Specimen! board game update
If you’ve been following the goings-on at Toxic Bag, you know we’ve been developing a new board game called “Space Monster.” Well…it WAS called “Space Monster.” That was a working title, and always felt a little temporary. We’ve now settled on the new name “Specimen.” Same game, cooler and more serious title. We’re still taking pre-orders in hopes of being able to produce the game, and we’re still running demos at conventions to get the word out (our next appearance will be at Capricon in February).
About SPECIMEN:
Deep Space – Echo Quadrant 3H-8 – The fully loaded commercial freighter TCS Brown, its seven-member crew in suspended animation, is making the return run to Earth. In the cargo hold lies Dr. Viktor, also in suspended animation, and the mysterious specimen containers that came on board with him.
Awoken from their slumber to repair the damage caused by a meteor collision, the crew discover to their horror that Dr. Viktor has been killed and one of the mysterious specimens has been let loose as a result of the damage…and it is a life form that will stop at nothing to survive. The seven astronauts have only the tools and resources onboard to subdue and kill an organism never before encountered–an organism that evolves quickly into a nearly-unstoppable predator. Now, a simple repair job becomes a desperate struggle for survival.
SPECIMEN is a card-driven two-player board game.
New Soundpack: Eldritch Horror/Cult Ceremonies
Evil, mad, deranged, insane cults are a mainstay of horror RPGs, especially those that draw from H.P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu mythos. Many an adventurer has stumbled into a cave, clearing, basement or abandoned church to find a mob of hooded lunatics chanting in some obscure language, trying to call down an Elder God or some other beastie. Admittedly, that’s a sound most DMs would be hard-pressed to imitate convincingly. We’re here to help. Now you can have 9 cult ceremonies right on your iPod…
Introducing our new soundpack, Eldritch Horror: Cult Ceremonies. Now available from Toxicbag.com or DrivethruRPG.com for 99¢.
Sounds include:
• Binding Spell (with and without High Priest)
• Spell to Summon the Dark Beast
• Oculus Cult Ceremony and Sacrifice
• Mir’In Cult chant
• Ha’s'el Resurrection chant
• Cult Drums
• The Creed of Apollo
Did I say 9? I meant 10 cults! This month’s Free Sound is the mysterious Curse of the Elder Times, as practiced by the mysterious Mir’In cult.
New sound product: Sounds of the Pacific War: Carrier War #1
We’ve just released a new World War Two sound set, Sounds of the Pacific War: Carrier War #1.
Perfect for miniatures or war games, Sounds of the Pacific War: Carrier War #1 puts you right in the middle of the Pacific War ca. 1942. mp3 sounds include:
• U.S. STRIKE LAUNCH (1:11)
American Dauntless and Devestator bombers and Wildcat fighters roar off the flight deck of an American carrier to attack a distant Japanese task force.
• U.S. STRIKE ATTACK (1:22)
A group of Dauntless dive bombers attacks a Japanese carrier force.
• JAPANESE STRIKE ATTACK (1:54)
A group of Kate torpedo planes escorted by Zero fighters attacks an American carrier force.
Sounds of the Pacific War: Carrier War #1 is available for $1.50 from DriveThruRPG.com and Wargamer Vault.
Downloadable December: sounds sale
Happy Holidays! During December, all of our downloadable sound effects collections* are 20% off.
The Game Masters Complete Collection reg. $29.99 now $23.99
Individual Game Masters and Battles volumes reg. $9.99 now $7.99
Soundpacks reg. 99¢ now 79¢
* does not include physical product or individual track downloads
New Soundpack: sci-fi blasters and deflector shields
December’s new soundpack is Sci-Fi: Blasters and Deflector Shields: a collection of 16 energy weapon and shield sound effects for your Galactic Sci-Fi Operas. Sounds include:
• Blast Pistol – Single Shot
• Blast Pistol – Series
• Disintegrator Pistol – Single Shot
• Blast Rifle – Single Shot
• Blast Rifle – Series
• Plasma Rifle – Single Shot
• Energy Needle Gun – Single Shot
• Energy Needle Gun – Series
• Ion Gun – Single Shot
• Ion Gun – Semi Automatic
• Ion Gun – Full Automatic
• High Intensity Streaming Laser – Long Duration
• High Intensity Streaming Laser – Medium Duration
• High Intensity Streaming Laser – Short Duration
• Body Armor Field – MK I
• Body Army Field – MK II
Sci-Fi: Blasters and Deflector Shields is available for 99¢ from DriveThruRPG.com or toxicbag.com.
And as always, our Free Sound of the Month ties in with the Soundpack –it’s what we’re calling a “Streaming Neutrino Gun.” Not only can you destroy alien robot sentries by firing it, you can also make your physicist friends apoplectic just by describing it!
Rock-Con wrap up
Hi, I’m Joe Griffin, from Toxic Bag Productions…
The Toxic Bag crew had a great time at Rock-Con this part weekend. We played lots of demos of Space Monster with some fantastic people. In the coming days, Mr. Blood will be posting after-action reports about some of those demo games on his blog. We’re learning a lot about where we need to take the game from where it is, and we’re quite blown away by the enthusiasm people have for Space Monster. Thanks, everybody!
Toxic Bag at Rock-Con
This weekend, Nov. 4-6, Toxic Bag will be at Rock-Con in Rockford, Illinois. We’ll be selling our critically-acclaimed sound effects for role playing games as well as running demos of our new board game, Space Monster.
We hope to see you there!
Joe and Steve
New Soundpack: Traps!
This month’s soundpack is a great collection of vicious traps for your Fantasy campaigns. The Fantasy: Traps soundpack includes 11 trap sounds:
• Room Trap – Stone Walls Compact: Sealed inside a stone chamber, the walls begin inching closer. One thing is clear–the party is going to be a lot taller.
• Room Trap – Short fall: A classic trap door leading to a nine foot drop onto a hard stone floor.
• Room Trap – Short fall into spike pit: This trap opens above a bunch of spikes…shish kebab anyone?
• Room Trap – Fall into liquid: This trap starts with a 35 foot drop into a body of liquid. What kind of liquid and what’s in it, we leave up to you…and say, is that a giant fin???
• Room Trap – Fall into Monster pit: As if falling 9 feet and landing in a heap wasn’t bad enough, now there is a large beastie joining the party for lunch. Ooops! We meant to say “eating” instead of “joining.”
• Room Trap – Ceiling collapses: First you stick them in a dank, dark cave. Second, you seal the tunnel exit. And C, now it appears that the ceiling is coming down! Talk about a lousy afternoon.
• Chest Trap – Acid spray: The good news is, the party just found a treasure chest. The bad news is, that “runny” nose the elf just got is not from a cold…
• Floor Trap – Crossbow bolt fired: A stone pressure plate fires a crossbow bolt into the room. Perfect for temple defense!
• Floor Trap – Multiple Crossbow bolts fired: The same as above, but with many, many bolts being fired. Just let them try to steal the idol now!
• Trap Trigger – Stone: Just like it says – a stone trigger you can use for any trap you want!
• Trap Trigger – Latch: Same as the stone trigger, but this time it’s a metal latch. Enjoy!
In usual Toxic Bag fashion, we’ve left off the “result” part of many of these traps. Who knows? Your players might just get out of them alive! Fantasy: Traps is available now at DriveThruRPG for 99¢.
Also, be sure to grab our Free Sound for this month. It’s another nasty Trap – the Bottomless pit!
Space Monster pre-orders!
We’re tremendously excited to announce that we have begun accepting pre-orders for Space Monster, our new board game! We’ve done years of development and play-testing, and now it’s time to see if we can produce it! Here’s how it works in a nutshell: You pre-order the game, but we don’t charge your credit card just yet. Once we have enough pre-orders that we know we can afford to print up the game, we charge all the cards, print up the games and send them out to you. For more specifics, see our P500 page.
Much like the Kickstarter fundraising programs you may be familiar with, this method allows small businesses such as ours to create cool new products without risking everything by taking out huge loans or subjecting ourselves to scientific experiments for cash.
Space Monster is a two-person, card-driven board game that pits the human crew of an interstellar freighter against the predatory creature that has come aboard. For more information, visit the Space Monster page on our site.
New Soundpack: Horror!
Our new Soundpack, “Horror #1,” is now available at toxicbag.com and drivethrurpg.com.
Continuing the tradition of the award-winning Game Masters Collection,
Horror #1 is a collection of sounds inspired by classic horror films of the 1930s and 40s.
Sounds include:
• Vampire destroyed by sunlight (scream and disintegrate)
• Vampire destroyed by sunlight (burns up)
• Vampire destroyed by sunlight (explodes)
• Drive stake through vampire’s heart
• Animating the Man-Made Monster
• Mob of Angry Villagers
• Reading the Ancient Egyptian Curse (British and American accents)
• The Sarcophagus opens
• Canopic Jar opens
• Reading the Ancient Curse and Awakening the Mummy (British and American accents)
