Twelve Sided Publishing is an independent game development studio from the Detroit metro area.
Creators of the ClockWork Game Engine
A time based action system with elegant rules for any roleplaying style or game world.
Easy to learn, implement, and use
- ClockWork only uses one size of dice: twelve sided dice (or d12).
- ClockWork has only 4 attributes. Easy to comprehend and easy to utilize.
- Only 4 skills per attribute, giving it 16 skills in all. Elegant and powerful.
Makes for realistic & fully customized characters
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ClockWork is a classless system with full customization.
- Want to be a buff wizard in heavy armor? Blast off!
- Want to be a lightly armored fencing master? En guarde!
- Want to wield firearms and supplement them with magic? Boom boom!
- All these options and much, much more
- Premades are provided to make common character concepts quick and easy.
- Full customization rules are provided for players who want total control.
- Foci make your character an expert at specific skill sets, setting them apart.
- Features and spell lists make your character adept both in and out of combat.
Engaging & adaptable combat system
- Provides rules for modern, future, and ancient times (and can mix all three).
- Mitigate between offense and defense in an ever changing battlefield.
- Attack, move, defend, and prepare in any order you choose.
- No abilities per day / per combat / and any of that nonsense. Just cast spells.
Authors of the Scrape The Sky Roleplaying Game
A post-climate change roleplaying game where humanity fights for survival.
News & Upcoming Events
2023-08-23: AcadeCon 2023
Twelve Sided Publishing will be attending AcadeCon 2023 in Dayton, Ohio on November 3rd -> 5th. More information will be available as we get closer to the convention.
We should have a significant portion of the Core Rulebook up by that point.