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<blockquote data-quote="Morrus" data-source="post: 7694019" data-attributes="member: 1"><p>John Wick <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/content.php?2987-7TH-SEA-Sold-To-John-Wick" target="_blank">bought the rights to his 1999 <em>7th Sea</em> roleplaying game</a> back last year with the intention of releasing a second edition of the game. That new edition has just hit Kickstarter with a bang - $66K in under an hour, more than double its funding goal.[HQ] "John Wick brings 7th Sea back in a 300-page, full-color, hardbound book. Revised rules, revised Nations, updated for the 21st Century."[/HQ] John Wick is, of course, an international assassin who goes on a revenge spree after some Russian criminals kill his dog. No, wait, wrong John Wick.[PRBREAK][/PRBREAK]</p><p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/johnwickpresents/7th-sea-second-edition" target="_blank">[ATTACH=full]110316[/ATTACH]</a></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p><p></p><p>There's already a Quick Start PDF, which backers get free access to immediately. You get two PDFs - an adventure called <em>Long Live the Prince!</em>, and five pregenerated characters. The adventure is 33 pages long, and includes basic rules. The Kickstarter itself offers the hardback for $60, or the PDF for $20.</p><p></p><p>What's<em> 7th Sea?</em> Well, it's an RPG by John Wick, originally released in 1999. In Wick's own words,[HQ] "7th Sea was a game inspired by the works of Alexandre Dumas, The Princess Bride, and other novels and movies of high adventure, and it played fast and furious, emulating the pace we've come to expect from movies such as Captain Blood, The Three Musketeers, and Pirates of the Caribbean."[/HQ] The setting, Theah, is very similar to 17th Century Europe.</p><p></p><p>The 2nd Edition of 7th Sea (the one being Kickstarted now) is the <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/content.php?3148-The-10-Most-Anticipated-Tabletop-RPGs-Of-2016-Are#.VroCqsec9TY" target="_blank">3rd most anticipated RPG of 2016</a>.</p><p></p><p>Wick himself is no stranger to controversy. He <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/content.php?3176-Is-TOMB-OF-HORRORS-the-Worst-Adventure-Of-All-Time#.VroCeMec9TY" target="_blank">recently told us</a> about how Tomb of Horrors is the [HQ]"worst, &#@&$&@est, most disgusting piece of pig vomit ever published"[/HQ]. <span style="color: #000000">A couple of years ago, he created widespread internet arguments <a href="http://johnwickpresents.com/games/game-designs/chess-is-not-an-rpg-the-illusion-of-game-balance/" target="_blank">when he stated that</a> </span>[HQ]"<a href="http://johnwickpresents.com/games/game-designs/chess-is-not-an-rpg-the-illusion-of-game-balance/" target="_blank">The first four editions of D&D are not roleplaying games</a>."[/HQ]</p><p></p><p>You can find the <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/johnwickpresents/7th-sea-second-edition" target="_blank">7th Sea Kickstarter here</a>.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Morrus, post: 7694019, member: 1"] John Wick [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/content.php?2987-7TH-SEA-Sold-To-John-Wick"]bought the rights to his 1999 [I]7th Sea[/I] roleplaying game[/URL] back last year with the intention of releasing a second edition of the game. That new edition has just hit Kickstarter with a bang - $66K in under an hour, more than double its funding goal.[HQ] "John Wick brings 7th Sea back in a 300-page, full-color, hardbound book. Revised rules, revised Nations, updated for the 21st Century."[/HQ] John Wick is, of course, an international assassin who goes on a revenge spree after some Russian criminals kill his dog. No, wait, wrong John Wick.[PRBREAK][/PRBREAK] [CENTER] [URL="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/johnwickpresents/7th-sea-second-edition"][ATTACH=FULL]110316[/ATTACH][/URL] [/CENTER] There's already a Quick Start PDF, which backers get free access to immediately. You get two PDFs - an adventure called [I]Long Live the Prince![/I], and five pregenerated characters. The adventure is 33 pages long, and includes basic rules. The Kickstarter itself offers the hardback for $60, or the PDF for $20. What's[I] 7th Sea?[/I] Well, it's an RPG by John Wick, originally released in 1999. In Wick's own words,[HQ] "7th Sea was a game inspired by the works of Alexandre Dumas, The Princess Bride, and other novels and movies of high adventure, and it played fast and furious, emulating the pace we've come to expect from movies such as Captain Blood, The Three Musketeers, and Pirates of the Caribbean."[/HQ] The setting, Theah, is very similar to 17th Century Europe. The 2nd Edition of 7th Sea (the one being Kickstarted now) is the [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/content.php?3148-The-10-Most-Anticipated-Tabletop-RPGs-Of-2016-Are#.VroCqsec9TY"]3rd most anticipated RPG of 2016[/URL]. Wick himself is no stranger to controversy. He [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/content.php?3176-Is-TOMB-OF-HORRORS-the-Worst-Adventure-Of-All-Time#.VroCeMec9TY"]recently told us[/URL] about how Tomb of Horrors is the [HQ]"worst, &#@&$&@est, most disgusting piece of pig vomit ever published"[/HQ]. [COLOR=#000000]A couple of years ago, he created widespread internet arguments [URL="http://johnwickpresents.com/games/game-designs/chess-is-not-an-rpg-the-illusion-of-game-balance/"]when he stated that[/URL] [/COLOR][HQ]"[URL="http://johnwickpresents.com/games/game-designs/chess-is-not-an-rpg-the-illusion-of-game-balance/"]The first four editions of D&D are not roleplaying games[/URL]."[/HQ] You can find the [URL="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/johnwickpresents/7th-sea-second-edition"]7th Sea Kickstarter here[/URL]. [/QUOTE]
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