Pacesetter Horror Rises from the Grave!

Find the announcement and cover sample here.

Goblinoid Games presents CRYPTWORLD, the new official Pacesetter horror RPG! Other than the zombie survival genre horror rpg ROTWORLD, there has not been a Pacesetter horror game in print since the 1980s. CRYPTWORLD scratches and crawls forth from the grave as the direct Pacesetter brand successor to CHILL!

CRYPTWORLD is a Pacesetter System horror game in which you play an investigator of the unexplained. Any kind of horror is possible, from hunting classic monsters to fighting the secret manipulations of interdimensional aliens, and much more! Be an independent hunter of the horrors in the world, or be a member of one of the several organizations provided, each with different motivations.

CRYPTWORLD covers much of the same ground as CHILL, but CRYPTWORLD goes well beyond it and handles many more subgenres of horror. It is a more complete presentation of horror rules, game advice, and creatures from different horror subgenres so that you can play any kind of horror game you prefer. Your characters can be members of one of the several example organizations that investigate the unexplained, rather than be limited to only one organization (i.e. S.A.V.E.). This also means that there is no specific assumed game setting.

Coming late September!



Writing: Daniel Proctor and Tim Snider

Cover Illustration: Jim Holloway

Interior Illustrations: Jim Holloway, Brian Thomas, Tim Tyler

//www.pacesetter.us

CRYPTWORLD and CRYPTWORLD: Chilling Adventures into the Unexplained are trademarks of Daniel Proctor.

This is a must get!!!!

Are the rules the same as the original, or Mayfair edition of CHILL?

This is probably the best RPG news I've heard in years! I look forward to this very much!

The rules use the original system, not the revised Mayfair rules. IMHO the original is a better system, mainly because Mayfair eliminated the Action Table, but in doing so made it more difficult to calculate margin of success. The Action Table is a powerful tool for all sorts of stuff, and is easy to adapt to new situations in play. Some other odd artifacts are in the Mayfair version, leftovers that won't make sense without the logic of the Action Table, like how monsters are assigned abilitiy scores, etc.

Quote from: Ronin;689871This is probably the best RPG news I've heard in years! I look forward to this very much!

Thanks! I think people will like it.

Really? I have a terrible prejudice against the old Pacesetter games as cheap and very USA in a lowest common denominator way, but frankly I suspect it's a very unjustified view and I can't even remember why, give I never owned the games or even opened one (weren't they boxed?)

Quote from: tzunder;690045Really? I have a terrible prejudice against the old Pacesetter games as cheap and very USA in a lowest common denominator way, but frankly I suspect it's a very unjustified view and I can't even remember why, give I never owned the games or even opened one (weren't they boxed?)

I think you should give it another look, at least at "Chill". The mechanics style is very much of its time. Resolution table and other eighties stuff. But it really is a gem in the rough. So the idea of a new version, in a different name makes me happy. Definitely worth checking out. You can find the old "Chill" out there on the interwebs. Worth the look.

Quote from: Ronin;690133I think you should give it another look, at least at "Chill". The mechanics style is very much of its time. Resolution table and other eighties stuff. But it really is a gem in the rough. So the idea of a new version, in a different name makes me happy. Definitely worth checking out. You can find the old "Chill" out there on the interwebs. Worth the look.

Also of note is that the CHILL boxed set often sells for quite a lot in the used market. You can use CRYPTWORLD with all the original modules, which can usually be found very cheap. I think you can currently get some great deals at the Paizo store for old Pacesetter stuff, also Noble Knight Games.

CRYPTWORLD now available!

On this Friday the 13th, CRYPTWORLD emerges into the world with all the ferocity of a knife-wielding psycho killer! But instead of a hockey mask, we've got a cover illustration by Jim Holloway! CRYPTWORLD is the new official Pacesetter horror game, the brand successor to CHILL! You play an investigator of the unexplained, or even an ordinary person thrust into an unusual situation. There are several organizations provided, which the players can belong to, or they can be independent. Investigate, hunt, and destroy a wide variety of things. Whether you prefer classic monsters, psycho killers, or cryptids, we have you covered, and so much more!

CRYPTWORLD is available in electronic format from:

Goblinoid Shop (preferred)
RPGnow

Print versions are currently available at our Lulu shop, and will soon be available at RPGnow.

Being unfamiliar with Chill or Pacesetter, could someone elaborate somewhat more on the system? The game sounds potentially interesting. What sets it apart from other d100 roll-under systems like BRP/CoC and OpenQuest/Renaissance?

No one?

No one?

Quote from: 3rik;690954Being unfamiliar with Chill or Pacesetter, could someone elaborate somewhat more on the system?

Dan Proctor wrote a few blog posts explaining the Pacesetter System and how it works a few years ago when he first purchased the Timemaster RPG and wrote the Rotworld RPG. Here you go: A crash course on the Pacesetter Action Table System:

Pacesetter System Part 1: Intro and Characters

Pacesetter System Part 2: The Action Table

If you need more info, well, the Pacesetter System has been around since 1984, so there are numerous reviews and discussions out there with a Google search.

Quote from: 3rik;691351No one?

Sorry didn't see your post till now. Snidermans links explain it pretty well. If your interested in it the $6.47 is a pretty cheap buy in to check it out. Unfortunately due to household budget cutbacks, I have to wait till the end of the week to pick it up.