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Now on Kickstarter until Wednesday, 16 July, Swords against the Shadows.
Swords Against the Shadows is a tabletop roleplaying game of epic Swords and Sorcery heroes and anti-heroes pitted against the evils lurking in their world's shadows. Fight demons from the Outer Dark, and oppose the schemes of malignant Sorcerers, to protect the small pockets of civilisation that survive surrounded by hostile wilderness. Use the game to recreate thrilling fantasy adventure tales, as told by authors such as Robert E. Howard, Michael Moorcock, and Clark Ashton Smith.
The game is based on the popular pick-up-and-play Black Hack 2nd Edition, modified to meet genre expectations. If you are familiar with the World’s Favourite Roleplaying game, you’ll be right at home here and find much to like in this wonderful rules-light, fast-playing rules set.
The book is 78 pages long, in an A5 softcover format, with black and white illustrations throughout. It features this marvellous front cover by Jon Hodgson.
Already funded in just over an hour from launch, we are quickly funding stretch goals, which so far have funded the following.
Swords Against the Shadows is a tabletop roleplaying game of epic Swords and Sorcery heroes and anti-heroes pitted against the evils lurking in their world's shadows. Fight demons from the Outer Dark, and oppose the schemes of malignant Sorcerers, to protect the small pockets of civilisation that survive surrounded by hostile wilderness. Use the game to recreate thrilling fantasy adventure tales, as told by authors such as Robert E. Howard, Michael Moorcock, and Clark Ashton Smith.
The game is based on the popular pick-up-and-play Black Hack 2nd Edition, modified to meet genre expectations. If you are familiar with the World’s Favourite Roleplaying game, you’ll be right at home here and find much to like in this wonderful rules-light, fast-playing rules set.
The book is 78 pages long, in an A5 softcover format, with black and white illustrations throughout. It features this marvellous front cover by Jon Hodgson.
Already funded in just over an hour from launch, we are quickly funding stretch goals, which so far have funded the following.
- Fiendish Folio, 25 new monsters for the game.
- The Gazetteer of the Jewelled Coast. An expanded setting guide, which expands the example setting in the main rulebook.
- The Tower of the Sorcerer. An introductory adventure for the game.
- An Adventure Creator, a set of random tables to create Swords and Sorcery adventures.
