Chill (role-playing game)
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Chill is a role-playing game that captures the feel of late 20th-century horror films. Players take on the role of a monster-hunter (a member of a secret organization known as S.A.V.E.), tracking down and eliminating evil in the world.
The game had originally been produced by a company called Pacesetter but after it went under, Chill was bought by Mayfair Games. At Mayfair, the game was published until the executives of the company decided to no longer publish RPGs and instead focus on board games.
The game was most recently purchased by OtherWorld Creations, although it has not yet been re-printed. A series of financial problems plaguing the young company forced it to announce, on August 30th, 2004, the cessation of all publishing efforts except for Chill, which, it says, will be released in 2005.
The overall flavour of the game is reflected in movies such as John Carpenter's Vampires, From Dusk Till Dawn and Phantasm II.
A variety of individual modules (adventure packs) were released by Chill's first two publishers and include:
Chill was also translated to Swedish and published by Target Games as "Chock".
External links
- Official Chill home page (http://www.chillrpg.com/)
- OtherWorld Creations home page (http://www.otherworlds.cx/)
- Mayfair Games home page (http://mayfairgames.com/)
- Pen & Paper database entry on Pacesetter Games (http://www.pen-paper.net/rpgdb.php?op=showpublisher&publisherid=129)
- a list of supplements (http://www.pen-paper.net/rpgdb.php?op=showline&gamelineid=32) published by both Pacesetter and Mayfair.
- http://dmoz.org/Games/Roleplaying/Genres/Horror/Chill/