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The Planet of the Apes Roleplaying Game Arrives in February 2026

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

SDCC 2020: Magnetic Press’ Comic-Con@Home Exclusives!

Magnetic Press is well-known for publishing graphic novels, art books, and periodicals curated with a focus on internationally recognized content and talent, presented with premium quality design and production value. Their award-winning library includes such celebrated titles as the Love series of wordless wildlife graphic novels, as well as Eisner-nominated books Stay, A Sea of Love, Watersnakes, Herakles, Doomboy, A Glance Backward, Little Tails, The Ghost of Gaudi, and Dave Dorman’s Wasted Lands Omnibus, earning a total of 19 Eisner Award nominations in their first five-of-five years of eligibility.

With San Diego Comic-Con going digital this year, it was important for Magnetic Press to continue to celebrate the comic book community by offering exclusives this week with LIMITED EDITION Posters and Prints, with 25-35% off nearly everything in their webstore. Those who want to save even more can purchase series bundles! These exclusives really showcase Magnetic Press’ dedication to high-quality art, stories, and production value!

Here’s a look at this year’s exclusives and deals:

NILS Hardcover with Exclusive Set of Three 8.5×11” Linen Cardstock Prints by Antoine Carrion (Limited to Only 150) – Only $19.99

OGRE GODS Series Set (3 Hardcovers) with Exclusive Set of 8.5×11” Linen Cardstock Prints by Bertrand Gatignol (Limited to Only 150) – Only $50

ORPHANS Series Set (4 Volumes) with Exclusive 2-Sided 11×17” Mini-Poster by Massimo Carnevale (LIMITED TO ONLY 150) – Only $50

STREAMLINER with Exclusive 8.5×11” Linen Cardstock Print by Fane (Limited to Only 150) for Only $17.50

TOPPI VOLS 1-3 (3 Hardcovers) with Exclusive Set of Three 8.5×11” Linen Cardstock Prints by Sergio Toppi (Limited to Only 150) – Only $50

GENPET with Exclusive 2-Sided 11×17” Mini-Poster  by Alex Fuentes and Adrian (Limited to Only 150) – Only $12.75

GUNLAND 2-Sided 11×17” Mini-Poster by Captain Artiglio (Limited to Only 150) – Only $14.99

KLAW with Signed Series Bundle (2 Hardcovers) with 2-Sided 11 x 17” Mini-Poster by Jurion and Ozanam (Limited to Only 150) and Signed Bookplate by Jurion and Ozanam – Only $50

MISTER INVINCIBLE with Exclusive 8×10” Sticker Sheet by Pascal Jousselin – Only $11.99

Head over to their San Diego Comic-Con landing page now and start getting your “comic on” with Magnetic Press, “Your Passport to a World of Wonder!”

Magnetic Press Takes Us to Paris 2119 on Kickstarter

Today, exclusively through KickstarterMagnetic Press has launched Paris 2119a science-fiction graphic novel by French creators Zep and Dominique Bertail with an exclusive variant cover by in-demand cover artist Peach Momoko.

Paris 2119 is described as “Black Mirror meets Blade Runner,” a mind-bending cyberpunk love story in the proud tradition of classic science fiction authors such as Philp K. Dick, Isaac Asimov, and Arthur C. Clark.

This gorgeously illustrated graphic novel aims to spotlight current social trends such as overconsumption, climate change, social media, identity theft, and transhumanism. 

The campaign also has several “stretch goals” planned for pre-sales beyond their starting goal. These bonus goals would be free to all backers and include such items as a 32-page limited-run Production Sketchbook featuring a behind-the-scenes look at the making of Paris 2119 for physical backers.

The Kickstarter runs until July 23.