Saturday, January 16, 2016

Gamer's Codex Reviews SOCS2: Vulkan

Ron McClung over at The Gamer's Codex has posted an excellent review of Ships of Clement Sector 2: Vulkan-class Attack Boat Tender.  If you'd like to see what Ron had to say about the second in our Ships of Clement Sector series, just click on the link.

Thanks Ron!

 http://thegamerscodex.com/index.php/ships-of-clement-sector-2-vulkan-class-attack-boat-tender/

Friday, January 15, 2016

Now Available!


 http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/171006/Quick-Worlds-27-Shingal

Welcome to Shingal!

After years of persecution and discrimination on Earth, on the worlds of Earth Sector, and in the settled areas of Clement Sector, a group of Yazidis decided to leave the civilized worlds and colonize a new homeworld.  Setting in the AXO-305 system in the Solon Subsector of Ariel Sector, the Yazidi separatists founded the independent colony of Shingal.

Quick Worlds 27: Shingal comes with detailed descriptions and maps of the Shingal system and the planet itself.  UWPs and a map of the Solon subsector are also included to provide a basis for future adventures in this unsettled frontier.  It also features political, legal, and cultural details designed to get your characters directly immersed into the action as fast as possible!

Quick Worlds 27: Shingal has been designed with the busy Referee in mind.  Shingal is an interesting and exciting place that can be easily added into any existing Traveller campaign.  While Shingal has been designed to fit into our Clement Sector setting, it can be easily adapted to fit into any Traveller campaign with ease.

"Traveller" and the Traveller logo are Trademarks owned by Far Future Enterprises, Inc. and are used with permission.  The Traveller Main Rulebook is available from Mongoose Publishing.


Tuesday, January 12, 2016

The Joys

One of the joys of being in this business is getting to work with some amazingly talented folks. One of those folks, Bradley Warnes, just submitted this picture to me for an upcoming Gypsy Knights Games project and I thought I would share it with you.

Great stuff. Thanks Brad.


(Click on the picture to see a larger version)







Monday, January 4, 2016

New Year, New Game Sale 25% off

Drive-Thru RPG is having their annual "New Game, New Year" sale.  This sale takes 25% off all of our PDF products.

So whether you are looking for a new game to try, searching for a new setting for your existing game, or you are looking to add some fun new things to your own setting, the new year is the time to do it!

The DTRPG "New Game, New Year" sale runs January 6-15, 2016.

 http://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/3565/Gypsy-Knights-Games

Sunday, January 3, 2016

Chattacon 41

I will be appearing as a gaming guest at Chattacon 41! Chattacon will be held at the Chattanooga Choo Choo complex in Chattanooga, Tennessee on January 29-31.

I will be running three Clement Sector-themed Traveller games (there is an error on the page that says 2300. LOL.). We will be taking over the American train car for Friday and Saturday. Inside, not only will we be running games and having a great time but I will also have lots of books available for purchase.

So if you're in the Chattanooga area or can make the trip, we'd love to see you there!

http://www.chattacon.org/content/chattacon-gaming-2016
 
 

Thursday, September 10, 2015

Now Available!

Now Available!

 http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/156324/21-Plots-Go-Forth




Coming up with a new adventure can be a challenging process and sometimes a Referee needs a helping hand.  Perhaps your campaign isn't quite ready.  Maybe the last campaign finished a session or two early.  Maybe your players have strayed from the expected path.  Or maybe you're looking for a short session idea to introduce Traveller to a new group of players.
 
We're here to help you!

21 Plots Go Forth is the fourth in our highly successful Plots series.  The book presents 21 situations, each with 6 possible outcomes,  for Traveller groups equipped with a starship and ready to travel.  The book uses the popular 76 Patrons style familiar to Traveller players and, while geared specifically at our Clement Sector setting, can be used with any edition or setting of Traveller.

21 Plots Go Forth also contains an index that can point you to the right adventure for your players not only within this volume but also for our entire line of 21 Plots products.

Like all our products, the main intention of this book is to provide an extra spark to the Referee's imagination.

"Traveller" and the Traveller logo are Trademarks owned by Far Future Enterprises, Inc. and are used with permission.  The Traveller Main Rulebook is available from Mongoose Publishing.

Friday, September 4, 2015

Mongoose Traveller 2.0 and Ramifications for Clement Sector

Greetings!

As most of you know by now, Mongoose is readying their second edition of the Traveller rules.  It will become available today (Sept 4) as a beta release PDF on Drive-Thru RPG.  They will charge you $20 for that PDF (which will be refundable upon purchase of the final version) and you will get a say in the continuing playtest process.

For the most part, much of Mongoose Traveller 2.0 will be compatible with existing products.  However, some products will need to be updated to reflect the changes made in the second edition.  This has created some challenges for several of the third party publishers and Gypsy Knights Games is no different.  Many of you have already contacted me to ask how these changes will affect GKG and our Clement Sector setting.  Today, I am at liberty to discuss this.

The changes from Mongoose Traveller 1.0 to 2.0 will cause the delay of some of our products which we had planned for the closing months of the year.  Those products (most of which I had not announced yet) will arrive in early 2016.  While we will still be able to create products compatible with 1.0 (or products which do not rely heavily on system elements that will need to be changed), we will not be able to create products for use with 2.0 until Mongoose releases the SRD.  I'm told this will be soon and probably toward the beginning of 2016.

In addition, the advent of this second edition will force the creation of Clement Sector 2nd Edition.  We intend to take advantage of this situation to update our core setting book, include information that was added by us later in the Player's Guide and Career Companion and correct any errors we have discovered after publication.  We are already working on this project and we hope to have it ready for you as soon as we can.  

The changes will also make it necessary for us to create a new version of The Anderson and Felix Guide to Naval Architecture.   Much like Clement Sector 2.0, Anderson and Felix 2.0 will take advantage of this edition change to expand our coverage of the topic, continue to build our setting and correct any errors.  As with Clement Sector 2.0, Anderson and Felix 2.0 is already in production and we will have this ready for you as soon as it is possible for us to do so.

With these two projects, while it may be necessary for you to "rebuy" them, we intend to try to make this process as painless as possible.  We intend to offer deep discounts on these books for those who have already purchased them.  There will be more on this later.

The changes to the starship rules both within the new Mongoose rules (core and High Guard) as well as Anderson and Felix 2.0 will require us to make updates to our current fleet of Ships of Clement Sector books.  These will each be updated to the new standards following the release of Anderson and Felix 2.0.  The PDFs will be updated at *NO COST* to the consumer.  You will simply be able to go to your vendor and pick up the new copy.  Hopefully, this will make the update process less painful for the fans.

I should make it clear here that while, due to the costs of the updates, Clement Sector 2.0 and Anderson and Felix 2.0 will not be free to the consumer.  However, every other update we perform will be free of charge to you.  So you, the consumer, should be able to go out and purchase any of our ship books without fear of wasting your money.  We will update these for you when the time comes and it will cost you no additional funds.

We at Gypsy Knights Games love our customers and we appreciate your understanding as we go through this process.  We hope to make this change as simple and as painless as we can for you.  However, we are excited about the future and what the future may hold for Clement Sector!

Stay tuned!  You will soon see more updates from me on this topic and many others.  GKG will be attending a lot of conventions over the next few months and we hope to see you there for a game or two.  We also have our newest entry in the 21 Plots series (21 Plots Go Forth) coming out in a couple of weeks and we're really excited about it as well.

Have a great weekend!  Keep on Travellin'!