|
 R.TALSORIAN GAMES ONLINE Okay, so it's a bit informal....But so are most natural disasters...Bear with me as we present: THE NEWS [insert teletype sound here] 1/5/2006 GANGBOOK ARRIVES! THEY SAY YOU'RE KNOWN BY THE COMPANY YOU KEEP. AND IN 203X, THAT'S SOME PRETTY DEADLY COMPANY! Gunrunners, renegades, mad scientists, genetic abberants, anime assassinettes, retro rockers and cannibal cruisers: all denizens of the most dangerous megalopolis of the Dark Future--NIGHT CITY. But with full backgrounds, stats and vehicle/gear breakdowns on hand for the thirty baddest gangs in town, your Cyberpunk V3 campaign will be ready to deal with them all! So get with the program, choombatta! Hook up with Gangbook! ON SALE AT YOUR FAVORITE GAME SHOP or ONLINE AT THE RTG STORE RTG OPENS NEW CLOTHING STORE After months of dickering with assorted printers and apparel manufacturers, we have finally opened our own Cafe Press-driven store to produce clothing and other cool stuff for Mekton, TFOS and Cyberpunk. There are lots of designs available in all sizes and colors, with many more to come. We invite you to check them out at: http://www.cafepress.com/talsorian 11/20/2006 Greetings to all and happy Turkey Week to those in the U.S., We have much to be grateful for here at R. Talsorian - the Gang Book for Cyberpunk v.3 goes to the printers Monday or Tuesday. We have attached a cover and a few pages (10MB) for you to take a look at. (But the art staff made me promise to say that the title block looks crunchy and didn't translate well in pdf. This will not be a problem with the book.) This book is 64 pages densely packed with useable material in the tradition of Cyberpunk supplements. RT04140 Gang Book (ISBN 1-891933-17-5) $15.00 U.S. And BTW, Talsorian pdf.s can now be found at RPG Now as well as at DriveThruRPG. Look for the Gang Book to be appearing in those spots also after we get it back from the printers. Holiday Regards, 9/20/2006 A belated thank you to everyone who came out and played in Talsorian events or just said "Hello" at GENCON. We had a great time showing off the Cyberpunk v.3 Dossier Pak and playing GoDice with a lot of folks. The Dossier Pak is our v.3 answer to a character sheet book except your character sheet is printed on a large envelope to contain the provided giri sheets and all your character material. Never wonder where the game notes from your last session have gone - they're in your Dossier! Meanwhile GoDice is a complete departure for R. Talsorian. It's a fun little combination dice/board game with elements of Chess and Go from Mike Pondsmith. Its simple, fast to learn, portable in the extreme, yet with all sorts of possibilities for strategy. Playable by all ages that can read dice. Both the Dossier Pak and GoDice! are available on at the RTG online store now. The Dossier Pak is also available through retail. GoDice is currently available only through the store, so be the first one on your block...! And have you seen the paper minis for Cyberpunk available from Politically Incorrect Games? Be sure and take a look! Here's the 411 directly from P.I.G. Set 2 of the Official Cyberpunk paper minis hits the Net Politically Incorrect Games has released its second set of Disposable Heroes(tm) paper miniatures for use with the Cyberpunk(tm) roleplaying game, under license from R. Talsorian Games. Perfect not only for Cyberpunk gaming, these new minis will also work well with other modern and cyber-themed roleplaying and miniatures games. This set lets you select, customize, and download paper miniatures and counters to enhance your Cyberpunk V.3 gaming experience. Cyberpunk is the original roleplaying game of the dark future; a world of corporate assassins, heavy-metal heroes and brain-burning cyberhackers, packed with cutting-edge technology and intense urban action. In this game you'll find everything you need to tackle the mean streets of the 2000's - in a game system that combines the best in realistic action and playability. Disposable Heroes are full color, downloadable paper miniatures that can be customized through an online interface. You can specify which figures are downloaded to a PDF file, as well as whether or not they are labeled and/or numbered. In addition, entire pages of duplicate figures can be downloaded, making the creation of armies a breeze. Plus, flat counters can also be created. When printed, the minis are sharp and detailed (black & white figures can also be downloaded for those with older non-color printers). The next generation of downloadable paper minis are here -- affordable and customizable, you can't go wrong with Disposable Heroes." 8/4/2006 R. Talsorian Games is proud to announce Mike Pondsmith's selection to the Academy of Adventure Games Hall of Fame! If you're in Indianapolis next week, drop by the booth and say "Congratulations." Also you can look over a copy of the v.3 Flashpak, pick up a copy of the new Cyberpunk v.3 Dossier Pak (which will be shipping out to distribution either right before or right after GENCON) and check out the new board game by Famous Game Designer Mike, called GoDice! 7/10/2006 Official Cyberpunk Disposable Heroes hit the Net Politically Incorrect Games has released its first set of Disposable Heroes(tm) paper miniatures for use with the Cyberpunk(tm) roleplaying game, under license from R. Talsorian Games. Perfect not only for Cyberpunk gaming, these new minis will also work well with other modern and cyber-themed roleplaying and miniatures games. This set lets you select, customize, and download paper miniatures and counters to enhance your Cyberpunk V.3 gaming experience. Cyberpunk is the original roleplaying game of the dark future; a world of corporate assassins, heavy-metal heroes and brain-burning cyberhackers, packed with cutting-edge technology and intense urban action. In this game you'll find everything you need to tackle the mean streets of the 2000's - in a game system that combines the best in realistic action and playability. Disposable Heroes are full color, downloadable paper miniatures that can be customized through an online interface. You can specify which figures are downloaded to a PDF file, as well as whether or not they are labeled and/or numbered. In addition, entire pages of duplicate figures can be downloaded, making the creation of armies a breeze. Plus, flat counters can also be created. When printed, the minis are sharp and detailed (black & white figures can also be downloaded for those with older non-color printers). The next generation of downloadable paper minis are here -- affordable and customizable, you can't go wrong with Disposable Heroes. R. Talsorian Games is responsible for a number of critically-acclaimed and award-winning roleplaying games, including Cyberpunk 2.0.2.0, Mekton Zeta(tm), Castle Falkenstein(tm), Bubblegum Crisis(tm): Megatoyko--the Roleplaying Game, DragonBall Z(tm), Armored Trooper Votoms(tm), Teenagers From Outer Space(tm) and others. For more information, visit their web site at http://www.talsorian.com Incorporating one of the first e-publishing RPG companies, Politically Incorrect Games is known for its diverse line-up of clear and concise roleplaying games, and its commitment for developing new ways of working with downloadable content. PIG's current lines include genreDiversion games such as HardNova 2 and Coyote Trail for low-cost, ready-to-play entertainment; Iron Gauntlets for customizable heroic fantasy gaming; Active Exploits Diceless for universal diceless roleplaying with that familiar 'dice' feel; Two-Fisted Tales for thrilling pulp action; and Rune Stryders for mixing fantasy and magic with living machines. Disposable Heroes fantasy, critters, pulp, western, modern, and Cyberpunk sets are available directly from Politically Incorrect Games, with other sets in development. For more information, visit the Politically Incorrect Games website at http://www.pigames.net 7/5/2006 CONGRATULATIONS ARE IN ORDER! to Mark Smylie and Archaia Press for taking home the Origins Award for Best Role-Playing Games of 2005 for Artesia. For those of you not familiar, Artesia is the RPG based on Mark Smylie's popular Artesia comic, powered by the Fuzion engine. Go take a look at: Its a rich, interesting world and a beautiful book! From R. Talsorian, keep a look out in this space soon for a release date for the Dossier Pak, the first of our new T-shirt series, a taste of the new Cyberpunk v.3 Gang Book and THE WHOLE NEW RTG WEBSITE we've been working on for the last month or two! 6/27/2006 The new RTG website is almost here, but in the meantime we have had some mail from people who are looking for the Cyberpunk v.3 erratta. For those of you out there who are having trouble, please pan down the left side of the front page for "Downloads" and go to "Erratta". That should answer a lot of your questions! Also for those of you looking to fill in your collections, we have come across a small amount of Mekton Zeta Plus and Corp Book III for Cyberpunk 2020 and those have been added to the RTG store. Enjoy! 6/15/2006 The Cyberpunk v.3 Flashpak is out and available for sale. Beside the GM screen, this pack has a 32-page book with all the quick start rules needed to play the game as well as extras any GM can use including new character templates, NPC generators, environment generators and gadgets. It should be in a store near you and it is available in the R. Talsorian online store as well. Meanwhile R. Talsorian is all set up for an appearance at GENCON Indy. Come out and play v.3, Cyberpunk 2020, Teenagers From Outer Space, Castle Falkenstein, or Mekton Zeta! Or just drop by the booth and say "Hello!"' Our apologies for our website being under construction. We are currently working with a website design firm to give you a cooler place to check up on all things Talsorian online so some of the content and new pages are being held until we get the new site ready to go. 4/19/2006 FUZION LICENSED GAME NOMINATED FOR BEST RPG OF 2005 As many of you know, the flexibility of the Fuzion meta-system means that it can be adapted to any number of genres. You might want to take a look at how it works in the new RPG "Artesia" from Archaia Studios Press, nominated as the Origins Awards best new RPG of 2006 by the Game Manufacturer's Association (GAMA). Based on the Artesia comic, also from Archaia Studios Press and creator Mark Smylie, we think once you take a look, you'll agree its well worth your vote for those of you eligible. Congratulations Mark! 4/8/2006 Want to know what's new for Cyberpunk v.3? Here's information on four upcoming projects. The v.3 Flashpak is at the printers now and should be in the stores in mid-May. The Dossier Pack is a bit delayed because we think we've got a lead on something really great to put inside. Why not let us know what you'd like to see released in the v.3 line? 2/27/2006 We've got a FRAPPR site up now. Meet and contact other C3 players around the world (and add yourself to the big C3 Map). 1/4/2006 
Announcement of The Chrome Berets R. Talsorian Games would like to welcome The Chrome Berets, R. Talsorian Games’ first official demo team. The Chrome Berets were founded, and are supervised by David “Knighthawk” Simpson, well known for (http://www.realmofconfusion.com/knighthawk) Knighthawk’s Cyberpunk Archive. The purpose of The Chrome Berets is to increase corporate and product awareness, playtest upcoming product, and provide peer-to-peer resources to help improve the gaming experience. If your store or event is interested in a demo of any R. Talsorian products, please contact the Chrome Berets to see if there is a member in your area. The Chrome Berets are currently accepting members all over the United States and Europe. For more information, visit them at http://www.realmofconfusion.com/demoteam . 11/16/2005 JOY TO THE DARK FUTURE CP v.3 is shipping to R. Talsorian from the printers at this time and should be in the stores in about two weeks. Currently it is available for a limited time at DriveThruRPG. Happy Holidays, 12/13/2005 "THE DARK FUTURE IS FINALLY HERE! The long awaited v.3 edition of Cyberpunk will be available in pdf. form for a limited period starting Friday December 16th on DriveThruRPG.com. The pdf. version does not include some cool, but not essential, parts of the final 304 page paper version shipping to R. Talsorian from the printers on December 14th. We will be getting it to your retailer as soon as possible. You will also be able to order v.3 through the R. Talsorian online store as soon as we have the books in stock. Cyberpunk v.3 features website links for updateable content and major character blogs. In order to make the changeover for and to accomodate upcoming projects, the R. Talsorian website will be down for alterations for a few days around the end of this week. Unfortunately we will also need to take down the forums in the new website design. A TREMENDOUS THANK YOU FOR THE PATIENCE OF ALL OF THE PLAYERS OUT THERE WHO HAVE STUCK WITH THIS PROJECT. WE ARE DELIGHTED TO FINALLY MAKE THE BOOK AVAILABLE AND LOOK FORWARD TO EXPANDING THE WORLD WITH YOU. 11/9/2005 The Future has Changed. The Players have Changed. The Rules have Changed. In the Dark Future, the battlefield belongs to the new Lords of the Street: the DNA-shape shifting Reefers vs the full-body cyborgs of Corpore Metal, Desnai’s robo-enhanced mechajocks against the monster makers of Riptide, the nano-boosted roadwarriors of Rolling State against the cybertech megaweapons of the urban Edgerunners. And all of them up against the power of the emerging Neo-Corps--the resurrected Megacorporations who once ruled the world and destroyed it in their greed and arrogance. So get ready to hit the Street in this new incarnation of the now legendary roleplaying game of the Dark Future— a world so dangerous, so dark, that only the toughest, smartest and most cybered-up will survive. But you can deal with it. Because you’re ready. Because you’re—CYBERPUNK CYBERPUNK v.3 R. Talsorian Games, Inc. is happy to announce that Cyberpunk v.3 has gone to the printers. We expect to ship the hardcopy book in about six weeks. In the meantime, a slightly shortened version of the book, (290 pages but still containing everything you need to play), will soon be available on DriveThruRPG.com for about two weeks. We'll post the dates as soon as we get them coordinated with the DriveThru folks. We've also got a sample here of what's on the way. Enjoy! 10/31/2005 It’s Time To Plan for National Games Week 2005! We are supporting National Games Week, and hope you will also. It is November 20-26, so this is the time to start planning for your celebration. National Games Week is your event- an entire week to celebrate playing games, and show your friends, family, and classmates, the great games now available. You, who already know how fun games are, are our best Ambassador. Join Now- It’s Easy, and Free. Go to www.nationalgamesweek.net to join. Then schedule your own Games Day Lots of resources are available to support your event. Afterward let NGW know how things went, and who won the games at your Games Day. Thanks in advance for your participation! National Games Week 9/19/2005 Heresy Gaming is now pleased to announce the opening of their online store. Enabling both Consumers and Retailers (via secure login) to order the full range of Victoriana titles (including 'The Smoke'), the store links directly to our Print on Demand facilities in the UK for European orders or our facilities in the USA for American or Canadian orders. Visit www.heresy-gaming.co.uk to check it out! 6/2/2005 CASTLE FALKENSTEIN AVAILABLE AGAIN! FINALLY, Origins Best Games Award winner, CASTLE FALKENSTEIN, the original Victorian fantasy game featuring its original, elegant playing-card based system is currently being uploaded in pdf. form to DriveThruRPG.com for purchase ($16.00). This does not entirely preclude later paper reprint of this book but it is not on the calendar at this time. Meanwhile there are many excellent supplements for Castle Falkenstein, including Six Guns and Sorcery, the Americas supplement, which was the winner of the Origins aware for Best Game Supplement, which are still available in paper form through Tundra Sales Organization. (You can get there through the Castle Falkenstein catalog page!) Also new to DriveThruRPG.com, the Core Fuzion Rules are now available for a paltry $3.00 so you can take a look. That's less than you spend on a Grande Mocha at Starbuck's for one of the simplest and most flexible systems around. 5/26/2005 MIKE PONDSMITH TO BE SIGHTED IN DALLAS AND COLUMBUS IN JUNE! If you're going to be at A-Kon in Dallas from June 2-5 or Origins in Columbus from June 30th-July 3rd, look Michael up and say "Hi!" CP V.3 SIGHTED IN N.Y.  The players above were the first players (except for friends and family) of Cyberpunk V.3 when they played in a game with Mike Pondsmith (third from left) at I-Con in Ronkonkoma, N.Y. a few weeks ago. Of course, since then they've been sequestered pending release of the book so they can't tell you anything. You can send candy bars and gaming magazines to "The CP V.3 Five" care of R. Talsorian Games. Thanks to Mike Phillips for the photo! NIGHT CITY NEWS We recently received erratta for the Night City Sourcebook from Will Kenedy and have placed it on the Game Errata page on this site. If you use the Night City Sourcebook (now available at DriveThruRPG.com) you should check it out and see if it clears anything up for you. Night City Erratta
> A couple of months ago, I noticed that two of the maps in the Cyberpunk FUZION FANTASY FANTASMAGORIA For the second year running Fuzion system licensee, Jay Libby, has compiled a terrific Fuzion yearbook this year themed around using the Fuzion system in all kinds of fantasy settings. Take a look! Here's what Jay has to say: "The yearbook that will keep people talking is here! This fantasy edition gives you everything you need to run a kick butt Fuzion fantasy game. This one is a MUST have! We've really got some great stuff. You can get the dirty details on the link below along with the place to buy it! http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?p=3895908#post3895908" 5/20/2005 A Whole Lotta News Going On! DriveThru RPG News For Cyberpunk: Rockerboy For Teenagers From Outer Space: Fieldtrip, the adventure For Mekton: Mekton Zeta Plus Cybergeneration: Generation Gap The Big Question Mekton Zeta fans rejoice! And while we're on Mekton, the Atomic Rocket guys have some great news as well: Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the Internet... The Atomic Rocket Games site has been updated! The boys at ARG have updated their site with new features, including: *Previews of upcoming Mekton Zeta Mini Campaigns Of course, the free-to-download Mekton Z/Z+ sheets, and the first Mini Campaign, The War Of The Worlds, are still on the site and going strong (over 15,000 downloads so far!). There's also good news for fans of Christian Conkle's Lightspeed, Fuzion space opera at its finest. For more information, refer to the links below. Lightspeed: Cargo Manifest comes with 34 new starships for Lightspeed, the Fuzion-powered sci-fi RPG, ranging from the smallest work-pod to the largest super-starship. Download Lightspeed: Cargo Manifest today and get ready to see the Galaxy! Lightspeed: Cargo Manifest is a 36-page PDF available for download from http://www.RPGNow.com or from http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Lightspeed-RPG/ for absolutely FREE! 5/2/2005 London Sourcebook for Victoriana released! Victoriana players waiting eagerly for The Smoke, need wait no longer! Heresy Gaming is proud to present their guidebook to Fantasy Victorian London, an invaluable guide to any gutter runner at the heart of the empire. The Smoke is available exclusively on www.DrivethruRPG.com for $12.99. Also available on Friday is 'Hounds of Hate' the first in a series of 'Penny Dreadfuls' designed specifically for PDF, these mini adventures provide a story appropriate for an evenings play for only $2 - as close to 1d as the modern age allows! 2/18/2005 CYBERGENERATION ALERT! R. Talsorian Games, Inc. is pleased to announce the imminent release of Generation Gap, one of the mythic lost Cybergeneration books written, but never published, in late '90's. If you have an interest in Cybergeneration, or just a spin on Cyberpunk that will bend your character development majorly, please take a look. The book is being produced by the true believers at Firestorm Ink. They have a real love of this critically acclaimed, but not widely known sub-line of Cyberpunk, so I urge you to support them. They can be found at http://cybergenerations.firestorm-ink.com/ See what they have to say about the book below.
"Stop it Matt! That was so 'Punk it made me sick! What are you? 30?" ... and lots more stuff inside. 96 Pages, $18.00 USD 2/2/2005 Mike Pondsmith World Tour - Spring, 2005If you want to ask Mike Pondsmith stupid questions, hold a reasoned discussion or just say "Hi!", you can catch him making a guest appearance at the following conventions this Spring.
1/12/2005 Hey Fuzion fans, please see following the latest announcement of new releases from Fuzion licensees Dilly Green Bean Games. Take a look. Meanwhile we should have the schedule up tomorrow for the Mike Pondsmith Grand Tour, including a Special Guest turn at Origins in June! Dilly Green Bean Games is happy to announce the release of Guardian Universe Two-In-One: Black Ops/Deep Space! This twin pack offers something for Fuzion fans and something for fans of The Basic System! Contents include:
Guardian Universe Two-In-One: Black Ops/Deep Space
12/31/2004 Click here for a preview of the upcoming Cyberpunk V3 11/30/2004 For any of you who are interested in Fuzion- based Science Fiction or Space Opera, I greatly recommend that you take a look at Chris Conkle's Lightspeed and the recently released supplement Lightspeed: Old Earth Empires. For more information, please see below.    The Lightspeed: Old Earth Empires sourcebook is finally finished and available for download for only $5.00 at http://www.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=3791 The Galactic region around Earth is the realm of the Old Earth Empires, the ancient decadent powers that originally colonized space. The horror and destruction of the Core Wars and the subsequent secession of both the Pan Solar Empire and the Interstellar Federation ended their domination and reduced the once-great nations to second-rate players squabbling for scraps in the shadows of the new Galactic Superpowers. 10/20/2004 MECHA HEADS Finally Mekton Zeta Plus, the extremely complete building system for Mekton Zeta, has been uploaded to DriveThruRPG.com and should be available there very soon! 7/25/2004: This week's featured licensee:
You can see Jay and the DGBG gang at almost every con from New Jersey to Maine so if that's your home turf drop by and check out some of the demos. There are FREE DEMOS of Xenomorph Invasion and Xandoria at the DGBG website, so what are you waiting for!
Also, Be on the lookout for a new rant by Mike himself in the following week! 7/16/2004: NOTICE!!!! (From Mike Pondsmith) Seems DriveThru changed the dates they are offering NightCity free so people "bought"it when we said it would be free and they got charged. Swell. Please, please put up a note on the website to say that the week Night City is free has changed due to a schedule change at DriveThru. Here's the info in Steve Wieck's words - Thanks for your inquiry. There was a slight date shift to our original free product schedule. Night City will be next week's free book, so it will be free from 7/19 to 7/26 or so. The books usually change out around noon EST on Mondays And let's make sure that if anyone bought it this week thinking it would be free that they contact DriveThru and get it fixed!! 6/17/2004: More 2020 Cyberpunk coming your way from Social Games! R. Talsorian has just signed a license with Cyberpunk CCG producers, Social Games, setting up Social to produce supplement material for Cyberpunk 2020 while V.3 is still under construction. Some of the proposed material will help you bring the characters of the CCG into your RPG game. We look forward to the possibilities of this exciting crossover but why not stroll over to Social's website for more information! 6/11/2004: For those of you unfamiliar with Christian Conkle's Lightspeed, the Fuzion game of science fiction and space opera, check out the excellent review at RPG.net! http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/10/10336.phtml This game is fun to play, and heck, fun just to read. All the details for buying a copy of Lightspeed are available with the review. BACK FROM THE DEAD! Anybody remember the licensed Mekton and Cyberpunk lines from then Ianus, now Dream Pod 9? DP9 and Talsorian have put their heads together and those books will be once again available through the magic of pdf. over at DriveThruRPG! This includes Night's Edge, the Cyberpunk alternative setting with some Shadowrun, World of Darkness touches thrown in. There are no plans for these books to be reissued in paper so download them soon at DriveThruRPG. 6/06/2004: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE [Redmond, WA] - The era of digital delivery is here, and R. Talsorian Games, Inc. has joined it. If you've ever had trouble locating any of our products, this is your lucky day. You just may find it at DriveThruRPG.com, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. (We're starting out with popular out of print books, Night City Sourcebook, Rache Bartmoss' Guide to the Net and Solo of Fortune 1 for Cyberpunk 2020. ) We are happy to announce that we've entered into an exclusive agreement with DriveThruRPG.com to offer our roleplaying game products as secure e-Books on this new site. You can check out the e-Book versions of our products there right now. DriveThruRPG.com is the first completely professional gaming e-Book site, and it offers secure downloads using Adobe's secure server technology. This allows us to offer our full line of products as e-Books on the site. Basically what iTunes is for music, DriveThruRPG.com is for roleplaying games. It's a virtual gaming superstore with products from top RPG publishers, from current releases to the classic games that brings us back to our own "good old days." If the technophobes out there need any further encouragement to give RPG e-Books a try, we're making an irresistible offer. In order to help our fans get excited about this new way to get their games, R. Talsorian Games, Inc. and DriveThruRPG.com will be offering The Night City Sourcebook for Cyberpunk 2020 for download absolutely free for the week of July 14th to July 20th. Talk about a good deal! It certainly beats Ebay. Got a favorite you can't find that you'd like to see over at DriveThru? Drop us a line and we'll see what we can do! 3/13/2004: CONVENTION NEWS The Fuzion licensed companies on the Right Hand Coast have a number of cons coming up. If you're in the area, be sure to go by the shows, try out their games and say "Hello"
- 03/26-28/2004 I-CON 23, Stony Brook, NY
- 04/30-05/02/2004 A Gazebo Of Games, Edison NJ
- 07/14-18/2004 Dexcon 7, East Brunswick, New Jersey 3/2/2004: Congratulations to Dilly Green Beans Games on release of their new Fuzion game, Guardian Universe. See the details below from DGBG. Be sure to come out to see Dilly Green Beans Games, Chapter 13 Games and Studio 187 at I-Con March 26-28th at SUNY Stony Brook, NY.
Guardian Universe Core Fuzion RPG 2/11/2004: LAST MINUTE CONVENTION BULLETIN CGEN FANS!!! 1/17/2004: Convention News: For those of you on the East Coast, don't forget Dreamation next weekend. Both Social Games (Cyberpunk CCG) and Chapter 13 (coming soon Bad Muthas, the Fuzion role-playing game of '70's funk) will be out and doing demos. Should be some Cyberpunk role-playing games too. Chapter 13 will be at Dreamation on the 23 and 24th doing final playtests of "BAD MUTHAS": Tales from the funk! in Technicolor! (2004) and participants will be listed in the credits. On the West Coast, hello to all you probable DunDraCon attendees. Tim Innes will be running a Cyberpunk tournament at the show, so check that out. And say "Hello" to the Atomic Rocket guys for us! Welcome to the Family: Applied Vectors is a new U.K. company looking forward to their first Fuzion release. Here's Ian Liddle of Applied Vectors. "Applied Vectors would like to announce that we have a license to make a gothic horror game for the Fuzion games system. This game marks the beginning of what we hope will be a promising career in roleplaying games production. for further information please contact ian@appliedvectors.co.uk" 1/9/2004: >From Peter Wacks at Social Games, home of the Cyberpunk CCG, (which killed 'em at GENCON L.A. last month!) 12/18/2003: In-house the latest DragonBall Z installment is still stalled until we can get some time with the overworked Funimation licensing staff. Mobile Suit Gundam is being laid out and we hope to have light at the end of that tunnel soon. On the Mekton front, the Atomic Rocket folks have posted a new Mekton adventure based on War of the Worlds. Its a beautiful project and has gotten a lot of hits so check it out. If the link isn't up through this website, it will be soon. Cyberpunk, don't get us started, still pokes along although Mike Pondsmith came back all fired up after running the massive RPG event for the Social Games guys at GENCON SoCal last weekend. Congratulations to Social, whose new Cyberpunk CCG was the talk of the show. Many happy returns, guys and gals! CON WATCH Social Games and James Carpio of Chapter 13 games and his team will be running demos at Dreamation January 22-25th in East Brunswick, New Jersey. If you're in the neighborhood and want to check out Cyberpunk table top, Cyberpunk the CCG, interesting Fuzion alternatives or Chapter 13's upcoming Bad Muthas, the Fuzion 60's Blaxploitation game be certain to attend. The Friday News Flash also includes the latest direct from R. Talsorian licensees who have new products and new news. Right now its time for a message from: Dilly Green Beans Games (Fuzion licensee) "Dilly Green Bean Games now has its website up and running. www.dillygreenbeangames.com The website has all the material and preview stuff you'll need. We have pretty much finished the Guardian Universe Core Fuzion book and are adding the final touches up as you read this. We still might have an uber surprise going in the book, but we are awaiting confirmation. GU Core is the Fan-Written RPG for Fans. Also, Fuzion Forum Yearbook is about ready to go into Layout and Production. Anyone wishing to donate material to go into the yearbook please contact Jay Libby at Jlibby07@maine.rr.com All proceeds go to the Cancer Community Center under the name of Fuzion Forum. Deadline is December 15th. Anything after that you'll need to drop us a line to see if it's too late. A great chance for Fuzion fan writers to get published." Merry Christmas and other winter holidays as well and see you back here on Friday 12/26 (or maybe a day later as we may be out celebrating.) 09/16/2003: For those of you thinking of heading out to GENCON L.A. in December, Mike Pondsmith will be there supporting the Social Games release of the Cyberpunk CCG. Besides hanging at their booth and doing signings, Mike will be running a monster 80-person Cyberpunk 2020 RPG run (with 8 gamemasters assisting) starting Saturday night. Half of those spots are being held by Social Games for fans that have heard about the run by tuning in to our site or theirs, so if you want to reserve a slot, go on over to the Social Games website at http://www.cyberpunkccg.com. 08/02/2003: Congratulations to Heresy Games on the release of their new Fuzion-based game, Victoriana. For a recent review, check http://www.gamewryd.com/review/323 05/14/2003: As you know, we consider Core Fuzion to be the best basic toolkit for
building your own RPG. But what would a toolkit be without a few monkey wrenches and left-handed spanners? 03/26/2003:
CASTLE FALKENSTEIN
MEKTON 02/11/2003: We have finished translation on the first book of the Mobile Suit Gundam RPG and are delighted to announce that it is now being edited by long-time Mekton guru, Benjamin Wright. Since his years at Talsorian, Benjamin has moved on to Viz Communications where he is currently working on Shonen Jump. More updates on this product as they come along. 01/26/2003: We expect to be posting a print date for the Castle Falkenstein reprint any day, but game players interested in Victoriana and/or High Adventure will also want to take a look at a new Fuzion product now on the schedule from Heresy Games for this Spring.
Victoriana will be a 300 page paperback, containing everything needed to play, bar the dice, and featuring an introductory short story by Scott Rhymer, the author of Cawnpore For more details and a preview of the release schedule check out www.heresy-gaming.co.uk. New product previews will be uploaded throughout the year as the release date draws nearer, and for those who wish to participate a developer's chat will be forthcoming on the mailing list." For those of you looking for a Live Falkenstein fix, there will be a Falk LARP at Gamicon Mu (www.mindbridge.org/gamicon/) in Cedar Rapids, IA February 14-16th, so if you're in the area come out. If you need more information on the LARP, drop us some e-mail and we'll put you in touch with the folks running the LARP. 12/03/2002: For those of you who have the original printings of Maximum Metal, the power armor supplement to Cyberpunk 2020, check the errata section for the four pages of errata and addenda added to the recent reprint. You didn't think we'd make you buy a whole new book for four pages, did you? 11/21/2002: Fuzion Errata section added to the site with a new way to Recover from Dying. You can check it out here. 11/02/2002: The reprints of Max Metal ($15.00) and Cyberpunk 2020 ($20.00) will be in stores around November 15th! 10/22/2002: Because you asked for it - THE FULL SIZED CASTLE FALKENSTEIN CORE RULEBOOK IS COMING BACK! The award-winning original Victorian fantasy rpg has been scheduled for republication in a pocket edition, but the swashbuckling alternate 19th century background, innovative playing-card based systems and new, simplified LARP rules just won't fit in one pocket. Instead we will be re-releasing the original book (soft-bound only) and publishing a new dedicated LARP book a little farther down the line. Look for the Castle Falkenstein core book in January, but as usual we will post the date the reprint begins and the shipping date on the web site when we know them. 10/18/2002: COMING SOON - RTG has signed a deal with Kokusai-Tsushin Co. Ltd., the publishers of Command Magazine in Japan to publish a Japanese language edition of Castle Falkenstein. I'm sure they will be do a beautiful job. If you read Japanese or are just a Falk completist, keep you eye out. Also, be sure to check out the new supplement to Lightspeed, Psi Rangers. Lightspeed is a science fiction/space exploration rpg from Christian Conkle using the Fuzion system. You can find a link to Christian's site in the Fuzion links. I've read it and it looks pretty interesting. 10/10/2002: The reprint of Maximum Metal, (CP3191, $15.00) the power armor supplement for Cyberpunk 2020 is now at the printers. Originally we did not intend to reprint this book as it can raise the caliber and mayhem levels of a campaign almost immediately, but it has been our most demanded reprint for some time now. The book is unchanged except for 4 pages of erratta and addenda we have gathered since the book's initial release. As soon as we have a ship date from the printers we will post it on the Net. Also shipping at that time will be a reprint of Cyberpunk 2020 for those who have been having a hard time finding the core rules. (THIS IS NOT NEW.) We'd appreciate it if you would mention to your retailers you are interested in these upcoming releases, but if you don't have a retailer in your area both will be available through Tundra Sales (tundra-sales-org.com) and Wizard's Attic (wizards-attic.com). 09/12/2002: BIG MISTAKE We are very sorry to announce that in the recent Core Fuzion book release, we left the credit for all the interior art provided by Gary Thomas Washington out of the book. We apologize publicly to Gary and promise to make that change on all subsequent print runs of the book. 07/25/2002: BIG FUZION NEWS As most of you know, FUZION is a metasystem for creating games which will allow you exceptional flexibility in mixing genres, moving characters from place to place, and creating game for those wild ideas that just don't fit anywhere else. It's also simple enough that your players can launch in in no time at all. Well, the Fuzion Core book is out to the printers. If we're really, really lucky it will be out for GENCON, but most probably a week or so after. We've stripped the system down to 56 pages for a starter book anyone can pick up for $8.00 and read in an evening. Then customize the system to run any game you've every wanted to run. The most powerful tool in your gaming arsenal. Want more than basic ideas for FUZION right now? Check out the recently created FUZION web ring at http://e.webring.com/hub?ring=fuzionalliance&id=1&hub More sites are being added every day with customization ideas, freeware and the opportunity to check out licensed FUZION games you may not have seen before that you can buy online or in the stores. If you haven't checked them out yet, check out Victoriana from Heresy (available as pdf soon) and Lightspeed, a space opera/science fiction setting available as pdf now. If you like what you're seeing there, why not get involved and join the FUZION Alliance, an online group of like minded players dedicated to promoting FUZION at conventions and in stores. It's just in the beginning phases right now, so get in on the ground floor and help decide how the Alliance will accomplish their goals. If you're interested you can join up by sending a message to autoshare@devermore.net with "subscribe fa-bus" in the body text. That will subscribe you. Then they can just announce yourself. 07/12/2002: Recently back from a good time at the Origins convention in Columbus, Ohio. Terrific thanks to Gilbert Milner, C, and Janice Sellars, Steve, Ski and everyone involved in the Castle Falkenstein LARP there. It was a hoot. For those of you interested, there will another LARP at GENCON headed up by Paul Wrider and entitled "No Meaner Name Than Diplomacy?: A Night in Vienna." Its number 5045, cost $3.00 and runs on August 8 from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. (In checking the GENCON website for times, I find that there is a second Falk LARP listed, Red Right Hand, 8/9/02 from noon to four.) I encourage anyone into LARPing or Falkenstein to go check them out! We're already planning Falk LARPs for Origins and GENCON for next year! On the subject of GENCON, RTG as ourselves will not be there this year, but will be represented at Wizard's Attic. To our friends we are used to seeing every year in Milwaukee, we look forward to seeing you in Indianapolis next year!" Also for you Falkenstein players, the Ottoman Sourcebook is out over at Steve Jackson Games, so you may want to take a look. 06/28/2002: Finally, the Androids Saga book for Dragon Ball Z is shipping from the
printers. We'll be selling it at the Origins convention in Columbus, Ohio
over the July 4rth weekend and it will go out to the distributors and your
retailer as soon as possible. (Give it a week or so to go through the
channels.) If you want to order online, please go to the online store at
Funimation.com. Meanwhile, we'll be working on the Cell Saga book! 06/06/2002: The approved Androids Saga for the Dragon Ball Z Adventure Game is off to the printers at last. We'll post the projected release date as soon as the printers give it to us. Thanks for your patience. 05/22/2002: In an unexpected move, Toei has requested that we change many pieces of art in the manuscript for the Androids supplement. After some difficulties, this has been done and the manuscript is back at Funimation today. We'll let you know as soon as we hear anything more. 04/17/2002: Check out Lisa's Rant for news updates on new products. 04/09/2002: Final revised Androids at Funimation for last approval 03/27/2002: R. Talsorian is pleased to announce a new Fuzion system licensee, Heresy Gaming. Heresy's Victoriana game line is dark, gritty steam punk which should complement our own more fantasy-oriented Castle Falkenstein.
Victoriana is set in a Dark Industrial world based on our own 19th Century, Created from history and enhanced by fantasy the world of Victoriana immerses you in a dangerous and oppressive world of progress and revolution, where life is cheap - unless you're an aristo... Soon to be presented in a variety of formats for your edification and reading pleasure. Please visit the website http://www.heresy-gaming.co.uk for updates, enquiries, and the mailing list." Speaking of Castle Falkenstein, it now appears that the Ottoman Empire book will be released through Steve Jackson Games in May, around the time of our release of The Gentlemen's and Ladies' Pocket Edition of the Castle Falkenstein core rules. Those rules will be featured in live action games at both Origins and GENCON this year. There's a lot of Steam Age gaming just around the corner! 11/29/2001: "We hear that there is a rumor out there that there will be a D-20 Mekton version released. This isn't true. In fact, there are no plans for anyone to release any RTG games in D-20 versions." 11/10/2001: Both Dragonball Z and Chrome 3/4 are back in Print! 9/17/2001: BECAUSE YOU ASKED FOR IT, R. Talsorian is reprinting Maximum Metal, CP3191, the vehicles and power armor supplement to Cyberpunk 2020. We have had overwhelming interest in a reprint of the book much beloved for its military vehicles, vehicle combat rules and vehicle/power armor construction rules. This is certainly one of the essentials of Cyberpunk and will give you good use even when CP V.3 comes out. Expect release of this reprint in early December. Maximum Metal CP3191 $14.00 9/14/2001: REPRINTS! DragonBall Z and Chrome 3/4 will be arriving in the warehouse the last week of September 8/20/2001:
R.Talsorian Previews (.pdf) 8/06/2001: IT CAN BE TOLD AT LAST! We can finally announce the Mystery License listed since March. R. Talsorian Games will be publishing a definitive game supplement for ORIGINAL GUNDAM! Gundam has been the inspiration for generations of mechahead gamers and this has long been a goal for Talsorian. We will be publishing the english language translation of the definitive Gundam sourcebook and gaming rules already released in Japan by T.O.Y. International (using the Mekton rules system) under license from property owner, Sunrise. We do not have a release date at this time as the matter has just been concluded but we'll keep you posted. Lisa Pondsmith General Manager, RTG And a big thank you to all the gamers at GENCON who came out to say "Hello" and did not attempt to rip off my arms and legs for not having CP V.3 ready. Since I am now sharing my writer, Mike Pondsmith, with Microsoft, things are going slower than anticipated but please check out the preview of V.3 released at GENCON (Page 1, Page 2). 6/20/2001:
Reprint at the printers now! 6/19/2001: A lot of people have been asking what the conditions are for licensing the Fuzion system for their games. In order to make this easier for everybody we are posting a sample contract in the Corp Info section of the site so you can check it out. If it still sounds good, drop us a line. And don't be scared off by the lawyer-ese - most of it is pretty basic stuff that can be cut and pasted to fit the circumstances. Incidentally you can license the Fuzion system from R. Talsorian or from Hero Games. 6/04/2001: Someone recently dropped us an e-mail telling us about an rpg assistant
preset for CP. We haven' t had a chance to take a look, but you might find it interesting. 4/27/2001: Frieza should be in the stores by the end of next week 3/23/2001: FRIEZA AT THE PRINTERS NOW! 2/06/2001: Excerpts from the forthcoming book Dragon Ball Z: The Frieza Saga has been posted in the Articles section of the website! 12/09/2000: (from Lisa) 10/30/2000: The first in a series of articles concerning Cyberpunk and the cinema has been posted under Articles. Chapter 1: Lasciate Agni Speranza Voi Ch'Entrate centers around what the author believes to be the first cyberpunk film (I'll let you go and figure out what it is on your own.) 10/24/2000: Mekton Zeta will be back into the stores the week of November 9th. Also that the next reprint will be Listen Up, You Primitive Screwheads, an invaluable book for DM's of any system. 09/25/2000: NOT ENOUGH WACKINESS IN YOUR LIFE! Break out the Gooze, the Koosh Balls and
the Silly String! The greatest root beer and pretzels game in creation,
Teenagers from Outer Space, is back with licensed supplements from Anime
Squared. 09/20/2000: The reprint of Mekton Z is now underway. On the shelves
sometime in October. Mekton Z Plus still available. No
modifications of Mekton Z except cover changes to bring in line with
later products in Mekton line. Following on the heels of our release of the Dragon Ball Z Adventure game (Check out the catalog if you haven't seen it yet or you just don't believe me), RTG is back in harness with two new planned releases. The first is CHROME 1/2, a compilation of the two popular Chrome series books (1 and 2 or 1/2; get it?). This two in one will be compatable with the upcoming release of Cyberpunk 203X [The Third Edition], which has been pushed back to spring. The second project is the FRIEZA SAGA; the next book in the Dragon Ball Z series. This little opus will not only cover what happens when a roving band of galactic pirates hijack the planet Namek, but will also include new powers, new technology, and a whole system for building spaceships, planets and alien races (just imagine Star Trek with Super Saiya Two powers!) The FRIEZA SAGA will be followed in due time by the first of the DRAGONBALL MOVIE BOOKS; in this case, the DEAD ZONE, which covers a period of time just before the SAIYAN SAGA and answers a few interesting questions about just what Goku and the Gang were up to before Vegeta dropped in to party hard. Meanwhile, on the Castle Falkenstein front, drinking buddy and occasional rabid competitor Steve Jackson (of the suspiciously similarly named Game Company), and I have just signed an agreement for GURPS CASTLE FALKENSTEIN. So stay tuned as "Evil Stevie" (his choice of nickname, not mine), prepares to do that voodoo he does so well on our alternate history favorite. As mentioned earlier, I've pushed CYBERPUNK 203X back till spring; Dragon Ball Z took longer to finish than expected, and it's hard to mix writing about cybertech and writing about alien martial artists at the same time. But stay tuned; Paul and I plan to upload a few pages for you all to look at in the forthcoming WORK IN PROGRESS section of this website....So feel free to drop in and look over our shoulders! max-mike pondsmith (and the mob at rtg) |
DGBG is one of our Fuzion system licensees
and if you haven't caught up to them yet, be sure to check them out
at their website. They have a wide range of exciting projects in the
works. Guardian Universe, available now, is a new view
of Supers. Related to Guardian Universe, but like all Fuzion style
projects adaptable for a number of games, are the Black
Ops book and Xandoria, a complete
alien world sourcebook. These two are available now in
a pdf. Rough Cut version, text only. The Fuzion
Yearbook is available now in
pdf. and paper. Its a collection of 
Fuzion articles by talented
contributors and the book is a charity effort. Tokyo MegaSmash
is exactly what it sounds like, but with INCREASED RUBBER MONSTER
REALISM! Another project in the works that you might here about is Xenomorph
Invasion. Think our heroes in mecha battling invading aliens -
but for a better description check out the free demo at 
"Heresy Gaming is pleased to confirm that Victoriana (the sensational Fuzion
based roleplaying game of vile villany and glorious adventure) will now be
available for retail release, May 2003.
"Heresy Gaming (possibly the UKs smallest games company) is pleased to present their forthcoming game of vile villany and fantastic adventure, 'Victoriana'.