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VOYAGE INTO THE FAR FUTURE IN THIS VERSATILE TABLETOP GAME OF SCIENCE FICTION ADVENTURE

Bounty hunters track down outlaws hiding in trader towns on worlds at the fringe of the galaxy. Starships explore unknown worlds, going where nobody has gone before. Great generational arks seek somewhere to call home. Detectives investigate a murder on a trail which will take them from Mars to Jupiter's moons. Agents infiltrate a criminal organization, going undercover to take down a galactic crime boss. A group of smugglers locates a new hyperdrive system to increase the speed of their freighter.

NOTE: THIS BOOK WAS UPDATED TO v1.2 ON NOVEMBER 20, 2017.  

Play a brave starship captain, a reckless smuggler, a hardy marine, or a daredevil pilot. Are you a cunning bounty hunter, a clever engineer, or a charismatic trader? Over sixty science fiction careers await you!

FULLY COMPATIBLE WITH O.L.D. THE HEROIC FANTASY ROLEPLAYING GAME!

This roleplaying game allows you to create and run adventures in any sci-fi setting!

  • A range of alien species, and over 60 careers which allow you to generate any far-future character with a fun, intuitive life-path system.
  • A wide array of science fiction equipment, including weapons, armor, drugs, cybernetics, vehicles, and more. Wield anything from a laser sword to a sonic pistol; use a gravbelt or a handheld scanner; wear a kevlar vest or a powered suit of armor.
  • An array of optional psionic disciplines and powers, allowing you to play anything from a commercial telepath to a noble star knight.
  • Full rules for running the game, including fast but tactical combat, environments, and extended scientific, medical and engineering tasks.
  • Starship combat rules, both using detailed hex-based miniatures and abstract theatre of the mind.
  • Rules for creating ship crews from which to form specialized Away Teams for specific missions.
  • Astronomical information, space travel, and information on starship crews and operations.
  • Extensive guidelines for building a far-future game setting, with detailed rules for creating star systems, planets, civilizations, races, careers, monsters, and more, along with discussion on genre, theme, and technology.

Whether you're aboard a starship exploring new worlds, a bounty hunter tracking down outlaws on the fringes of civilisation, an agent infiltrating an intergalactic criminal organization, an intrepid hunter of exotic alien species, fighting a galactic civil war, or just a trader trying to make your way in an uncaring universe, N.E.W. has you covered! 

This is a What's O.L.D. is N.E.W. core rulebook.

This hardcover book includes the existing WOIN rulebooks Future CareersFuture EquipmentFuture CoreSpace, and Building a Universe.

Here's what people have been saying:

  • "I was absolutely blown away! Not only is the system innovative and really well thought-out, but the presentation is very slick and professional."
  • "Sci-Fi games are hard to pull off, and even harder to do very well, and E.N. Publishing has set a new bar for content, dice mechanics, and playability."
  • "This is the best sci-fi toolbox system I've ever used. You can build a very wide range of universes, or multiverses, with N.E.W. A GM can choose what technology advancement level everyone has access to, choose where on the scale of hard/soft sci-fi the game will be, decide if psionics or cybernetics are present, and set the PC species and careers to make whatever they want. You can really make the game your own."
  • "I highly recommend this game for roleplayers. I have run the game frequently with a group and the system is efficient and allows for fast and exciting action scenes without being over complicated. It is this fast learning curve and versatility that captures the essence of a true science fiction roleplaying game."
  • "TLDR: Really awesome game! If you have the slightest interest in sci fi, pick it up and have a look!"
  • "I've played several RPGs and this one has my favorite character creation system. As you layer on the various options you get a real feel for the character and its history. I've never played a game that got me that involved and invested with a character even before play begins."
  • "This book is a fantastic read, and provides enough options and information to be useful in almost any sci-fi space setting. But better still, the material invokes a sense of nostalgia for so many space-based books, movies, and tv series. As a sci-fi buff, and a bit of a science geek, I loved reading through this for the detail, as well as the mood setting of it's examples of play."



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Ray P September 05, 2023 12:17 am UTC
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N.E.W. v1.3 seems to be missing the PDF bookmarks
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Ray P September 05, 2023 3:49 pm UTC
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Thanks for the quick fix!
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wade G July 16, 2022 4:32 am UTC
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So...kevlar vest weigh 30pnd?? Where did that come from? In real-time they weigh about 5pnds. This is from pdf. Was it correctly changed in the book? Almost all weights in pdfs are SO off.
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Scott N May 02, 2019 11:12 am UTC
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Nevermind I just noticed you raised the price $20 from the last book I bought, talk about sneaky.
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Russ M May 02, 2019 7:32 pm UTC
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I’m sorry, I don’t quite understand the question? The book’s price has not changed. The PDF is currently on sale at $10 but if you bought if before you can download the updated version for free.
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Scott N April 25, 2019 7:22 pm UTC
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Is there a discount for those who bought the Hardback before v1.2?
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Jeffrey G July 09, 2018 6:11 pm UTC
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Thank you to the creator for responding to my review. I apologize and stand corrected in regards to the word "inbuilt".

However, you did not address ***any of the other concerns I posted*** and failed to understand what I said about the vehicles - I did not say the rules for them were missing, I said that their descriptions and combat stats are missing.
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Jeffrey G June 19, 2018 5:18 pm UTC
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Received my print copy today.Looks good except for the small, 1" gouge under Russ Morrisey's name.
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Mario G February 15, 2018 10:12 am UTC
Does the new 1.2 version include better bookmarking? I find the OLD core has great bookmarks, but NEW is a bit lacking and causing some issues for me
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Matteo T November 20, 2017 1:06 pm UTC
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Hi, two question:
1) what are the changes (additional material) in version 1.2?
2) the are discount option for those who have purchased the pod version of the 1.1? i don't mind the errata, but 1.2 have 22 pages more than the old one...
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Russ M November 20, 2017 4:11 pm UTC
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Hey Mattel,

There is an errata file on the official website which you can use as a changelog. Additionally, we added two EONS articles (some new weapons and some new armour).

The PDF upgrade is completely free. As yet there is no hardcover version. That’s planned though.
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Joseph P July 26, 2017 11:36 pm UTC
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I bought the pdf to check it out, and now I think I'd like the hardcover. Any way to get that discounted to reflect previous purchase of the pdf?

(Same question for O.L.D.)
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Russ M August 04, 2017 11:56 pm UTC
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The hardcover is currently discounted by $20.
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Erik Z March 28, 2019 8:26 am UTC
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I don't think that this is a useful answer to the original question.
It would indeed be helpful if money spent on the PDF would be discounted when buying the physical copy later.
Concrete example: I got interested in the WOIN system, and normally, I simply would have bought the PDFs for ALL the major books in one go. But I'm reluctant since I'm paying twice for them if I later decide to buy the hardcovers as well (which I normally do if I like the system). So guess what - I only bought one book right now, which is probably bad for me and bad for the publishers...
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Scott N May 02, 2019 11:06 am UTC
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How come Its not discounted to $20 for me as I bought version before this one in hardcover and pdf?
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Jacob D July 23, 2017 9:46 am UTC
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I just purchased this system and have been reading through it very excitedly. However, I was a little unsure at first because of the 3 star review on this site. After reading the PDF, I can certainly say to anyone trying to determine whether it not to buy N.E.W. that that particular review was written by someone who doesn't seem to have read the rules correctly on more than a few subjects.
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Brian J April 21, 2017 11:41 pm UTC
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Hey, I have a (very small) issue with the pdf. The artwork/pictures throughout the file seem to be of pretty low quality (low resolution files, I guess?). Even when completly zoomed out, so I can see the full page, I can see blurry spots and make out the pixels in the pictures. I do not have this problem with any other RPG pdf, not even with the one for O.L.D. which I bought together with this one...
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Konrad Z April 21, 2017 12:18 am UTC
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Where is teh EONS article "Resolve: Horror, Sanity, & Social Combat" The description text above says its inluded in the price but I'm only seeing one PDF after I purchased.
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Konrad Z April 21, 2017 12:08 am UTC
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Is there any chance of a Printer friendly version of the PDF. Something without the backgrounds / border art, and page numbers in a black font.
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Phil M October 25, 2016 3:46 am UTC
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As I read it, you need to buy hardcover to get all the books bundled. Is that right?
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Russ M October 25, 2016 9:43 am UTC
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Or the PDF of the hardcover.
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Stacie W October 20, 2016 2:33 am UTC
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I got my physical copy in the mail and I am impressed at how good the standard printing is. It's nearly as good as the premium printing. In a way I couldn't really tell the difference when I set this book down next to a premium color book I had already gotten from here. The color turned out extremely well.

The only thing is that the overall look and quality of the physical book itself is marred by someone dropping my book and it landing right on the bottom corner of the book, squishing the corners in and making it all wrinkly. It's apparent that somebody dropped the book after it got printed. Even my copy of the Starship Construction Manual I ordered along with this book is marred in the same way.
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Russ M October 20, 2016 10:40 am UTC
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I asked DTRPG about what to do when a customer's book is damaged and they said this:

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If you have any customers who are reporting the books damaged, have them contact Customer Service at: http://support.drivethrurpg.com/hc/en-us/requests/new

Customer Service will need to work with the customers in shipping replacement copies.
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So that's the first step. If that doesn't resolve it quickly, please do let me know, though.
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Bobby J October 24, 2016 8:16 pm UTC
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Write them, send pictures(if you haven't already) in your report. The customer support for printed material is fantastic. I've had a couple of books get damaged due to Lightning Source not packaging it enough, but the CSR's are understanding and work with you to replace your damaged one with a new one. Well worth it and one of the reasons I keep buying POD material from them.
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Benjamin R October 10, 2016 2:00 pm UTC
Does the PDF include the other rulebooks (e.g. Future Careers, Equipment, Space, etc.?)
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Russ M October 10, 2016 2:25 pm UTC
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This book includes Future Careers, Future Equipment, Future Core, Space, and Building a Universe.
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Joseph R October 11, 2016 10:18 pm UTC
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So just to make sure I'm getting this straight; this Book/PDF containing within itself the collective works of rulebooks of Future Careers, Equipment, Space, etc?
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Russ M October 11, 2016 10:50 pm UTC
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That is correct. This hardcover book includes the existing WOIN rulebooks Future Careers, Future Equipment, Future Core, Space, and Building a Universe.
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Joseph R October 11, 2016 11:09 pm UTC
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Thanks, Russ. I have purchased your RPG book.
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