Simian Circle Games
Several points of interest to discuss today. First, the signups for the d10 contest have come to an end. We have 33 contestants ready to go. Good Luck everyone. You can check the blog update for the list of contestants. Also of note, I have decided to change the GnomeLand RPG to Guts and Iron RPG. I thought the setting was more fitting for what I had in mind. The Guts and Iron RPG link will take you to the wiki which has all of the core rules for the game. A final note. For those who don't know, DriveThruRPG.com is offering a $20 Bundle of over $1,000 in pdfs. The proceeds all go to help Haiti. So far, they have raised over $100k. Not bad gamers. So go buy a bundle and help the people of Haiti!
Simian Circle Games
Happy New Year! Thought I would post to start the year off with some new developments in Simian Circle land. First up, The Gnomeland RPG Wiki. Its free and has all of the rules for the game up to this point. The Gnomeland Wiki is a work in progress and will be expanded on and revised as time moves along. Hopefully we can get some cool content up over the next few weeks for folks who are interested. Also, any comments or suggestions concerning Gnomeland are more then welcome. In fact, that was our whole purpose in making the game public in wiki format. Free RPGs kick ass and we want to be a part of that.
Let's see, what else? Well, the d10 2010 Design Contest is in full swing and from what I have been hearing from people, the games sound amazing. This year the contest is a little different than last years. It's a bit more strict and we have also instituted the use of criteria which was pretty much abscent last year. I guess we will see how many games are completed and what comes from this exercise in creativity. I know I'm excited to see what what happens. Right now there are about 35 people signed up. It's always interesting to see how people create.
Alright. Go check out Gnomeland, it's free after all. Check out the 2010 d10 contest (signups go until January 20th). Lets make and play some games people!
We have opened our blog section and abandoned the little used over abused forum. So, site updates will be on the blog. This page will be used for all big announcements such as contests, product releases etc.
The Phaethos Role Playing Game Core Rulebook and the Phaethos RPG Book of Beasties Volume I have both been completed and are now available to buy as pdf through our new online store. Phaethos has been nearly two years in the making and testing and we are glad to finally be finished (although is anything ever finsihed?). We hope you decide to give Phaethos a try.
The Phaethos RPG core rulebook has been completed. Check out link link for a general overview of what the pdf version of our flagship game has to offer!
The d6 contest has come to an end, the scores are in and the winner is Tark with his RPG entitled "Apprentice". Big congats to Tark for his winning entry! Actually, I want to extend a big congrats to all of the participants in the d6 contest. We had seven unique games which will make a very nice little gaming book. I would also like to say thanks to the three judges who participated in scoriung and critiquing these games - Destriarch, Master of Desaster and BigSimon, your time and effort spent on judging the games was highly appreciated by the d6 participants. Great job to all who participated in this little contest!
All of the particpants have got two weeks to do any last minutes changes or fix anything that is needed. After that, we here at Simian Circle will compile the games into a single pdf and make it available to the public. All of the winners get a paper copy of the game as well as a pdf. The judges will also get a pdf copy of the compiled book for the time and effort they spent judging the games.
I have had a great time with this contest. I actually plan on hosting another one of these contests starting in January 2010. Hopefully we can get some more folks on board and actually offer some prizes this time!
Several points of note.
1. The d6 games are still being judged. All of the judges have been given June 1st as the due date for the time when scores are to be submitted. Compilation of the games will commence after that date as will the sending out of contracts and the publishing of the games.
2. The mysterious tabletop game which we have been working on for around a year near is in playtesting mode. In the next day or so I will be giving a fairly indepth overview of PWN WARS in the forum section.
3. Work on Phaethos RPG continues. Artwork is being completed and final formatting touches are commencing. We plan to officially release all three books in September 2009.
Finishing touches are being finished on the mysterious PWN WARS tabletop game. Full blown testing will commence in the next week or so. We have PWN WARS slated to be released in the fall of 2009.
Simian Circle Games has gathered together a group of designers who are currently working on a series of independent mini-games of no longer than 15 pages in length. These games will be compiled in a single volume and sold as pdf and paperback.
Those who have their games selected to be in the final volume will be able to provide a blurb about their experience in gaming and design. It is our hope that this compilation of mini-rpgs serves as a way to get unknown designers out onto the market with games that generally would have never been published because of their tiny size. We hope that it also provides a type of portfolio for these designers.
Because the games are only 15 pages in length, those who purchase the pdf or the book will be able to sit down and learn a new game in a small period of time. I've seen so many games produced by talented designers that very few people ever get to play. I think a book composed of 10 or so different games of different rules and genres is awesome. According to the nearly 30 people who signed up to participate, they think so too.
Oh, and by the way. All of the games will require only six-sided dice. Everyone has some d6 laying around, don't you? Check out the rules and list of participants using the d6 Design Contest link on the right.
Welcome to Simian Circle Games. The site has just gone up so it will be under construction for a while but feel free to browse around and take a look at what we've got so far.
Those of you who are participating in the d6 design contest should check out the d6 design contest link for more information...