Modiphius Entertainment has announced a surprise Savage Worlds conversion and Wayne Reynolds Cover for the Mutant Chronicles 3rd Edition RPG Core Book

With the Kickstarter racing past £100,000 the team unveiled that British artist Wayne Reynolds (Pathfinder, Dungeons & Dragons, Rogue Trader) is going to be painting the cover and a full Savage Worlds conversion of the Mutant Chronicles corebook which will be released in PDF with a later print run. Backers choosing the Add On will also get a discount on the print run. 

Modiphius plans a big redesign of the original Mutant Chronicles RPG, one of the biggest gaming brands of the 90's created by Target Games (now Paradox Entertainment), with gorgeous full colour books, fresh new content and art to ensure Mutant Chronicles returns with a bang. 

Awesome new graphic 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, high quality accessories and miniatures produced in conjunction with Prodos Games, (who re-launched the Warzone miniatures game) specifically for the roleplaying game. 

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 [From the 2nd Edition Back Cover]

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.

Find out more at the Mutant Chronicles Kickstarter which closes on Sunday 8th March at 8pm GMT or visit www.mutantchroniclesrpg.com 

Before we launch the first of the Achtung! Cthulhu releases at retail prices we're letting people get one last bite at some tasty print & PDF bundle deals.  
 
Using the Mutant Chronicles Kickstarter  Cthulhu fans can now help us unlock more Stretch Goals AND get their hands on the awesome Achtung! Cthulhu range of books, accessories and miniatures. 
 
Check out the Achtung! Cthulhu Add On's now available in today's 
Mutant Chronicles Kickstarter Update. All you need to do is pledge just £1, then increase your pledge based on what Achtung! Cthulhu products you want (assuming you don't want any Mutant Chronicles gear). 
 
Please help spread news of this on Facebook, Twitter and to friends who might have missed last year's fantastic Kickstarter!

Modiphius Entertainment has scored a major coup by signing Star Wars Roleplay and Edge of the Empire Senior Game Designer Jay Little, along with developers John Dunn, Jason Marker and writers Dave Allen, Clive Oldfield and Sean Patrick Fannon to work on the Mutant Chronicles 3rd Edition Roleplaying Game.

Modiphius introduced the world to the World War Two horror roleplaying gameworld Achtung! Cthulhu in 2013 and are now smashing Stretch Goals in their plan to re-boot the massive 90’s techno-fantasy RPG with the Mutant Chronicles 3rd Edition Kickstarter. Having reached their first goal in just under 3 hours, Modiphius have already unlocked more than 900 pages of Mutant Chronicles content and $110,000 in funding in just 3 weeks.

Jay Little brings a wealth of experience to the Mutant Chronicles team having designed the core system for the smash hit Star Wars roleplaying game line featuring Edge of Empire, Age of Rebellion and Force & Destiny. Jay has also designed the award-wining Star Wars: X-Wing Miniatures game, Bloodbowl: Team Manager card game and Warhammer Fantasy Roleplaying Game 3rd Edition, contributed to Rogue Trader, Death Watch, Dark Crusade and Only War. Jay is managing the development of the core system and is designing a system that allows players to experience cinematic, action packed adventures in the Mutant Chronicles setting. Players will have an opportunity to glimpse the new system in the upcoming Beta, available soon.

“Working on the Mutant Chronicles 3rd Edition Roleplaying Game is really a dream come true,” says designer Jay Little. “I’ve played board games, card games, miniatures, and of course earlier versions of the roleplaying game based on Mutant Chronicles. It’s exciting to work with a setting that played such a big part in getting me involved in hobby gaming. Chris Birch and Modiphius have a proven track record for delivering high quality products and have assembled an amazing team to ensure Mutant Chronicles continues to impress fans and players alike for years to come.”

Several other big names join Jay on the project.

John Dunn developer of the Skills & Talents on Star Wars: Edge of the Empire, Dark Heresy 2nd Edition (Skills & Talents) and Through the Breach (Combat & Fatemaster Advice) as well as a string of other games including Only War, Weird Wars Rome, Deathwatch, Rogue Trade, Black Crusade and Shadowrun will be overseeing the Skills, Talents and Powers system.

Jason Marker joins to head up the development of the guns, gear and spaceships. Jason previously oversaw the new Robotech RPG for Palladium, worked on Rogue Trader and expanding the Warhammer 40k RPG lines before taking over the development of the guns and gear for Star Wars: Edge of the Empire and Age of Rebellion. With his daughters named after female Russian WW2 fighter pilots it seems only apt that Jason is also going to be writing the core book content and Guide book for Whitestar — the brand new faction in the Mutant Chronicles universe.

Dave Allen, writer of the Star Wars: Edge of the Empire core book scenario and co-author of the Enemy Within campaign for Warhammer Fantasy Roleplaying Game 3rd Edition will head up the first Dark Symmetry era campaign.

Clive Oldfield who worked on numerous Warhammer Fantasy Roleplaying Game 3rd Edition adventures and supplements will join to work alongside Dave Allen on the campaign.

Sean Patrick Fannon, another member of the Star Wars writing team, all time champion of the roleplaying game industry and creator of the incredible Shaintar: Immortal Legends epic high fantasy setting for Savage Worlds is joining to write the Capitol content.

Gunnar Roxen, sci-fi noir author and 15-year veteran of the videogames industry is managing the line. His recent novels include The Wyld Hunt, Dead Angels and The Firestorm Conspiracy as well as Broken Shield, the RPG based in the same universe. Gunnar will be writing the Luna & Imperial content. He will also be working together with Dark Legion author Mischa Thomas, who wrote the recent Cold & Dark RPG, to ensure that the Brotherhood are ready for a re-match.

They join Modiphius’ existing writing team; Dave Blewer (Deadlands, Savage Worlds, Achtung! Cthulhu, Sundered Skies, Daring Tales of Chivalry), Michal E. Cross (Fantasy Craft, Brandon Sanderson’s Mistborn Adventure Game, Achtung! Cthulhu), Chris Birch (Achtung! Cthulhu, Starblazer Adventures, Legends of Anglerre), Chris Lites (Dust Adventures), Benn Beaton (Dust Adventures), Benn Williams (Achtung! Cthulhu) and Tom McGrenery (Heavy Gear: Space Vehicles Compendium, Feng Shui: In Your Face Again, Core Command: Player’s Handbook).

For those who’ve missed the Kickstarter, Modiphius plans a big redesign with gorgeous full colour books, fresh new content & cinematic rules to ensure Mutant Chronicles returns with a bang. Fresh out of playtesting with over 400 groups of players, the new d20 based game system promises fantastic cinematic gameplay so people can re-live the larger than life adventures that the brand is so well known for.

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, high quality accessories and miniatures produced in conjunction with Prodos Games, (who re-launched the Warzone miniatures game) specifically for the roleplaying game. 

Fredrik Malmberg, President & CEO of Paradox Entertainment said, "Mutant Chronicles was a big hit with gamers when it was introduced twenty years ago. That audience is still a strong fanbase interested in quality games and miniatures. Chris Birch at Modiphius has revamped the RPG in a great way and he and the Prodos Games team add new players worldwide at a rapid pace. We have more plans and partners joining in the upcoming year."

For more information, previews and interviews please contact Chris Birch at Modiphius: http://www.modiphius.com/contact.html

About Mutant Chronicles

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 [From the 2nd Edition Back Cover]

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.

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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 the SILVERSHIELDS Program and two community managers; Dan Whorl and Dave McAlister to lead the teams in 2014.

Inspired by Alexander the Great's veteran warriors the Silver Shields, who gave courage to the younger soldiers in his army and helped hold the line at the direst of times, the new community team program is designed to reward all levels of involvement in supporting Modiphius's games.

Chris Birch is passionate about getting everyone involved not matter what they feel they can do, "Whether it's sticking a poster up in a game club, taking flyers to local stores, running demo games in store, at a club or convention, promoting the games on Facebook, Twitter or just chatting about Modiphius on forums - there's so much people can do to help out and we plan to reward that with an exciting membership that rewards every member of the team for their efforts."

The SILVERSHIELDS program is signing up members from all over the world to support Modiphius's flagship games; Achtung! Cthulhu, Mutant Chronicles 3rd Edition, Paolo Parente's DUST Adventures, Cogs, Cakes & Swordsticks and much more! You can sign up here http://www.modiphius.com/silvershields.html

Based on the level of their support, active members can expect to receive an awesome Modiphius Team T-shirt, a SILVERSHIELDS badge, and credit towards Modiphius products.

Dave McAlister is heading up the UK SILVERSHIELDS. Dave has been roleplaying for over 30 years, with a big love of the espionage genre. So much so that in 1999, he started Modus Operandi and joined the Sarbreenar "Living" campaign team as their plotline controller before moving across to the Living Spycraft campaign team (as UK Regional Branch Director) in 2003. 2003 was also the year that Dave founded UK Role Players as well as co-writing World Militaries and consulting on both US Militaries and Battlegrounds, all for Spycraft. Since then, Dave has concentrated on supporting the UK gaming scene. He has organised and run several small, one-day, events and was the RPG Area Manager for Gen Con UK in 2004. He is currently the webmaster for the Conception and Con-Quest conventions as well as UK Role Players. His current favourite systems are Savage Worlds and Cinematic Unisystem.

Dan Whorl is the leading the US SILVERSHIELDS. A 33 year old step-father of 4 and a lifelong tabletop gamer. His interest run the gamut of games from Euro board games to Ameri-trash, collectible card games to family and party titles. However, his heart lies in table top RPGs. 25 years ago, Dan discovered Dungeons and Dragons and his life changed forever. Having since played every system he could get his hands on, as well as creating more than a few homebrews, Tabletop RPGs have become a cornerstone of Dan's creative outlet as well as favored pastime of his family. For the last year and a half, Dan has been the Host/Moderator of the popular gaming podcast "The CarpeGM Gamecast" and the owner/webmaster of CarpeGM.net, a website that houses a community dedicated to the enhancement of social event gaming, it's culture, and the support of those help to shape it.

More team managers will be announced for Europe and abroad soon.

If you know someone who loves Savage Worlds, Call of Cthulhu or you think would love to demo the new systems from Modiphius Entertainment please forward this message. 

For more information contact Modiphius Entertainment: http://www.modiphius.com/contact.html

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 

The Dark Symmetry is unleashed this Fall/Winter 2013-14 as Modiphius Entertainment brings the world of Mutant Chronicles crashing back with a vengeance.

A video by the British based publisher Modiphius Entertainment launching 12.00 Noon GMT on Wednesday 20th March at www.mutantchroniclesrpg.com reveals the new Mutant Chronicles logo that draws on inspiration from the iconic techno-fantasy setting and dieselpunk style that the brand is so well known for. The soundtrack to the video is Ephemera, the new release by death metal band System Divide who loved the match between their song lyrics and the world of Mutant Chronicles.


"Why are we forced to be under darkened skies, such insignificant lives, consumed by mistrust, we are the displeased, relish in the chaos you created…we are children of man, consuming all, destroying all, we went to far, we were given this world and tore it apart".

Modiphius has announced plans for the Mutant Chronicles roleplaying line, which sees one of the biggest RPG’s brought bang up to date. “We’ve been filling in some of the gaps in the storyline, answering mysteries and expanding on hints to bring the Mutant Chronicles world to life like never before.” Explains Publisher Chris Birch who sees the original material and stunning artwork as crucial to the success of the new vision alongside new artists who will be creating never-seen-before views of the world.

“Grab your massive guns, strap on your shoulder pads, this gargantuan engine of destruction is purring away like a hot rod on the Martian flats and there’s a legion of Necromutant’s waiting to taste hot lead!”

The Mutant Chronicles 3rd Edition RPG is a full rewrite of the best elements of the popular 2nd Edition rules that the fans know and love, and utilizes d20’s combined with a fresh approach to the core systems. Modiphius wants to let players experience the incredible breadth of adventure possible within the universe from investigations of the Dark Symmetry, cults, and corporate conspiracy to the Corporate Wars and desperate battles with the Dark Legion. For the first time taking the game into space, players will have the freedom to roam the solar system aboard a range of spaceships, create their own companies, engage in corporate conspiracy as well as the typical smash and grab missions. 


“The aim is to make this play fast, fun and just like you imagine the world of Mutant Chronicles to be. We want you to be able dog fight in the skies of Venus, hold off a horde of Necromutants, survive a fleet battle and lead a terrifying investigation without bogging you down in endless rules.”

The first release - Mutant Chronicles: Dark Symmetry, due Autumn 2013 will let gamers play through the first outbreak of the Dark Legion. Live out some of the defining moments of the Mutant Chronicles timeline; want to experience the crash of civilisation as the Dark Symmetry is unleashed? Investigate the growing madness or see the Dark Citadels rise for the first time? Mutant Chronicles: Dark Symmetry will be the first release in time for Christmas 2013 with a preview on show at US gaming event Gen Con Indy in August 2013.

Mutant Chronicles: Dark Legion due Spring 2014 throw’s players headlong in to the 2nd Corporate War as the Dark Legion returns for a second cataclysmic match with humanity. Mutant Chronicles: Dark Legion is set during the same timeline as the Warzone skirmish game in the Mutant Chronicles universe being developed by UK based Prodos Games Ltd

Further supplements and campaigns are planned for both timelines to expand on the universe and will allow fans to pursue action orientated or investigative adventures and will be written by a host of well-known names from the tabletop RPG scene. Whilst the first release is set for Winter 2013-14, a Kickstarter planned for the Autumn this year will allow fans to unlock some fantastic options for the RPG, limited editions as well as conversions to other popular RPG systems so that more people can enjoy the world of Mutant Chronicles than ever before. Modiphius is launching a program to involve the Mutant Chronicles gaming community in the re-development and let them have their say as the 3rd Edition game comes to life, if you’re interested in joining in visit the website www.mutantchroniclesrpg.com

For more information please see www.mutantchroniclesrpg.com or www.modiphius.com

For more information on System Divide please see www.facebook.com/systemdivide
Ephemera is now available on iTunes, (as well as Amazon, Spotify etc) here, with all proceeds going straight to the band! https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/ephemera-single/id602797743

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