Penguin King Games

05/25/2022

"Cerebos: The Crystal City" is now available in print-on-demand!

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/353277/Cerebos-The-Crystal-City

11/01/2021

"Cerebos: The Crystal City" has been updated to version 1.01 – find the changelog here: https://penguinking.itch.io/cerebos/devlog/309898/version-101-changelog

Illustration by Madeleine Ember (https://twitter.com/MadeleineEmber)

09/22/2021

"Cerebos: The Crystal City" leaves early access today! If you’re into trains, deserts, magical realism, the looming spectre of mortality, and/or talking about your feelings, "Cerebos" may be the tabletop RPG for you.
https://penguinking.itch.io/cerebos
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/353277/Cerebos-The-Crystal-City

09/07/2021

Art preview from the forthcoming version 1.0 release of "Cerebos: The Crystal City", currently in early access on itch.io and DriveThruRPG; illustration courtesy of the very talented Kaninchenbau (https://www.deviantart.com/alicekaninchenbau).

https://penguinking.itch.io/cerebos
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/353277/Cerebos-The-Crystal-City

09/06/2021

Radical Catgirl Anarchy, Version 1.1 and Olaf Hits the Dragon with His Sword, Version 1.2 are now available. This minor update addresses portability issues in the previous versions of each game.

https://penguinking.itch.io/radical-catgirl-anarchy
https://penguinking.itch.io/olaf-hits-the-dragon-with-his-sword

09/05/2021

Jellyfish Felonies, Version 1.1 has been released. This is a minor update that addresses reported readability issues with version 1.0. The updated files can be downloaded here:

https://penguinking.itch.io/jellyfish-felonies

A game for three to five players

08/11/2021

Version 0.254 of "Cerebos: The Crystal City" is now available in early access, plus a special two-page preview of the game's forthcoming introductory comic by Cynthia Yuan Cheng. Check out the full changelog here:

https://penguinking.itch.io/cerebos

07/27/2021

New Release: "Gaming with Godot" is a compendium of fifty tabletop RPG supplements – playbooks, scenarios, rules modules, and other miscellanea – with a catch: none of the games the material is written for actually exist.

https://penguinking.itch.io/gaming-with-godot

A game jam that never happened, for games that don't exist

07/25/2021

New Release: "Jellyfish Felonies" is a semi-competitive tabletop roleplaying game for three to five players, plus an optional GM. Lie, cheat, swindle, defraud, embezzle, and prove that you don’t need a brain to be a criminal mastermind!

https://penguinking.itch.io/jellyfish-felonies

06/25/2021

A trio of teasers from Zach Welhouse's "Cerebos: The Crystal City" version 0.253. Check out the full changelog here: https://penguinking.itch.io/cerebos

Screen reader friendly PDFs of these teasers can be downloaded here:
https://penguinking.com/cerebos/cerebos-random-touchstones-teaser.pdf
https://penguinking.com/cerebos/cerebos-guest-authors-teaser.pdf

04/11/2021

"Cerebos: The Crystal City" is now available in early access. If you're a fan of trains, deserts, magical realism, journeys through fantastical landscapes, the looming spectre of mortality, and/or talking about your feelings, this one's for you!

https://penguinking.itch.io/cerebos

A tabletop game of memory, attachment, and riding the uncanny rails

04/09/2021

It's the dawn of the final day for "Cerebos: The Crystal City" – last chance to pledge!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/penguinking/cerebos-the-crystal-city/posts/3154604

Hey, folks. At the time of this posting, exactly 24 hours remain on the clock for this campaign; after 7:00 AM CST (3:00 PM UTC) on Saturday, no further pledges will be accepted. It's time to double-check your selected rewards, make sure your itch.io or DriveThruRPG accounts are in order, and if the...

04/07/2021

The Kickstarter campaign for "Cerebos: The Crystal City" is rolling down the last mile – pledge before it's too late!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/penguinking/cerebos-the-crystal-city/posts/3152930

Hey, folks. This is it – the clock has officially ticked over from "days" to "hours". We've knocked stretch goals flat in record time and reached nearly ten times our initial target, and with over 60 hours left on the timer, there's still plenty of track ahead! We'd like to take this opportunity t...

04/05/2021

The final stretch goal for "Cerebos: The Crystal City" is in the bag – but it's not too late to get on board!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/penguinking/cerebos-the-crystal-city/posts/3150670

Hey, folks. We have two updates for today: First, we've cleared the final goal on our stretch ladder: the core rulebook will now include an introductory comic by Cynthia Yuan Cheng. You've already seen her illustrations for Cerebos throughout the campaign description, and she's an experienced comic....

04/03/2021

"Cerebos: The Crystal City" is moving into the home stretch – in more ways than one!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/penguinking/cerebos-the-crystal-city/posts/3148916

Hey, folks. Several things are moving into their respective home stretches today. First, the final part of our ongoing series of actual play posts just went up – you can find it here: https://tumblr.penguinking.com/post/647385034053091328/ For those who've been following along, this post will reve...

03/24/2021

We've just posted the first in a series of actual play reports for "Cerebos: The Crystal City". If you've been wondering what on Earth player characters in "Cerebos" actually do, read on!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/penguinking/cerebos-the-crystal-city/posts/3138354

By popular request, we've written up an actual play report based on one of Cerebos' playtest sessions. You can find Part I on the Penguin King Games blog at the following link: https://tumblr.penguinking.com/post/646498084013195264/ The remaining parts will follow in the days to come!

03/16/2021

"Cerebos: The Crystal City" is fully funded on Kickstarter, as is our initial batch of stretch goals - now it's time to set our sights a little higher. See our latest update for the details!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/penguinking/cerebos-the-crystal-city/posts/3129938

Hey, folks. The next batch of stretch goals for Cerebos: The Crystal City is up. These goals include more content from our talented guest writers – check out the stretch ladder in the project's description for details – and also a handful of more ambitious targets. We're very grateful for the to...

03/11/2021

"Cerebos: The Crystal City" is now fully funded – and in less than three hours, to boot. (Exactly two hours and twenty-eight minutes, for the incorrigibly curious.) We have officially left the station – now let’s start knocking down those stretch goals!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/penguinking/cerebos-the-crystal-city/

A tabletop game of memory, attachment, and riding the uncanny rails.