An Official Hellboy RPG Is Coming!

Red Scar is set to produce Hellboy: The Roleplaying Game, powered by D&D 5E, to be published by Mantic Games (who already make the board game). "A brand-new Hellboy roleplaying experience, based on the visionary Hellboy graphic novels by Mike Mignola and powered by 5th Edition." It will be coming to Kickstarter later this year, along with a Quickstart containing 6 regenerated characters...

Red Scar is set to produce Hellboy: The Roleplaying Game, powered by D&D 5E, to be published by Mantic Games (who already make the board game).

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"A brand-new Hellboy roleplaying experience, based on the visionary Hellboy graphic novels by Mike Mignola and powered by 5th Edition."


It will be coming to Kickstarter later this year, along with a Quickstart containing 6 regenerated characters. It's being head dup my marc Langworthy, who's also the line manager for EN Publishing's Judge Dredd & The Worlds of 2000 AD.

More information coming soon, but you can sign up for Kickstarter notification now.

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Mantic Games is excited to announce that it is partnering with Dark Horse Comics and visionary creator Mike Mignola to bring Hellboy: The Roleplaying Game to Kickstarter this summer. Hellboy: The Roleplaying Game will be a whole new way to explore the Hellboy and B.P.R.D. universe while creating your own spectacular one-off stories or action-packed chronicles.

Powered by the world’s most popular RPG ruleset, Fifth Edition, Hellboy: The Roleplaying Game gives you the tools to step into the shoes of a B.P.R.D. agent, ready to face the forces of evil. You can become a field researcher skilled in the study of the occult, a hard-nosed B.P.R.D. security agent, a rookie with hidden supernatural powers, and more…. The choice is yours.

Developed by Red Scar Publishing, Hellboy: The Roleplaying Game is being led by ENnie Award-winning writer and game developer Marc Langworthy, who has worked on Mutant Chronicles 3rd Edition Roleplaying Game, Judge Dredd & The Worlds of 2000 AD Roleplaying Game,and the Conan: Adventures in An Age Undreamed Of Roleplaying Game.

Once the Kickstarter launches, you will be able to try the roleplaying game for yourself with a detailed quickstart that features six pre-generated characters, all the rules needed to play, and a unique adventure inspired by the Hellboy graphic novels, written by Red Scar.


“We can’t wait to bring Hellboy back to Kickstarter,” said Ronnie Renton, CEO of Mantic Games. “The roleplaying game is going to be a fantastic new way to experience Hellboy on the tabletop. The team at Red Scar has done an amazing job of capturing the feel of the Hellboy universe. Plus, your miniatures from Hellboy: The Board Game will be compatible with the RPG, which will bring a whole new lease of life to your awesome mini collection.”

Mantic Games launched Hellboy: The Board Game on Kickstarter in 2018 and raised almost two million dollars during the campaign. The board game is a co-operative experience in which players face off against some of the comic’s most famous foes. Up to four people take control of iconic B.R.P.D. members––Hellboy, Abe Sapien, Liz Sherman, and Johann Kraus––before exploring gothic locations, uncovering ancient artefacts, and battling one of Hellboy’s most notorious foes, Rasputin! After launching at retail last year, the game is now available in multiple languages (French, Italian, Portuguese, and Russian) and is on its fourth reprint after selling out worldwide.
 

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Whizbang Dustyboots

Gnometown Hero
Thank you Ethawyn! I have thought of making it more presentable in some fashion (such as a table), but I hadn't quite thought of a wiki. Good idea! I'm kind of slow to figure out tech stuff. Could you point me to the simplest, easiest-to-use wiki site?
If you were willing to lose sole control over it, it's worth posting as a Wikipedia page. (You should still learn how to do Wikimedia links before adding it, though.)
 

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Sketchpad

Explorer
Honestly, like other have mentioned, I think there are other systems that would do better with a Hellboy conversion. I understand why they want to use 5e, but making it for Mutants & Masterminds (with the Supernatural Handbook as a compliment book), or Fate (which did an excellent job with Atomic Robo) would work well IMHO. Having a stretchgoal open that converts the game to "System X" might bring in other backers, and bring more interest to the KS.
 


ART!

Deluxe Unhuman
I dig me some Hellboy, but mostly this excites me because of the new bits and pieces I can pick from it for use in more standard-fantasy 5E games. If this becomes available as D&D Beyond content, I will probably buy it there, for my players.
 

It a question of:
  1. Will someone try X system because of the IP (hellboy), or...
  2. Will someone use the IP because of familiarity of the system (5e)
Clearly they think the later is more profitable.
Yeah. I think many of us here at this site and others like it can easily fool ourselves into thinking that most 5e players are just one great evangelical moment away from trying a non-5e system. Whereas I suspect that actually the vast majority of new 5e players (and there are millions of them) will never, ever play a non-D&D RPG. Learning a new system just isn’t something that appeals to them. But playing a different spin on the same system is a much easier sell.
 

dave2008

Legend
I dig me some Hellboy, but mostly this excites me because of the new bits and pieces I can pick from it for use in more standard-fantasy 5E games. If this becomes available as D&D Beyond content, I will probably buy it there, for my players.
Unlikely to be on D&D Beyond as we can't even get Exploring Eberron on D&D Beyond (and per KB it will only happen if WotC allows it to happen).
 
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