Creating a Character in Vaesen
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Part 1: World of Vaesen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0mdh... Join Ellinor DiLorenzo as she goes through the process of creating a character in the roleplaying game Vaesen, by Free League Publishing. Make sure you bring your pen and paper, and even more importantly, your imagination, as we explore the options in the Mythic North and beyond!
The Electric State Roleplaying Game Live on Kickstarter Back it here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1192053011/the-electric-state-roleplaying-game A group of travelers are heading out on a journey through a strange America in an alternate 1997. The ruins of gigantic battle drones litter the countryside, heaped together with the discarded trash of a high-tech consumerist society in decline. A road trip on the verge of reality awaits. Go on a journey into the unknown. Free League Publishing today announced that the crowdfundig campaign for The Electric State Roleplaying Game is now live on Kickstarter. The Electric State RPG is a tabletop RPG based on the narrative art book The Electric State by acclaimed visual artist and author Simon Stålenhag soon to be adapted into a major motion picture by the Russo brothers (Avengers: Endgame), starring Millie Bobby Brown (Stranger Things) and Chris Pratt (Guardians of the Galaxy). The game is not about the goal but the journey – what the characters experience and how it changes them. This is a game of exploration, but that which is explored is yourself and your friends, and what you are willing to do when the world collapses around you. All backers who pledge levels with physical rewards within the first 24 hours will receive a bonus art print of the cover art by Simon Stålenhag. If successfully funded, all backers will get to the PDF versions of The Electric State RPG months ahead of the official release. THE ELECTRIC WORLD Following the discovery of neuronics in the late 1960s, technology diverged from our own world. It is now the year 1997 and the world is on the verge of apocalypse. The USA, ravaged by a second Civil War, has split into new federations. In Pacifica, formerly California, the ever-present Sentre corporation pushes the neuronic technology to the population via cheap headsets. If life was somehow almost normal before it isn’t anymore. Sentre’s Mode Six upgrade of its nationwide system was the start of the fall. Civilization crumbles as something strange spreads through the neuronic net. People fail to turn up for the jobs, basic services cease to function, and the government is rapidly losing control. The Electric State is coming. ABOUT THE GAME The Electric State RPG is a game of exploration and relations, conflict between groups and individuals, and what you are willing to do when you are stuck halfway to your goal and bad turns to worse. It’s a road movie through a land that is slowly falling apart. The Electric State RPG is a standalone book that contains all the tools you need to play and create short to mid-length campaigns in a society on the brink of apocalypse, without the need for separate expansions and supplements. The game is written by Nils Hintze (Tales From the Loop RPG, Vaesen - Nordic Horror Roleplaying) in collaboration with the Free League core team. The rules of the game are based on the acclaimed Year Zero Engine, used in award-winning games such as the ALIEN RPG, the Blade Runner RPG, the Tales From the Loop RPG and The Walking Dead Universe RPG, but uniquely tailored for this new game. © 2023 Simon Stålenhag. This game is published in partnership with Skybound Entertainment. All rights reserved.
THE ONE RING™ Roleplaying Game “This is the Master-ring, the One Ring to rule them all.”⁠ Get it here: https://freeleaguepublishing.com/shop/the-one-ring/ The new edition of the acclaimed roleplaying game THE ONE RING™, set in the world of The Lord of the Rings™ by J.R.R. Tolkien, is now LIVE on KICKSTARTER! ⁠ Published by Free League in partnership with Sophisticated Games.⁠ ⁠ ⚔️⁠ The time has come to enter a new era. The game is created by game designer Francesco Nepitello in collaboration with Free League. The game will bring you all further into the Twilight of the Third Age.⁠⁠ We hope you join us on this grand journey!⁠ 🛡️⁠ The year is 2965 of the Third Age, and a Company of heroes, Hobbits, Dwarves, Elves and Men is seeking adventure in the Lone-lands of Eriador. It is a desolate country, a vast land that once saw the glory of the North Kingdom of the Dúnedain, the Men of the West. ⁠ ⁠ Here, many wars were fought, and countless ruins dot its landscape. Shadows move along its paths, and not all of them belong to the living. It is here that the One Ring lies, a seed of the past that will one day lead the world to open war against the returning Shadow.⁠ ⁠ The Enemy is moving, and smoke issues once more from Mount Doom, in the land of Mordor...⁠ 🏹⁠ “… you have been chosen, and you must therefore use such strength and heart and wits as you have.”⁠ ⁠ Up until now, you have led an ordinary life. But something have made you realize that you were simply pretending that shadows were not growing nearer and nearer every year.⁠ ⁠ You are no soldiers nor mercenary, nor a subtle Wizard trying to weave the threads spun by fate. You are, however, an adventurous soul. And you oppose the return of the Shadow.⁠ 🗡️⁠
A Legend Reborn – the Dragonbane RPG Officially Released https://freeleaguepublishing.com/shop/dragonbane/ A legend is reborn - we are thrilled to say that our higly anticpated fantasy RPG Dragonbane, the new edition of Scandinavia's first and biggest tabletop RPG Drakar och Demoner, has been officially released today. The Dragonbane core set is now available via the official website and at retailers worldwide, along with extras like a printed quickstart guide, a custom dice set, and a GM screen. The PDF version of the game can be found at DriveThruRPG, and full content modules on the virtual tabletop platform Foundry are also available. A Dragonbane Quickstart PDF is also available for free via the official website and at DriveThruRPG. We also invite all creators to design and publish your own supplements for Dragonbane, using our third-party license for the game. The Dragonbane boxed core set packed with content, enough for dozens of gaming sessions: Rulebook with fast and effective D20-based game rules for character creation, skills, combat, magic, and travel Adventures book with eleven complete adventures, to be played separately or tied together in the epic Secret of the Dragon Emperor campaign The booklet Alone in Deepfall Breach letting you play Dragonbane solo Huge full-color map of the Misty Vale created Illustrated playing cards for adventures, treasure, and more Ten transparent polyhedral dice, including two custom D20s Five pregenerated characters Five blank character sheets Cardboard standees for characters and monsters Double-sided battle mat We have designed Dragonbane from the ground up to facilitate fast and furious play, with very little prep time and adventures that are a breeze to run. This is a game with room for laughs at the table, while still offering absolutely brutal challenges for all you adventurers. We call this playstyle “mirth and mayhem roleplaying” – great for long campaigns, but also perfect for a one-shot. Magic, mystery, and adventure awaits you, have a blast! Dragonbane RPG Review: A Classic Roleplaying Game Returns - Screenrant "Of the many TTRPGs played this year, Dragonbane stands out as one of the best."
The Walking Dead Universe Roleplaying Game Out Now https://freeleaguepublishing.com/shop/the-walking-dead-universe-roleplaying-game/ Explore an unforgiving, post-apocalyptic world, where you must learn to survive. Together. We are thrilled to say that our highly anticipated The Walking Dead Universe Roleplaying Game has been released today! In The Walking Dead Universe RPG, you will play as people struggling to survive in a hostile world. Exceptional challenges can appear from anywhere – from the lack of essential supplies, from conflicts brewing within the group, from hidden construction flaws in your safe haven, or from approaching walkers hungering for your flesh. The Walking Dead Universe RPG is now available via the Free League webstore, soon at hobby stores all across the world, as a Foundry VTT-module, and as PDF at DriveThruRPG. In The Walking Dead Universe RPG, the player characters must not only hone their physical skills, but deeply explore who they truly are – what drives them to go on, what they consider worth fighting for, and what they’re capable of doing, in the best and worst of times. There are two ways to play the game – Campaign Mode and Survival Mode: - In Campaign Mode, it is your goals and choices, and the result of your group efforts, that create the storyline. - In Survival Mode, you are faced with a dangerous situation that needs to be handled immediately. Survival Mode scenarios often feature locations and characters from the TV series. Expect the stress and stakes to be high. The rules of The Walking Dead Universe RPG are based on the acclaimed Year Zero Engine, used in Free League´s award-winning games such as the ALIEN RPG, Blade Runner RPG, Tales From the Loop RPG, Mutant: Year Zero and Forbidden Lands, but uniquely tailored for The Walking Dead Universe. The Walking Dead Universe RPG is a co-production between AMC Networks and the award-winning tabletop publisher. The Free League team has been working closely with key forces behind the franchise, including Chief Content Officer of The Walking Dead Universe Scott M. Gimple. The RPG series will introduce new story elements while drawing inspiration from the current series and upcoming spin-offs.
Vaesen – Nordic Horror Roleplaying is written by Nils Hintze and based on the work of Swedish illustrator and author Johan Egerkrans. Vaesen presents a dark Gothic setting steeped in Nordic folklore and the old myths of Scandinavia. The game mechanics utilize an adapted version of the award-winning Year Zero Engine. Get it here: https://freeleaguepublishing.com/shop/vaesen-2/
BLADE RUNNER The Roleplaying Game: https://freeleaguepublishing.com/shop/blade-runner-rpg/ Trailer Design: Martin Gustafsson Art: Martin Grip Music: Simon Stålenhag ☄️⁠⁠ Get your badges and blasters ready, because the Kickstarter campaign for BLADE RUNNER: THE ROLEPLAYING GAME by Free League is now live! Voted the #1 Most Anticipated RPG of 2022 at EN World, the BLADE RUNNER RPG crowdfunding campaign is now live and a long list of stretch goals is ready, including additional content to the Core Rulebook and gaming accessories such as custom dice, cards, and handouts to the Starter Set, with much more on the way. 🌑⁠ The Kickstarter campaign will wrap up on May 26, 2022. Shortly after the Kickstarter ends, all backers will get early access to PDF versions of the complete Core Rulebook and Case File 01 – months ahead of the official retail release expected to hit shelves in Q4 2022. As an added incentive, all backers of physical items who back the pledge their support within the first 24 hours will also receive an exclusive art print by BLADE RUNNER RPG lead artist Martin Grip at no extra cost. Designed by Free League – the publishers of award-winning RPGs such as the ALIEN RPG, The One Ring™, MÖRK BORG, Vaesen – Nordic Horror Roleplaying, and Tales From the Loop – the BLADE RUNNER RPG propels players into the neon noir streets of Los Angeles as Blade Runners. Set in the year 2037, the adventures begin shortly after the Wallace Corporation debuts the new Nexus-9 Replicants on Earth, giving players the choice to play as either human or Replicant Blade Runners with different specialties, personalities, and memories. ⚠️ Apart from the core casework, the RPG will both in setting and mechanics also showcase key themes of Blade Runner – action, corporate intrigue, existential character drama, and moral conflict – that encourage roleplaying and challenge player characters to question their orders, empathize with their enemies, and make hard calls with high stakes and long-lasting implications. Tomas Härenstam, Free League co-founder and lead game designer of the ALIEN RPG, fills the same role for the BLADE RUNNER RPG. Original artwork comes from lead ALIEN RPG artist Martin Grip, with Joe LeFavi of Genuine Entertainment, who also brokered the deal with Alcon for Free League, serving as the lead setting writer, brand manager, and producer on the game series. Alongside a bevy of beautiful previews and a new trailer of the neon neverland soon to come, Free League has revealed their initial line-up of BLADE RUNNER gear available to backers now: The BLADE RUNNER hardcover Core Rulebook ($55) features 200+ pages of official Blade Runner lore and an original investigative RPG ruleset that takes Free League’s award-winning Year Zero engine to a new level. All backers also receive a PDF version of CASE FILE 01: Electric Dreams – the first official Cinematic module for the BLADE RUNNER RPG. An original, investigative twist on Free League's award-winning Cinematic mode and a love letter to classic mystery games like Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective, Blade Runner Case Files will deliver full-length scenarios with pre-generated characters and events, a shared pool of assets and informants throughout the city, and a variety of physical handouts representing in-world artifacts (data files, Esper photos, evidence, and more) to be used during the investigation. In the Rep-Detect Bundle ($95), backers can receive the Standard edition of the Core Rulebook as as well as the Blade Runner RPG Starter Set, a boxed collection that includes a condensed rulebook, the print edition of the Case File 01: Electric Dreams, pre-generated characters, and various physical handouts that bring the fully-immersive investigation to life. If unlocked as stretch goals, custom dice, an initiative card deck, a map of the 2037 Los Angeles, and more will added to the Starter Set. For the elites, the Off-World Bundle ($140) delivers the print and digital edition of the Starter Set alongside the limited run Collector Edition of the Core Rulebook, boasting a deluxe black faux leather cover with an embossed holographic foil stamp of the iconic neon Origin kanji character. The Collector Edition is exclusively made for Kickstarter and will never be printed again. For retailers, the Megacorp Bundle welcomes FLGS buyers to purchase five physical copies of the standard edition Core Rulebook and Starter Set at a discount. And if cash or chinyen are short, the Diji Bundle ($35) offers PDF editions of the Core Rulebook and Case File 01: Electric Dreams for all players to enjoy. ©2022 Alcon Entertainment, LLC. All rights reserved.
ALIEN - The Roleplaying Game “I can’t lie to you about your chances, but … you have my sympathies.” Get it here: https://freeleaguepublishing.com/shop/alien-rpg-2/ Space is vast, dark, and not your friend. Gamma rays and neutrino bursts erupt from dying stars to cook you alive, black holes tear you apart, and the void itself boils your blood and seizes your brain. Try to scream and no one can hear you—hold your breath and you rupture your lungs. Space isn’t as empty as you’d think, either—its frontiers are ever expanding. Rival governments wage a cold war of aggression while greedy corporations vie for valuable resources. Colonists reach for the stars and gamble with their lives—each new world tamed is either feast or famine. And there are things lurking in the shadows of every asteroid—things strange and different and deadly. Things alien. This is the official ALIEN tabletop roleplaying game—a universe of body horror and corporate brinkmanship, where synthetic people play god while space truckers and marines serve host to newborn ghoulish creatures. It’s a harsh and unforgiving universe and you are nothing if not expendable. Stay alive if you can. REVIEWS: “Move over, Dungeons & Dragons, Swedish publisher Free League has released Alien: The Roleplaying Game, and it is as great as it is terrifying.”–TheGamer “Free League Publishing has knocked it out of the orbit. It’s an interstellar masterpiece that honors the Alien legacy and builds on the stories that made the series great. It’s a sci-fi adventure that roleplaying fans will surely love, and it’s an accessible system for anyone interested in a good story and a rollicking good time.”–GameTyrant “The real horror of Ridley Scott’s seminal sci-fi flick Alien has always been the creeping, slithering fear of the unknown. It’s impressive, then, that Free League has been able to craft a tabletop roleplaying game that can conjure up that same pitch-dark dread from the safety of your kitchen table.” –Dicebreaker The ALIEN RPG can be played in two distinct game modes: Cinematic play and Campaign play. Cinematic play is based on pre-made scenarios that emulate the dramatic arc of an ALIEN film. Designed to be played in a single session, this game mode emphasizes high stakes and fast and brutal play. Player characters are not all expected to survive. Campaign play is designed for longer continuous play with the same cast of characters over many game sessions, letting players explore the ALIEN universe freely, sandbox style. The rules of the game are designed by game director Tomas Härenstam and based on the Year Zero Engine, used in award-winning games such as Tales From the Loop, Forbidden Lands, and Mutant: Year Zero, but adapted and further developed to fully support and enhance the core themes of ALIEN: horror and action in the cold darkness of space.