Black Flag Project Black Flag Reveal Its Official Title: 'Tales of the Valiant'!

Kobold Press' 5E-replacement game, up until now only known by its codename, Black Flag, now has an official title--Tales of the Valiant. And it's coming to Kickstarter next month, joining existing games like Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition and Cubicle 7's upcoming as-yet-untitled C7d20 system which provide open, independent alternatives to Dungeons & Dragons using the same rules system. COMING...

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Kobold Press' 5E-replacement game, up until now only known by its codename, Black Flag, now has an official title--Tales of the Valiant. And it's coming to Kickstarter next month, joining existing games like Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition and Cubicle 7's upcoming as-yet-untitled C7d20 system which provide open, independent alternatives to Dungeons & Dragons using the same rules system.

COMING TO KICKSTARTER MAY 2023
Be bold. Be brave. Be Valiant.


Tales of the Valiant (ToV) is a Core Fantasy Roleplaying game that builds on the Creative Commons foundation of 5th Edition.

Project Black Flag has taken bold steps to keep 5th Edition vibrant in an evolving industry. Since January, Kobold Press and the growing 5E community have worked together to create an open, independent version of 5th Edition. Today we reveal the name of the bold future for Kobold Press.

We are writing ToV now. When it’s done, it will be based on the new Core Fantasy Roleplaying rules. (If you’re just joining us, Kobold Press is committed to releasing Core Fantasy Roleplaying to everyone under an open, perpetual, and irrevocable license. It’s like the SRD, but more thorough.)

ToV rules will be available in two books: The Player’s Guide and Monster Vault.

The Player’s Guide includes 13 base classes, lineages and heritages from classic fantasy roleplaying, and the rules you need to play or GM, all between two covers. The Monster Vault includes every dungeon-crawling and fire-belching fantasy creature you need to craft compelling fantasy encounters.

And that’s only a start! Tales of the Valiant goes to Kickstarter in May 2023 and ships to backers in 2024. During development, Kickstarter backers get an inside track with two additional sets of playtest material. Sign up now to be notified when the Kickstarter launches and become one of the Valiant.
 

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Some titles by Kobold Press have been translated into Spanish languange by "Nosolorol". I guess this could be also translated in a couple of years. Then WotC should worry if there are other rivals in the international market.
 

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Whatever they release, I hope they've truly playtested it. A lot of Kobold's 3pp stuff for 5e is too powerful, or just useless, or out of line with 5e design in general. (I think a lot of it was originally designed for Pathfinder, then quickly and awkwardly converted to 5e).

I know they're releasing playtest packets for Black Flag, which is a good sign. If they do this right it could be great. But their quality control will need to be better.
I’ve been participating and providing feedback on the Black Flag playtest, and one thing that frustrates me is that their playtest surveys are pretty flimsy. They definitely are NOT asking enough detailed, specific questions. (I don’t relish praising WotC but their playtest surveys are MEATY.)
 


Aldarc

Legend
There's a long running JRPG series "Tales of"
TTRPGs and JPRGs aren't the same thing but do have some crossover audience. Honestly I'm a bit surprised they would go with a name that could be easily be mistaken for being another entry in a long running videogame series
I honestly suspect that the people who would make this sort of "easy" mistake would be fairly limited to a small handful of people like yourself. While I am familiar with this series, confusing the two IPs never once crossed my mind.
 





Really worried they should have done more work on the name....
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