Greymalkin Designs Presents Desolation: Survivors

Experience story-driven role playing in the post-apocalyptic fantasy world of Desolation where high fantasy is brought low. This year, Greymalkin Designs is proud to offer a full schedule of RPG events focusing on Survivors, its first supplement to Desolation. In a twist to the Desolation setting, games can take place before, during and after the Apocalypse that nearly destroys the high-fantasy setting. To coincide with the Gen Con release of Survivors, this year’s events will focus on surviving the Night of Fire, the Long Winter that immediately followed, and the new world that is rising up from the ashes.

Try to survive the chaos of the night the world nearly came to and end as a young apprentice at one of the Empire’s many academies of Sorcery. Just because the world’s being destroyed doesn’t mean you can’t have some fun with it. “Escape from Pig Pimple’s” (RPG0900291, RPG0900293) is a tongue-in-cheek adventure that follows the harrowing adventure of a group of apprentices who lost their teachers during the Night of Fire, when magic turned on its masters. With the magic innate to the academy fighting you at every turn, will you ever escape?

The effects of the Night of Fire lasted well beyond the single, horrific night. In “A Cold Reality,” (RPG0900299, RPG0900300) you roleplay one of the “lucky” ones who survived the Apocalypse, only to face a Long Winter filled with starvation, disease and life-and-death choices. After six months of snowfall, food is scarce, which forces the normally reclusive kobolds of the Oruskan Wilderness south. Just when your characters wonder if the sun will ever shine again, they notice a scouting party of the notorious pack hunters. Will your characters defend the struggling community against the kobolds, or should they attempt the unthinkable and parlay with the beastmen.

In Survivors, players can choose to roleplay the Oruskan races of kobolds, goblins and orcs as player characters. Now that civilization has fallen, the Oruskans’ primitive and savage lifestyle is serving them well. In “Frontier Justice,” (RPG0900303, RPG0900304) players have the opportunity to see the ruined world through the eyes of the Oruskans. You and your kind were second-class citizens in the Before, but things have changed. Oruskans will no longer tolerate the persecution and bigotry of humans, dwarves and their ilk. The time for Oruskans to take a stand and fight back is now!

These are just three of the eight Greymalkin events for 2009, which includes a continuation of “Any Port in a Storm,” one of last year’s hit adventures. In “After the Storm,” (RPG0900297, RPG0900298) roleplay the same characters as they race home to protect their village against invaders. In other events, you could face zombies, mutated circus freaks or ruthless robber barons. Check out the complete list of events below:

The Night of Fire Revisited 8/16/2009 12:00 2 hrs
The Night of Fire Revisited 8/14/2009 10:00 2 hrs
Escape from PigPimples 8/14/2009 12:00 2 hrs
Escape from PigPimples 8/15/2009 10:00 2 hrs
Price of Admission 8/13/2009 16:00 2 hrs
Price of Admission 8/16/2009 10:00 2 hrs
After the Storm 8/13/2009 12:00 4 hrs
After the Storm 8/15/2009 16:00 4 hrs
A Cold Reality 8/13/2009 8:00 4 hrs
A Cold Reality 8/14/2009 16:00 4 hrs
The Broken Menagerie 8/13/2009 10:00 2 hrs
The Broken Menagerie 8/15/2009 16:00 2 hrs
Frontier Justice 8/14/2009 14:00 4 hrs
Frontier Justice 8/15/2009 12:00 4 hrs
Dead or Alive 8/15/2009 8:00 4 hrs

Gen Con Event registration is scheduled to begin April 19 at 12 p.m. EST.

The December 2008 issue of Knights of the Dinner Table (#146) reviews Desolation in the Brian’s Picks section. Check it out. Here’s the first line, for those of you who don’t have a subscription:

“If you’re looking for a fantasy RPG filled with cheerful folk and cute, magical creatures, Desolation is not for you. If, on the other hand, you’re looking for some gritty fantasy roleplay with a post-apocalyptic setting, then this game will knock your socks off.”

We’ve posted a bit of fiction that ran in Danger Magnet’s Halloween issue, just in case you missed it. The Story is a horror tale come to life. It includes a non-player character that you can use in your Desolation campaign and a new Talent. Check it out in the fiction section.

Happy New Year!

Check out the latest issue of Knights of the Dinner Table (#146) for the editors’ take on Desolation.

The latest update to Danger Magnet’s horror issue includes Desolation fiction by Stephen J. Herron. We’ve included a new Talent and stats for one of the powerful necromancers from the Circle of Dust. Check it out at www.dangermagnet.com.

There’s a new review of Desolation of RPGnet. Check it out at www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/13/13979.phtml.

We’ll be playing Desolation at Con on the Cob, which is Oct. 2-5, 2008 in Akron, Ohio. Sign up to play in advance or at the con. Here’s the schedule of games:

Friday, Oct. 3, 8 pm – 10 pm: The Price of Admission
Saturday, Oct. 4, 12 pm – 4 pm: Conscripted
Saturday, Oct. 4, 4 pm – 8 pm: Any Port in a Storm
Sunday, Oct. 5, 12 pm – 4 pm: A Few Good Men

Check out http://www.cononthecob.com/gaming.htm (scroll down to the bottom) for the full gaming schedule.

Desolation PDFs are now available in the online store. In one zip-file download, you receive a full PDF of the core book, a printer-friendly version of the core book to help save your ink, plus – as a bonus – the hit con scenario “The Price of Admission.” The PDFs are bookmarked for ease of use.

Want a free After community and a chance to win a copy of Desolation? Check out the premier issue of DANGER MAGNET!, a magazine covering the Ubiquity Roleplaying System.  Contest rules can be found on Greymalkin Designs’ forum.

Our first podcast interview has been posted here by The Game’s the Thing. We talk about how Desolation came to be and what’s on the horizon for Greymalkin Designs.