Howard tayler is doing another kickstarter for the latest schlock mercenary book, and as a stretch goal is including a tiny planet mercenary game produced by alan bahr and gallant knight games. The planet mercenary rpg is a space opera game set in the same universe as the excellent webcomic schlock mercenary. You get a pdf copy of the planet mercenary rpg adventure escape from the friggen jungle. Other books, such as textbooks are a bit more complicated. You might want to try planet mercenary, a scifi game based on the schlock mercenary comic strip. A fan subreddit for the planet mercenary role playing game, by howard tayler, alan bahr, and sandra tayler. The planet mercenary rpg is set in the schlock mercenary universe. Your download includes the full text of the book, a pdf of all 108 cards, and a pdf of the character sheet. This level can add on other digital items, but you cant add on physical items. Its the absolute best rpg ive played, if not the best you can buy.
You can find out more about planet mercenary at the planet mercenary website. This document aims to help players and game chiefs of. Dead planet is the first module for the mothership scifi horror roleplaying game. Exceptionally so, and i consider it firmly in the best work category of my career which while small, is growing rapidly. Something i found disappointing about the planet mercenary rules is. You can acquire your copy through or via backerkit. Build your own mercenary company and accept all the. Planet mercenary is a product of hypernode media, which is owned and operated by sandra tayler and howard tayler. Schlock mercenary comic offical rpg website in universe website official universe wiki facebook group. For others, here is a science fiction roleplaying game rpg based on a long running web comic that captures the fun people expect from reading about a group of spacebased, future mercenaries. In it, the players take the role of officers in a 32thcentury mercenary company. The planet mercenary role playing game toggle navigation.
This roleplaying game takes place in the universe of the schlock mercenary comic strip. Oh, and well include an adventure, size might matter, which will debut at. The design of the book requires that it sometimes be held sideways, and that makes pdf frustrating. The planet mercenary team will have a booth at gencon, and theyll be running a few games.
Based on the popular webcomic shlock mercenary, by howard tayler at its core, the game uses a simple statplusdie mechanic for determining success or failure of a given activity. It would have been exceptionally easy for howard to throw out a subpar product with lazy design. One of the longestrunning, and imo one of the best, webcomics out there. This book contains everything you need to create characters, equip them, and load them onto warships for adventures across the galaxy. Project updates for the planet mercenary role playing game. This is a free downloadable character sheet for planet mercenary rpg. A onepage adventure on a derelict ship filled with corpses and a strange artifact. Planet mercenary character sheet this is a free downloadable character sheet for planet mercenary rpg. Well send a survey link to the email address you used to pledge for this campaign. Besides some fun physical accessories, theres a pdf adventure that. Heres a wallpaper featuring one of planet mercenary s bestselling brands, strohl munitions, makers of the iconic bh209 plasgun. Id easily place planet mercenary as one of the top two humourbased roleplaying games on the market today. The seventy maxims book will not be a pdf, so you dont get that.
Hypernode media the team that publishes the successful schlock mercenary webcomic approached me to do the rules design and creation for an rpg based on the. The planet mercenary role playing game created by howard tayler. Howard tayler has been publishing schlock mercenary to the web since june of 2000. Backerkit is the worlds most trusted postcrowdfunding platform. Aliens, humans, and artificial intelligences are all part of a galaxyspanning culture in which warfare is common enough that there is a sizeable market for people who can wage it professionally. But ultimately the important thing is that this is a really fun game. The alan bahr, sandra and howard tayler created this awesome work, and their dedication to quality is shown in every page. We expect the frequency of the newsletters and announcements to be approximately monthly or less frequently than that. Planet mercenary game chief secrets pdf hypernode media. Well be including pdf templates for the halfsheets, to help you align whatever information you want on the dropins you print, and well be including some planet mercenary dropins as well. This book contains everything you need to create characters, equip them, and load them onto w. Pick a link list to show here in your theme settings under footer quick links link list.
This science fiction setting is tooled up for those with a sense of humor and a sense of wonder, and the comic has been capturing reader imaginations for fifteen years now. Planet mercenary is a roleplaying game by hypernode press set in the world of schlock mercenary, first released in 2017 after its kickstarter funded in 24 hours and proceeded to blow past multiple stretch goals. Knowledge of the comic may add extra layers to the game, but isnt required to enjoy it. Help me decide on a new rpg to try page 6 rpgnet forums. This will ship with the book, so were already beginning to organize information and put it together. Watermarked pdf welcome to planet mercenary rpg, a space opera adventure game. A tabletop rpg by alan bahr and howard tayler, and set in the space. You can also add on efj to a different pledge level if you wish.
Planet mercenary is a roleplaying game by hypernode press set in the world of. Contact the the planet mercenary role playing game team on. Complete first draft, waiting for first editorial pass. The pdf should be available for sale at drivethru later this week. Both the title and the content of posts must directly relate to the planet mercenary rpg. The mechanics of the game were developed by alan bahr and the text written by alan bahr, howard tayler, and his wife, sandra tayler. The planet mercenary role playing game kickstarter.
The planet mercenary role playing game is a militarythemed science fiction rpg set in 3100 ce, in the universe of schlock mercenary. My love affair with pendragon as the best rpg ive ever played is well documented on this blog, and it doesnt bear repeating i love pendragon so much. Now, theres an rpg based on the setting and stories featured therein. What product could be sufficiently enticing to bring you over to our project page and enter a pledge. You get fullcolor pdfs of both the planet mercenary core book and the associated card deck. Its packed to the brim with usable, gameable content for any scifi rpg, including. Planet mercenary runs like greased lightning, from the 3d6 with mayhem. There are lots of games based on comics, but planet mercenary is. Get an adfree experience with special benefits, and directly support reddit. There are lots of games based on comics, but planet mercenary is based literally in the comic. You can now go and submit your favorite planet mercenary resources so that others can enjoy them. Planet mercenary is a game i helped to write and did a majority of the rules design on, especially the initial engine and concepts. The files for the planet mercenary pdf are finalized. You also get all of the extended mag items at no extra charge.
Its an educational tome disguised as a 21stcentury game. Some tablet computers are unable to open zip files without the aid of a desktop machine. Welcome to planet mercenary rpg, a space opera adventure game. You can buy the pdf here, the print will be available soon i designed and wrote the game engine that powers the planet mercenary roleplaying game. From what ive read, the book and other preordered materials are going out later in july. And i also like the way every character gets their own fireteam to support them, which might get elevated to being pcs because the pcs tend to get blown up. This was successfully kickstarted in mid2015, but if you missed the kickstarter, you can buy a hardback here or get the pdf here. If you want updates on schlock mercenary, planet mercenary, or things relating to howard and sandra, we recommend that you opt in to our shiny new mailing list. They include more graphics and a need for extensive indexing. Planet mercenary is a space opera rpg game set in the universe of the schlock mercenary online comic.
The planet mercenary role playing game by howard tayler. Howard tayler is raising funds for the planet mercenary role playing game on kickstarter. How could i possibly tempt you into that kickstarter. Howard tayler, the creator of schlock mercenary, is now shipping the planet mercenary rpg. Build your own mercenary company and accept all the best contracts. Designing the planet mercenary rpg book one cobble at a time. This will be a tiny d6 game, which if you didnt know is alans minimalist, ruleslite rpg system. Were launching the planet mercenary rpg kickstarter on april 14th, 2015. Talking about the decision making process when creating planet mercenary. This is a free supplement for use with planet mercenary rpg. If you are a fan of schlock mercenary by howard tayler, you can stop reading and go buy planet mercenary. I was focused on efforts for the adventure pdf, preparing the next schlock book, and preparing for the kickstarter for the next schlock book. I had a marvelous time as a player in one of the midstage playtests of planet mercenary.
The planet mercenary rpg is something ive been looking forward to for a while. A good rpg book, like planet mercenary intends to be, presents a real design challenge as it needs to incorporate elements that are similar to. I often reference comics as sources in my posts which could constitute spoilers. Upcoming plans for planet mercenary planet mercenary. Its an rpg set in howard taylers schlock mercenary universe. Pdf and ebook development is a project for another year. Besides some fun physical accessories, theres a pdf adventure that picks up after.
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