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Free RPG: System Crashers
A group of women fight back against a fantasy medieval society that systemically wrongs them. You were murdered in a previous life. Until you reach your personal catharsis, you will not escape the circle of reincarnation...
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Seasonal Surprise: New Hypertellurians Powers and a new Character Sheet
Before the turning of the year, I thought I'd talk about what's in store for Mottokrosh Machinations in the new year, and spice things up with a public playtest of new powers for Hypertellurians, as well as a brand new character sheet...
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Customizable Fantasy Vehicles for Hypertellurians and Other RPGs
Vehicles don't seem to come up that often in fantasy RPGs, but I've always had a soft spot for them; vehicles and portable fortresses of some kind—essentially anything that provides some protection (and comfort) to the characters and that can come with them on adventures...
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Essen Spiel Recap
At the time of writing, the Mottokrosh Machinations team has returned from Internationale Spieltage, or Essen Spiel, or Spiel, as it's more often known. Possibly the biggest boardgame convention in the world...
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Impressions from the Kickstarter Wrap-Up Event
This weekend we had a little get-together in honor of the Capes and Cloaks and Cowls and a Park Kickstarter campaign having finished. The event was held at All the Problems in This World, an awesome RPG and comics store in Kreuzberg...
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All that is New
Coinciding with the launch of the Capes and Cloaks and Cowls and a Park Kickstarter is the grand website update! A long time in the making, this update changes the plumbing from the ground up and comes with a brand new design...
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Capes and Cloaks and Cowls and a Park coming to Kickstarter
Jan 26th update: The Kickstarter is now live! I'm delighted to tell you about Mottokrosh Machinations' upcoming book, Capes and Cloaks and Cowls and a Park. It's a system neutral, self-contained adventure setting...
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Useful Ultracosmic Critters
In a science fantasy adventure game like Hypertellurians there is an emphasis on wondrous discoveries and unexpected, epic actions and consequences. But that doesn't mean that every single opponent you have to overcome is crazier than the next...
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Mundane is the New Magical
How do you decide whether a found piece of loot makes it onto your character's inventory sheet? At early levels it might depend on its monetary worth, so you might end up carting around all the leather armors and shortswords of the brigands you just slew...
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Riddarnisse—A Seasonal Mausritter Hack
Doodled by Mottokrosh, with thanks to various elves' costumes for sale. Welcome to Riddarnisse ("knight elf"), the utterly unofficial Mausritter hack where you play Santa's little elves, in a North Pole...
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Witches in a Well Audiobook
Last Halloween, I posted a spruced up version of my entry to the 200 word RPG challenge, Witches in a Well. Play as a witch stuck in a well, and get ready to hurtle through the Ultracosm, and to create spells to escape your predicament...
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Post Release Round-Up
It's been a big two weeks for Mottokrosh Machinations. We started with the launch of the new Hypertellurians (M)Anvil Edition (want to know why it's called that—check out the Q&A videos later) at Virtually Expo...











