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The Planet of the Apes Roleplaying Game Arrives in February 2026

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THE ROLE-PLAYING GAME OF THE PLANET OF THE APES CORE RULEBOOK HC

WRITTEN BY ANDREW E.C. GASKA, & E.L. THOMAS
ART BY CHRIS SCALF, RUNA I. ROSENBERGER, CHANDRA FREE, & SHANE MOLINA
COVER BY BILL SIENKIEWICZ

The global sensation of the Planet of the Apes comes to tabletop in this official role-playing game!

The Role-Playing Game of the Planet of the Apes will challenge every idea you have ever had about a role-playing game. You will be thrust onto a planet where humans are the lowest order of living things and the superior beings are apes. It’s the evolutionary process—but in reverse.

Become an intellectual chimpanzee who seeks to better apekind through science and exploration. Choose an orangutan statesape whose weapons are philosophical debate, political savvy, and the power of the Sacred Scrolls themselves. Perhaps a gorilla soldier is more your style—honor-bound to protect Ape City and lead aggressive expansions into new territories. What else, if not an ape? Be a time-lost astronaut struggling to grasp a world gone insane. Become a mute tribal human forced to scavenge for resources as you are hunted by murderous gorillas on horseback. The rules even allow you to play mutant survivors who use the power of their minds to turn their enemies against each other.

Built on the official Magnetic Variant (D6MV) of the classic D6 System role-playing game rules created by West End Games, The Role-Playing Game of the Planet of the Apes is easy to learn yet full of challenges to master. With settings and lore written by sci-fi novelist Andrew E.C. Gaska, this core rulebook contains all you need to role-play in this upside-down world where apes evolved from humans:

Detailed histories and lore from Planet of the Apes
24 character classes to choose from
Optional Stun and Encumbrance Rules
SRP Defenses create fast-paced combat
Extraordinary Abilities give your PCs an edge
Quirks and Expectations help define character motivation
Statistics for the mutated monstrosities that lurk in the Forbidden Zone
Plus a host of new Gear and Weaponry that will help turn this upside-down world right
Compatible with all Magnetic Press Play’s West End Games D6 products

$49.99 | 308 PGS. | FULL COLOR | ON SALE FEBRUARY 4, 2026
IOD: 12/27/2025
FOC: 1/12/2026

THE PLANET OF THE APES RPG ANSA SOURCEBOOK HC

WRITTEN BY ANDREW E.C. GASKA, & E.L. THOMAS
ART BY CHRIS SCALF, RUNA I. ROSENBERGER, BILL PULKOVSKI, & SHANE MOLINA
COVER BY CHRIS SCALF

An encyclopedic sourcebook for the classic Planet of the Apes franchise for use to expand the adventures in the official role-playing game!

Bring the cinematic thrills and shocking twists of the five original Planet of the Apes movies to your tabletop game. Now you can interact with the apes and humans that have come directly from the silver screen—Caesar, Taylor, Zira, Hasslein, and, of course, Dr. Zaius—every iconic character is gamified for campaign use with biographies and statistics. This sourcebook showcases a detailed chronology of the distinctly different timeline that arose out of choices made by both human and ape alike.

The ANSA Files are filled with reference resources of the larger-than-life personalities, weapons, and settings from the classic films and novelizations—The Planet of the Apes, Beneath the Planet of the Apes, Escape from the Planet of the Apes, Conquest of the Planet of the Apes, and Battle of the Planet of Apes—plus linking material from the novels Conspiracy of the Planet of the Apes and Death of the Planet of the Apes! With more than five times the adventure in one place, this sourcebook lets you experience the span of the POTA universe like never before . . .

$49.99 | 312 PGS. | FULL COLOR | ON SALE FEBRUARY 4, 2026
IOD: 12/27/2025
FOC: 1/12/2026

Crowdfunding Corner: Planet of the Apes Role-Playing Game is Now Live on Kickstarter

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Planet of the Apes: The Role-Playing Game

The age of Apes has arrived. Magnetic Press has launched their feature-filled pre-order campaign for the official tabletop Role-Playing Game based on 20th Century Studios’ world-renowned property, The Planet of the Apes on Kickstarter. The campaign launches in the wake of the newest feature film in the storied franchise that debuted on May 10th.

Planet of the Apes: The Role-Playing Game is now available for pre-order with numerous incentives and bonus items available only through this event, including exclusive gaming materials, miniature gameplay piece sets, physical in-world artifacts to assist role play, and other bonus enhancements that will only be available only with pre-orders.

The deluxe 308-page hardcover CORE RULEBOOK features cover artwork by legendary artist Bill Sienkiewicz, containing all of the rules, statistics, and lore necessary to introduce new players to the world of Planet of the Apes. A separate 300+ page hardcover sourcebook, THE ANSA FILES, provides references and resources specific to the classic films and novels. Two limited-edition Slipcase Sets containing both hardcovers are also available in two collectible levels of exclusivity, the ultimate of the two versions including premium design materials and signatures by both lead designer Andrew E.C. Gaska and Bill Sienkiewicz.

Fans can further supplement their gaming experience with the FORBIDDEN ZONE Campaign Adventure Box which contains an assortment of supplemental tools and content to help players explore this dangerous world. Contents include a complete campaign adventure book, two poster sized maps and player markers, a set of 12 thematic “Alpha and Omega” 6-sided dice, a 3-panel LAWGIVER Reference Screen with handy tables, and a deck of game statistic reference cards.

Of most interest to fans will certainly be the RUINS OF TOMORROW Miniatures Set – 20 detailed plastic playing pieces that capture the various character types available to play or encounter within the game, both ape and human, for strategic tabletop gameplay. Additional sets of plastic playing pieces will be revealed throughout the campaign as unlockable “stretch goals” are achieved.  Such unlockable additions include a set of ANSA astronauts and their crashed Spaceship, a Statue of Liberty dice tower, and many other character types and locations featured in the original films. Other immersive bonuses will also be available to unlock during the campaign’s 30-day duration.
The campaign will run through Friday July 12th.

Game design is built on Magnetic’s D6MV System, a modern update of the classic D6 System of role-playing rules originally made popular by West End Games with the first official STAR WARS RPG, MEN IN BLACK RPG, and GHOSTBUSTERS RPG.