Q:What is your company about?
A: Dark Skull Studios is a production studio for Fantasy, Horror and Science Fiction. This subject is limited to Role-Playing Games right now but we have future plans for other markets. We work hard to produce the best product possible. We are dedicated to taking care of the customer and we will bend over backwards to make someone happy. We set our standards high so everyone can enjoy the fruits of our labor. This company is committed to bringing a quality product different from the standard fare. Our rules and settings are a different take on the standard genre. While there is nothing new under the sun, we feel Dark Skull Studios has something to provide to the gaming community and other related communities as a whole.

Q:What is a Role-Playing Game?
Please see our webpage on our website entitled: What is a Role-Playing Game?

Q:What are your future plans for the company?
A:Currently our Studio is engaged with establishing five products for our Role-Playing Game New Gods of Mankind. Currently we have a Core Book, the New Gods of Mankind New God's Handbook for players and GMs (called Fate in the game), and a book for the Game Master-New Gods of Mankind Fate's Guidebook. Both are available for purchase in hardcover through our fulfillment house, Key 20, and in PDF through Key 20, RPG Now, andDrive Thru RPG. Three more books, The Celestial Gardens, Book of Legendary Artifacts, and Heroes of the World, will be published along with a GM screen. The Celestial Gardens and the GM screen will be available as a PDF in January 2008 and in print by February. The Book of Legendary Artifacts is scheduled for February 2008 as a PDF and comes to print in March. The last book, Heroes of the World, will be available May 2008.

We also have plans for other products. We plan to either produce a graphic novel or a written novel with illustrations based on New Gods of Mankind. Also in the works is a Video Game Mod based on the New Gods of Mankind world for Titan Quest. Our second game is being debated at this time. We feel either a Science Fiction or Horror RPG will be produced. Stay tuned to this website for future details. If you feel you have a game you want to produce with us please send an email to info@darkskullstudios.com. We promise to look at it.

Q:Have you done any charity work?
Six Feet Under Games got a donation from Dark Skull Studios this year for their Holiday Food Drive. The cause benefits this organization www.wrsm.org. Six Feet Under is a retail gaming store in New Holland, Pennsylvania. Visit their website here.

Q:What type of support will a retail store get from your company?
A:Our plans as of right now are to produce a full 18 x 24 poster for display and a banner, along with buttons, stickers, and downloads available from our website. An email service for any game questions along with a forum is available for support.

Q:What type of support will be given for this game?
A:As stated previously, we have a forum and an email for any gaming questions. Please send all inquiries to info@newgodsofmankind.com or info@darkskullstudios.com. Our first five books are dedicated to role-playing a god or hero in the New Gods of Mankind Universe. Future supplements will be considered based on sales and audience needs. We have ideas for elder race supplements and Known World location supplements and a full campaign. Suggestions are always welcome.

Q:I am an Artist, Writer, or Game Designer. How can I contact your company for a Job Opportunity?
A:You may send a portfolio along with your credentials to the following addresses. For Artists, contact our art director artdirector@darkskullstudios.com. Writers and Game Designers please contact info@darkskullstudios.com.

New Gods of Mankind

Q:What is this game about?
A:New Gods of Mankind is a role-playing game where players take on the role of gods each with a tribe of followers. Players guide their worshippers along the path of survival against many threats to their existence. Gods use miracles similar in concept to magic spellsto accomplish feats of extraordinary power. Belief is the main statistic for any god, as this represents how much faith the god has accumulated from his followers.

Mankind is new to the Known World (named the "Known World" as Humanity and the Elder Races have no concept of other realms). Humanity is in various stages of technology and development from the late Stone Age to the Bronze Age. Iron and steel along with advanced engineering and scientific concepts are only known by the elder races.

Elder races and elder gods existed before humans. Gnomes, Salamanders, Sylphs, Undines, Nymphs, and Giants are all elder races thriving before the arrival of humanity. Many battles and full-scale wars were already fought before men learned how to sharpen a stone.

Other threats to humanity exist. Leviathans-powerful godlike creatures with the ability to cast terrifying miracles-wreak havoc across the Known World and the Veil of Dreams. Demons seduce humanity into believing in them only to become horrifying gods. Wraiths haunt the living, shrieking with hate as they transform into Leviathans. Mutated beasts created by malevolent gods and hateful demons roam the world.

Q:What type of game mechanics is used?
A:New Gods of Mankind uses two types of game mechanics to accomplish game play. The Miracles mechanics that all gods use is a freeform resource allocation system based off of belief generated from their followers. Since gods cannot be created or destroyed, miracles are often used to bind other gods and destroy followers.

Examples of miracles exist in the game books but players are encouraged to develop their own miracles, especially on the "fly." The second game mechanic is a resource and quantity, graduating, opposing roll die system. Depending on the situation, dice may be rolled in pools or singularly from a d4 all the way to a d100. Multiple dice may be used if more than one resource is competing. Miracles used on mortals also use dice to determine the effectiveness of the miracle on people.

If you wish to know more, please buy a copy. If you still have questions please contact us at info@newgodsofmankind.com or info@darkskullstudios.com