The Swedes are certainly enjoying their recent rise up the Roleplaying Hierarchy with a string of “Hot New and Cool” RPGs being translated into English (largely courtesy of Kickstarter). Indeed this years most anticipated RPGs list here on EN World, as voted by you guys and gals, saw RPGs from Scandinavia dominate the list. Now it’s the turn for the multi-award winning Western RPG from Askfageln… and they’ve hired some Industry Vets such as Ken Hite, Will Hindmarch, Graeme Davis and August Hahn to contribute too!
Western is a Swedish roleplaying game set in the Wild West, that we now want to share with all English speaking gamers and Wild West fans. The fourth edition of Western was released in Swedish last year. The game is thoroughly playtested, full of setting features and game mechanics to support the setting and encourage roleplaying. Over 300 full color illustrations were made especially for the two core books – artwork of the highest International standards.
To play, you will need the first two core books. Each title is released in hard cover, have an appendix at the end with extra resources and all handouts are included even in the standard editions. All illustrations are made to enhance the text.
Your Path - The Players’ Book is about creating characters, different styles of play, our acclaimed Life Path system for creating vivid and immersive character backgrounds, traits and skills of different kinds, and our special feats and flaws system to encourage roleplaying.
The Law of the Land – The Game Masters’ Book covers rules on everything from reputation and gunfights to chases, a lot more on weapons and equipment, a scenario generator, rules for creating NPCs, archetypes to use when you play, thoughts on campaign building, and a ready-to-play adventure. This title includes the Western way of shooting – our signature game mechanic that dates back to our first edition of the game back in 1989.
Western is constantly the biggest roleplaying game on the Swedish convention scene. Even though the game looks as good as any coffee table book, its real strength shines through when you play. The game already has ten published adventures in Swedish, and English versions of five of them will be part of the base kit provided through this Kickstarter.
Not satisfied with that, we are currently preparing a bunch of new sourcebooks. As well as working with some of Sweden’s best and most beloved game writers and designers, we are also adding some international star quality to our team, including Graeme Davis, Ken Hite and Will Hindmarch. When it comes to artwork, the fabulous Lukas Thelin is our lead designer and do most of the illustrations, but for future releases we also plan to bring on great talents from all over the world, including Javier Charro and Mark Stacey.
Western – the Roleplaying Game is running on Kickstarter until Thursday 29th June 2017.
Western is a Swedish roleplaying game set in the Wild West, that we now want to share with all English speaking gamers and Wild West fans. The fourth edition of Western was released in Swedish last year. The game is thoroughly playtested, full of setting features and game mechanics to support the setting and encourage roleplaying. Over 300 full color illustrations were made especially for the two core books – artwork of the highest International standards.
To play, you will need the first two core books. Each title is released in hard cover, have an appendix at the end with extra resources and all handouts are included even in the standard editions. All illustrations are made to enhance the text.
Your Path - The Players’ Book is about creating characters, different styles of play, our acclaimed Life Path system for creating vivid and immersive character backgrounds, traits and skills of different kinds, and our special feats and flaws system to encourage roleplaying.
The Law of the Land – The Game Masters’ Book covers rules on everything from reputation and gunfights to chases, a lot more on weapons and equipment, a scenario generator, rules for creating NPCs, archetypes to use when you play, thoughts on campaign building, and a ready-to-play adventure. This title includes the Western way of shooting – our signature game mechanic that dates back to our first edition of the game back in 1989.
Western is constantly the biggest roleplaying game on the Swedish convention scene. Even though the game looks as good as any coffee table book, its real strength shines through when you play. The game already has ten published adventures in Swedish, and English versions of five of them will be part of the base kit provided through this Kickstarter.
Not satisfied with that, we are currently preparing a bunch of new sourcebooks. As well as working with some of Sweden’s best and most beloved game writers and designers, we are also adding some international star quality to our team, including Graeme Davis, Ken Hite and Will Hindmarch. When it comes to artwork, the fabulous Lukas Thelin is our lead designer and do most of the illustrations, but for future releases we also plan to bring on great talents from all over the world, including Javier Charro and Mark Stacey.
Western – the Roleplaying Game is running on Kickstarter until Thursday 29th June 2017.
