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Timemaster
''Timemaster'' is a role-playing game centered on traveling through time and alternate dimensions, written by Mark D. Acres, Andria Hayday and Carl Smith (game designer) and published by Pacesetter Ltd in 1984. Players take on the role of Time Corps agents to fix deviations in the timeline of the game. The primary antagonists are the Demoreans, a fictional race of shape-shifting aliens from another dimension who are determined to mold time to suit their needs. History The games company Pacesetter Ltd was founded by former employees of TSR (company), TSR who had left the company because they felt that in terms of role-playing games, it was headed in the wrong direction. Although Pacesetter was short-lived, it produced several role-playing games within a one-year period, all based around the same house system of rules, with the first three being ''Chill (role-playing game), Chill'', ''Star Ace'', and ''Timemaster''. ''Timemaster'', published by Pacesetter in 1984, was designed by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clash Of Kings (Timemaster)
''Clash of Kings'', subtitled "A Tale of Arthur and Merlin", is an adventure published by Pacesetter Ltd in 1984 for their time-travelling role-playing game ''Timemaster'' Plot summary ''Timemaster'' is a game in which players are time-travelling agents of a bureau that seeks to prevent the historical timeline from being changed. ''Clash of Kings'' is an adventure in which the player characters are sent back to Britain in 492 CE during the reign of Uther Pendragon. There they will meet dragons, Merlin, King Arthur, Arthur and the evil race of aliens called the Demoreans who are trying to damage the timeline. Publication history The games company Pacesetter Ltd was founded by former employees of TSR (company), TSR who had left the company because they felt that in terms of role-playing games, it was headed in the wrong direction. Although Pacesetter was short-lived, it produced several role-playing games within a one-year period, all based around the same house system of rules, wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crossed Swords (Timemaster)
''Crossed Swords'' is an adventure published by Pacesetter Ltd in 1984 for the fantasy time-travel role-playing game ''Timemaster''. Plot summary The Time Corps agents are sent back in time to investigate strange events involving the Three Musketeers. Like the novels of Alexandre Dumas Alexandre Dumas (, ; ; born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (), 24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870), also known as Alexandre Dumas père (where '' '' is French for 'father', to distinguish him from his son Alexandre Dumas fils), was a French writer ..., the players have to contend with the rival guards of Cardinal Richelieu as well as the political intrigue of the court of Louis XIV at Versailles. Publication history The small game company Pacesetter was founded by former employees of TSR (company), TSR who had left the company because they felt that in terms of role-playing games, it was headed in the wrong direction. One of Pacesetter's products was ''Timemaster'', in which player characters ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pacesetter Ltd
Pacesetter Ltd was a game company based in Delavan, Wisconsin, founded in 1984. Company founders included CEO John Rickets, and Mark Acres, Andria Hayday, Gaye Goldsberry O'Keefe, Gali Sanchez, Garry Spiegle, Carl Smith, Stephen D. Sullivan and Michael Williams. Pacesetter produced both tabletop role-playing games and board games. ''Chill'' was possibly Pacesetter's most well-known product. It was subsequently republished in revised form by Mayfair Games after Pacesetter's demise. When the company 54°40' Orphyte was founded in 1991, they purchased many of the product rights to Pacesetter's games and all of its backstock. ''Chill'' is owned by Martin Caron. In October 2014, it was announced that Martin Caron had granted Matthew McFarland the right to create and publish "Chill" (3rd edition) '' Star Ace'' is owned by Phillip Reed and Christopher Shy of Ronin Arts. ''Timemaster'' and ''Sandman'' are owned by Daniel Proctor of Goblinoid Games (publisher of ''Labyrinth Lord'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Star Ace
''Star Ace'' is a role-playing game published by Pacesetter Ltd in 1984. Description ''Star Ace'' is a science-fiction system. The rules are simple; most actions are resolved by checking against a single multi-purpose table. Player characters are Star Aces, interstellar outlaws who oppose the Empire. The game includes a rulebook (64 pages), a campaign setting, the "Wilderness Briefing Manual" (32 pages), an introductory scenario "Deuces Wild" (16 pages), a star map, and counters. The game is compatible with ''Chill'' and ''Timemaster''. Publication history ''Star Ace'' was designed by Mark Acres and Gali Sanchez, and was published by Pacesetter Ltd in 1984 as a boxed set including a 64-page book, a 32-page book, and a 16-page book, a large color map, a cardstock counter sheet, and dice. ''Chill'', ''Timemaster'', and ''Star Ace'' were all built around the same house system and all released by Pacesetter within a year. Reception Marcus L. Rowland reviewed ''Star Ace'' for ''Wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cleopatra Gambit
''The Cleopatra Gambit'' is a 1984 role-playing game adventure for ''Timemaster'' published by Pacesetter Ltd, Pacesetter. Plot summary ''The Cleopatra Gambit'' is an adventure in which the player characters must stop the shape-shifting Demoreans from carrying out their plans in ancient Egypt. Reception Russell Grant Collins reviewed ''The Cleopatra Gambit'' in ''Space Gamer'' No. 74. Collins commented that "With work, the GM can make a decent session of play from this module, but if he or she doesn't have the time or inclination to do so, it certainly isn't worth it." References {{DEFAULTSORT:Cleopatra Gambit Role-playing game supplements introduced in 1984 Science fiction role-playing game adventures Timemaster ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |