Newt Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 In support of the OpenQuest Bundle of Holding that is currently running until Tuesday 4th April, here’s the second of a series of posts about how our D100 Sci-fi game, River of Heaven (which is included with its supplements in the bundle) came about. Genesis of the River of Heaven 3 Quote Head Honcho of D101 GamesPublisher of Crypts and Things/Monkey/OpenQuest/River of HeavenThe Sorcerer Under the Mountain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarence Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 Very interesting read. Eight years of development is a long time... I really enjoy RoH and hope I can buy the new scenario soon. Will we see a new version of Cthulhu Rising this year? Quote FrostByte Books M–SPACE d100 Roleplaying in the Far Future Odd Soot Science Fiction Mystery in the 1920s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Vile Traveller Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 It's probably a bit more than eight, as it was kicking around on John's CR forum for quite a while before he decided to go for OQ as the system of choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus Bone Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 (edited) Good to see you mention the River of Heaven soundtrack. I listen to a lot of music at work or when I'm here in front of my PC, and (I'm not looking at being a 'suck-up' when I say) the RoH OST is by far the best RPG soundtrack I've ever heard. It focuses on real music, rather than just atmosphere, and that, to me at least, is why it stands out from most others. Marcus Edited March 25, 2016 by Marcus Bone 1 Quote Stormbringer! - Exploring the worlds of the Eternal Champion at http://www.stormbringerrpg.com Unbound Publishing - Bringing back the fear - http://www.unboundbook.org DCtRPG.info - Supporting Dark Conspiracy across the decades - http://www.darkconspiracytherpg.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanTANK Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 I know it's not listed in the Appendix of science fiction, but Rivers of Heaven had a real Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse series) feel for me. Complete with Belters ("Skinnies") and nanotech, generation ships, and hardsuits with small-calibre smartguns built in. The Visser cubes are similar to the gates in the Expanse, and the focus on large corporations (I eschew the words house and guild in my game because I'm not going for the Dune flavor -- I got Dune out of my system with a homebrew game and Fading Suns, and wanted this to be harder on the scifi and just less psychedelic, more like Aliens and The Expanse. That's just what my players wanted so perfect.) Also, Dark Matter if I recall has a female ship pilot who is either an android or a cyborg, and is portrayed very similar to the way a Stepdaughter might act. I like that RoH is a sandbox that lets me play the version my players and I want. They commented that the feel was very hard scifi and very Aliens; no mean feat! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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