N.E.W. Science Fiction Roleplaying Game – EN Publishing (Available Now)
Anyone who follows the roleplaying hobby certainly know all about EN World being a great resource for lots of great RPG news and info. What might not be as well known to everyone is EN World puts out gaming products through EN Publishing and their latest release looks really special. The N.E.W. Science Fiction Game (which is new) promises experienced gamers a slew of SF goodness to create their own adventures beyond the stars. You’ll really want to take a peek at this one because, from what I’ve seen, N.E.W. goes all out as far as artwork and presentation!
Plus, how can you argue with a ten dollar price tag for a 285 page PDF?
From EN Publishing:
VOYAGE INTO THE FAR FUTURE IN THIS VERSATILE TABLETOP GAME OF SCIENCE FICTION ADVENTURE
Bounty hunters track down outlaws hiding in trader towns on worlds at the fringe of the galaxy. Starships explore unknown worlds, going where nobody has gone before. Great generational arks seek somewhere to call home. Detectives investigate a murder on a trail which will take them from Mars to Jupiter’s moons. Agents infiltrate a criminal organization, going undercover to take down a galactic crime boss. A group of smugglers locates a new hyperdrive system to increase the speed of their freighter.
Play a brave starship captain, a reckless smuggler, a hardy marine, or a daredevil pilot. Are you a cunning bounty hunter, a clever engineer, or a charismatic trader? Over sixty science fiction careers await you!
This roleplaying game allows you to create and run adventures in any sci-fi setting!
- A range of alien species, and over 60 careers which allow you to generate any far-future character with a fun, intuitive life-path system.
- A wide array of science fiction equipment, including weapons, armor, drugs, cybernetics, vehicles, and more. Wield anything from a laser sword to a sonic pistol; use a gravbelt or a handheld scanner; wear a kevlar vest or a powered suit of armor.
- An array of optional psionic disciplines and powers, allowing you to play anything from a commercial telepath to a noble star knight.
- Full rules for running the game, including fast but tactical combat, environments, and extended scientific, medical and engineering tasks.
- Starship combat rules, both using detailed hex-based miniatures and abstract theatre of the mind.
- Rules for creating ship crews from which to form specialized Away Teams for specific missions.
- Astronomical information, space travel, and information on starship crews and operations.
- Extensive guidelines for building a far-future game setting, with detailed rules for creating star systems, planets, civilizations, races, careers, monsters, and more, along with discussion on genre, theme, and technology.
Whether you’re aboard a starship exploring new worlds, a bounty hunter tracking down outlaws on the fringes of civilisation, an agent infiltrating an intergalactic criminal organization, an intrepid hunter of exotic alien species, fighting a galactic civil war, or just a trader trying to make your way in an uncaring universe, N.E.W. has you covered!
This is a What’s O.L.D. is N.E.W. core rulebook.
This hardcover book includes the existing WOIN rulebooks Future Careers, Future Equipment, Future Core, Space, and Building a Universe.
Also included separately are a PDF character sheet and a bonus EONS article entitled Resolve: Horror, Sanity, & Social Combat, providing an entirely optional rule straight from EONS, the official magazine of the WOIN roleplaying game system.
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Hi Jeff, a couple of months ago I released a new sci-fi RPG which was successfully kickstarted earlier this year – Starguild: Space Opera Noir. About 190 backers have copies, and I’ve had great feedback from them, but as a single person outfit with his first publication, I’ve not been able to get that much exposure for it.
I’ve included a link to the Drive Thru Rpg page for it in the ‘website’ link in this comment, although if you think it would be interesting enough to have a look at in more detail, I’d happily send you a complimentary pdf.
Other information about it is on the starguildrpg.com website too.
I hope you don’t mind me posting this, but you did ask if there were other lesser known RPGs which might benefit from some love 🙂
Cheers
Hi Alex,
By all means, shoot me an email to [email protected] and I’d be happy to peek at Star Guild.