Previous News

December 12, 2011: Webpage Updates

We have updated the whole "Planet" section of the webpage. All faction information was updated accordingly to the newly released book; Campaign Setting Guide, 2nd Edition. The Missive Union is no longer a faction on its own, but an organization which belongs to the Council of Avalon. We also added a new faction to the world to take the place as the seventh faction of the Council of Avalon, and its name is The Quisivati. We also updated the images for each sub-race found on the "Races" page.

December 5, 2011: Campaign Setting Guide (2nd Edition)

The New Horizon Campaign Setting Guide, Second Edition, has finally been completed! It is available for purchase from lulu.com, both in Paperback Perfect-Bound and in Paperback Coil-Bound.

The books is not yet available in PDF, as an eBook, or for Kindle, but will be from January 16th, 2012.

October 31, 2011: Freeform RP

Lock-Os is starting a new RPG at our forums, and here are the rules:

1st: You MUST be able to post twice a week, unless noted. I only want people that can honestly say they will be willing, and on some level, able to RP. This is not strictly personal, but with the number of stalled RP's, I'd like it so that we could be able to have eople who want to do RP to be able to. I will take Finals week into consideration because I know that will cause problems.

The good news is that if you know you won't be able to make it, or that you found a different RP for your character, you can have your character seamlessly drop out and then have them reappear. Me making characters disappear however will not be seamless nor pleasant for them. Also, I won't mind taking temporary control of your character until you can RP again.

2nd: Point limit is set at 45, but money is only at 35,000 Geos. To put this in perspective, the characters will be somewhat skilled, but otherwise poor. A skilled youth clawing his way out of poverty is but one example of this kind of situation. Anybody wishing to join with a character that has been made already with different points and geos can apply but will not be automaticly accepted right away, although I won't be too picky.

3rd: If you got an idea, speak up! This is your story, and you'll be able to voice your opinion about what the group should do.

4th: For the duration of the RP as it is, your only limitation will be that you stay in the area of Yousam at least for the start of the RP, This is were most of the action is by default, and travel to the other continents is expensive, and honestly, not as lucrative as far as an ability for adventurers to make Geos.

October 23, 2011: "Iron ARM" RPG at RPG Geek

Lock-Os has started up a New Horizon RPG at "RPG Geek". You will be joining the Iron ARM force to stop the vile plans of the Rusty Stars. The game will play out near the Bleeding Hill. For character creation you will get 48 points and 65,000 Geodites for weapons and equipment. Go to RPG Geek and sign up!

October 8, 2011: Lost Treasures Wallpaper

We have uploaded new art to our media section, art which was used in the latest Fenix magazine, representing Lost Treasures of New Horizon. This art was created by Nicole Cardiff (TheGlyph).Treasures like this one are found all over the world. You may find it in deep caverns of the Azuremar Mountain Range, or in jungle ruins in the Vivid Jungles. The art is available for download in three different wallpaper resolutions.

September 29, 2011: Naming the Internet Co... - concluded

The internet naming contest is now concluded! Our winner is Karasawa! Henceforth, the internet connectivity of New Horizon shall be known as the Yggsdrasil "Locality". Karasawa will be awarded with 25 USD.

We would like to thank everyone for their time and the thought they put into the naming process!

September 26, 2011: Fenix #5 - Swedish RPG Magazine

Fenix is a Swedish magazine focusing on role playing games. For this issue of Fenix we prepared something really special. Since the topic was Hidden Places and Lost Treasures, we wanted to give the readers an example of what can be found on New Horizon. We started with an introduction which was something of an RPG story, including four people who you wouldn't normally see travelling together. The hero, or should I say heroine, is a young Medean female called Ellaenor. She travels together with tree none-too-good people, a maverick Jotun Wafan named Crusher, a notorious Pirate Captain and the Sphecius Assassin Elder. They finally stumble upon a cavern full of vast treasure, but between them and all that wealth stands a great beast named Bone Monger (closely related to the Grim Stalker). After that we describe several other places found on New Horizon, although most of them are still unknown to humans and wafans. One of these places is the crystal city named Elormaeo, home to one of our new races, the Crythals. We also talk about some of the treasures found at the bottom of the Cain Ocean.

If you want to know more then get your own copy of the Fenix magazine, or visit our forums.

September 12, 2011: Naming the Internet Contest

The Internet on New Horizon isn't used the same way as we use it on Earth. Data transfer speeds are almost instantaneous inside of the local area. Over long distances as well, but only after about a five minute delay. Nevertheless, many central data hubs, a lot like websites, are mirrored in some towns, but specialized data takes about five minutes at a time to retrieve, from something as simple as an e-mail to send or as complicated as the entire native visual encyclopedia.

What we need is a good name for this weird network. We'll offer a 25 dollar award to the best submitted name.

September 12, 2011: Goblin Overhaul Contest - concluded

The Goblin Overhaul Contest is now concluded! Our winner is Sarah Adam with her Grepling entry! Not that it was an easy choice, there were some rather interesting entries! Sarah will be awarded with 25 USD.

We would like to thank everyone for their time and the thought they put into the naming process!

September 4, 2011: Goblin Overhaul Contest

New Horizon is home to a host of extremely unpleasant creatures named Goblins. One of our associates on the Vo|t team believes this to be retarded. I don't mind the name Goblin personally, but I just grabbed it on a whim, and have no particular attachment to the name, so I thought lets toss that shit out the window and upgrade it a tad.

These creatures are pretty unpleasant, and clever little animals that eat children, ruin electronics, burrow into homes and destroy their interiors, etc. Like halfway bulletproof Raccoons on steroids. They need a better name than Goblins, so that's where you lot come in!

The person that comes up with the best new name for these wins a cool $25.00 as well as a minor credit in the next edition of the New Horizon books release. Just remember, the new name needs to work well with the sub-species name. Such as "Camel-???", "Lake-???", "Bat-???", and the like. Also, we're trying to avoid names of existing fantasy/sci-fi creatures. The same goes with real animals. Make up something new.

August 31, 2011: Monster Art Contest #1 - extended

Since only 4 entries were made to our first Monster Art contest, we decided to prolong the contest for another month. The four participants (Beta, SarahAdam, Xemposacez, Stryker25B) who did send in their art on time were given 1 extra bonus point.

Deadline: September 30th
Winners will be announced: October 7th
PS! If less than 10 people participate, then we will give 30 USD or a black and white compendium for the first and second place winner and nothing for the rest. The contest will end by the end of September and will not be prolong any further.

August 10, 2011: Season of Gunshots - Walk the Walk

We are test-playing the first part of the Season of Gunshots RPG, which named "Walk the Walk". The RPG was written by Ian for the New Horizon Compendium using version 3.0 of the Vo|t rules.

July 31, 2011: Fenix #4 - Swedish RPG Magazine

Fenix is a Swedish magazine focusing on role playing games. As I came home from a short vacation I found Number 4 of the Fenix magazine waiting for me. This issue contains our second public interview. Last time we presented our three human races. This time however, we presented our three Wafan races, and then we continued talking about our two newest races, the Faenorr and the Crythal. The Crythals have never before been shown to the public, and Fenix got the very first glimpse of this new race. The whole interview spans three whole pages.

July 31, 2011: Monster Art Contest #1 - extended

Since only 3 entries were made to our first Monster Art contest, we decided to prolong the contest for another month. The three participants (Beta, SarahAdam, Xemposacez) who did send in their art on time were given 2 extra bonus points.

Deadline: August 31st
Winners will be announced: September 7th
PS! We reserve the right to prolong the contest (and extend our deadlines) if less than 10 people participate.

July 4, 2011: Monster Art Contest #1

We have decided to run our first Monster Art contest, but it's not only about your talent as an artist which will matter but also your talent as an inventor and writer. You task is to create a drawing on a new New Horizon animal, but also to create an interesting description of that animal and to make that description unique. We will select 5 winners by the end of this month. Your work will be judged according to the following specifications:

Animal Art: 1-5 points
Animal Description: 1-5 points
Unique Idea: 1-3 points
Bring in more people: 0.2 points / person, and that person must post here and say who invited him/her to join (maximum 2 points can be earned)

Deadline: ~~July 31st~~
Winners will be announced: ~~August 7th~~
PS! We reserve the right to prolong the contest (and extend our deadlines) if less than 10 people participate.

1st prize: 100 USD
2nd prize: 50 USD
3rd prize: 30 USD
4th prize: 10 USD
5th prize: 10 USD

June 15, 2011: Garden of Zen Wallpaper

We have uploaded wonderful art of the Garden of Zen created by Frank Hong. The Garden of Zen is an Asian-inspired town found in the Azuremar Mountain Range. The art is available for download in three different wallpaper resolutions. This is actually one of my favorite wallpapers, and the one which I am currently using.

June 3, 2011: Fenix #3 - Swedish RPG Magazine

Fenix is a Swedish magazine focusing on role playing games. When I came home today and found Number 3 of the Fenix magazine in my mail! Oh happy day! The magazine contains the first public interview we've made. Covering almost four pages it contains an interview with us and information about our planet, our races, our... yeah, you know, this and that. What can also be found inside is a two page review of our books. They were tough but fair on us I'd say, and we will definitely use their good advice to improve our upcoming books. We've been invited to do another write-up for the next issue as well, and the next after that! It is great because Fenix is a really great magazine, dedicated to role playing games. Too bad it's only in Swedish.

May 15, 2011: Forum RPG - Red Dawn

Sign up for the new forum RPG called "Red Dawn". The RPG occurs in Avalon, where an event is held with the purpose of improving the relationship between factions, especially between Aquilon and Xanadu. But a terrorist threat threatens to interrupt the event and make things even worse. Each player is given 45 Points and 60 000 Geodites for character creation.

May 12, 2011: Forum RPG - Unforseen Events

Sign up for the new forum RPG called "Unforseen Events". The RPG occurs in New Crete, where a local research facility has gone silent and researchers are baffled as to why. The task will be to investigate. The RPG requires using 40 Points and 60 000 Geodites during character creation.

April 22-24, 2011: GothCon XXXV

GothCon is a Swedish game convention which started in 1977. This year the convention is celebrating its 35th anniversary. More than 1000 people are coming.

We from New Horizon will also be there, and we will be one of the exhibitors at this convention. We have printed 125 Starter Guide books which we will give away for FREE at the convention. A book will only be given away for free to someone who leaves us with their name and e-mail. We will later on send out an e-mail to everyone and ask for feedback concerning the book.

GothCon was truly great! Rooms were filled with everything from Dungeons & Dragons to many other RPGs. We met with the people behind Fenix and En Garde!, just to mention a few. Many New Horizon Starter Guides were distributed and people showed interest in our games. This was the first role playing convention we attended. Some book signings happened as well. On the left you see Michal signing a book. On the right you see Kari who won a full color New Horizon Role Playing Game Compendium for being the 100th person to request a Starter Guide and to leave us with his name and e-mail. So I think we can fairly say that the convention was a success.

April 4, 2011: Forum RPG - River Pirates Sign-Up

Sign up for the new forum RPG called Raining River Pirates. The RPG will take you from Downstream Rest to Upstream Port, and there are rumors about Rusty Star bandits causing more mischief. The RPG requires using 45 Points and 60 000 Geodites during character creation.

April 1, 2011: Forum RPG - Jungle Expedition Sign-Up

Sign up for the new forum RPG called Narehlian Jungle Expedition. The RPG will take you through the jungles of Narehl in search for Jacqline Byron who was kidnapped by Sphecius Assassins. The RPG requires using 45 Points and 60 000 Geodites during character creation.

March 28, 2011: Forum RPG - Iron ARM Sign-Up

Sign up for the new forum RPG called Iron Arm: Operation Clean-Up. The Iron Arm forum RPG is continued, and like before, new players are required to use 48 Points and 40 000 Geodites during character creation for this RPG. All players have joined the Iron ARM military, and this is their last day of training before they go out hunting Rusty Stars.

March 25, 2011: Fenix - Swedish RPG Magazine

Fenix is a Swedish magazine focusing on role playing games. Number 2 of the magazine is released this day, containing a little bit of news about New Horizon.

March 24-27, 2011: GameStorm 13 Convention

The GameStorm 13 convention is about to take place in Hilton Vancouver Washington, USA. About 1000 program books are being printed for the convention, containing information about New Horizon. This is the very first time we advertise about New Horizon on a convention.

March 9, 2011: Compendium 1st Edition

After a long time of waiting we finally completed and released the New Horizon Role Playing Game Compendium (First Edition). The book is available for purchase in Full Color and in Black & White. The compendium contains four main chapters: the Campaign Setting Guide, the Player's Manual, the Game Master's Manual and the Monster Manual. These four chapters are also available in their own separate Full Color books.

February 14, 2011: Character Creation Web-Page

Character Creation, even though enjoyable, is always a bit time consuming. Some calculations are required, and it's always possible to do mistakes. In order to help people create characters for New Horizon RPGs faster and without mistakes we have developed a web-based (PHP) tool.

January 23, 2011: New Forum RPG - Iron ARM Sign-Up

Sign up for the new forum RPG called Iron Arm: Prologue. Players are required to use 48 Points and 40 000 Geodites during character creation for this RPG.

January 7, 2011: The Colors of New Horizon

We have started developing a new PC game called "The Colors of New Horizon". During the development process, we will discuss the game with the people at our forums.

January 5, 2011: New Forum RPG

We are running an exciting RPG with a few players (e.g. Liska, Kasper and Sketz). We are using the Volt RP rule system for our battles.