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Now on Indiegogo!
Introducing a NEW OSR
Multi-Genre System!

System 84 by Ken Spencer
Hi all, I’m Ken Spencer, award winning RPG writer and designer. You probably know me from Rocket Age, Northlands Saga, or Adventures in Middle Earth. I’ve got a new project I’ve been working on for a few years now and it is about ready to launch. 
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We’ve got art, cover, editing, layout, all taken care of. We need to raise some money for shipping and printing, maybe even pay me as the writer.
What is SYSTEM 84?
System 84 is our multi-genre OSR system designed to be the engine behind our games. If you have played any version of, shall we say the world’s oldest fantasy RPG, modern or old-school you know the system. Armor class, hit points, saving throws, all what you are used to. Instead of a skill system we have Ability Feats, each ability score covers a range of things a character might do, roll a d6 and beat your Ability Feat score (usually 2-5) and you succeed. It is fast and light, like bending bars and lifting gates from back in the day. There is a bit more to the system than that, but the result is a quick system that is fun to play.
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Catopia Prime
Compatible with Starfinder®

Weird Planets: Catopia Prime brings you the one thing that your campaign needs:  Space Cats 

Specifically the Caturday, anthropomorphic cat people, and not just all the rules and cultural background you need to play them. No, Catopia Prime also brings you an entire system to explore from its star Kåtze to the outermost orbit of Pachés. The focus of the system is Catopia Prime, homeworld of the Caturday and center of their expanding hold on the region. Venture into the Kåtze system to discover: 
  • The hot humid jungles of Sh'lo where the wealthy travel to vacation in tropical splendor or risk their lives hunting the planet's many deadly lifeforms. 

  • Explore the barren planet of Scraw'b and the exiled necromancer Fluafie the Apostate that lurks with her army of the undead, plotting the overthrow of the Caturday and eventually the entire known universe. 
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  • Catopia Prime, a planet rich in history and resources. From the capital of Catopia City to the ruins of the Lost's Lands there is adventure aplenty for the brave or foolish. 

  • Plus three other planets, ships of the Caturday, a pantheon of gods, and new technology, there is something in Catopia Prime for every player and GM! ​​

Play Weird

Little Grey Aliens 5e
Caturday 5e
Surial: Bear Folk of the North 5e
Play Weird takes a different approach to 5e games. In addition to the ancestry traits and statistics, backgrounds and cleric domains, feats and equipment, Play Weird provides the cultural background to bring the most out of these numbers. More than just a few pages of rules, Play Weird is an ethnography, a story of a people, presenting everything from government to food ways, art to religion, family life and material culture. Written by award winning author and anthropologist Ken Spencer, Caturday is the first in our Weird Races series. Surial: Bear Folk of the North and Little Gray Aliens are also available. 
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