It’s time for another look at what’s inside the upcoming Atomic Super Humans Deluxe rulebook coming this summer. This week we take a look at Chapter 2: Statistics.

All characters have seven statistics that define their combat abilities. The majority of statistics are purchased with creation points when a character is created. Remember the classes we mentioned last week? Each class determines the maximum rating a character can have in certain statistics, but those maximums can be exceeded for a price. Now it’s time to look at the statistics.

Distance is used to determine how far a character can move.

Dexterity is used to determine how well a character uses his close combat attacks as well as to prevent some adverse effects from happening, such as being knocked down.

Toughness is used to prevent the damage of most attacks and is sometimes used to prevent certain special effects from happening.

Daring is used to prevent the damage and special effects of attacks that target a character’s mind.

Atomic Power Points are used to activate certain powers possessed by a character.

Close combat attacks are the physical means a character has to attack with such as his fists or a sword.

Wounds determine how much damage a character can sustain before being knocked out.

That concludes the overview of the standard statistics used in the game; however Atomic Super Humans Deluxe adds two new optional statistics to the game, strength and weight. Since these statistics are optional they don’t have to be used unless you want to add a little more depth and strategy to your games.

The strength statistic is used to determine how far a character can throw things as well as how easy it is for him to get a critical hit. If used with the weight statistic it also limits how much a character can lift.

The weight statistic is used to determine how many pounds a character weighs. It is used as a modifier in how far a character can be knocked back and is also used to determine how much collateral damage a character inflicts when he collides with a wall or another character.
 
Also included with the optional statistic rules are two new powers. The first power,
density control, allows a character to alter his weight. The second power, gravity control, allows a character to alter the weight of an opposing character or piece of terrain.

That’s all for this week, join us next week as we take a look at Chapter 3: Powers.

We have great news for fans of Giant Monster Rampage living in Europe!

The print edition of Giant Monster Rampage Deluxe will be available from the following Amazon Europe sites within the next 7-10 days: Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.de, Amazon.fr, Amazon.it, and Amazon.es.

We will let everyone know once the book is available.

UPDATE: The book is now available on Amazon.com, Amazon.de, Amazon.es, Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.it, and Amazon.fr

Monstrous is a special pulp horror style scenario for Giant Monster Rampage
based on traditional monster movies where a creature of some kind is terrorizing
a populace and a group of brave individuals have banded together to hunt it down
and put an end to its killing
spree.

You can download the scenario for free at Wargame Vault.

You must own a copy of Giant Monster Rampage Deluxe to use this scenario.

The release of Atomic Super Humans Deluxe is just over a month away, but you don’t have to wait that long to find out what’s inside the new 130+ page expanded core rulebook.

Every week we will feature an article detailing what you can expect to find in one or more chapters of the rulebook. This week we take a look at Chapter 1: Classification.

Classes are used to group characters by the types of powers they exhibit. Each class dictates the maximum ratings a character of that type may have in his statistics as well as granting him a special power unique to that class. Every character must choose a class that best represents his concept.

There are 15 classes to choose from when creating a character. 

The acrobat class represents characters that exhibit acrobatic abilities such as
leaping, flipping, and tumbling.
 
The armored class represents characters that get their powers from a suit of armor.

The brainiac class represents characters whose intelligence would be considered above the level of genius.

The brick class represents characters that are incredibly tough and strong

The creator class represents characters that can create stuff out of thin air.

The deity class represents characters that are actually gods from another dimension.

The gadgeteer class represents characters that can build devices that mimic super powers.

The magician class represents characters that can cast spells.

The manipulator class represents characters that can move things with their mind.

The martial artist class represents characters trained in hand to hand combat.

The projector class represents characters that can create and project blast attacks.

The shapeshifter class represents characters that can change their shape.

The speedster class represents characters that can move faster than any animal or vehicle on the planet.

The timekeeper class represents characters that can bend time to their will.

The weapon master class represents characters that have been trained to use a close combat weapon.

There is a bonus class, the absorber, found in the optional rules chapter. The absorber can only be used if the damage type rules are also being used. Aborber
characters can absorb and use any damage types used against them.

That’s all for this week, join us next week as we take a look at Chapter 2: Statistics.

You can now purchase print copies of Giant Monster Rampage Deluxe from CreateSpace! You should also be able to purchase copies from Amazon.com within the next week. We will post a link to the book once it has been posted for sale on Amazon.

Mechanized is a special scenario for the Toy Battle System™ game Giant Monster Rampage based on popular anime shows and video games that feature enormous robots as weapons of war.

You can download the scenario for free at Wargame Vault.

You must own a copy of Giant Monster Rampage Deluxe to use this scenario.

Giant Monster Rampage Deluxe has been updated with a new cover and new material!

You can find the 127 page updated rulebook at Wargame Vault for only $9.99!

We will also be releasing a print edition of GMR Deluxe in a few weeks. We will post more information about where you can get your print copy once they are available.

One of the great things about the Toy Battle System is how versatile it is. It can be used to simulate a wide variety of combat situations as well as recreate popular battles from comics and movies.

Periodically we playtest scenarios designed to add more depth and options to the system for those players looking for a specific type of gaming experience. We currently have two such scenarios in playtest. The first scenario is titled Mechanized and is designed to recreate popular giant mech and robot warfare from popular anime shows . The second scenario is titled Monstrous and is designed to recreate popular man vs monster pulp style battles. Both scenarios are designed to be used with the Giant Monster Rampage Deluxe rules.

Anyone interested in helping playtest these scenarios should head on over to our newsgroup and download the PDFs from the scenario folder in the files section.

In preparation for the release of Atomic Super Humans Deluxe and the updated Giant Monster Rampage Deluxe the following titles will be discontinued, Mega Bots, Monster Mash, Pesticide, Power Warriors, Sentai Heroes, and Vehicular Homicide. The current edition of Atomic Super Humans will remain available until the release of ASH Deluxe.

As of May 1st 2012 those titles will no longer be available in their current form. This does not mean all of the rules from those books will be lost. Many of the unique rules from those games are featured in ASH Deluxe or GMR Deluxe in one form or another. I am going to do my best to make sure that all of the rules get updated and presented in one form or another either in one of the two deluxe rulebooks, a TBS digest, or a special scenario like the upcoming Mechanized and Monstrous scenarios.

In my effort to condense the games I have decided that ASH  Deluxe and GMR Deluxe are perfect homes for all of the basic and optional rules from the other TBS
games. There are no plans for any additional deluxe rulebooks at this time.

GMR Deluxe will cover mech, monster, and swarm combat. ASH Deluxe will cover squad, super human, team combat, and vehicle combat. Both rulebooks include rules for henchmen/minion combat.

All future TBS releases will be as special scenarios or yearly TBS digests. The
scenarios will be released for free as they are finished. The digests will be a magazine style book with 32-56  pages released yearly as PDFs for $8. The digests will feature new rules that can be used with the the Toy Battle System.

Thanks for playing,
Ken