120 years ago saw the birth of Howard Phillips Lovecraft, the creator of Cthulhu, Nyarlathotep, Yog-Sothoth, and the the entire sweep cosmic majesty and horror of the Cthulhu Mythos. We won’t rehash Lovecraft’s biography…there are far better resources for that out on the web, and there will no doubt be a myriad of awesome tributes to him penned today as well. With that in mind, we’re offering our tribute HPL’s birthday for some crass commercialism: Everything Lovecraft-related in the AOP online store (Tour de Lovecraft, Cthulhu 101, and C’theep on Truckin’ t-shirts) are 25% off for today only! Check it out here!
Aug
17
Aaaand we’re back. It’s been a crazy month or so here at Atomic Overmind Press, what with Gen Con and so on. But what a Gen Con it was! The 2010 ENnie Awards were held on Friday, August 6th, and Atomic Overtmind Press (while not scaling the lofty heights of Paizo Publishing’s award haul), did really well! The Day After Ragnarok picked up the Gold ENnie for best Best Setting, as well as the Indie RPG Award for Indie Supplement of the Year 2009. To add to that, Cthulhu 101 picked up the Gold ENnie for Best RPG Related Product! We’re extremely grateful to the judges and the fans of both awards for recognizing our work, and it certainly gives us a standard to work to in the future.
Gen Con 2010 also was a time of great planning, and while we can’t talk about everything that went down there yet, lets just say there are some very exciting possibilities in the future for AOP.
We’ll have some announcements about other new material soon, but it’s been a bit of a while since the last The Day After Ragnarok release, so news about that seems to be the highest priority. The next release for DAR should be coming up on the horizon soon, namely Memphis: Gateway to the Poisoned Lands. We’re not announcing a date certain yet, but for now we’re going to call it “very early Fall.”
Also, if you’ve been having trouble finding The Day After Ragnarok at your FLGS, that’s understandable…we’re in between printings! We hope to have that situation rectified in just a few weeks, so keep an eye out here for more news on that front.
Jul
21
Things have been a little quiet around Chez Overmind since Origins, but one really important thing happened: we were nominated for two ENnie Awards!
Nominated for the Best Setting category is The Day After Ragnarok, by Kenneth Hite. We’re exceedingly pleased that a setting we love so much has gotten the nod from the ENnie judges. If you haven’t checked out The Day After Ragnarok yet, click on over to the product page here, scroll down, and give the Foreshadowing Ragnarok posts we did a look!
Next up, in the Best Regalia category, Cthulhu 101 has gotten the nod! The first in Atomic Overmind’s 101 Series of books (soon to be followed up by Zombies 101), Cthulhu 101 is a great introduction to the world of H.P. Lovecraft and his effect on games, music, comics and popular culture in general.
Voting for the ENnies is open to the public until midnight, July 25th. We’d truly appreciate your support as fans of our books, so head on over to the online voting site here, and thanks so much!
Jun
15
That’s right kids, it’s finally here: Serpent Scales #3: Return to Monster Island! This 27 page PDF is available in the AOP Store, and over at DrivethruRPG.com. Expect it at Paizo, e23, and Studio2 Publishing before the week is out. Want to know what’s in it? Well, we’re glad you asked…
THE ISLAND THAT TIME FORGOT!
Wreathed in mist and veiled in mystery, Monster Island was bad enough during the BIG ONE, when it held cannibal soldiers sworn to kill and die for Hirohito, and savage tribes who worshiped Golyeong, the MIGHTY “gorilla ghost.” After the Serpentfall, who knows what TREMENDOUS horrors might be RISING UP in Monster Island’s jungles, awakened from the prehistoric past?
Inside this HUMONGOUS 27 page PDF you’ll find:
- MASSIVE statistics for five GIANT monsters, six deadly dinosaurs, and three more mysterious foes!
- Three HUGE volcanoes, a TOWERING plateau, and many more adventurous locations, mapped and trapped and ready to go!
- A truly COLOSSAL showdown adventure — “Deploy All Monsters!”
- VASTLY useful game-building tools and advice, including the Top Five Other Places to Fight Dinosaurs, a QUITE FRANKLY EXCESSIVE Monster Island Encounter Generator, and tips on moving Monster Island into your own campaign!
ALL of this ENORMOUS excitement can be yours, when you …
RETURN TO MONSTER ISLAND!
Just as a note, only the Savage Worlds version of this Serpent Scale is available currently. We’ll have the HERO 6th Edition one ready as soon as we can.
SS#3: Return to Monster Island is in layout, and we’re getting it banged out as fast as we can…in the meantime, here’s another tidbit to keep you on the edge of your seat:
Savage Shortlist: Top Five Other Places To Fight Dinosaurs
In the wake of the Serpentfall, a lot of pilots have seen a lot of strange things all over the world. Sometimes they land and check it out; somewhat less often, they return to report their findings to general disbelief. Read the rest of this entry »
Just a note here..in case you haven’t noticed, the link to the Forums is now live! You can discuss any of our fine Atomic Overmind Press publications there, whether it be books from the 101 Series, Tour de Lovcraft, The Bones, Adventures Into Darkness, or, of course, The Day After Ragnarok. Ken Hite will be posting there as well, and we’re inviting your input into what you want to see in upcoming releases across the board!
That’s right, boys and girls, Serpent Scales #3: Return to Monster Island is finally in production! The Day After Ragnarok creator Kenneth Hite had a few roadblocks to get past to get it written…and as is usual in such things, once he got started, he just couldn’t stop!What was originally going to be a 4-5 page idea-mine has sprawled out into a 25-30 page+ adventure source pack for the Pacific island of Kaijushima (Monster Island). The release in layout right now, and should be ready for release a week from today in Savage Worlds form. The HERO 6th Edition release may take a little longer, just because there are so many new monsters and threats to be converted.
Whether you’re opposition consists of the Imperial Japanese Navy, the island’s native inhabitants, the risen corpses of those who fought and died her during the war, or the island’s monstrous inhabitants, Return to Monster Island has something for you. Here’s a little taste of what lies ahead of you, intrepid explorers, after the jump cut!
tetsubo57 gives us a VERY kind review over on YouTube.
May
06
…and soon.
Excuse the quietness. We’ll make a bit more of a ruckus next week.
We usually don’t post on weekends, but this is too cool not to share. A gentleman name Bloodrunsclear on Youtube has put together a fake trailer for a Day After Ragnarok movie! Check it out!