Official news and updates from Tab Creations LLC.
Progress on Shadows Over Sol continues at a breakneck pace. Reports from the second open playtest have been coming in, revisions have been made and we’re soon going to ramp up to get ready for the final round of playtesting. Most systems have reached a stable state in playtest, but the ship-to-ship combat system is going get a bit more attention and polish in this upcoming round....
Our Ganjifa: Indian Playing Cards are now available on DriveThruRPG in a print-and-play format! This 19-page PDF comes complete with rules for four historic card games playable with the Ganjifa, as well as a full copy of the 96-card Ganjifa deck. Just print off a copy and you're ready to play!...
Progress on Shadows Over Sol is coming right along. In the last week the first draft of the game was finished, a few more revisions to the rules were made and the open beta of the game was updated to its second phase. This draft of the game stands at around 110,909 words, and the second playtest has already been downloaded quite a few times. This version of the playtest includes our new vehicles, engineering and hacking systems. Feedback from the first playtest was invaluable for improving the game. We hope the feedback keeps coming....
Today we are pleased to announce the beginning of the second phase of the open beta for Shadows Over Sol, our upcoming science fiction horror roleplaying game. Taking into account the feedback we received during the first open beta, we have made numerous fixes and tweaks to the game. Shadows Over Sol uses the latest iteration of the Saga Machine system - the same system used by Against the Dark Yogi....
Things have been remarkably busy in Tab Creations-land - so busy that we even missed our Tab Update last quarter. But rest assured, this update covers everything we've done in the past year, as well as everything we're planning for the upcoming year....
Virtual tabletop (VTT) applications are great. I remember playing some great campaigns over OpenRPG back in the day, and run a campaign over MapTools for a bit. That said, VTTs also have their limitations, especially when it comes to trying to emulate the in-person RPG experience....
After a three-week absence from Amazon, our Ganjifa: Indian Playing Cards are once again available. The reason for the absence is that we did not want a repeat of last year when Amazon removed the cards for purchase for the duration of the holiday season. As a side effect, we've moved to Amazon doing the fulfilling for purchased cards. This also means that the Ganjifa cards are now available with free shipping through Amazon Prime and other shipping offers....
Recently we have released the Against the Dark Yogi: Bhurloka Poster Map in both print and electronic formats. The blurb for the map is below....
Today we are pleased to announce the start of the open beta test for Shadows Over Sol, our upcoming science fiction horror roleplaying game. Shadows Over Sol uses the latest iteration of the Saga Machine system - the same system used by Against the Dark Yogi....
The initial closed beta test of Shadows Over Sol just came to an end, and our first open beta test is scheduled to begin in the next few days....