Eclipse Phase, Second Edition, to be released in 2017

(The Eclipse Phase, Second Edition Kickstarter project is live!)

Posthuman Studios is pleased to announce: Eclipse Phase, Second Edition, will be released this year, after a Kickstarter project and Open Playtest. The Kickstarter and Open Playtest will go live very soon, with the new edition planned for release in October.

We’ve been working on Eclipse Phase, Second Edition for a while now, conducting private playtests and refining our approach to the game, the book, and the product line. We’re really excited about folding in the lessons we’ve learned and addressing feedback from Eclipse Phase fans.

We have made five key changes to the game:

  • Faster Character Creation — package-buy character creation lets people build characters quickly without overlooking necessary items. Point-based character creation and tweaking is still available.
  • Streamlined Resleeving — an aptitude-linked pool system means that skills don’t need to be recalculated when a character resleeves.
  • Updated Gameplay — number of skills reduced, necessary skills made easier to acquire, gear costs eliminated.
  • Four Sample Teams — pre-fabbed teams can be dropped right into a game and serve as examples of balanced parties.
  • Redesigned Book — a spread-based organization keeps material close-at-hand with less page-flipping.

Eclipse Phase

The Eclipse Phase universe is largely the same, with a few tweaks. We’ll go deeper into the changes during the Kickstarter campaign and Open Playtest!

Eclipse Phase, Second Edition, Releases
Following the print release of Eclipse Phase, Second Edition, we have a lineup planned of support products, starting with a Gamemaster’s Screen, and then followed by the Solar System Gazetteer.

For more in-depth questions, we have created a FAQ.

The Creative Team
Eclipse Phase, Second Edition is developed by Rob Boyle and Jack Graham, with Adam Jury’s graphic design. Authors include Simon Berman, Rob Boyle, Katherine Cross, Nathaniel Dean, Jack Graham, Travas Gunnell, Sarah Hood, Marc Huete, Jason Mical, Ross Payton, and Evie Smith. The cover art is from Stephan Martiniere and featured artists are Christina Davis, Maggie Ivy, Kate Laird, Mitch Malloy, Mark Molnar / Pixoloid Studios, Andy Wright.

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Thanks for your support of Eclipse Phase and Posthuman Studios—we look forward to making more great games and telling new stories in the coming years! If you have any questions or comments, you can always reach us at info@posthumanstudios.com.

Eclipse Phase on Amazon

For awhile, we had some issues getting new titles properly listed on Amazon; we're pleased to say that we've hooked up with a new distributor to handle getting stuff to Amazon, and books are now arriving promptly. Amazon now has all of our in print hardcover titles in stock, along with a few other select softcovers. Essentially, if it's in print and it's not a print on demand title, Amazon has it now!

Eclipse Phase

After the Eclipse Phase core rulebook, titles available are:


X-Risks
X-Risks

Transhumanity's Fate
Transhumanity's Fate

After the Fall
After the Fall

Firewall
Firewall

Morph Recognition Guide
Morph Recognition Guide

Morph Recognition Guide
Transhuman

Rimward
Rimward

Gatecrashing
Gatecrashing

Sunward
Sunward
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Argonauts: Science for the Greater Good is Available!

The Eclipse Phase sourcebook Argonauts: Science for the Greater Good is now available in print and PDF from DriveThruRPG.

 Argonauts is a sourcebook for Eclipse Phase players and gamemasters:

Argonauts is a 23-page sourcebook presented via Print-on-Demand and as a layered PDF with hyperlinks.

Argonauts

Argonauts: Science for the Greater Good will also be available at Indie Press Revolution by early March.

Updated DriveThruRPG Bundles!

We've updated our Eclipse Phase bundles, making it easy to complete your Eclipse Phase Collection!:

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Eclipse Phase New Year Sale!

We're welcoming 2017 with open arms and the type of sale that we have never done before: Every electronic Eclipse Phase title is $0.99 for the first 24 hours of 2017!

This includes the Eclipse Phase core rulebook, our latest release X-Risks, our fiction anthology After the Fall, the scum barge journey The Stars Our Destination, or any other of our other previous releases!


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Posthuman Now Handling Own Distributor Sales

Posthuman Studios (Eclipse Phase/Shinobi Clans) is pleased to announce that effective immediately, they are handling all distributor sales in-house. X-Risks -- the sourcebook of existential threats for Eclipse Phase -- is available now to distributors and retailers!

X-Risks

In addition to supporting the core Eclipse Phase game, Posthuman Studios has released two titles this year designed to appeal to other gamers and science fiction fans: Transhumanity's Fate, a slim conversion of the Eclipse Phase setting to Evil Hat's Fate Core rule system; and After the Fall, a science fiction anthology featuring rising stars Ken Liu, Madeline Ashby, Fran Wilde, Karin Lowachee, Wesley Schneider, and Andrew Penn Romine.

Distributors contact sales@posthumanstudios.com for all sales and marketing needs, and visit https://posthumanstudios.com/business-info for sell sheets and more!

ABOUT POSTHUMAN STUDIOS
Posthuman Studios (PS+) is the award-winning creator-owned design collective owned and operated by game industry veterans Rob Boyle, Brian Cross, Jack Graham and Adam Jury. Posthuman publishes the critically-acclaimed Eclipse Phase RPG and the card game Shinobi Clans.

Posthuman Studios believes that the future of hobby gaming is the hybridization of analog and electronic play–whether that be at the augmented tabletop or online play; that gaming has been and always will be a culture of sharing, and that we must build the creative future we want to live in. You’re invited!

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