If you’ve been listening to the TERMINATION SHOCK podcast, you’re aware that I wrote a science fiction roleplaying game. It’s been a blast, with alien misunderstandings, amateur politicians suddenly going pro, haphazard business schemes to corner the market on personal hygiene (“we call it SOAPEC”) and the occasional karaoke contest. Having thoroughly playtested it and…… Read More
After much effort and delay, we finally have the Kickstarter running for the second edition of REIGN! With the business and layout powerhouse that is Atomic Overmind Press, we’re releasing a cleaned-up, full color, gorgeous version of my original game about lords and leaders in fantasy settings, and we are off to a great start!…… Read More
Always a cause for rejoicing in the Stolze household. This one was for science fiction, so brace yourself for a string of links, OK? Are you braced? You are? All right. First off, there’s First Contact, which is what it sounds like, a story of people meeting aliens for the first time. In this case,…… Read More
Right now, REIGN — the entirety of the line — exists as a book and sixteen internet supplements (each of which has been collected into a print-on-demand book as well). The goal for the relaunch is to turn that into two books, possibly in an attractive slipcase. Sounds easy, right? You just smack the printed…… Read More
People, it’s happening. I first released REIGN in 2007, and I can honestly say I didn’t realize where it would go or how. But the material struck a chord, the mechanics found some purchase, and the method of getting paid for it, well… let’s just say that worked well enough that other people started taking…… Read More
Have you ever wondered what I sound like? You can find out by listening to me on this link: https://soundcloud.com/greg-stolze/termination-shock-1-frasier-crane-and-the-spiders-from-mars Specifically, you can hear me running a brand-new science fiction game I designed, called TERMINATION SHOCK. It’s about struggling to cope with a world of technological overload and cultural confusion, and the delightful players I…… Read More
If you enjoyed the grimness of DELTA GREEN, you might enjoy seeing the Lovecraft Mythos from the other side. SIGIL & SIGN is a tabletop RPG getting funded now, in which you play the outsider, the monster, and the cultist. I’m one of the writers on board with it, and you can check it out…… Read More
My novel YOU was a resounding success on Kickstarter, and I could not be more grateful to the backers who put it over $10,000. If you’re one of those backers, I hope you liked the story. (If you did, maybe put up a rating or review on its Amazon, DriveThruFiction, Goodreads or Librarything page? Just…… Read More
Some of you may remember a game I worked on? Unknown Armies? Bunch of skeevy weirdos trying to undermine the fundaments of reality because no one else had the brass to try it? It’s back. In Kickstarter form. The fundraising is going great guns, which is good news for you and me both but, honestly…… Read More
It may or may not have hit your radar that the bleakest and cruelest nadir of Lovecraftian RPG settings is going in to get retooled for even greater and more efficient existential despair, but it’s happening. Check this out: DELTA GREEN is getting Kickstarted, and it’s been blowing through stretch goals left and right. The more…… Read More
