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<blockquote data-quote="Jay Murphy1" data-source="post: 8831913" data-attributes="member: 6994549"><p><strong>VANISHING TOWER PRESS </strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>CONTACT: </strong></p><p></p><p>Jay Murphy, Vanishing Tower Press, <a href="mailto:jay@vanishingtowerpress.com">jay@vanishingtowerpress.com</a></p><p></p><p><strong>First Two Books in Deluxe USR Sword & Sorcery RPG Series Deliver Rules-Light Classic Pulp-Fantasy </strong></p><p></p><p>Aspen, CO - Vanishing Tower Press is pleased to announce the release of the first two books for the <em>Deluxe USR Sword & Sorcery</em> roleplaying game in print-on-demand (POD) format on DriveThruRPG. <em>Deluxe USR Sword & Sorcery</em> delivers classic pulp-fantasy using the Unbelievably Simple Roleplaying (USR) engine, a rules-lite system customized for adventurers who live—and often die—by the terrible swift sword.</p><p></p><p><em><a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/415041/USR-Sword--Sorcery-Deluxe-Book-One" target="_blank">USR Sword & Sorcery Deluxe Book One: Characters, Combat, and Carousing</a></em> and <em><a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/415432/USR-Sword--Sorcery-Deluxe-Book-Two--USRSSD02" target="_blank">Book Two: Mass Combat and Magic</a></em> feature never-before-printed mass combat rules for the game, as well as carousing, an expanded magic section, and more.</p><p></p><p>"I grew up reading Sword & Sorcery by Robert E. Howard, Michael Moorcock, Lyn Carter, and other writers who gave us heroes and anti-heroes that carved up their world one sword stroke at a time," said Jay Murphy, the game's designer. "This is a love letter to the genre and it utilizes a rules-light formula that stays out of the way and lets game masters (called Crypt Keepers in the game) and players get right into their own bold adventures."</p><p></p><p>The soft-cover POD format in a comfortable A5 size, just like they did in the old days.<em> Book One: Characters, Combat, and Carousing</em> is 50 pages B/W with a price of $12.25. <em>Book Two: Mass Combat and Magic</em> is 40 pages B/W, with a price of $12.06. The retro-styled game is written by adventure writer Jay Murphy and includes new art by Jeremy Hart, Daniel Hernandez, Gennifer Bone, Michael Gibbons, David Lewis Johnson, Earl Geier, Joyce Maureira, Luigi Castellani, and Miguel Santos.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>"I believe the artists commissioned for this project delivered illustrations which match the fevered-pitch of combat prevalent in the wonderful books that inspired this game," said Murphy. "<strong>They </strong>really give the books the feel of the game's simple, but exhilarating, combat rules."</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Murphy has previously published old-school adventures, including <em>Purging Woth Nrld Oekwn’s Muddy Hole</em>, a 40-page adventure that pits PCs against a well-organized tribe of troglodytes and alien slime, which 10 Foot Pole's Bryce Lynch said was, "full of evocative writing and interesting interactive encounters. And is non-standard as all get out."</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><em>Deluxe USR Sword & Sorcery Book Three: Worlds of Adventure</em>, featuring the sinister and savage world of Xoth, will be released in the near future.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Vanishing Tower Press is happy to arrange interviews with the author and PDF copies for online reviews. Direct all inquires to <a href="mailto:jay@vanishingtowerpress.com">jay@vanishingtowerpress.com</a>.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jay Murphy1, post: 8831913, member: 6994549"] [B]VANISHING TOWER PRESS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: [/B] Jay Murphy, Vanishing Tower Press, [EMAIL]jay@vanishingtowerpress.com[/EMAIL] [B]First Two Books in Deluxe USR Sword & Sorcery RPG Series Deliver Rules-Light Classic Pulp-Fantasy [/B] Aspen, CO - Vanishing Tower Press is pleased to announce the release of the first two books for the [I]Deluxe USR Sword & Sorcery[/I] roleplaying game in print-on-demand (POD) format on DriveThruRPG. [I]Deluxe USR Sword & Sorcery[/I] delivers classic pulp-fantasy using the Unbelievably Simple Roleplaying (USR) engine, a rules-lite system customized for adventurers who live—and often die—by the terrible swift sword. [I][URL='https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/415041/USR-Sword--Sorcery-Deluxe-Book-One']USR Sword & Sorcery Deluxe Book One: Characters, Combat, and Carousing[/URL][/I] and [I][URL='https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/415432/USR-Sword--Sorcery-Deluxe-Book-Two--USRSSD02']Book Two: Mass Combat and Magic[/URL][/I] feature never-before-printed mass combat rules for the game, as well as carousing, an expanded magic section, and more. "I grew up reading Sword & Sorcery by Robert E. Howard, Michael Moorcock, Lyn Carter, and other writers who gave us heroes and anti-heroes that carved up their world one sword stroke at a time," said Jay Murphy, the game's designer. "This is a love letter to the genre and it utilizes a rules-light formula that stays out of the way and lets game masters (called Crypt Keepers in the game) and players get right into their own bold adventures." The soft-cover POD format in a comfortable A5 size, just like they did in the old days.[I] Book One: Characters, Combat, and Carousing[/I] is 50 pages B/W with a price of $12.25. [I]Book Two: Mass Combat and Magic[/I] is 40 pages B/W, with a price of $12.06. The retro-styled game is written by adventure writer Jay Murphy and includes new art by Jeremy Hart, Daniel Hernandez, Gennifer Bone, Michael Gibbons, David Lewis Johnson, Earl Geier, Joyce Maureira, Luigi Castellani, and Miguel Santos. "I believe the artists commissioned for this project delivered illustrations which match the fevered-pitch of combat prevalent in the wonderful books that inspired this game," said Murphy. "[B]They [/B]really give the books the feel of the game's simple, but exhilarating, combat rules." Murphy has previously published old-school adventures, including [I]Purging Woth Nrld Oekwn’s Muddy Hole[/I], a 40-page adventure that pits PCs against a well-organized tribe of troglodytes and alien slime, which 10 Foot Pole's Bryce Lynch said was, "full of evocative writing and interesting interactive encounters. And is non-standard as all get out." [I]Deluxe USR Sword & Sorcery Book Three: Worlds of Adventure[/I], featuring the sinister and savage world of Xoth, will be released in the near future. Vanishing Tower Press is happy to arrange interviews with the author and PDF copies for online reviews. Direct all inquires to [EMAIL]jay@vanishingtowerpress.com[/EMAIL]. [/QUOTE]
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