[KenzerCo] Aces & Eights: Shattered Frontier RPG added to release schedule

[Mark Plemmons]

We've just added the Aces & Eights: Shattered Frontier RPG to our upcoming releases for June 2007! PDF previews coming soon!

If you scroll all the way down, you can see the cover preview - just the cover with blank pages - from the printer! Leathered hardcover, textured, gold lettering on the spine, 400 pages, full color, and weighing in at over 4 pounds!

Note: listed release date is approximation for KenzerCo webstore only - item should arrive in retail stores approximately 2+ weeks before the webstore date of 6/20, and be available at Origins 2007.

 

[Angel Tarragon]

What system does the game use for mechanics?

 

[trancejeremy]

I think this came out years ago? Is this a special edition? (Or was is vaporware for years? I know I heard about it years ago)

 

[Mark Plemmons]

Well, it's got stuff that's common to most games (STR, DEX, CON, etc.) but it's our own new system, not d20.

There are no classes, for example. You advance by doing (professions, skills, gunfighting, etc.), to improve your abilities, earn money, improve skills and earn Building Points to help you towards your goals.

If you saw Aces & Eights: Showdown, combat is very similar to that - it uses the Shot Clock and silhouettes for gunfights.

Skills, quirks, flaws and talents are similar to what's been in HackMaster, but much more streamlined and realistic.

There's also lots of new stuff, including immense detail on character building, roleplaying, adventure ideas, prospecting, ranching, professions, mini-games for such things as cattle drives and trial systems (frontier justice), two towns, pre-made NPCs, and much more.

Aces & Eights is all about giving you everything you need for growing your character into a power broker in a long-term campaign, so it's not just chasing outlaws or robbing banks.

 

[Mark Plemmons]

I think this came out years ago? Is this a special edition? (Or was is vaporware for years? I know I heard about it years ago)

Aces & EIghts: Showdown (miniatures skirmish game) came out a couple of years ago. We've been working on the full Shattered Frontier RPG for years, and demoing the combat at conventions, so you've probably heard about it.

 

[Mark Plemmons]

Oops! My original post above said JULY - it's suppposed to be JUNE. Fixed.