Space: 1889 - the Mars sourcebook

New Crowdfunding by Clockwork: DARK CONSPIRACY
over 5 years ago – Thu, Apr 11, 2019 at 04:09:38 PM

 If you enjoy our Space:1889 books we have good news for you: We are bringing another one of GDW's classic games back into print! 

Lester Smith’s DARK CONSPIRACY is a dystopian roleplaying game of supernatural horror. First published in 1991 by Game Designers Workshop (GDW), DARK CONSPIRACY was a startlingly original action-horror game, depicting a bleak, retro-futuristic, totalitarian America where corporations rule everything and the countryside has been abandoned to violent gangs and alien horror. 

You can support the game on Game on Tabletop (which we are using instead of Kickstarter this time):

https://www.gameontabletop.com/crowdfunding-189.html

In DARK CONSPIRACY, the players taken on the roles of normal citizens in an era marked by a Greater Depression, drawn into investigating the sinister alien horror that has infiltrated human society. With a variety of high-tech weapons and paranormal abilities, these “Minion Hunters” wage a clandestine war against these dreadful forces of darkness and fight them on battlefields ranging from sprawling, dystopian metroplexes to the open countryside, haunted by weird creatures and corrupted by alien influence. The ultimate horror is that this malefic force is apparently aided by human collaborators, corporations and governments who have sold humanity out for their own survival and profit. 

This new edition updates the game system and setting to modern sensibilities and heralds a robust line of accompanying sourcebooks and accessories. The team is led by veteran author and designer Jason Durall (RuneQuest, Conan, Basic Roleplaying, Serenity, Achtung! Cthulhu, The Laundry Files, World War Cthulhu, etc.), and consists of a wide and diverse team of talented newcomers and industry veterans, with additional team members to be announced. 

The crowdfunding went live just minutes ago and runs until 7h of May. It includes the DARK CONSPIRACY core rulebook, a quickstart adventure, a referee screen/resource, an equipment sourcebook, a guide to paranormal phenomena, a bestiary describing the bizarre and horrific creatures of the Conspiracy, three separate card decks, and an adventure anthology. 

Make sure to check out the DAY ONE specials on the project page: We have prepared a special discount for everybody who joins the project right from the beginning as a little thank you for the early support.

We hope to have gotten you interested in the world of DARK CONSPIRACY and look forward to you joining the ranks of the Minion Hunters!

Shipped!
almost 6 years ago – Fri, Feb 01, 2019 at 12:42:35 AM

After finally reaching somebody at Gamesquest, things moved quickly in the last couple of days. And as of today nearly all orders have been shipped (and I assume the last few that haven't will follow in the next couple of days). So people in the UK should be the first to get their books in the next couple of days while people abroad might need to wait a little while longer, depending on how fast the parcel services work. 

I hope everybody enjoys their books when they finally arrive!

Please be aware that if you ordered some of the older add-ons (especially GM Screens, Savage Worlds adventures, DVDs, Blurays) you might get two parcels: One from Gamesquest and one from Germany.

Shipment Update
almost 6 years ago – Thu, Jan 03, 2019 at 02:02:02 AM

Happy New Year to everyone!

Since Gamesquest (our fulfilment partner) was absolutely swamped with work over the Christmas season, we held the books back in Germany while the limited books have been produced. Those will be finished next week and then everything will head to Gamesquest. I've not yet received an answer on when exactly they'll be able to ship everything, but as soon as I know, I'll post an update here. In either case it shouldn't take much more time until everything will be sent out to you guys. :-)

If any of you have moved in the last few months, please let me know via email to: uli[ät]uhrwerk-verlag.de

Bonus-PDFs finished & Shipment Update
about 6 years ago – Fri, Nov 23, 2018 at 09:45:25 AM

As I'm writing this I'm sending out codes for all the stretch goals articles via Drivethru. If you don't get your code via mail please check your spam folder and your Drivethru-Inbox. Also please allow for up to 24h for the mail to reach you, sometimes they take some time. If you still don't have a code by tomorrow, let me know via email: uli[ät]uhrwerk-verlag.de

This means all PDF-only backers who haven't ordered add-ons have gotten all their items. :-)

Also, the Mars sourcebook is currently in production. Sadly, the printer is pretty busy right now and can't guarantee a delivery before the middle of December. I'm not sure yet whether the books will be able to be sent out right after they hit the warehouse due to Christmas, but I'll let you know as soon as I find out. Still there is a possibility that the books will not be sent out in December but rather early in January.

Either way, we are close to getting everything finished. :-)

Updated PDF sent out
about 6 years ago – Wed, Nov 14, 2018 at 08:58:02 PM

We have just updated the Mars PDF on DriveThru. It now includes the index (which was missing in the first PDF) and there have been some corrections made to the archetypes.

The book is also at the printer by now. As soon as I have an update on a delivery date, I'll let you know.