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Genesys Android Systems & Servers Released on Genesys Foundry

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I’m happy to announce my latest release. Systems & Servers is now available on the Genesys Foundry on DriveThruRPG.com for the Genesys RPG and Android Shadow of the Beanstalk science fiction setting. Systems & Servers features a wide variety of typical network and server layouts ready for a Game Master to drop into any online encounter, complete with ice protecting the sub-systems. Network layouts feature role specific layouts for commercial, megacorporation, government, military, satellite, and spaceship computer systems. Server layouts break down a specific server into individually protected functions. The networks and server layouts can be used individually or together depending on the encounter complexity desired by the Game Master.

The 38 page supplement brings new options for network encounters. New ice and icebreakers expand the threats and tools used by sysops and hackers. Code exploits enhance storytelling and roleplaying aspects of hacking and provides guidance for modifiers to the dice pool. New sysop adversaries are included to protect many of these new systems, or used in other adventures.

Former Fantasy Flight Games roleplaying and miniatures game designer and producer Max Brooke provided editing and rules development services. Most of the graphics elements I used to create the cover and system layouts were from Eric Trautmann’s Fedora Monkey Studio vector stock art offerings.

Here is the Systems & Servers back cover description, with a few more details:

Systems are targets.

Runners need target systems. Game masters need options. Systems & Servers has you covered with a variety of common networks and servers, complete with layouts and protective ice, ready to use on demand. Sysops gain new ice for their systems, and runners get new icebreakers. New opportunities and trouble await for everyone online in the Android universe.

This expansion includes:

• 9 new ice for sysops to use to protect their servers.

• 8 new icebreakers for runners to wreak havoc with.

• 8 new code exploits to inspire creative hacking.

• 18 new common network layouts with multiple servers.

• 6 new common server specific layouts.

• 10 new typical sysop adversaries for defending systems.

Here are examples of one network and one server layout:


Genesys Initiative Tabs Updated with KeyForge

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My Genesys Initiative Tabs on Genesys Foundry now includes Keyforge: Secrets of the Cruicible themed tabs and accessories. Previous purchasers may download updated files from their accounts on DriveThruRPG. This product achieved Silver best seller status relatively recently. Thanks to those who picked it up already. For anyone interested in doing so, you can find it here.

Images of the new pages are below. The updated file also includes a few formatting corrections to the form fields, and switched the italicized Android status tabs to vertical to avoid an annoying PDF printing bug affecting some PDF software and printer combinations…like mine.


Star Wars Wednesday - A New Hope...for the RPG

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At my rate of posting this year, I ought to change the name of this series to Star Wars Monthly….but I won’t. It has gone on too long and maybe I’ll get back to a more regular schedule. At least there is some positive news on the Star Wars RPG / Genesys RPG front. The games will continue to be printed and produced, by a division of Asmodee, but not by Fantasy Flight Games.

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Star Wars Wednesday - This is 2020

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It has been an embarrassing amount of time since I last wrote a Star Wars Wednesday post. this is especially true given the huge amount of new Star Wars movies, TV shows, and other stories released in the last few months. I’ve kept up reasonably well, though there is still a stack of comics I need to work through. Marvel has been hugely prolific with the number of titles and short series lately. More on many of those things in the upcoming months, hopefully. it shouldn’t be too hard for me to pick up the pace this year, compared to the dismal number late last year.

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GM Initiative Tabs is Now Genesys Initiative Tabs

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I revised the title of GM Initiative Tabs to the more accurate Genesys Initiative Tabs, which was the original working title. In fact it was the title that I used everywhere on DriveThruRPG except on the actual cover and original announcements. It proved to be easier as well to simply redo the cover to match. I had used GM Initiative Tabs to mimic my DM Combat Tabs product on DMs Guild, and I thought that it might not be allowed to use the word Genesys in a Foundry title. It turns out it isn’t a problem.

If you already downloaded the product, you can download a revised version from DriveThruRPG. There are no changes to the tabs themselves, or the rest of the content.

Now that I have a copy of the official Genesys GM screen, here are a couple of examples of how the tabs look with it:

Genesys Initiative Tabs - Player View. Additional character tabs may sit on the adjacent panels on this 3 panel screen.

Genesys Initiative Tabs - GM View. Rack locations are optional.

GM Initiative Tabs for Genesys RPG Now Available

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I’m happy to announce the release of my latest Genesys Foundry product, GM Initiative Tabs for the Geneys RPG. Patterned off my successful DM Combat Tabs for DMs Guild, the GM Initiative Tabs provide a useful tool for GMs who want a way to visually track initiative and other conditions. Here’s the product text:

This Genesys accessory provides a means to track and display initiative slots, PCs, NPCs, and their current conditions by placing these tabs on a GM screen or on the tabletop. The tabs, racks, and storage boxes are graphically themed to match the Genesys core rulebook, the Android Shadow of the Beanstalk setting, and the Realms of Terrinoth setting, but may be used with any setting.

Use the tabs in one of several ways:
1. Use the PC and NPC tabs to track initiative order, along with a turn indicator showing the current character's turn.
2. Use the same as above and then place generic NPC minion/rival/nemesis tabs on the NPC tabs, when those NPCs take their turn.
3. Use the same as number 1 and add the detailed PC and NPC tabs to track vital stats as each character is played in turn. Use the condition tabs to track and serve as reminders for various effects such as +1 boost or setback dice and conditions such as unconscious.

Customize tabs by filling out blank areas by hand after printing, or use the PDF form features to add text and images before printing.

Keep organized and find the right tab quickly during the game using one of two rack types:

GM Screen Tab Rack: Two racks designed to hang on the GM's screen to minimize loss of table space. The racks work with landscape or portrait oriented screens.
Tabletop Tab Rack: A simple rack folded into a sawtooth shape to hold the tabs. It sits on the table top.

Storage options: Assemble the included custom box to store the GM Screen Tab Racks with the tabs still in place. Other storage suggestions are also included.

Printing on thick, high quality paper or cardstock is highly recommended.

Cutting and folding is required to use the tabs and the racks. Assembly of the optional storage box requires glue or tape.

Formatted for US letter sized paper.

Use the layers to turn off the background art if desired to save printer ink.

Print using Adobe Acrobat Reader DC for best results.

Here are a few examples:

Player View with the GM screen racks on the GM side of the screen. (Genesys core rulebook style).

GM View (Genesys core rulebook style).

Customized and standard tabs on the Tabletop Rack (Genesys core rulebook style).

Storage Box (Genesys Core Rulebook style).

Genesys core rulebook style PC/NPC/condition tabs.

Android Shadow of the Beanstalk setting style PC/NPC/condition tabs (sci-fi, cyberpunk, modern settings).

Realms of Terrinoth setting style PC/NPC/condition tabs (fantasy, pulp, settings).