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List of Deadlands: Hell on Earth publications

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This is a list of the publications released for the Deadlands: Hell on Earth roleplaying game, which is a continuation of Deadlands: The Weird West, both of which were published by Pinnacle Entertainment Group.[1][2] Hell on Earth was originally published using the same custom rules as The Weird West, and has since been republished as Hell on Earth Reloaded, using the Savage Worlds rules.[3]

Core rulebooks and expansions

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Title Description Year
Hell on Earth Core rulebook; moved the setting a few centuries into the future from the original Deadlands[4] 1998
Wasted West Expansion of the core rules and additional setting detail 1998

Locations

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Title Description Year
Shattered Coast Maps and information on The Great Maze, updated for the Hell on Earth setting 1999
Iron Oasis Rules and information for Junkyard, the largest free city in the Wasted West, as well as rules for aerial combat 1999
Denver Rules and information for setting adventures in Denver, including details of new villains The Combine and rules for powered armour 2001
City O' Sin Rules and information for setting adventures in Las Vegas, as well as an adventure 2001

Character classes

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Title Description Year
Brainburners Expanded rules for playing Sykers 1998
The Last Crusaders Expanded rules for playing Templars 1998
Children o' the Atom Expanded rules for playing Doomsayers 1998
Cyborgs Expanded rules for playing Cyborgs 1999
The Junkman Cometh Expanded rules for playing Junkers 1999
Waste Warriors Expanded rules for playing Warriors, including new rules for martial arts 2000
Spirit Warriors Expanded rules for playing Toxic Shamans, including updated histories for many Native American tribes 2000

Adventures

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Title Description Year
Hell or High Water The posse must defend the people of Baton Rouge against first a band of pirates and then a terrible horror from the depths of the bayou 1998
Something About a Sword The posse must battle mutants and rad-priests in a race to find a legendary Templar sword lost somewhere in Wyoming 1999
Urban Renewal The posse are tasked with clearing squatters and mutants from an abandoned building in Junkyard, though all is not what it initially appears 2000
The Boise Horror The posse find themselves involved in the politics of the Templars, at their headquarters in Boise. 2000
The Unity The conclusion of the primary Hell on Earth storyline.[5]: 286  This adventure involves a ghost ship named Unity, the secret of the sand worms, a new appearance of Dr Hellstromme and a glimpse of the planet Banshee, the setting of the third gameplay setting, Deadlands: Lost Colony. 2002

Dime Novels

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As with Deadlands: The Weird West, these Dime Novels contained a work of short fiction followed by rules for implementing elements from it into an existing game.

Title Description Year
Leftovers Dime Novel #1, Teller and his companions try to make peace between some townies and mutants. Leftovers won the Origins Awards for Best Game-Related Short Work of 1998.[6] 1998
Killer Clowns Wasteland wanderer Teller and his companions battle through an abandoned amusement part in order to rescue a set of hostages from a road gang 1999
Infestations A second adventure starring Teller 1999

Miscellaneous

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Title Description Year
Road Warriors Expanded rules for vehicle combat as well as detail on various vehicle based organisations such as The Convoy and wheel gangs 1998
Toxic Tales Notebook for players to keep notes on their adventures, as well as a set of expanded character sheets 1998
Radiation Screen Package containing a GM screen and the adventure Apocalypse Now, in which the posse must locate a ghost rock powered nuclear weapon 1998
Monsters, Muties 'n' Misfits A catalogue of monsters and antagonists for use in Wasted West adventures 1999

Cardstock Cowboys

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Cardstock Cowboys were a line of 3D stand-up figures that could be used for miniature-based combat in Deadlands games, available in a series of themed packs.

Title Description Year
Starter Pack A basic set of standups matching the starting archetypes and common enemies of the main game
Horrors of the Wasted West Standups of all monsters from Monsters, Muties 'n' Misfits
Road Wars! Vehicle standups for use with the Road Warrior expansion
The Combine Standups of the various forces of The Combine, as introduced in the Denver expansion

Deadlands: Hell on Earth d20

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Title Description Publication Year
Hell on Earth d20 adaptation of the original Hell on Earth setting core rulebook for the d20 System ruleset. Requires d20 SRD or Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition for complete rules. 2002
Horrors of the Wasted West Catalogue of monsters and antagonists. 2002

Deadlands: Hell on Earth Reloaded

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Title Description Publication Year
Hell on Earth Reloaded Core rulebook, containing the complete Savage Worlds ruleset for the Hell on Earth setting. Requires the core Savage Worlds book to play. 2012
Hell on Earth Players Guide Contains the portions of the core rulebook aimed solely at players, with none of the gamemaster information. Designed as a cheaper product so that players only purchase the information they need. 2012
Hell on Earth Companion Contains expanded setting rules for players and game masters, including rules for playing cyborgs, librarians and witches. It also contains an adventure generator and rules for creating survivor settlements. 2014
The Worms' Turn A full-length plot campaign for Hell on Earth that takes place after the events of The Unity adventure (which was a Deadlands Classic adventure listed above). 2014

References

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  1. ^ Deadlands: Hell on Earth at Pinnacle Entertainment website
  2. ^ Deadlands: Hell on Earth at DriveThru RPG
  3. ^ Deadlands: Hell on Earth Reloaded at Pinnacle Entertainment website
  4. ^ Shannon Appelcline (2011). Designers & Dragons. Mongoose Publishing. p. 326. ISBN 978-1-907702-58-7.
  5. ^ Shannon Appelcline (2014). Designers & Dragons: The '90s. Evil Hat Productions. ISBN 978-1-61317-084-7.
  6. ^ "Origins Award Winners (1998)". Academy of Adventure Gaming, Arts & Designs. Archived from the original on 2007-10-31.