Mutant Bestiary
One Just
Released!
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more at the
book's page,
or buy now in
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Support The
Mutant Epoch!
Hey, I’m on
Patreon!
After much
contemplation,
and seeing what
other creative
artsy fartsy
types were doing
with this site,
I’ve decided to
give this fan
support thingy a
try. Yeah, I
thought I’d go
against my own
grain a bit and
do ‘the ask’.
Throughout
history, artists
and writers have
relied on the
patronage of the
church, state
and wealthy to
pursue creative
endeavors and
bring us some of
the most famous
works of art,
literature and
music the world
has ever known.
My plans aren’t
that grand, but
I do love to
bring out new
content for TME
fans, including
plenty of free
and ‘pay what
you want’ PDFs.
You can help in
this by becoming
a patron of the
arts, Outland
Arts, that is,
for as little as
a buck a month.
This money will
go toward the
online costs of
web hosting,
banner and a few
print ads,
postage to send
copies to
reviewers, and
the general
promotion of The
Mutant Epoch
game, novels and
universe.
I know many of
you have already
done so much to
promote The
Mutant Epoch.
You've spread
the word online,
answered
questions for
new TME gamers
on the forum,
created game
content, crafted
positive
reviews,
retweeted,
approached your
local game shops
and GM'd
adventures at
conventions. I
am incredibly
thankful to you
for this.
But, there are
also plenty of
people I know of
who aren’t RPG
players at all,
nor go in for
post-apocalyptic
media of any
type, and won’t
buy Mutant Epoch
books. However,
they believe in
what I am doing
and see how
obsessed I am
with making the
TME milieu reach
the tipping
point and go
big. They want
to help, too. By
offering them a
way to support
my efforts
through this
arts patron
model, they can
help make this
happen in a
painless, yet
highly effective
and much
appreciated way.
Many people have
also been
encouraging me
to initiate a
kickstarter for
an upcoming book
(can you say
‘Expansion
Rules’), and I
agree, but in
the meantime,
this more subtle
approach to
crowd funding is
the best fit.
So, here’s the
link if you’re
curious to learn
more (its
supposed to be
www.patreon.com/mcausland
but that isn’t
active yet, so
for now, follow
this link to
check it out:
http://www.patreon.com/user?u=412478
Gumroad PDF
Sales venue
Huh,
Gumroad?
What the heck is
this?
Have you heard
of
Go Direct ?
It’s a book by
Jim Kukral in
which he clearly
explains how to
sell your books
directly,
cutting out the
middle men. Now,
don’t get me
wrong, I love
the onebookshelf
sites of RPGnow
and
Drivethrurpg.com
and will always
use their
services and
expect to find
new fans for the
TME through
their sites,
however, they
take a nearly
half of each PDF
sale. They
deserve that for
customers they
attract to our
products, but we
do a lot of
independent
advertising at
our cost and
then go on to
send people to
the links at
their site.
That's not
right.
So, finally,
you can get the
same PDF
products through
our site and we
earn 95%.
Gumroad is a
file hosting and
payment site
(secure credit
card payments),
and its the way
of the future if
you ask me.
So, if
you click a link
to a PDF from
our site, this
newsletter or
some other
online source in
our various
feeds, you’ll
probably be
taken to Gumroad
for checkout.
The price for
our PDFs is the
same to you, and
they allow free
and pay what you
want products
and free copy
delivery, so
please give this
new option a try
as it will make
a huge
difference to
us.
Our goal
is not merely to
survive at this
indie publishing
thing, but to do
well enough to
commission work
from other
artists,
writers, editors
and specialists
in other areas,
and promote The
Mutant Epoch far
and wide. We are
just getting
started
Epochians, and
with your help,
we can
eventually see
The Mutant Epoch
to be the
dominant
post-apocalyptic
RPG on the
market, and the
hub rules on
every gamer’s
book shelf.
I hope you’ll
give our pdf
books on gumroad
a chance. Thanks
for your
support!
Curious? Here’s
the link to the
Mutant Bestiary
One:
https://gumroad.com/l/vcVCM
Form
Fillable PDF
character sheets
Some months ago
Thorneldrich
from our forums
began sending us
form fillable
PDF variants of
all our standard
character
sheets, as well
as the GM’s
Character
Campaign
reference sheet.
We’ve
placed these in
the Society of
Excavators
member’s area in
the Character
Sheets zone at
this link:
http://www.outlandarts.com/membersonly/TME-SOE-character-sheets.htm
Special
thanks, applause
and an extra
share of the
loot are in
order for Thorn
for his hard
work on these
highly valuable
resources. Be
sure to check
out his other
awesome
contributions to
the game on the
forum:
http://mutantepochforum.boards.net/user/101
Thank you, sir!
Movie
Previews
Mad Max:
Fury Road
Official
Comic-Con
Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdLl1GVjOrc
The music by
Junkie XL sounds
freakin’
fantastic. Good
drawing tunes if
you ask me!
Check it out:
Into the
Storm -
Official Main
Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBH25XxM-7g
or go to the
official site:
http://intothestormmovie.com/
What? This
came out in
August? Has
anyone seen this
yet? Flaming
tornados? Going
to use that in a
game!
AMERICAN
SNIPER
Trailer #1
(2014)
Bradley Cooper,
Clint Eastwood
Movie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZtrhRRw53Y
So, this is the
movie about the
late Navy Seal,
Chris Kyle. I
read the book
and found it
fascinating and
harsh. The idea
of small combat
teams appeals to
me for many
reasons, but as
far as The
Mutant Epoch
goes, you got to
admit that a
well run
excavation party
is more like a
fire team than a
mob of looters
ransacking a
local
neighborhood.
Having
characters with
different gear,
skills and
mutations
fulfilling
different roles
is a smart move,
especially if
you can have a
couple of PCs on
a nearby rooftop
setup on
‘overwatch’
while the main
dig team
approaches an
objective.
Still, unlike
Mad Max, which
is purely
fictional,
American Sniper
may be too much
reality for some
folks, as is
evidenced in the
comments under
the youtube
video’s link.
Holy crap.
People
there are
debating on
whether or not
he was a hero or
psychopath. I
never met the
guy so can’t
say, but snipers
are a rare breed
and essential to
a modern
military as
observers and a
force
multiplier.
Here’s a
link to another
youtube video
about a USMC
sniper in
Fallujah,
Iraq
if you want to
see more:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kq4x8nJDW6k
Podcast
Spotlight
Pritzker
Military Museum
& Library
http://www.pritzkermilitary.org/
For me, one
thing about
tabletop RPG
gamers that
holds true in 9
outa 10 cases is
that you people
are smart.
Whether
university grads
or high school
drop outs, rpg
gamers are well
read and
abnormally well
versed in
history. Let me
share with you
one of my
favorite podcast
shows, the
Pritzker
Military Museum
& Library
podcast.
Covering
U.S.
military events
and
personalities,
this show is
something I
listen to during
the long,
solitary hours I
keep in the
studio. I think
you history fans
are going to
appreciate this
if you haven’t
already
discovered the
series.
Recently,
the Korengal
episode was
presented and it
gripped me. It
was one of those
shows that made
me put down my
pencil and just
listen in awe of
what Sabastian
Junger related.
You can
either subscribe
via itunes or
give this one
show a listen
with
this link:
Acclaimed
writer and
journalist
Sebastian Junger
returns to the
Pritzker
Military Museum
& Library for a
special
screening and
discussion of
his new film, Korengal.
http://www.pritzkermilitary.org/whats_on/pritzker-military-presents/sebastian-junger-korengal/#podcast
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Why? Well, for
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That's it
Epochians.
In closing, stay
tuned for more
frequently
updated
newsletters as
we announce some
overdue free
Creatures of the
Apocalypse and
upcoming ‘pay
what you want'
One Day Digs.
Yes, Mutant
Bestiary One
took about 6
months longer
than was
anticipated.
When you see all
the art
you'll know why!
Best
regards from the
frozen wastes of
British Columbia,
William
McAusland
Creator
The Mutant Epoch
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The Mutant Epoch
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Inks
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