Timemaster
| Designer(s) | Mark D. Acres, Andria Hayday, Carl Smith |
|---|---|
| Publisher(s) | Pacesetter Ltd, Goblinoid Games |
| Publication date | 1984 (Pacesetter Ltd), 2011 (Goblinoid Games) |
| Genre(s) | science fiction |
| System(s) | Percentile based (d100) |
Timemaster is a role-playing game centered around traveling through time and alternate dimensions.[1] Players take on the role of Time Corps agents to fix deviations in the timeline. The primary antagonists are the Demoreans, a race of shape-shifting aliens from another dimension who are bent upon molding time to suit their needs.
Setting
Timemaster is a science fiction role-playing game. Characters may come from any point in history, and from alternate dimensions. The Time Corps is based far in the future, in 7192. Adventures may take place anywhere from medieval times to the space age.
Time Corps
In Timemaster, the Time Corps are the policing agency responsible for safeguarding the natural flow of time both within their home dimension and in other dimensions. Agents are rescued from the past and recruited into the ranks, though they are forbidden from returning to any time that overlaps their previous lives.
Editions
The game was originally produced by a company called Pacesetter Ltd.[1] Once Pacesetter Ltd ceased operations in 1986 (though continues to exist as a Goblinoid Games product line), Timemaster was bought in 1990 by 54° 40' Orphyte, Inc. In 2011, the game was purchased by Goblinoid Games, and a revised version of the rule set was published. Goblinoid Games plans to reprint all of the scenarios and sourcebooks. A total of twelve official modules and one major rules supplement were released by Timemaster's publishers between 1984 and 1992. The revised edition of the rules has the same cover as the original game, but the original public domain interior art has been replaced with custom illustrations.
Products
Numerous products were published for Timemaster.
Pacesetter edition
- Timemaster (box set)
Game tools
- Timemaster Screen (included Missing: PT 109 scenario)
Sourcebooks and scenarios
- The Assassin Queen (scenario)
- Clash of Kings (scenario)
- The Cleopatra Gambit (scenario)
- Crossed Swords (scenario)
- Partisans from the Shadows (scenario)
- Sea Dogs of England (scenario)
- Temples of Blood (scenario)
- Terrible Swift Ford (scenario)
- Timestorm (scenario)
- Timetricks (sourcebook)
- Whom the Gods Destroy (scenario)
54° 40' Orphyte, Inc. products
Scenarios
- Darkest Before the Dawn (scenario)
- Miss Him, Miss Him, Miss Him (scenario)
Pacesetter System game line (Goblinoid Games)
- Timemaster Core Rulebook
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Timemaster (Review)". RPGnet. 2003. Retrieved 2012-03-12.