanger token to invoke a new setting rule!
  •  And there’s a Princess/Prince of Mongo reward level to get the Box Set, a RARE Sunday Newsprint strip from 1935, and join the PEG crew for dinner and play in a game at Gen Con 2018 hosted by author Scott Woodard!

A new reward level for metal miniatures was just added to the campaign. Backers can Add-On sets of miniatures including Flash, Dale, Dr. Hans Zarkov, Emperor Ming, Princess Aura, Prince Barin, Prince Vultan, Prince Thun, and three Imperial Soldier poses.

The Kickstarter ends on Monday, December 4th at 10pm Eastern. Don’t miss out—Back it today!

Savage World RPG’s The Monster Hunters’ Club Now On Kickstarter

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The Monster Hunters’ Club is a licensed setting for the Savage Worlds Roleplaying Game set in the 1980’s and inspired by kids’ adventure and horror films, television, and novels like E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, The Goonies, The Monster Squad, The Lost Boys, Fright Night, It, Super 8, Stranger Things, and many more. Players take on the roles of children, growing up in the 80’s, who become heroes.

The roleplaying game expansion by CSS Games is currently raising funds on Kickstarter.

The Monster Hunters’ Club book features:

  • 18 detailed, customizable archetypes
  • New Edges and Hindrances
  • 4 Arcane Backgrounds (Belief, Gadgetry, Psychokinesis, and Storytelling)
  • New Powers
  • A Bestiary of new creatures
  • The detailed town of Gulf Haven, Alabama as it appears in the mid-1980’s
  • A complete plot point campaign with savage tales
  • An adventure generator
  • Setting Rules to help capture the feel of 80’s Kids’ adventure movies.

Stretch goals include short “one sheet” adventures from some of the biggest names in the Savage Worlds community, including Preston DuBose, Danny James Walsh, Eric Lamoureux, and Jason L. Blair. In addition, brand new floorplans from Fabled Environments, a custom character sheet from Karl Keesler, and a mini-campaign from Tommy Brownell are also available as stretch goals.

The campaign is slated to run for 30 days on Kickstarter with digital, print, and various other reward opportunities available.

Pinnacle’s RPG Player Kits Now On Kickstarter

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Gear up for adventure! RPG Player Kits​ enrich your tabletop experience with smart components that enhance and streamline gameplay courtesy of Pinnacle Entertainment Group. The RPG Player Kit includes: Action Cards​, Player Dry-Erase Board​, Color-Coded Dice​, and a Wooden Dice Box.

The Kickstarter is available now until September 27th 2017!

When playing tabletop RPGs, there are lots of different actions you can take. This can be daunting for new players. Take out the guess-work and confusion. Our Action Cards provide an easy reference. Use them as a general guide or play them onto the table during your turn.

Remembering all your character specs and keeping them up to date can get tricky, especially when they keep changing during a fight! Our Player Dry-Erase board has everything you need to track your damage, death saves or wounds, and other notes. It’s specifically designed to streamline combat and quickly provide relevant information. Change it as many times as you need in your encounters. Level up your gameplay with our Player Dry-Erase Board.

Are you spending more time hunting for the right type of die than actually playing? There are lots of different dice in role-playing games. Quickly find the right one by using our dice system. We’ve designed a color-coded set that makes it easy to pick the right die every time. It’s great for both new players and seasoned players in order to quickly find the right die. Get multiple sets to make rolling damage rolls even easier.

Because rolling dice is a such core part of any role-playing game, you need a place to roll that can keep the dice on the table. We are making a special laser-engraved dice box for this kickstarter. It doubles as a storage container to keep all of your player kit components. Remove the lid and use it as a dice tray.

The Goon and Fear Agent Come to RPGs

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Pinnacle Entertainment Group has launched two Kickstarters running simultaneously for the pulp scifi setting Fear Agent and “zombie Noir” The Goon comics. Both were funded in less than 90 minutes and have already passed numerous stretch goals!

The Goon RPG for Savage Worlds

Multiple Eisner-award winning comic The Goon pulls no punches when Goon starts swingin’—usually at the chug-heads, changelings, and snake-riddled rival gangs what get in his way. Now your strangers, weirdos, and ne’er do wells can join his crew, make Lonely Street a bit less zombified, and even save the Town in the dramatic Plot Point Campaign “From Hell’s Heart We Bite at Thee!”

The Goon was created by Eric Powell and published by Dark Horse Comics.

Fear Agent RPG for Savage Worlds

The Earth is decimated in an alien invasion—then the “backwards” survivors are invited to join the United Systems as a sort of half-hearted apology. Just like the star of the comics, the “Last Fear Agent” Heath Huston, your heroes are stuck cleaning up the mess in a planet-hopping, time-traveling, conundrum-unravelling journey against the strangest and weirdest aliens the Deep has to offer. And all with a few twists worthy of this phenomenal series!

Fear Agent was created by Rick Remender, Tony Moore, and Jerome Opeña, and published by Dark Horse Comics.

The Goon RPG and the Fear Agent RPG for Savage Worlds Kickstarters each offer a core book, GM Screen with adventure, Bennies, dice, and amazing miniatures sculpted by Bronze Age Miniatures. A copy of the Savage Worlds core rules is required to play ($10 at www.peginc.com).

If you are new to Savage Worlds, Pinnacle announced an Un-Stretch Goal: PDFs for Deadlands, Rippers Resurrected, The Last Parsec, and East Texas University. Digital or higher level backers on either Goon RPG or Fear Agent RPG Kickstarter get these PDFs for FREE after the Kickstarter. That’s a terrific way to get a feel for the variety of genres Savage Worlds can handle.

Gen Con 2015: Pinnacle Announces Fear Agent, Goon, and Flash Gordon RPGs

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Pinnacle Entertainment Group Gen ConAt Gen Con 2015, Pinnacle Entertainment Group, the makers of Savage Worlds, Deadlands, and many other games, previewed its upcoming releases for 2015 and beyond.

Pinnacle previewed previously announced properties such as Deadlands Lost Colony, Necessary Evil 2, and Weird War I, as well as several new surprise licenses.

The first announcement was for Fear Agent, a comic series by Rick Remender, Tony Moore, and Jerome Opeña. Fear Agent was published by Dark Horse Comics, and tells the tale of Heath Huston, a cynical Texan who ventures into space to battle the aliens who destroyed the Earth. Fear Agent is a high-action, thrill-filled race through space and time.

Pinnacle’s second announcement was for another Dark Horse Comic series, Eric Powell’s The Goon. This long-running, award-winning, tongue in cheek pulp crime series is laced with horror and humor.

Pinnacle’s most unexpected announcement was for the Flash Gordon roleplaying game. The design team played the iconic music by Queen and then displayed the well-known Flash Gordon logo to massive fanfare from the assembled crowd. No other information was released about the project, but Pinnacle handed out buttons to the attendees and afterward sold retro-style Flash Gordon t-shirts at their booth.

The Sixth Gun is Coming for Savage Worlds!

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The Sixth Gun Roleplaying GameOni Press has announced a partnership with Pinnacle Entertainment Group, creators of the award-winning, best-selling Savage Worlds roleplaying game system. The companies are developing a licensed tabletop RPG based on the critically acclaimed ongoing series The Sixth Gun, by writer Cullen Bunn, artist Brian Hurtt, and colorist Bill Crabtree.

Bunn is a long time RPG player himself and collects games. The comic has a mix of genres including fantasy, horror, action, and—of course—gunslingers a-plenty. The series has created an in-depth world, perfect for the gaming experience.

Debuting for retail later in 2015, The Sixth Gun roleplaying game launches a Kickstarter starting on May 26th, to give fans of both The Sixth Gun comic and tabletop gaming an opportunity to pre-purchase the game with exclusive incentives and gaming accessories related to The Sixth Gun RPG. The highest tier reward, True Fan of The Sixth Gun ($600, limited to 5), offers backers one of everything, plus a few cool extras which aren’t possible in normal distribution channels—like the chance to play in a game at Gen Con Indianapolis Game Mastered by Cullen Bunn! For backers looking solely for digital game content, the reward tier is $25.

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