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Despite these differences, it is possible to use characters and monsters from a D&D game in Gamma World and vice versa. History First Edition (1978) The original Gamma World boxed set (containing a 56-page rulebook, a map of a devastated North America, and dice) was released in 1978. TSR went on to publish three accessories for the 1st edition ...
They called upon Phil Edgren, who owned a bookstore around the corner from their shop, to write the text to a bestiary of mythical monsters. The result was The Book of Monsters, a digest-sized 44-page book published in 1976 that was the first fantasy bestiary, predating TSR 's Monster Manual by a year. The illustrations and cover art were done ...
Here be dragons. The text Hic Sunt Dracones on the Hunt–Lenox Globe, dating from 1504. " Here be dragons " ( Latin: hic sunt dracones) means dangerous or unexplored territories, in imitation of a medieval practice of putting illustrations of dragons, sea monsters and other mythological creatures on uncharted areas of maps where potential ...
Apocalyptic fiction is a subgenre of science fiction that is concerned with the end of civilization due to a potentially existential catastrophe such as nuclear warfare, pandemic, extraterrestrial attack, impact event, cybernetic revolt, technological singularity, dysgenics, supernatural phenomena, divine judgment, climate change, resource depletion or some other general disaster.
The game was originally released using its own custom rules, and has since been published using the d20 system, GURPS and Savage Worlds rules. The Deadlands world was expanded with a post-apocalyptic setting entitled Deadlands: Hell on Earth; a list of the publications for this setting can be found here.
Rifts is a multi-genre role-playing game created by Kevin Siembieda in August 1990 and published continuously by Palladium Books since then. Rifts takes place in a post-apocalyptic future, deriving elements from cyberpunk, science fiction, fantasy, horror, western, mythology and many other genres. Rifts serves as a cross-over environment for a ...
Wizardry is a series of role-playing video games, developed by Sir-Tech, that were highly influential in the evolution of modern role-playing video games. [1] The original Wizardry was a significant influence on early console role-playing games such as Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest.
1993-1997. Bruce Coville's Book of Monsters is the first in a series of "Book of" anthologies edited by Bruce Coville. It was first published in September 1993 by Scholastic Publishing. It is collection of stories aimed at juvenile readers that advertises itself as "scary", but in fact contains a wide variety of stories and genres such as ...