Frank Mentzer's Worlds of Empyrea Kickstarter has launched! "Box, Darlene maps, 5 core books, 1 System book: D&D 5E, Pathfinder, Runequest, Savage Worlds, DCC, C&C, S&W, HackM, D&D BECMI, or 1E/2E"
For $50 you get the boxed set in PDF format, or you can go for the $65 print version. Each box contains a full-colour two-part map, an Empire core book softcover, a Player's Guide softcover, a system book for the game of your choice, and three "little brown books". There are larger reward tiers, of course - for $10,000 you get to join the inner circle of playtesters, and Frank will host 10 or more games on a virtual tabletop (VTT).
The aim of this Kickstarter is ambitions - a central game setting used by a multitude of different game systems, starting with the above ten, but with more planned for the future. Currently the setting supports:
Frank is raising $250,000 for this Kickstarter.
Check out my interview with Frank here.
"Legendary Dungeons & Dragons® game author Frank Mentzer presents his own fantasy world, 40 years in the making!Philadelphia PA, 1978: Singles and spouses gather to tell stories together in a game that has run for 2 years, half as old as the rules themselves. These are the new Role Players, choosing cooperative games over competition. They love the epic tales from Frank’s D&D® game...fun and exciting, the dawn of an era!
Lake Geneva, 1983: Working at TSR, publisher of the game, Frank writes the D&D “Red Box” set and a full line thereafter, selling tens of millions of copies in 14 languages.
Near Lake Geneva, 2017: After a lifetime of gaming experience, the creator of that original campaign offers it for everyone’s use.
Loxley inc proudly presents—Frank Mentzer’s Worlds of Empyrea."
The all-star roundup of legendary TSR authors includes: David "Zeb" Cook (D&D Expert, AD&D 2e), Ed Greenwood (Forgotten Realms), Allen Hammack(Ghost Tower of Inverness), Tracy Hickman (Dragonlance, Ravenloft), Harold Johnson (Lost Shrine of Tamoachan), Tim Kask (Dragon Magazine), Len "Leomund" Lakofka (Lendore Isles),Steve Marsh (D&D Expert), Douglas Niles (City of Greyhawk), James M. Ward (Deities & Demigods, Gamma World), “Skip” Williams (Sage Advice, D&D 3e), with a Foreword by Margaret Weis (Dragonlance).
And the artists involved with the project are equally impressive: Clyde Caldwell, Liz Danforth, Jeff Dee, Jeff Easley, Larry Elmore, Jennell Jaquays, “Diesel” LaForce, Erol Otus, Stephen D. Sullivan.
For $50 you get the boxed set in PDF format, or you can go for the $65 print version. Each box contains a full-colour two-part map, an Empire core book softcover, a Player's Guide softcover, a system book for the game of your choice, and three "little brown books". There are larger reward tiers, of course - for $10,000 you get to join the inner circle of playtesters, and Frank will host 10 or more games on a virtual tabletop (VTT).
The aim of this Kickstarter is ambitions - a central game setting used by a multitude of different game systems, starting with the above ten, but with more planned for the future. Currently the setting supports:
- [FONT="]Dungeons & Dragons 5E[/FONT]
- [FONT="]Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 1E & 2E[/FONT]
- [FONT="]Dungeons & Dragons BECMI[/FONT]
- [FONT="][/FONT][FONT="]RuneQuest[/FONT]
- [FONT="][/FONT][FONT="]Savage Worlds[/FONT]
- [FONT="][/FONT][FONT="]Pathfinder[/FONT]
- [FONT="][/FONT][FONT="]Castles & Crusades[/FONT]
- [FONT="][/FONT][FONT="]Dungeon Crawl Classics[/FONT]
- [FONT="][/FONT][FONT="]Hackmaster[/FONT]
- [FONT="][/FONT][FONT="]Swords & Wizardry.[/FONT]
Frank is raising $250,000 for this Kickstarter.
Check out my interview with Frank here.
"Legendary Dungeons & Dragons® game author Frank Mentzer presents his own fantasy world, 40 years in the making!Philadelphia PA, 1978: Singles and spouses gather to tell stories together in a game that has run for 2 years, half as old as the rules themselves. These are the new Role Players, choosing cooperative games over competition. They love the epic tales from Frank’s D&D® game...fun and exciting, the dawn of an era!
Lake Geneva, 1983: Working at TSR, publisher of the game, Frank writes the D&D “Red Box” set and a full line thereafter, selling tens of millions of copies in 14 languages.
Near Lake Geneva, 2017: After a lifetime of gaming experience, the creator of that original campaign offers it for everyone’s use.
Loxley inc proudly presents—Frank Mentzer’s Worlds of Empyrea."
The all-star roundup of legendary TSR authors includes: David "Zeb" Cook (D&D Expert, AD&D 2e), Ed Greenwood (Forgotten Realms), Allen Hammack(Ghost Tower of Inverness), Tracy Hickman (Dragonlance, Ravenloft), Harold Johnson (Lost Shrine of Tamoachan), Tim Kask (Dragon Magazine), Len "Leomund" Lakofka (Lendore Isles),Steve Marsh (D&D Expert), Douglas Niles (City of Greyhawk), James M. Ward (Deities & Demigods, Gamma World), “Skip” Williams (Sage Advice, D&D 3e), with a Foreword by Margaret Weis (Dragonlance).
And the artists involved with the project are equally impressive: Clyde Caldwell, Liz Danforth, Jeff Dee, Jeff Easley, Larry Elmore, Jennell Jaquays, “Diesel” LaForce, Erol Otus, Stephen D. Sullivan.
