Precis Intermedia (formerly ''Politically Incorrect Games'' and ''Spectre Press'') publishes downloadable

PDF Portable Document Format (PDF), standardized as ISO 32000, is a file format developed by Adobe in 1992 to present documents, including text formatting and images, in a manner independent of application software, hardware, and operating systems. ...

-based and traditional printed

role-playing games A role-playing game (sometimes spelled roleplaying game, RPG) is a game in which players assume the roles of characters in a fictional setting. Players take responsibility for acting out these roles within a narrative, either through literal ac ...

. They also publish downloadable paper gaming miniatures called Disposable Heroes, and other various miniatures and tabletop games. Precis Intermedia merged with Spectre Press, one of the first RPG publishers to offer PDF-based products on the internet.

Games and products

Precis Intermedia has brought back a number of previously out-of-print games, including

Shatterzone ''Shatterzone'' is a space opera role-playing game by West End Games. The game went out of print in 1997 after the company went bankrupt. The game is now back in print, owned and published by Precis Intermedia. The universe of ''Shatterzone'' ...

Masterbook ''Masterbook'' is a generic role-playing game that was published by West End Games (WEG) in 1994. Description The generic rules of ''Masterbook'', which do not have a specific campaign setting, use rules from both WEG's multi-genre role-playing ...

, Bloodshadows,

Darkwood ''Darkwood'' is a survival horror video game developed and published by Acid Wizard Studio. The game was first released through Steam Early Access on July 24, 2014, eventually becoming a full game release on August 17, 2017 for Linux, macOS, an ...

, Supergame, Maelstrom Storytelling, and A Fistfull of Miniatures. The company has also published its share of original roleplaying and tabletop games, including Treasure Awaits!, HardNova 2, Ghostories, EarthAD.2, Two-Fisted Tales, Lord of Olympus, Active Exploits Diceless Roleplaying, Warcosm, and Brutes. Other notable products include Disposable Heroes Paper Miniatures, The Amazing 8in1 Die, Exiled in Eris, and Eldritch Ass Kicking.

Hubris Games

Hubris Games was a publisher of traditional printed

based in San Francisco from 1996 to 2000. They were pioneers in the advent of story-based role-playing games. with a strong presence at game conventions including

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and

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Games and Products

The main game setting was Maelstrom Storytelling, written by Christian Aldridge and Seth Lindberg. Supporting titles included Tales from the Empire, Dacartha Prime, and the Book of Gray. The universal version of the rules was published as Story Engine. Hubris Games was also the original publisher of the popular beer & pretzels RPG

Kobolds_Ate_My_Baby! ''Kobolds Ate My Baby!'' (also known as ''KAMB'') is an indie role-playing games, independently published role-playing game from 9th Level Games, a small-press publisher and designer of humour, humorous role-playing games (RPGs) based in Pennsylva ...

. Maelstrom Storytelling and Story Engine are currently published by Precis Intermedia Gaming.

References

External links

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