seneschal Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 Back in the '80s horror role-playing was pretty much a two-way competition between Chaosium's Call of Cthulhu (Lovecraftian cosmic horror) and Pacesetter Games' Chill (Universal/Hammer style Gothic horror). CoC kept plugging along while Chill changed owners several times and foundered after a third-edition fundraiser failed. Control of the license was split among multiple parties, and the game was effectively dead. This week, however, Goblinoid Games -- which has acquired rights to the Pacesetter Games brand and the games TimeMaster and Sandman -- announced a new Pacesetter System horror RPG: Cryptworld. The game will be more generic than Chill, supporting more styles of horror campaigns. Cryptworld will be available print-on-demand; Goblinoid plans to announce an order date once the final proofs arrive. goblinoidgames.com • View topic - Wild speculation welcome! Other new Pacesetter System titles are Rotworld (zombie apocalypse) and Majus (magic noir). So Chill isn't back, but this new creature bears an eerie family resemblance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mankcam Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 I love the cover of Cryptworld, very much in the vein of the old pulp horror comics from the 60s and 70s , titles like Creepy Tales for instance. Personally i would welcome a Call of Cthulhu supplement that dresses the system up with pulp Hammer House type horror as opposed to Lovecraft's Elderich Horror, not that it would take much to homebrew it. I think the supplements Blood Brothers had a take on it, i'm unsure. In any case i wish all the best for Goblinoid Games. Quote " Sure it's fun, but it is also well known that a D20 roll and an AC is no match against a hefty swing of a D100% and a D20 Hit Location Table!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tzunder Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 Remind me, what was the Pacesetter game system like? I am also disappointed that, like Chaosium, they don't seem to want to make a combined pdf-print option easy or affordable. I think I never went for Pacesetter because, and this is odd, they looked cheap and very American, in a lowest common denominator way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seneschal Posted September 10, 2013 Author Share Posted September 10, 2013 Dan Proctor, Goblinoid Games head honcho, describes Pacesetter's system and answers questions here goblinoidgames.com • View topic - The Pacesetter System Part 1: Intro and Characters and here goblinoidgames.com • View topic - The Pacesetter System Part 2: The Action Table Goblinoid's products are well-written, carefully proofread and corrected, and laid out in an easy-to-read fashion. They are definitely American and, while not cheap, are reasonably priced. Typical hardback is in the $30-$35 range. Softback titles vary from about $18 to $28, depending on length. My first edition copies of GORE and Mutant Future have held up well enough. Pacesetter's games featured glossy color covers and decent black-and-white line interior illustrations. The layouts were tight and had small print but that was true of products for Champions, Traveller, Call of Cthulhu and other games of the era. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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