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[Savage Worlds] The Last Parsec Kickstarter
« on: September 30, 2014, 04:36:31 PM »
Pinnacle Entertainment Group, creators of the award-winning tabletop roleplaying game Savage Worlds, launched a Kickstarter project for The Last Parsec on Tuesday, September 23, 2015. You can find the Kickstarter page here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/545820095/the-last-parsec-savage-worlds?ref=nav_search

The Last Parsec is a space exploration setting using the Savage Worlds Science Fiction Companion. A free 12-page document (The Last Parsec Primer) detailing the setting rules and background information on playing characters in The Last Parsec is available at https://www.peginc.com/product-category/the-last-parsec/ .

The Kickstarter for The Last Parsec offers print and PDF access to three setting books, a Game Master Screen with an adventure, 9 miniatures, 2 double-sided ship maps, Bennies (poker chips), and a double deck of playing cards. Stretch goals include a soundtrack by Harry Mack, Wild Dice, archetypes, more adventures, printable paper miniatures, a JumpCorp Requisition Kit with forms, ID cards, and death certificates, and finally the potential to unlock additional miniatures.

Pinnacle President Shane Hensley discussed some of the inspiration behind The Last Parsec in the first of several Design Diary releases, located here: https://www.peginc.com/product-category/the-last-parsec/

Here is a snippet from that document:
Imagine the awe and wonder of discovering an intelligent being. Or even some wild and terrifying animal. And that's what The Last Parsec is all about.

It's not hard science fiction or military science fiction or even space opera.
It's exploration science fiction where an explorer and her companions can be the first to step into the boundless void and discover things beyond our wildest dreams. It’s a setting where you can play alien races humanity has already encountered and experience the awe and wonder of the possible.

The sheer size of The Last Parsec also means that we wanted it to be something like a “sandbox”—or more appropriately, a “starbox”—game where Game Masters can make their own worlds, armies, societies, monsters, races, and adventures.


Savage Worlds was created by Shane Lacy Hensley. Savage Worlds, as well as The Last Parsec and the Pinnacle logo are all trademarks of Pinnacle Entertainment Group. For more information, visit http://www.peginc.com or contact Jodi Black, Marketing Manager for Pinnacle, at PEGJodi@gmail.com.
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[Savage Worlds] The Last Parsec Kickstarter
« Reply #1 on: October 07, 2014, 01:59:29 AM »
Backed (for the pdfs). Anyone else been suckered in?

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[Savage Worlds] The Last Parsec Kickstarter
« Reply #2 on: October 07, 2014, 06:27:33 PM »
Quote from: Bloody Stupid Johnson;790668
Backed (for the pdfs). Anyone else been suckered in?


I backed at Jump Chief to get everything. I've become more cautious of KS of late, but:
1. Pinnacle has never failed to deliver.
2. Pinnacle has always been on time. (If they were late on a KS it was never for an amount of time large enough for me to notice.)
3. The Last Parsec is heavily inspired by Star Frontiers, and I've always been carrying a torch for Star Frontiers since I was a kid.
4. I've known about this KS coming up for more than a year so I made sure I had some extra money on hand to go all in.

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[Savage Worlds] The Last Parsec Kickstarter
« Reply #3 on: October 08, 2014, 10:48:26 AM »
Thank you both! We appreciate your support and kind words.

Please do us a favor and let others know about the Kickstarter in any way you know to do so...here at theRPGsite.com and other forums, on social media, to your friends, and to your Friendly Local Game Store (there's a retailer level and they get FREE shipping in the continental US).

At this point in the campaign, most of the usual Savages who are connected to us by the Tuesday website update, our forums, or social media have backed the project if it appeals to them. We're *very* happy with how things are going, but we need to find those Savages--or those nostalgic for Star Frontiers--and let them know. I'm open to suggestions. :)

Thanks again for keeping it Savage!

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