5-562: Warp World is a 1991 role-playing game published by Blacksburg Tactical Research Center . Warp World is a supplement in which the setting is Earth, 300 years after World War III . Jim Foster reviewed Warp World in White Wolf #29 (Oct./Nov., 1991), rating it a 4 out of 5 and stated that "My overall impression of Warp World is that of a good framework of systems and general background material with which an enterprising GM could make an exciting campaign. It will require some work and
10-414: A bit of experience, however; this game is not for beginners or anyone else expecting a sourcebook of prefab campaigns and ready-to-play adventures. What it does offer is a very playable and realistic set of systems that govern 'reality' and fantasy with equal ease." Blacksburg Tactical Research Center Blacksburg Tactical Research Center (BTRC) is an American game publishing company best known for
15-779: A number of supplements. The 1988 release of Macho Women with Guns saw unexpected success and several printings, and allowed the company to continue and expand its line of role-playing game products. In the 90s, the company shifted its focus to generic role playing game systems, first with CORPS , followed by their flagship system EABA in 2003. With the creation of EABA , they moved to release games exclusively in PDF format, either through online download or print on demand. This allowed BTRC to produce more games and continually update them without reprinting new versions every time, but also limited their reach into game stores and slowed sales. The move to PDF only also allows their games to use many of
20-767: The TimeLords , Macho Women with Guns , and EABA role-playing games. They have produced a variety of role-playing games, card games, and board games. Since 2003, they have published exclusively in PDF format. While a student at Virginia Tech in the early 1980s, Greg Porter designed several role playing and board games as part of the school's wargaming club. He approached numerous game companies about publishing his designs, but after multiple rejections decided to start his own company. He founded BTRC in 1985, in Blacksburg, Virginia. Greg decided early on that he did not want
25-448: The company to take on large amounts of debt to release or promote products, so the first games saw very limited releases. Its first product was a board game, Concrete Jungle , a modern tactical game of small-unit military and police actions. TimeLords was its first role-playing game product, released in 1987. It did not initially sell well, but maintained a cult following that allowed a second edition to be published in 1990, followed by
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