In September 2022 we presented the all-new Apocalypse Engine 5 Bundle, our fifth offer of RPGs Powered by the Apocalypse – that is, based on Vincent and Meguey Baker’s landmark indie game Apocalypse World. After the site’s previous Apocalyptic offer in May 2020, new PbtA games hit the hobby with great success, including The Between by Jason Cordova (Brindlewood Bay), Voidheart Symphony by Minerva McJanda (Legacy: Life Among the Ruins), and the Kickstarter hit Hearts of Wulin.
There were five complete games in our Starter Collection (retail value $46) as DRM-free .PDF ebooks, including Last Fleet (Black Armada), Pigsmoke: An RPG of Sorcerous Academia (Certain Death), and three “ashcan” preview editions of forthcoming Magpie Games titles: Crossroads Carnival, Passing, and Rapscallion.
Those who paid more than the threshold (average) price also got our entire Bonus Collection with five more titles worth an additional $67.50, including Gauntlet Publishing’s Victorian-occult Penny Dreadful-ish The Between (plus its Season 2), Gauntlet’s fine wuxia-inspired Hearts of Wulin, the nightmare-castle odyssey Voidheart Symphony (UFO Press), and Black Armada’s game of werewolf family dynamics, Bite Marks.
Ten percent of each payment (after gateway fees) went to this Apocalypse Engine offer’s pandemic-related charity, Direct Relief. Direct Relief sends protective gear and critical care medications to health workers, with emergency deliveries to medical facilities across the US and to regional response agencies across the world.
