It’s a big deal when a new tabletop roleplaying game gets published. It takes a lot of work, collaboration, planning, marketing, and gumption. Success is a big deal, and it should be celebrated. Sure, it’s easier to publish a game today than years before, but I think a true mark of success is if that game ever gets expanded. People have to like the game in the first place, and then they have to want more. Fabled Environment’s Olympus, Inc. has hit that milestone…
Olympus, Inc. is a game that uses the popular and capable Savage Worlds system. It combines the vibe of the cyberpunk genre with modern espionage and urban fantasy, where Greek demigods and mythical creatures battle in the shadows for the future of our world. Abruptly awakened to the war with strange new abilities, you’ve been thrown in neck-deep, while everyone you’ve ever known continues on with their mundane lives. You weren’t even given the choice between the red pill or the blue…
After Olympus, Inc. came a few one-shot adventures… Poison Drift, A Suitcase in the Sky, and Brother’s Keeper. They were cool ideas to inject into the game, but they weren’t big new additions or expanded material.
And then we get The Pelion Report…
I am very happy to see a new setting book for Olympus, Inc. There’s a lot of cool stuff in the main book, but I always felt there was room for more–which is exactly what The Pelion Report is all about. We’re getting new Paragon Bloodlines (Artemis, Athena, Demeter, Hephaestus and Hera), new Demigod Bloodlines (Cyclospawn and Centaur), and of course new Powers, Edges, Hindrances, weapons, and even some new corporations (you can never have too many!). The book will also give us rules for enhancing items using Orichalcum (a mythical metal), something I think a lot of gamers were asking for. Winner!
Fabled Environments has been around for a while. They already have a few Kickstarters under their belt, and plenty more successful products. Please join me in supporting their latest endeavor on Kickstarter – I know it will be worth it!
Chris Stevens
In Chris's opinion, the very best vices are dirt bikes, rock music, and gaming, while the very best medicine is fatherhood. If he could just learn to balance them all, he'd live forever. He's much more creative than intelligent, often wakes up belligerent, and ponders many things insignificant. Lastly, in an effort to transform his well-fed body, P90X, Roller Blades, and Food are all laughing at him. And the pain continues.