{"id":2453,"date":"2009-12-16T07:00:49","date_gmt":"2009-12-16T12:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/?p=2453"},"modified":"2009-12-15T22:54:11","modified_gmt":"2009-12-16T03:54:11","slug":"doctor-who-rpg-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/12\/16\/doctor-who-rpg-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctor Who Roleplaying Game Today!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/drwhorpg2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Doctor Who: Adventures in Time and Space RPG\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/drwhorpg2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"510\" height=\"693\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The <strong>Doctor Who: Adventures in Time and Space<\/strong> role-playing game by <a title=\"Cubicle 7 Entertainment Ltd\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cubicle-7.com\/\" class=\"broken_link\">Cubicle 7 Entertainment Ltd<\/a> was released a couple weeks ago in England, and I should finally get my hands on a copy today!\u00a0 I ordered the game through my LCS, which is getting it from Diamond Comics Distributors.\u00a0 Diamond has it listed on their shipping list for today!\u00a0 Hot dog!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I&#8217;ve <a title=\"Doctor Who RPG posts\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/2009\/10\/23\/doctor-who-roleplaying-game-solicitations\/\">posted about the game previously<\/a>, but again I gotta say how impressed I am with the package they&#8217;ve put together for this game.\u00a0 First off, it&#8217;s a box set.\u00a0 How cool is that?!?!\u00a0 What game company has put out a decent RPG box set in years?\u00a0 Everyone just publishes hardbacks nowadays.\u00a0 Also, this box set is packed!\u00a0 Check out the video below done by my buddy <a title=\"HeroPress\" href=\"http:\/\/www.heropress.net\/\" class=\"broken_link\">The Acrobatic Flea<\/a>.\u00a0 He posted this on his excellent blog, <a title=\"HeroPress\" href=\"http:\/\/www.heropress.net\/2009\/12\/out-of-box-tis-thing-o-beauty.html\" class=\"broken_link\">HeroPress<\/a>, to demonstrate how nicely this box set was put together.\u00a0 It&#8217;s even got a hinged cover!\u00a0 Way to go Cubicle 7!\u00a0 Even if you don&#8217;t care for Doctor Who, you gotta admit this is a well-designed product.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><code><object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/_95qs2iNGuM&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><\/object><\/code><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a title=\"Doctor Who RPG walk-through\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_95qs2iNGuM\">Click here<\/a> if you can&#8217;t see the embedded video above.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Below is a list of the contents as you saw them in the video:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Player\u2019s Guide (86 pages)<\/li>\n<li>Gamemaster\u2019s Guide (144 pages)<\/li>\n<li>Adventure Book (30 pages)<\/li>\n<li>Character sheets (including pre-generated characters for the series cast)<\/li>\n<li>Dice<\/li>\n<li>Blank Character Sheets<\/li>\n<li>Gadget sheets<\/li>\n<li>Story Point Tokens<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You can purchase a PDF version of the box set right now from <a title=\"PDF version of the Doctor Who RPG box set\" href=\"http:\/\/rpg.drivethrustuff.com\/product_info.php?products_id=68979&amp;filters=0_0_0_0_0&amp;manufacturers_id=54\" class=\"broken_link\">DriveThruRPG by clicking here<\/a>.\u00a0 You can also join the discussion forum for the game by <a title=\"Doctor Who RPG Discussion Forum\" href=\"http:\/\/dwaitas.proboards.com\/\">clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Upcoming supplements to the game include: <a title=\"Doctor Who Gamemaster's Screen\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/2009\/10\/23\/doctor-who-roleplaying-game-solicitations\/\">Doctor Who Gamemaster\u2019s Screen<\/a>; <a title=\"Aliens and Creatures\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/2009\/10\/23\/doctor-who-roleplaying-game-solicitations\/\">Aliens and Creatures<\/a>; and <a title=\"Defending the Earth - U.N.I.T. box set\" href=\"http:\/\/www.heropress.net\/2009\/12\/defending-earth.html\" class=\"broken_link\">Defending the Earth<\/a> (U.N.I.T. box set).\u00a0 Also, next summer they&#8217;ll release a Matt Smith\/11th Doctor themed edition.\u00a0 It won&#8217;t be an all-new edition, mostly just updating the visuals and the branding.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Finally, I&#8217;ve heard a rumor that there is a credit to me and my playtesting group inside &#8211; <em>Shag (and the Unique Geeks)<\/em>.\u00a0 I&#8217;m totally stoked about that!\u00a0 I got mentioned in an official Doctor Who publication!\u00a0 My life is now 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