Official Planet of the Apes RPG Revealed With Impressive Pre-Order Bonus & Figures

Summary An official Planet of the Apes RPG will be available for pre-order soon with exclusive items that won't be in general retailers.

The game is created by franchise veterans, led by experienced writer Andrew E.C. Gaska, with rich lore and adventure.

RPG includes a Core Rulebook, Sourcebook, Campaign Adventure Box, and a Miniatures Set, offering immersive gameplay.

An official Planet of the Apes role-playing game has been revealed, along with plenty of pre-order incentives. While the franchise has returned to cinemas with the latest in the rebooted saga, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, Magnetic Press' game pulls inspiration from the original five films in the franchise instead from the 1968 classic, Planet of the Apes through to 1973's Battle for the Planet of the Apes, with new lore and adventures added to the original storyline.

As per Magnetic Press' announcement of the game, Planet of the Apes: The Role-Playing Game will be available for pre-order on Kickstarter soon with numerous pre-order incentives and exclusive items that will only be available through this event and will not be available when the game hits general retailers. These include additional gaming materials, new miniature gameplay piece sets, physical in-world artifacts to assist roleplay as well as bonus gameplay enhancements.

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The Planet of the Apes RPG Has Been Created By Franchise Veterans

Several Authors Well Versed In The Property Form The RPG's Creative Team

Image by Magnetic Press

Fans of the franchise should rest easy that the RPG is being created by a team who are extremely well-versed in Planet of the Apes lore. The project is being led by Andrew E.C. Gaska, who wrote two official Planet of the Apes novels, and whose work as lead narrative designer on the popular Alien and Terminator RPGs has won him several awards. Other notable members of the team who have previously worked on the franchise include Rich Handley, writer of Timeline and Encyclopedia of the Planet of the Apes, Greg Cox, who wrote the official War for the Planet of the Apes movie novelization, David Walker, who has worked on the Planet of the Apes comics.

The RPG consists of four primary components. Firstly, there is the 300+ page Core Rulebook, which features artwork by Marvel Comics artist Bill Sienkiewicz and contains all of the rules, statistics, and lore necessary to introduce new players to the world of Planet of the Apes. A separate sourcebook, The ANSA Files, provides references and resources specific to the classic films and novels.

ANSA stands for American National Space Administration, an agency of the United States government that was split from NASA to minimize the risk of communist infiltration into their highly experimental research, as revealed in the Conspiracy of the Planet of the Apes novel.

The Forbidden Zone Campaign Adventure Box contains an assortment of supplemental tools and content such as maps, player markers, 12 6-sided dice, a reference screen, statistic cards, and a campaign adventure book, and lastly, the Ruins of Tomorrow Miniatures Set, which is exclusive to Magnetic Press and features several human and ape characters, along with further exclusive stretch goals such as the ANSA astronaut spaceship, a Statue of Liberty dice tower, and more.

For tabletop gamers who enjoyed the classic Planet of the Apes movies, this title certainly seems like one to watch. Currently, the title is listed as "Coming Soon" on Kickstarter, but players can sign up now to be notified when it launches to ensure they get these exclusive perks.

Sources: Magnetic Press, Kickstarter