One of Skirmisher Publishing LLC’s most innovative new publications is USSMC FM 7-22: Space Boarding Operations, which it released at the Origins game convention, held July 5-8 in Columbus, Ohio. This military-style field manual is designed to read like an actual U.S. Space Marine Corps field manual devoted to boarding hostile spacecraft in 2089. Its author, Lt. Col. Oliver Cass, is an active-dutyU.S. Army officer experienced in both real-world operations and manual writing.

USSMC FM 7-22: Space Boarding Operations is currently available through eBay and will soon also be available through Amazon.com. A PDF-format version of USSMC FM 7-22 is or will soon be available through a number of online sales venues, including DriveThruRpg.com and RPGNow.com; Italian site Arima.it; the European fantasy-download.com; Paizo.com; and publishing cooperative YourGamesNow.com.

USSMC FM 7-22 is also the official publication of TerrorWerks, a heartpounding live-action roleplaying experience that debuted at Origins, where it was an overwhelming success. It was organized by the venerable PST Productions — one of the longest-operating and most successful Cthulhu Live live-action role-playing production groups — and MindGame Productions, a live-action gaming company that runs the largest Airsoft events on the East Coast. TerrorWerks players assumed the roles of U.S. Space Marines, civilian engineers, and MineraTek executives thrust into the heart of an orbiting refinery being ravaged by an unknown alien
horror. Using their wits, skills, and an arsenal of fully-automatic Airsoft weapons, the Marines will battle their way through the station, racing against the clock to save themselves and any survivors. Along the way, the players will search for clues to the identity and origins of the horrors that strike out of the darkness.

For more information about USSMC FM 7-22: Space Boarding Operations, contact Skirmisher at webmaster@skirmisher.com.