The Back Hatcher is here!
 Special thanks to Brandon Goeringer for creating this new mutant monster for The Mutant Epoch RPG.
 Here is the cover followed by the text.

What’s that squishy popping sound?

Walking anywhere in the wastelands of The Mutant Epoch is always risky, but swamps pose a whole new level of peril. That squishy patch of ground your character just walked onto wasn't as safe a step as it looked, and with a squeal, a popping noise and the flash of piranha-like teeth, you’re PC just encountered a brood of clingers freshly jettisoned from a Back Hatcher!

            Created by Brandon Goeringer, this new Creature of the Apocalypse is number seven in the lineup of free monsters for The Mutant Epoch post-apocalyptic RPG. Get this 6 page PDF which includes stats for both the adult and clinger variants of this terrible new creature. The document includes a random mutation listing and robust, multi use d100 loot table for items left behind by previous victims of the dreaded Back Hatcher. Also included is a full page player handout view of the image from the cover, but without the cover text so you, the GM, can hold it up and say “This is what you’re mutant just stepped on!”

Although crafted for The Mutant Epoch role-playing game, using the Outland System Game Mechanic, a GM can easily modify the stats for the Back Hatcher and use the beast with another post-apocalyptic game system.

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Here is the link: http://www.rpgnow.com/product/130272/Back-Hatcher-Creatures-of-the-Apocalypse-7

Best regards,

 Will McAusland

Excavator Monthly Issue 6 is here!

I know a lot of you here are already on the mailing list and have heard the announcement on the releases of issue 6 of our monthly magazine, but for those of you who haven't heard, here is the brief....

Ever want to play a post-apocalyptic ninja, cowboy, marine, super model or hulking mutant freak? Now you can! Issue 6 covers 20 stereotypes available as player characters.

Another special feature in this issue is Tiny Terrors; 12 nasty critters to keep your players on their toes including mutant black widow spiders, jumping wood ticks, saw jawed newts and grass leeches to name a few. We also cover how to assign NPCs for your players to control complete with a randomized selection, articles on the difference between scavengers and excavators, outrunning your comrades, two new NPCs: Graydon the Mad and Zako the Dealer, along with the survival Pistol and Over-Armor-Tac-Harness for new relics.

This issue includes:

Special Critter Issue: Tiny Terrors:: 12 nasty little beasts

2 NPCs

2 New relics

20 Player Character Stereotypes types

Player Controlled NPCs

Outrun Your Comrades

Scavengers and Excavators

32 illustrations

44 pages

Print price $9.99 sold through lulu.com

PDF price $3.50

Now, here is some art from the latest issue. You can see a larger gallery at our website here.

Now that this issue is out the door, you'll be hearing a lot more from me in coming weeks.

Best regards,

Will

Excavator Monthly Issue 5 just released!

Whew! We finally sent issue 5 of Excavator Monthly to press, a few weeks late this time. It seems that each issue is getting more challenging to produce and thus hitting the market a bit later.

Here is the pitch...

Camping out in the ruins is insane! But sometimes things go wrong and your dig team has no choice. If you’re gonna do it, then issue 5 explains how. While the hapless PC’s are having their sleep over in the rubble heaps, why not terrorize them? For the GM, we have an article on introducing horror into your post apocalyptic campaign.

In this issue we also present more NPCs, 3 nasty new creatures: The Ponysapien, Botamorto and Gaswing, along with potent relics: the Medusa Stun Staff, Energy Shield, Tactical Knife and Recon Carbine. A new character generation method is also included bringing you the Generic Excavator, plus a new skill: Archery, articles on ruin ecology, using name tags and tent cards, another treasure table, and more!

Excavator Monthly is the official magazine for The Mutant Epoch milieu, covering the TME RPG, fiction, art and more. Not using the Outland System? No worries, there is a ton here that any post apocalyptic GM can utilize.

This issue includes:

Terrorize Them! Horror in a PA setting
2 NPCs
3 New Creatures
4 New relics
Generic Excavator Character type
Camping In The Ruins
Archery Skill
Ruin Ecology

Treasure Table EM4
25 illustration
40 pages

Softcover $9.99 PDF $3.50

Demo Link: http://www.outlandarts.com/EM-5-web-files/Excavator_Monthly_Issue-5-The-Mutant-Epoch-8-page-demo.pdf

Art Gallery http://www.outlandarts.com/TME-Excavator-Monthly-Magazine-issue5.htm