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Posthuman Studios • Eclipse Phase @posthumanstudios.com · 12h

Moose With Cup Creative's KS for Eclipse Phase: SCUM is very nearly at the 48-hour remaining mark!

Late last night they dropped the Alpha version of the rulebook for everyone to check out: www.kickstarter.com/projects/dav...

Please check it out and give it a share or two!

Update 5: VERY Alpha Rulebook is up! · SCUM: An Eclipse Phase Board Game

Just a quick update... My colleague Adam from Posthuman Studios has been cranking away on the rulebook layout, and I think you will agree, it is looking great! Excited to move into the next phase, whe...

www.kickstarter.com

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Reposted by Posthuman Studios • Eclipse Phase

Posthuman Studios • Eclipse Phase @posthumanstudios.com · 11h

The massive sylvan environment of our upcoming weird fantasy RPG, The Snarl, can be divided into four distinct zones/layers—and a fifth otherworldly outlier.

The Canopy: the treetop realm - light, balloon ships, safety

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Reposted by Posthuman Studios • Eclipse Phase

Adam Makey @darkestadam.bsky.social · 2d

@hebanongames.bsky.social running @posthumanstudios.com Eclipse Phase campaign for RPPR.

I think it was the first game I listened to that grappled with big ideas.

Thought Punks 🎲 TTRPGs + Punk 👩‍🎤 @thoughtpunks.com · 2d

For tons of folks, there was that -one- game that blew the doors open and showed what #TTRPGs could be. The one that started the #IndieGame rabbit hole.

What was YOUR "gateway" indie #TTRPG? The first one that made you realize a whole other world was out there?

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Reposted by Posthuman Studios • Eclipse Phase

Robin J | Cozy RPG Reviews @cozyrpgreviews.bsky.social · 15h

I remember seeing Eclipse Phase by @posthumanstudios.com in a shop around 2010. I couldn't afford it (and regretfully never did buy it) but it awakened something in me.

I think Numenera by @montecookgames.com was my true gateway drug a couple of years later...

Thought Punks 🎲 TTRPGs + Punk 👩‍🎤 @thoughtpunks.com · 2d

For tons of folks, there was that -one- game that blew the doors open and showed what #TTRPGs could be. The one that started the #IndieGame rabbit hole.

What was YOUR "gateway" indie #TTRPG? The first one that made you realize a whole other world was out there?

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Posthuman Studios • Eclipse Phase @posthumanstudios.com · 11h

Check out more on our Dev blog!: thesnarlrpg.com/blog

thesnarlrpg.com

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Posthuman Studios • Eclipse Phase @posthumanstudios.com · 11h

Notches - extra dimensional spaces, big enough for cities.

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Posthuman Studios • Eclipse Phase @posthumanstudios.com · 11h

The Roots - underground. Worm tunnels, buried cities, danger.

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Posthuman Studios • Eclipse Phase @posthumanstudios.com · 11h

The Mulch - the bottom. Dark, murky, muddy, Creep-infested.

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Posthuman Studios • Eclipse Phase @posthumanstudios.com · 11h

The Tangles - the middle realm. Thick, entangled, dim, misty

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Posthuman Studios • Eclipse Phase @posthumanstudios.com · 11h

The massive sylvan environment of our upcoming weird fantasy RPG, The Snarl, can be divided into four distinct zones/layers—and a fifth otherworldly outlier.

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Posthuman Studios • Eclipse Phase @posthumanstudios.com · 12h

Moose With Cup Creative's KS for Eclipse Phase: SCUM is very nearly at the 48-hour remaining mark!

Late last night they dropped the Alpha version of the rulebook for everyone to check out: www.kickstarter.com/projects/dav...

Please check it out and give it a share or two!

Update 5: VERY Alpha Rulebook is up! · SCUM: An Eclipse Phase Board Game

Just a quick update... My colleague Adam from Posthuman Studios has been cranking away on the rulebook layout, and I think you will agree, it is looking great! Excited to move into the next phase, whe...

www.kickstarter.com

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Posthuman Studios • Eclipse Phase @posthumanstudios.com · 5d

Glad you like!

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Posthuman Studios • Eclipse Phase @posthumanstudios.com · 5d

Historically, kalioctera communities have leaned towards the matriarchal and polyandrous, with females taking protective and leadership roles and often having numerous male partners.

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Posthuman Studios • Eclipse Phase @posthumanstudios.com · 5d

Kalioctera exhibit sexual dimorphism. Male kalioctera are small, fast, colorful, and capable of flight. Females are much larger and tougher, with horns and more wicked mandibles, though slower and capable of only limited flight (more like assisted jumps, really).

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Posthuman Studios • Eclipse Phase @posthumanstudios.com · 5d

They breathe and talk via spiracles in their abdomen, below their thorax.

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Posthuman Studios • Eclipse Phase @posthumanstudios.com · 5d

Each kalioctera has a chitinous exoskeleton, compound eyes, mandibles, antennae, claws, and six limbs. They have two pairs of wings: hardened protective elytra forewings (not used for flight) and softer hindwings that fold under the elytra for protection.

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Posthuman Studios • Eclipse Phase @posthumanstudios.com · 5d

Kalioctera (kah-LEE-OCT-ur-ah) are a gregarious, wood-boring, herbivorous, beetle-like species. They are masters at crafting elaborate tunnels and homes within the pillars and are known for their artisanal, architectural, and wood-working skills.

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Posthuman Studios • Eclipse Phase @posthumanstudios.com · 5d

Follow our Dev blog! Http://snarlrpg.com/blog

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Posthuman Studios • Eclipse Phase @posthumanstudios.com · 5d

Beetle people! Kalioctera are one of the species you can choose from when making a character in The Snarl (our upcoming weird fantasy RPG).

(Art by @crimreaper.bsky.social )

2 kalioctera beetlefolk. A large female and a small colorful male perched on her shoulder.

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Posthuman Studios • Eclipse Phase @posthumanstudios.com · 6d

Over on The Snarl's Dev blog, we talk about a key aspect of the setting: the gargantuan trees called pillars that make up the entirety of the world.

snarlrpg.com/the-pillars/

The Pillars

The pillars are ancient if not immortal, having existed since the dawn of recorded history.

snarlrpg.com

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Reposted by Posthuman Studios • Eclipse Phase

Posthuman Studios • Eclipse Phase @posthumanstudios.com · 12d

When you make a character in The Snarl, you can choose from twelve different species that live in the world known as the Weald. Today I’m going to talk a bit about one of the stranger ones: Clackers.

A living tree creatures, with lichen-like sensory organs and a glowing red crystal in its chest, holding an axe

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Posthuman Studios • Eclipse Phase @posthumanstudios.com · 12d

Art by @crimreaper.bsky.social !

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Posthuman Studios • Eclipse Phase @posthumanstudios.com · 12d

Clackers come in a wide variety of forms, large and small. Many mimic the forms of other Weald species; others are more esoteric. Their sap-like blood possesses regenerative capabilities.

A small quadruped Clacker tree creature with birch-like bark holding a horn

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Posthuman Studios • Eclipse Phase @posthumanstudios.com · 12d

In this way, a mind is granted a second life, in a new clacker body. Clackers are venerated as resurrected elders, each granted an opportunity to continue to share their wisdom. It is possible for PCs of other species to be resurrected as clackers if they die.

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Posthuman Studios • Eclipse Phase @posthumanstudios.com · 12d

Upon maturity, they are transplanted to a Dream Pool. As they draw nourishment from the pool’s liquid, they grow a mind crystal within their form that absorbs an intelligence from within the pool’s Dreaming.

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