Indie RPG News, Nov 4 2008
Indie Computer Roleplaying Games - All the fun, little of the hype. Unfortunately, I've let the news build up quite a bit in the last few weeks, and now I know I'm letting stuff slip through. My bad. If you have any extra news to pass along, please let me know.

Laxius Force
Okay, I am way late in announcing this one - Indinera Falls contacted me about this game about three weeks ago. If you are a fan of Aveyond or Aveyond 2 (you already know I am), this game is something you should check out. It's an RPG Maker style title, complete with manga-like characters and a story-heavy gameplay. The website advertises over 100 quests and 80 hours of gameplay.

You can download and try Laxius Force here. As far as I understand, it is PC only.

Laxius Force Website

And as long as we're on the subject of more "casual" RPGs...

Kivi's Underworld
Soldak's next game, Kivi's Underworld, is now out and available! Described as a "Casual, hack-and-slash game," Soldak Entertainment has taken a different tack from their way-awesome hardcore "Depths of Peril", but their attention to quality and detail continues to show.

While more of a casual "action adventure" game than its predecessor, Kivi's Underworld sitll possesses a lot of trappings of an RPG, and shares the same world as Depths of Peril. You can check it out yourself at Soldak's site:

Kivi's Underworld at Soldak Entertainment

Cyclopean
Cyclopean is the working title for a new indie RPG in early development, by Iron Tower Studios (who are also currently at work on indie RPG Age of Decadence). It is a turn-based indie RPG inspired heavily by H. P. Lovecraft, and takes place in Western Massachusetts in 1923. However, it is NOT based on Chaosium's pen-and-paper RPG, Call of Cthulhu.

While this is still a very early stage of development, they have created a very cool web-based character generator as a design experiment, which people are already having fun playing with. You can check it out here: Cyclopean Experimental Character Generator.

The Cyclopean Introduction Thread

Mount & Blade
The latest patch for Mount & Blade, the indie RPG with an emphasis on mounted combat, is now available.

Mount & Blade version 1.011 Patch

DROD RPG: Tendry's Tale
I wrote about the DROD (Deadly Rooms of Death) RPG over a year ago, when I played an alpha version at the Utah Indie night. Well, the game released a few weeks ago, bringing much joy to those who love both RPGs and tactical problem-solving. If you enjoy the other DROD games, this new one should be both fresh and familiar at the same time.

DROD RPG: Tendry's Tale

Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain Slick Precipice of Darkness Episode 2
I really enjoyed the first episode of this series far more than I expected to. Sometimes Penny Arcade's humor leaves me cold. But in this case - the game cracked me up, and I had a lot of fun playing it for the five hours or whatever that it provided me. Beating up on mimes was never so fun. The second episode is now out - and it's about time. I'd almost given up hope.

On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness Episode 2



And - that's what I have for now. Things are heating up again on the indie RPG front, and I know I'm letting some newsworthy items slip through the crack, but it's late at night and the switch for Daylight Savings Time is wiping me out (why do we still do this?). So I'll leave it at this for now. Enjoy!

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