Modiphius Entertainment has announced a marketing and distribution deal to support the far future indie RPG Fragged Empire by Wade Dyer of Design Ministries - On Kickstarter Now!

"Betrayed by your creators, you are a genetically engineered remnant emerging from the ruin of genocidal war..." sets the scene as players emerge from 100 years of brutal tribalism & savagery after a terrible war and are just now returning to space.

Wade has been working on Fragged Empire for the last four years with the goal of creating a stylish and exciting sci-fi tabletop game with his excellent eye for design. "I really want the art in my book to show 2 things. Firstly, it needs to convey the tone of the setting; beautiful, modern, detailed, subtle depth, but vibrant & fun. That mix of energy & grit. Secondly, it needs to convey the passionate craftsmanship that has gone into this book." - Wade

Fragged Empire follows four non-human races as they seek to build a new society after barely surviving a genocidal war. As an example one of the playable races (the "Nephilim") are the descendants of the genetically engineered army that all but wiped out civilisation.  The drip fed artwork over the last few months has revealed a stunning universe of images. 

The game rules are already written and in final playtesting with Wade showing off a sample printed colour hardback and he aims to fund a print run and expansion of the universe through supplements and miniatures with a Kickstarter for Fragged Empire launched today at: 
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/wadedyer/fragged-empire-tabletop-rpg

www.fraggedempire.com shows many of the setting & rule highlights from this book. An adaptable rule system, with nonlinear character progression & tactical miniature combat. All set in a deep post, post-apocalyptic setting that explores themes of cultural tension, genetic engineering & exploration.

Modiphius are supporting Fragged Empire with marketing, distribution of the product line to backers and retail distribution once it's ready. For more information or to arrange an interview with Wade please contact us here.

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The team that brought you Achtung! Cthulhu are unleashing the Dark Legion again with brand new content & cinematic rules.

The Mutant Chronicles RPG Kickstarter is a re-boot of the amazing 90's techno-fantasy roleplaying game under license from Paradox Entertainment 
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/modiphius/mutant-chronicles-3rd-ed-rpg

Modiphius have already funded the core book and setting (£27k at present), Mutant Chronicles: Dark Symmetry, added a Player’s Guide softback and are well on their way to a long series of stretch goals. Modiphius has re-designed the rules with a new d20 / 8 attribute based cinematic system, playtested with over 400 groups. They plan a re-write of the setting guides and supplements to include brand new material alongside the existing storyline. Supporters can expect the usual high quality production values seen in Modiphius' Achtung! Cthulhu project.  

Awesome new art will reveal never before seen parts of the Mutant Chronicles universe alongside the existing fantastic images by Paul Bonner, Peter Bergting and Paolo Parente. There will be huge campaigns, fantastic accessories and miniatures produced in conjunction with Prodos Games (who successfully re-launched the Warzone miniatures game) specifically for the roleplaying game. See below for more information on the world of Mutant Chronicles and new plans for the game.

You can download other banners and graphics here: http://www.modiphius.com/mutant-chronicles-supporters.html  

Please contact us for review copies, interviews, promotions and other information

Mutant Chronicles was one of the bigger names in gaming in the 1990's with the Doom Trooper collectible card game translated in to 16 languages, three boardgames, two video games, the massive Warzone miniatures game and the Mutant Chronicles 1st and 2nd Edition roleplaying games with more recently a Hollywood movie, Fantasy Flight Games pre-painted miniature game and last year the reboot of Warzone by Prodos Games. The Mutant Chronicles story took you on this full throttle dieselpunk sci-fi ride through a solar system beset by corporate intrigue and the invasion of a terrible dark alien force. With technology failing due to the insidious effects of the Dark Symmetry humankind must fight back against the Dark Legion hordes whilst dealing with in-fighting and conspiracy from within.

The Solar System is a roaring mayhem of death and war. The surfaces of the inner planets have been swept clean by the violent onslaught of the dark legions storming hordes of Nepharites, Razides, Pretorian Stalkers and Undead Legionaries. In the enormous cities of the far and distant future, heretics devoted to the destruction of humankind stalk the dark backstreets and gloomy alleys spreading their teachings of greed, jealously and war. 

In the late 21st century a growing madness of plagues, wars, terrorism and environmental collapse led to the rushed terraforming of the colonies by the major corporations, an exodus from Earth and the final cataclysmic nuclear war. It takes hundreds of years to re-establish life as we know it on the inner worlds of our solar system. Imperial, Capitol, Bauhaus and Mishima now rule from their homes in the steaming jungles of Venus, the caverns of Mercury, the deserts of Mars and the many orbitals and asteroid homes of the solar system. Luna City is a vast neutral sprawl, many hundreds of years old, built up and over the first colony and mines. 

A fateful exploratory mission to Pluto unleashes an ancient evil force 'The Dark Symmetry' upon the thinking machines of man. As technology fails (and even fights back), mankind is beset with conspiracy and corporate intrigue from within. Dark things gather on the edges of the colonies and whilst corporate war consumes the greatest armies of man, the Dark Legion’s citadels rise up throughout the worlds of the solar system and terrifying armies march out to consume all. They were defeated long ago, they will not be defeated this time. As the Dark Symmetry's malign influence on humanity grows, the Brotherhood with their strange powers, arise to unite the corporate armies as one and fight back. 

Modiphius filled in the gaps in the original storyline, expanded the backstory and plotted secret events that will carry your adventures through a 1000 years of future history. Now players can adventure during the early days of the Dark Symmetry with investigations of foul cults and technology turning on mankind, through to the brutal Corporate Wars and then fight the Dark Legion as they pour forth from their citadels across the colonies. The Mutant Chronicles 3rd Edition RPG system is a full rewrite playtested by over 400 groups in the last the last 6 months and has been designed for cinematic adventure - whether you want investigative, discovery or action orientated games

Modiphius Entertainment has announced a new regular podcast, Modiphius Calling hosted by Chris Birch and Josh O'Connor, which discusses both Modiphius' in-house games  as well as taking a look at other games the team are playing, new tabletop related App releases, gaming and related culture, dramatic readings as well as interviews with a wide variety of guests. 

Modiphius Calling is hosted at http://www.modiphius.com/modiphius-calling.html

Episode 1 features news of Achtung! Cthulhu, Mutant Chronicles, the new introductory wargame One War and an interview with co-designer Nick Fallon, Stephane Middleton reading the short fiction intro to the Mutant Chronicles Playtest, discussion of Goodman Game's Dungeon Crawl Classics, retro love for Siege of the Citadel plus the Frozen Front and Battle Academy Apps.  

If you would like the Modiphius team to interview you about your new game or have a story for us, please get in touch through http://www.modiphius.com/contact.html 

Modiphius Entertainment & GunMetal Games have announced a surprise bonus for backers of the Achtung! Cthulhu and Interface Zero 2.0 Kickstarters!

Backers of both Kickstarters will receive a free bonus 120 page PDF book 'Achtung! Cthulhu - Interface 19.40' consisting of a 60 page adventure and 60 page supplement covering the early days of gene splicing experiments in the 1940's. Following the trail of sinister experiments on German soldiers to create the perfect fighting force, Allied agents and the German Abwehr military intelligence must unite to combat a far deadlier threat. 

Delving into the backstory of Interface 2.0 pseudo science the supplement written by GunMetal Games will explore the secret projects of the Allies and Third Reich, and how they evolved in the Interface Zero 2.0 setting. The Achtung! Cthulhu adventure written by Modiphius Entertainment will reveal the dark powers behind some of the experiments and the terrifying results when they are unleashed. The book will feature Savage Worlds and Call of Cthulhu stats along with cross - over rules for both settings allowing players to experience each of these unique worlds. 

The Kickstarter's can be found here:

Interface Zero 2.0 Full Metal Cyberpunk

Achtung! Cthulhu - Keepers & Investigator's Guide to the Secret War
 
Achtung! Cthulhu - Interface 19.40 will be available in Spring 2014 as a retail release from Chronicle City, and distributed free to backers of both Kickstarters.

In Interface Zero 2.0 players enter a dark and grimy world of corrupt, power mad government, greedy megacorporations and fringe science-gone-wild. You play ronin: rogue street operatives who make their living doing the things nobody else can, or will, do. You have no master, no loyalties beyond your bank balance. Your only friends are those of convenience. Your tools of the trade are computer code, high-powered weapons, combat drones, cybernetic augmentations, mental powers and maybe even a little bit of luck.

In Achtung! Cthulhu discover the secret history of World War Two - stories of the amazing heroism in which stalwart men and women struggled to overthrow a nightmare alliance of science and the occult, of frightening inhuman conspiracies from the depths of time, and the unbelievable war machines which were the product of Nazi scientific genius - and how close we all came to a slithering end! The Secret War has begun!

For further information see www.modiphius.com or http://www.gunmetalgames.com /

 

 

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