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Free PDFs, day two: Croak

Jared Earle — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 11:02:21 +0000

The Croak is a species of bird found throughout most regions of Mort. They are avian scavengers feeding on Carrion and refuse. It derives its name from the deep throaty call it makes when disturbed or hungry. They are often referred to as ‘flying rats’ as over the years they’ve become as numerous and bothersome as the urban rodent.

A free single-page PDF for SLA Industries, downloadable from our store.

Boomer – a SLA Industries resource

Jared Earle — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 20:43:22 +0000

Taking the fight to Thresher
“We were taking heavy losses from a couple of Sarges, but when we radioed for reinforcements, we were ordered to fall back and take cover. We assumed an air strike was incoming, which annoyed us no end; we are pretty fed up of losing friends to incompetent air support. What happened instead was we heard a wail of what sounded, to put it mildly, a howling nutter. Then, we were blessed with this vision of what looked like a hunchback in clown shoes, lolloping across the battle scene with an urgent gait. Then the Boomer, that’s what we’re being told it’s called …”

A free PDF for SLA Industries, downloadable from our store.

Nightfall Games Online Store

Jared Earle — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 09:41:44 +0000

You can now buy SLA Industries products directly from us. We will have exclusive items from time to time, starting with badges, key rings, prints and limited edition printed versions of the Data Packets.

SLA Industries – News

Jared Earle — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 09:00:50 +0000

Romark Entertainment has acquired the film and television rights to the critically acclaimed Role-Playing Game, “SLA Industries,” from publisher Nightfall Games. As part of the acquisition, Romark and “SLA” creators Dave Allsop and Jared Earle are also announcing a partnership that will see the two sides come together under one banner to focus exclusively on the expansion of the 20-year running series into the comic book, video game and art worlds.

Independently released in 1993, SLA Industries is set in a futuristic dystopia where players, wielding advanced weaponry and arcane abilities, take on the roles of Operatives working for an omnipresent and ruthless corporation hellbent on controlling the universe. In the game, appearance, style and branding are emphasized just as much as combat, politics and subterfuge. After the overwhelming success of their first year on the market, the franchise was picked up by “Magic: The Gathering” creators, Wizards of the Coast and was intended to be their follow up franchise before the focus at “Wizards” shifted away from role-playing games and into collectible card games. In 1997 Allsop and Earle reacquired the series from “Wizards” and returned to the independent market, releasing another 10 books over the following decade, and allowing “SLA” to become one of the longest-running, and most resilient role-playing franchises in history.

“We are really pleased to have found a new home for SLA Industries that can push our distinctive style into markets we could only have dreamed of,” added Dave Allsop, original creator of the game, from his Scottish home. Jared Earle, Nightfall’s managing director, added “with the expansion of ‘SLA’ and our partnering with Romark, we are excited to be able to expand our distribution arm so that will be able to begin re-releasing all of our original books in new printed and digital formats, as we move toward a return to the franchise, and the relaunch of all things ‘SLA’.”

Rock Shaink, founder of Romark Entertainment, said “We’re really excited about the opportunity to be bringing such an original and imaginative world to a whole new generation of fans,” and are eager to begin broadening the franchise into other mediums. “Having been a fan of SLA since its original publication, I’m honored and thrilled to have a chance to bring the series to life as a film” said Benjamin Jackendoff, who will produce the film alongside Shaink.

For more information and links, visit http://sla-industries.com/ where news and other information will be presented as this venture progresses.

ROMARK ENTERTAINMENT:
Romark Entertainment is a full service entertainment production company, specializing in the ability to create, adapt, develop and produce a wide variety of high-level intellectual property for film, television, video game, comic book, and gaming applications. Romark currently has development deals in place with Arcana Comics and Bit Fu Studios. Romark is currently adapting the comic book series “Grunts” for Dark Horse Entertainment, as well as the upcoming comic books “Echelon” and “The Collective”.

BENJAMIN JACKENDOFF:
Jackendoff is no stranger to the world of sci-fi and fantasy, currently producing the animated series “Grimm Fairy Tales” with director Jon Schnepp and actress Lena Headey, as well as developing and branding several properties for Zenescope Entertainment, including “The Monster Hunter’s Survival Guide” starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.

NIGHTFALL GAMES:
Founded in 1991 in Scotland, Nightfall Games is an independent gaming company that has produced SLA Industries and all of the supporting materials.

CONTACT:
pr@nightfall.co

Hunter Sheets Issue 2

Jared Earle — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 17:01:59 +0000

An operative turned offworld Despot, a Downtown media sensation on the run, a precocious gang-member and an Enforcer Shiver gone rogue. SLA Industries has twenty problems you need to deal with.

An operative’s life is never dull.

20 hunter sheets and a threat analysis on the Root Dogs in one 80-page PDF.

Discuss this on our forum.

003 – Momic 0.1

Jared Earle — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 13:54:09 +0000

What became of the Spaceship Jung? An ancient and destructive enemy returns to wreak vengeance on their former slaves and their liberators, SLA Industries.

The Momic are on Mort.

The third Data Packet from Nightfall Games, this 26-page PDF contains everything you need to introduce this insidious ebon-killer into your campaign.

Discuss this release on our forum.

Printed versions of Data Packets

Jared Earle — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 11:12:31 +0000

The first three Data Packets (Ursa Carrien, Klick’s End and Momic) have been printed in very limited numbers for Conpulsion, Scotland’s longest-running games convention, held in Edinburgh, April 6-8, 2012. If there are any copies left over, they will be made available for sale here.

Momic will be made available as a PDF at the usual outlets on the first day of Conpulsion.

BPN template

Jared Earle — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 15:43:06 +0000

Here’s a JPEG of the new BPN template for those who haven’t just extracted the image from Ursa Carrien.

Click the image to embiggen

002 – Klick’s End

Jared Earle — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 14:29:39 +0000

Klick’s End – a Downtown area that SLA Industries has left to rot. The dregs of society ruled by a dangerous quartet of Props where pig fighting and glue sniffing are all that’s left to do.

Say hello to the pigs.

The second of the Data Packets from Nightfall Games, this ten-page PDF contains a setting, some Props and a BPN for the mysterious M.R. Division. Have you got what it takes?

Discuss this Data Packet our forum.

Reviews:
RPGNow
Rollenspiel Almanach (German)
Reviews from R’lyeh

001 – Ursa Carrien

Jared Earle — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 13:28:08 +0000

A new threat has surfaced in Cannibal Sector Two and it’s hungry.

The first of the Data Packets from Nightfall Games, this six-page PDF contains a creature and a BPN for a group of operatives to prove their worth to SLA Industries.

Discuss this Data Packet on our forum.

Reviews:
RPGNow
RPG.net
R’lyeh Reviews
Impworks
Rollenspiel Almanach (German)