The Role-Playing Game of the Planet of the Apes Core Rulebook

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 motivations
- Statistics for the mutated monstrosities that lurk in the Forbidden Zone
- Plus a host of new Gear and Weaponry will help turn this upside-down world right
- Compatible with all Magnetic Press Play's West End Games D6 products

Author: Andrew E. C. Gaska,E. L. Thomas
Publisher: Magnetic Press
Published: 02/03/2026
Pages: 308
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 3.35lbs
Size: 11.10h x 8.70w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9781962413039

About the Author
Andrew E.C. Gaska is the multiple ENnie and UKGE Award-winning lore and adventure writer for Free League Publishing's Alien Role-Playing Game. He is a narrative director, designer, and science-fiction author with over 20 years of industry experience. Gaska authored the novels Conspiracy of the Planet of the Apes and Death of the Planet of the Apes. His other works include Nightfall Game's The Terminator and Terminator 2 RPGs, Magnetic Press Play's West End Games Carbon Grey RPG, Buck Rogers, Space:1999, and Choose Your Own Adventure. A former franchise canon consultant for 20th Century Studios for Alien and Planet of the Apes, he also developed and wrote their in-house Predator bible. For 17 years, he was a consultant for Rockstar Games on titles such as Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption.

E. L. Thomas is a writer and game designer who has worked on numerous treatments, story bibles, and scripts for animation. He has also co-written the adaptation of two Choose Your Own Adventure titles into graphic novels. Thomas is co-creator of the Lion Forge/Oni Press gaming periodical Rolled & Told and has written for Nightfall Games' SLA Industries and The Terminator RPG. He is the game design director of Magnetic Press Play's Carbon Grey RPG.