Everyday Arcana

Evil Genius announced the launch of the highly-anticipated Everyday Arcana Line at GenCon 2024. This  line will include the following books:

• The Everyday Arcana Player’s Handbook is full to the brim with new player options, including rules for playing a variety of non-human species, magical backgrounds, professions, classes, and a full set of spells. Additionally, it introduces the Shadows Surrounding setting and provides useful explanations for the many options available.
• They are also releasing an Everyday Arcana GM’s Guide. This tome includes tools and advice for running modern fantasy games, the deeper secrets of the Shadows Surrounding setting, and a full guide to creating your own Everyday Arcana world. More importantly, it’s where you’ll find a plethora of magical items and other goodies to give as rewards to your fearless heroes.
• The Bestiary presents you with a massive array of creatures, monsters, and magical beings to include in your games. Here you will find opponents to challenge your heroes at every level, whether you are playing in the Shadows Surrounding setting or one of your own making.
• Shadows Surrounding: the winning campaign setting is a world like ours, but there is a hidden society of magical practitioners and creatures that lurk in the shadows. In 2014 their secret was revealed, and magic practitioners have been coming out of hiding. Now, magic is a growing force, forever altering the world in ways that no one expected. 

Brenna Davis and Casey Maas met four years ago through their shared passion for tabletop RPGs and have an appreciation for diverse hobbies. Similarly, Rebecca and Sam Wamack, married for over 15 years, have spent the last 25 years gaming and are now sharing this love of games with their children. Together these four passionate gamers run and play a variety of games, including their Everyday Heroes campaign, Shadows Surrounding, at Natural 20 Works, Casey’s friendly local gaming store in Nashville, TN.

The Everyday Arcana project is being expertly led by Evil Genius’ in-house producer BJ Hensley. BJ is a game designer and author who brings over 15 years of industry leadership and creativity to Evil Genius Games. The founder of Playground Adventures and former VP of Lone Wolf Development, BJ’s work spans major companies like Green Ronin, Kobold Press, Paizo, Pinnacle Entertainment Group, Renegade Games and Wizards of the Coast. Based in Indiana, she’s also a devoted gamer, artist, and the proud co-leader (parent) of a six-person adventuring party and their two furry companions.

For more information about Everyday Arcana visit their website.

Evil Genius Games confirms the upcoming release of three remarkable projects, The Military Handbook,  Weapons Locker and The Garage set for launch in 2024.

The Military Handbook is a gritty, realistic military game designed by a team of military veterans and active-duty service members. Focusing on the detailed facets of military duty, both in the garrison and the field, the team aims to create a game that genuinely tests its heroes. The book will cover some of the world’s top Tier 1 special operations units. It will also add new rules around wound locations, fatigue, morale, battlefield hygiene, trauma & PTSD, and how to run games with heroes of mixed levels to represent different levels of combat experience. 

Simultaneously, Evil Genius Games will release Weapons Locker. This unique project delves into the intricate differences between over a thousand weapons, from primitive weapons to those used in WWI and WWII, all the way up to contemporary and near-future weapons and their use. By discussing the context around the existence of different weapons, we give players information they can use to bring focus and add depth to their heroes through weapons modification and ammunition choice.

Heroes like ours need to get from place to place, and we’re going to help with The Garage (The Garage is a placeholder title for the book). This book will provide transportation options from horses to spacecraft. Additionally, we will introduce new chase challenges, and expanded rules for sites from safe houses to workshops. We plan to release it in November 2024.

The driving force behind these exciting projects is Rich Redman, a military veteran and renowned figure in the gaming industry. Rich was one of the original creators of d20 Modern, the inspiration behind Everyday Heroes. Known for his eccentricity, Redman reportedly spearheads operations from a secluded mountain fortress in Tibet, an idiosyncratic detail that only adds to his distinct persona.

While Redman may jest about his yeti guards and fictitious patents, it’s his illustrious career in game development that garners universal admiration. A multi-award-winning novelist and a significant contributor to prominent games like Dungeons & Dragons, Magic: The Gathering, and Star Wars, Redman’s professional prowess far outweighs his humorous eccentricities.

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About Evil Genius Games

Evil Genius Games, a Black-owned game publisher, was founded in 2021 to produce modern-day tabletop roleplaying games. With a team of deeply experienced game designers, Evil Genius creates games that are fun and epic in scope. Its first game, Everyday Heroes, is a tabletop roleplaying game set in the modern world. In 2023, Evil Genius will launch several campaign settings based on popular movie licenses such as The Crow, Pacific Rim, Kong: Skull Island, Highlander, Rambo, Total Recall, Universal Soldier, and Escape From New York. More information on Evil Genius Games can be found online at www.evilgeniusgames.com.

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