Deadlands Noir (Aug 2016)

In October 2021 we revived the August 2016 Deadlands Noir Bundle featuring Deadlands Noir, the hardboiled fantasy setting for Savage Worlds Explorer’s Edition from Pinnacle Entertainment. Noir makes you a detective, criminal, houngan, or Patent Scientist on the grim streets of 1930s New Orleans in the universe of Deadlands, Pinnacle’s weird-horror-Western RPG where the USA has broken up and strange things haunt the shadows. This bargain-priced revival once again presented all the sourcebooks, adventures, music, and maps from the May 2012 Deadlands Noir Kickstarter campaign.

There were eleven titles in this revived offer’s Starter Collection (retail value $60) as DRM-free .PDF ebooks, including the complete 145-page Deadlands Noir campaign sourcebook (plus the Hexaco North America and New Orleans maps and the Deadlands Noir Player’s Guide); 30 print-and-fold Figure Flats character standups; four full-color Combat Maps (Manor, Offices, Theatre, and Warehouse); the GM Screen Inserts; and the Savage Worlds Deluxe Explorer’s Edition rulebook.

Those who paid more than the threshold (average) price also got this revival’s entire Bonus Collection with nine more titles worth an additional $61:

• The massive 209-page Deadlands Noir Companion and its free Deadlands Noir Companion Player’s Guide (not to be confused with the Deadlands Noir Player’s Guide above)
• Two full-length adventures: The Old Absinthe House Blues and The Case of the Jumbo Shrimp
• Four more Combat Maps: Bayou, Bayou Cabin, Cemetery, and Crypts
• Music to Die For, an original soundtrack by Harry Mack especially commissioned for Deadlands Noir

Ten percent of each payment (after gateway fees) went to the charity chosen by Shane Hensley of Pinnacle Entertainment, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. NCMEC provides comprehensive resources regarding missing children, child safety, law enforcement training, and victim and family support.