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June18 2008: It' s been a busy spring! We've recently released Fantasy Clip Inks, Dungeon Portals set 2 and have been working long hours on both the final writing and interior art for the The Mutant Epoch RPG. With three core books, a detailed town setting, three adventures and the first six issues of Excavator Monthly Magazine written, our freelance editors and illustrators are going to be very busy for the summer and well into the fall.

    The Mutant Epoch game, especially the Hub Rules, will most certainly be the most heavily illustrated role playing game ever, with 580  ink, digital and graphite illustrations. Of course, 90% of these drawings are quarter page or less, some no more than a half inch square. Nevertheless, there is still a lot of work to do, but we are all having a great time, especially play testing.  We have recruited another artist, Fraser Hallett and are about to take on a third in the next couple of weeks.

    In other news, we've also begun to get people signing up for our release info list, a way of us being able to notify everybody when the game is going to be released, however we are thinking of sending out occasional updates to the list as well. If your interested in keeping informed of The Mutant Epoch, let us know by clicking here: info@outlandarts.com

Here are a few samples of some of the artwork for the Mutant Epoch, but go to the TME product page to see more updates and previous uploads.

Also, if you have any questions about the game, please email us and I'll be happy to answer any questions.

Best regards,

Alexander Waby,
Co-Creator and Line editor

March 29 2008: We've been busy! While we are heavily involved in ongoing play testing and editorial work on The Mutant Epoch RPG, as well as receiving stacks of finished TME art from our freelancers, we've also been able to release our latest Fantasy Clip Inks: Dungeon Portals set 1. 12  300 dpi images for adventure publishes and home brew creators,  perfect for player handouts or just to hang on your wall! We've actually completed Dungeon Portals set 2, as well, and will release that set next week.

Also in the works are a miniatures rules system for any lien of 35mm fantasy figures, as well as initial drafts of our Outland System Fantasy RPG system, which will be fully compatible with the post apocalyptic setting of The Mutant Epoch.

October 30th 2007: Fantasy Clip Inks: The art is in and we are assembling the PDFs and files for Dungeon Portals Sets 1 and 2, each will have 12, 300 dpi tiff files and also sell for $12.00. We are now selling out FCI stock art series at Lulu.com ,  and in a few days will also make them available at www.yourgamesnow.com .

The Mutant Epoch: Production has taken a year or two longer than we had planned due to adding additional content for the release date ( for timed releases of core books, the PDF magazine, web content and and two full length adventures :Nuke Tower and Blood Road.
      We have also given ourselves more time to enjoy extended play testing, another round of copy editing and a ton more art. We now have three artists working with us, which is really important as this RPG is going to be lavishly illustrated, with much of the art available as prints through our cafe press and imagine kind stores.
      Projected Launch date summer 2008, although we will not release it until we are completely satisfied with the quality of each and every book, download and image.

April 19 2007 :: Last night we loaded two more sets of Fantasy Clip Inks stock art to RPGnow: Spell casters set 1 and Warriors set 2. Warriors set 2 has an extra 13th bonus image, while Spell Casters set one has a whopping 16 images! We decided that since it may be a while before we get to future warrior or spell caster sets again, we might as well give our customers access to these images now, as an extra incentive to purchase them.
     Our next product in the Fantasy Clip Inks line is the Dungeon Portals set 1, which are now completely penciled in by Will and ready to ink. As far as work goes on the Mutant Epoch RPG, we have completed the second adventure and have had a blast play testing the brutal quest. We rolled dice for three consecutive nights, played 16 and a half hours, doing plenty of edits, addressing a few rules questions and added some more options. This specific, brutal test play session left me with an new impression of the adventure,  the TME setting and rules which I have never experienced or quite appreciated before; just how intense, quick, deadly and unnerving the fights are. You must make damn sure your character uses cover and the bulk of the team has ranged weapons with a fair amount of ammo to ensure acceptable odds of survival. Of course, having some decent armor sure helps, but so too, having the speed to get the hell outa' a narrow passage or cross fire situation when needed is also important. Finally, the nature of the multi-path adventure, which could allow you to play the game solo if you wanted, was tremendously exciting because depending on the way the dice fell, your team of heroes could either meet up with some helpful scavenger, or a mutated grizzly bear... or worse. You never know what's around the corner, or crashing through the sage brush your way. It was stressful, in a good way, sort of cinematic and it gave me sweaty palms.
     We had one character death after numerous close calls and serious injuries... a mutated bull mastiff caught a guy (One of Will's mutant freaks) in a narrow passage and tore him to shreds. The poor fellow had a pump shotgun but ran out of shells just as the thing leapt for his throat. The other characters fled back to a wide area in the place and were able to form a line when the dog finally came for them,  the front rank piercing the beast with crossbow bolts, arrows, musket balls a few relic bullets from a pair of survival rifles, oh yeah, and a volley of spines from an ugly mutant woman.
   We are only half way through the 100 page adventure, and I for one am eager to get back there and achieve our team's objectives. Until next time,

Best regards,

Alexander Waby,
Co-Creator and Line editor

October 30 2006  :: We launch the first of our roleplaying game accessories, a collection of stock images under the Fantasy Clip Inks series titled Warriors 1. We also launch this new updated website. This new improved site does everything we required of a hub web site; is easy to navigate and expand upon, all with a light, highly readable and printer friendly theme.
   The gift shop is now the main gateway to our extensive cafe press store, plus, we have an expanded preview of our up coming roleplaying game, The Mutant Epoch. The Outland System logo has been finalized, and progress has been excellent on the editing, art, web development and advanced play testing. we have the cover art for our monthly magazine, Excavator Monthly, as well as a great many of the article written for the firs six issues. The core books for the game are also written and in the layout and editing process, while we have two major adventures and several smaller products and supplements in the advanced stages as well. Our staff illustrator, also the art director, co-creator of The Mutant Epoch RPG, the web master for this site, chief layout guy, William McAusland, will be working overtime for the next year.
    Anyhow, thanks for stopping by and checking out our new site. If you would like to be notified or updated on the progress of The Mutant Epoch, simply write us a quick note with the words 'TME progress' in the subject line and we will keep you in the loop.

Best Regards,

Alexander Waby,
Co-Creator and Line
editor

Excavator Monthly Covers 1-3. These PDF magazines will be available for sale as both downloadable and POD ( Print on Demand) publications, contain a mix of NPCs, Critters, relics, mini-adventures, fiction, artwork, articles, reviews of relevant films, books, and other games, as well as a heap of advice for both game masters and players, for any RPG system. The projected cost per issue is $1.75 for the online version, while the POD version's pricing is yet to be determined.
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