Justin D. Jacobson
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Blue Devil Games is happy to announce the release of its latest and greatest role-playing game: Passages, the game of literary adventure in the Victorian era. The game is available now in pdf format at RPG Now. It will debut in print format at Gen Con SoCal and be available directly through Indie Press Revolution and through distribution via Key 20. You can download the FREE 26-page Demo, which includes the table of contents and the Introduction with a summary of the new system.
A little bit about the game from the product page:
Blue Devil’s Passages
Dainty. Palatable. Non-Constipating.
The only Game Preparation which is uninjurious to the digestion because of the slow measured absorption of rules and use of a single icosahedron for resolution. The only Game Preparation of agreeable taste to all palates, and an excellent substitute for Cod-Liver oil. Prescribed by eminent practitioners to lymphatic and scrofulous children; to adolescents for troubles associated with growth, amenorrhoea, etc.; to adults for asthma, syphilis, and female hysteria; and to all ages for chronic bouts of ennui.
Heed some of the many verifiable testimonials of those who have employed Passages to a great boon upon their well-being:
“After utilizing Passages for just a few days, eyes become bright, the cheeks glow with colour and life, movements are brisk, and there is a complete absence of weariness and depression—all without risk of splitting one’s personality.” - Robert Louis Stevenson
“Just one phial is akin to a new accelerator that stimulates all round, that wakes you up for a time from the crown of your head to the tip of your great toe, and makes you go two—or even three—to everybody else's one.” - Professor Gibberne
“Curative of all things uffish. There are games offered as substitutes which appear as mirror images of Passages but which are dangerous as a bandersnatch—be sure to ask for Passages by name.” - Charles Lutwidge Dodgson
“C'est magnifique!” - Jules Gabriel Verne
Passages is crafted by the skilled chemists of Blue Devil Games.
Lifetime supply now only $32.95!
Passages presents a new role-playing system that features:
Game design by Justin D. Jacobson. Setting material by Richard Farrese. Art direction by Jennifer Rodgers. Layout and graphic design by Philip J. Reed
We have a bunch of free support available and coming down the pipeline for the game. We'll be posting a free introductory adventure soon called "Spooring of the Jabberwock", and we'll be posting regular entries of "Dramatis Personae", your favorite literary characters described and statted up for use in play.
I'm particularly excited about the new system of mechanics. I'll be fleshing them out a little more and releasing them separately as a standalone multi-genre system called Bullseye 20.
I'd be happy to answer any questions about the setting or the system.
A little bit about the game from the product page:
Blue Devil’s Passages
Dainty. Palatable. Non-Constipating.
The only Game Preparation which is uninjurious to the digestion because of the slow measured absorption of rules and use of a single icosahedron for resolution. The only Game Preparation of agreeable taste to all palates, and an excellent substitute for Cod-Liver oil. Prescribed by eminent practitioners to lymphatic and scrofulous children; to adolescents for troubles associated with growth, amenorrhoea, etc.; to adults for asthma, syphilis, and female hysteria; and to all ages for chronic bouts of ennui.
Heed some of the many verifiable testimonials of those who have employed Passages to a great boon upon their well-being:
“After utilizing Passages for just a few days, eyes become bright, the cheeks glow with colour and life, movements are brisk, and there is a complete absence of weariness and depression—all without risk of splitting one’s personality.” - Robert Louis Stevenson
“Just one phial is akin to a new accelerator that stimulates all round, that wakes you up for a time from the crown of your head to the tip of your great toe, and makes you go two—or even three—to everybody else's one.” - Professor Gibberne
“Curative of all things uffish. There are games offered as substitutes which appear as mirror images of Passages but which are dangerous as a bandersnatch—be sure to ask for Passages by name.” - Charles Lutwidge Dodgson
“C'est magnifique!” - Jules Gabriel Verne
Passages is crafted by the skilled chemists of Blue Devil Games.
Lifetime supply now only $32.95!
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Passages presents a new role-playing system that features:
- A single d20 for resolution of all conflicts.
- Only two kinds of checks: attribute checks and skill checks.
- Combat and grappling as skills.
- Classless, point-based character creation.
- Degrees of success and failure based on "spread."
Game design by Justin D. Jacobson. Setting material by Richard Farrese. Art direction by Jennifer Rodgers. Layout and graphic design by Philip J. Reed
We have a bunch of free support available and coming down the pipeline for the game. We'll be posting a free introductory adventure soon called "Spooring of the Jabberwock", and we'll be posting regular entries of "Dramatis Personae", your favorite literary characters described and statted up for use in play.
I'm particularly excited about the new system of mechanics. I'll be fleshing them out a little more and releasing them separately as a standalone multi-genre system called Bullseye 20.
I'd be happy to answer any questions about the setting or the system.
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