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Mentzer's Epic Worlds of Empyrea Kickstarter Launches For 10 Game Systems!
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<blockquote data-quote="Morrus" data-source="post: 7725416" data-attributes="member: 1"><p>Frank Mentzer's <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/extsr/frank-mentzers-empyrea-fantasy-setting-for-10-rpg" target="_blank">Worlds of Empyrea Kickstarter has launched</a>! [HQ]"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"[/HQ][PRBREAK][/PRBREAK]<p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/extsr/frank-mentzers-empyrea-fantasy-setting-for-10-rpg" target="_blank">[ATTACH=full]111318[/ATTACH]</a></p><p></p><p>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).</p><p></p><p>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:</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: #353535">[FONT=&quot]<em>Dungeons & Dragons 5E</em>[/FONT]</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: #353535">[FONT=&quot]<em>Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 1E & 2E</em>[/FONT]</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: #353535">[FONT=&quot]<em>Dungeons & Dragons BECMI</em>[/FONT]</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: #353535">[FONT=&quot][/FONT]</span><span style="color: #353535">[FONT=&quot]<em>RuneQuest</em>[/FONT]</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: #353535">[FONT=&quot][/FONT]</span><span style="color: #353535">[FONT=&quot]<em>Savage Worlds</em>[/FONT]</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: #353535">[FONT=&quot][/FONT]</span><span style="color: #353535">[FONT=&quot]<em>Pathfinder</em>[/FONT]</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: #353535">[FONT=&quot][/FONT]</span><span style="color: #353535">[FONT=&quot]<em>Castles & Crusades</em>[/FONT]</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: #353535">[FONT=&quot][/FONT]</span><span style="color: #353535">[FONT=&quot]<em>Dungeon Crawl Classics</em>[/FONT]</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: #353535">[FONT=&quot][/FONT]</span><span style="color: #353535">[FONT=&quot]<em>Hackmaster</em>[/FONT]</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: #353535">[FONT=&quot][/FONT]</span><span style="color: #353535">[FONT=&quot]<em>Swords & Wizardry.</em>[/FONT]</span></li> </ul><p></p><p>Frank is raising $250,000 for this Kickstarter.</p><p></p><p>Check out <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/content.php?4531-I-Spoke-To-Frank-Mentzer-About-His-Empyrea-Setting-For-10-RPG-Systems%21#.WdIYVkzMxTb" target="_blank">my interview with Frank here</a>.</p><p></p><p>[hq]"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!</p><p></p><p><em>Lake Geneva, 1983: </em>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.</p><p></p><p><em>Near Lake Geneva, 2017:</em> After a lifetime of gaming experience, the creator of that original campaign offers it for everyone’s use.</p><p></p><p>Loxley inc proudly presents—Frank Mentzer’s Worlds of Empyrea."[/hq]</p><p></p><p>The all-star roundup of legendary TSR authors includes: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Cook_(game_designer)" target="_blank">David "Zeb" Cook</a> (D&D Expert, AD&D 2e), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Greenwood" target="_blank">Ed Greenwood</a> (Forgotten Realms), <a href="https://index.rpg.net/display-search.phtml?key=contributor&value=Allen+Hammack" target="_blank">Allen Hammack</a>(Ghost Tower of Inverness), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracy_Hickman" target="_blank">Tracy Hickman</a> (Dragonlance, Ravenloft), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Johnson_(game_designer)" target="_blank">Harold Johnson</a> (Lost Shrine of Tamoachan), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Kask" target="_blank">Tim Kask</a> (Dragon Magazine), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenard_Lakofka" target="_blank">Len "Leomund" Lakofka</a> (Lendore Isles),<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_R._Marsh" target="_blank">Steve Marsh</a> (D&D Expert), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Niles" target="_blank">Douglas Niles</a> (City of Greyhawk), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Ward_(game_designer)" target="_blank">James M. Ward</a> (Deities & Demigods, Gamma World), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skip_Williams" target="_blank">“Skip” Williams</a> (Sage Advice, D&D 3e), with a Foreword by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Weis" target="_blank">Margaret Weis</a> (Dragonlance).</p><p></p><p>And the artists involved with the project are equally impressive: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clyde_Caldwell" target="_blank">Clyde Caldwell</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liz_Danforth" target="_blank">Liz Danforth</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Dee" target="_blank">Jeff Dee</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Easley" target="_blank">Jeff Easley</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Elmore" target="_blank">Larry Elmore</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennell_Jaquays" target="_blank">Jennell Jaquays</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_S._LaForce" target="_blank">“Diesel” LaForce</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erol_Otus" target="_blank">Erol Otus</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_D._Sullivan" target="_blank">Stephen D. Sullivan</a>.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Morrus, post: 7725416, member: 1"] Frank Mentzer's [URL="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/extsr/frank-mentzers-empyrea-fantasy-setting-for-10-rpg"]Worlds of Empyrea Kickstarter has launched[/URL]! [HQ]"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"[/HQ][PRBREAK][/PRBREAK][CENTER] [URL="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/extsr/frank-mentzers-empyrea-fantasy-setting-for-10-rpg"][ATTACH=FULL]111318[/ATTACH][/URL][/CENTER] 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: [LIST] [*][COLOR=#353535][FONT="][I]Dungeons & Dragons 5E[/I][/FONT][/COLOR] [*][COLOR=#353535][FONT="][I]Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 1E & 2E[/I][/FONT][/COLOR] [*][COLOR=#353535][FONT="][I]Dungeons & Dragons BECMI[/I][/FONT][/COLOR] [*][COLOR=#353535][FONT="][I][/I][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#353535][FONT="][I]RuneQuest[/I][/FONT][/COLOR] [*][COLOR=#353535][FONT="][I][/I][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#353535][FONT="][I]Savage Worlds[/I][/FONT][/COLOR] [*][COLOR=#353535][FONT="][I][/I][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#353535][FONT="][I]Pathfinder[/I][/FONT][/COLOR] [*][COLOR=#353535][FONT="][I][/I][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#353535][FONT="][I]Castles & Crusades[/I][/FONT][/COLOR] [*][COLOR=#353535][FONT="][I][/I][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#353535][FONT="][I]Dungeon Crawl Classics[/I][/FONT][/COLOR] [*][COLOR=#353535][FONT="][I][/I][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#353535][FONT="][I]Hackmaster[/I][/FONT][/COLOR] [*][COLOR=#353535][FONT="][I][/I][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#353535][FONT="][I]Swords & Wizardry.[/I][/FONT][/COLOR] [/LIST] Frank is raising $250,000 for this Kickstarter. Check out [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/content.php?4531-I-Spoke-To-Frank-Mentzer-About-His-Empyrea-Setting-For-10-RPG-Systems%21#.WdIYVkzMxTb"]my interview with Frank here[/URL]. [hq]"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! [I]Lake Geneva, 1983: [/I]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. [I]Near Lake Geneva, 2017:[/I] 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."[/hq] The all-star roundup of legendary TSR authors includes: [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Cook_(game_designer)"]David "Zeb" Cook[/URL] (D&D Expert, AD&D 2e), [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Greenwood"]Ed Greenwood[/URL] (Forgotten Realms), [URL="https://index.rpg.net/display-search.phtml?key=contributor&value=Allen+Hammack"]Allen Hammack[/URL](Ghost Tower of Inverness), [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracy_Hickman"]Tracy Hickman[/URL] (Dragonlance, Ravenloft), [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Johnson_(game_designer)"]Harold Johnson[/URL] (Lost Shrine of Tamoachan), [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Kask"]Tim Kask[/URL] (Dragon Magazine), [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenard_Lakofka"]Len "Leomund" Lakofka[/URL] (Lendore Isles),[URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_R._Marsh"]Steve Marsh[/URL] (D&D Expert), [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Niles"]Douglas Niles[/URL] (City of Greyhawk), [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Ward_(game_designer)"]James M. Ward[/URL] (Deities & Demigods, Gamma World), [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skip_Williams"]“Skip” Williams[/URL] (Sage Advice, D&D 3e), with a Foreword by [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Weis"]Margaret Weis[/URL] (Dragonlance). And the artists involved with the project are equally impressive: [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clyde_Caldwell"]Clyde Caldwell[/URL], [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liz_Danforth"]Liz Danforth[/URL], [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Dee"]Jeff Dee[/URL], [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Easley"]Jeff Easley[/URL], [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Elmore"]Larry Elmore[/URL], [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennell_Jaquays"]Jennell Jaquays[/URL], [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_S._LaForce"]“Diesel” LaForce[/URL], [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erol_Otus"]Erol Otus[/URL], [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_D._Sullivan"]Stephen D. Sullivan[/URL]. [/QUOTE]
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