Guide to Story Engine/Maelstrom Storytelling Products Maelstrom Storytelling was first released in 1996 by Hubris Games. The rules were redesigned and released as a universal system in 1999. Precis Intermedia acquired the rights to Maelstrom Storytelling and Story Engine in 2006. The following list describes each product as it was originally published, along with its associated reprint (if available). Maelstrom Storytelling Maelstrom is a science-fantasy world of supernatural powers and ancient civilizations. The Maelstrom is an entire world, and it's also a great storm so strong it changes the shape of the world as it passes. Adventures in the Maelstrom can be about almost anything, from swashbuckling and treasure hunting to travel and exploration. There are powerful mages and ancient ghosts, courts full of intrigue and ruins of a lost empire. The rules provide fast, fluid scene resolution. Action is resolved as a whole scene, based on the character goals -- there are no "combat rounds" or charts. original softcover Dogbound Edition, available as download and softcover Tales from the Empire This guide to the city of Diodet includes new information and scenarios. Diodet is a city gone mad! Ruled by a queen who's been missing for 500 years, and run by a caphir that no one has ever seen. Diodet is lost in an insular world of parlor games and denial. It's a city of politics, adventure, romance and intrigue -- all in the shadow of a ruined empire. Story Engine Universal Rules This is the second edition of rules found in Maelstrom Storytelling. A light version, called Story Bones, was also available for free. Gray's Journal This was a collection of stories, adventures, realms, and gadgets for Maelstrom Storytelling. It also included Story Bones. Dacartha Prime This guide to the city of Dacartha includes a world overview, as well as the Story Engine and Story Bones rules. original softcover Dogbound Edition, available as download and softcover; does not include Story Engine or Story Bones Book of Gray This was a collection of odds and ends for Maelstrom Storytelling and Story Engine, from fiction and adventures to gadgets and affinities. It also included Story Bones. Story Engine Revised Edition This Revised Edition included material from Gray's Journal/Book of Gray, as well as Story Bones. original softcover Classic Reprint, available as download and softcover Story Engine Plus Edition This latest edition reorganizes and better clarifies the rules, adds more genre plugins, and includes a new version of Story Bones. Sidenotes Like most beings in the Maelstrom World, the Venthi were uprooted to there from another age and place. They went from being citizens of a highly-cultured empire to strangers in a new world. They were thought to have built the earliest ruins in the Maelstrom, but are now slaves and beggars in tattered clothing. Go back to when the Venthi were a force with which to be reckoned -- the Venthi Imperium goes to war with the Terran Commonwealth in Warcosm.