Ninjas, pirates, and dinosaurs. A fantasy Asia, filled with warring island nations. Samurai mounted on domesticated raptors. Bigger dinosaurs hunted by quasi-Polynesian tribesmen. Dueling factions of shadow warriors. Privateers and buccaneers battling the servants of the Imperial Navy. Fallen kingdoms deep in forgotten jungles. And we call it...

DINO-PIRATES OF NINJA ISLAND

Welcome to the online home of DINO-PIRATES OF NINJA ISLAND! This site provides everything you need to begin playing this swashbuckling game of pulp adventure. You can browse the complete rules, distributed under the Open Gaming License, and you can learn all about this fantastic setting, made available under a Creative Commons license so you can add to it yourself!

Running a Game?

If you're looking to run a game of DINO-PIRATES OF NINJA ISLAND, start by picking up the official introductory adventure, SLAVE QUEEN OF THE RUINED CITY, available for only $6.00! Then go over the Basics on this site and make sure you understand the rules.

Playing a DPoNI Character?

If you've been invited to play a game of DINO-PIRATES OF NINJA ISLAND, you'll want to review our Character Creation Rules so you can start adventuring in this fantastic world!

Latest News:

The latest update from Scratch Factory's secret labs:

SLAVE QUEENS and PIRATE KINGS: DINO-PIRATES at FanExpo!

August 22, 2010
FanExpo, next week here in Toronto, is a massive event with celebrity guests from all sorts of genres and forms. I'm not the sort of guy who goes for autographs or paraphernalia, so it's not for the most part my scene, but they are holding a RPG component this year, so of course:

DINO-PIRATES OF NINJA ISLAND will be representing, with two games running: the classic SLAVE QUEEN OF THE RUINED CITY adventure (available on YourGamesNow for the low low price of $6.00), and the much newer (debuted at GenCon) PIRATE KING'S DAY OF RECKONING.

Both games promise plenty of swashbuckling adventure, terrifying opponents and the sort of rollicking good time that players of DINO-PIRATES OF NINJA ISLAND have come to expect.

Wrecked on the forbidding shore of the SLAVE QUEEN'S island, heroes much penetrate deep into the underground labyrinths of the RUINED CITY to foil her nefarious plans, battling as they must mindless minions, terrible torturers and GIANT MONKEYS.

Meanwhile, the self-proclaimed PIRATE KING has made too many enemies on too many sides, and in his desperation has unleashed an ancient weapon of horrifying power. Can our heroes track down the misnamed monarch and force him to put down that cauldron?

Both adventures feature of course the five essentials of any DINO-PIRATES game:

Come on out and enjoy some classic DINO-PIRATES action! And I guess you can meet famous people at the same time. Like me! Well, not so much famous, as, well, tall. Really quite tall.

Happy to sign autographs, too.

Contact

If you find any issues on this site that need fixing, just shoot me an email. Likewise if you have any questions about the rules or the setting.