Thundercats Are On The Move! Thundercats Are Loose! [Updated]

Thunder... thunder... thunder... Thundercats! Ho!

Announced this week at San Diego Comic Con by Dynamite Entertainment and Lynnvander Studios is an official TTRPG featuring the adventures of Lion-O and his fellow Thundercats as they struggle against the evil machinations of Mumm-Ra.

A 250-page rulebook will cover Thundercats lore, characters from the cartoon show and the comic-books, and, of course, the rules of the game. Lion-O, Cheetara, Tygra, Panthro, Pumyra, Mumm-Ra and more will feature in a game which is heading to retail 'soon'. You can build your own heroes to join the Thundercats--or, indeed, the Mutants.

There's no release date or system details yet, but we'll keep you updated when we hear more.

Update — the game has been confirmed as powered by 5E, and is coming to Kickstarter soon.

Feel the magic! Hear the roar! Thundercats are loose!

 

[Theory of Games]

Sold. Been a TC fan since forever. Just hoping the system is fast and fun and has rules to create our own original PCs

 

[EthanSental]

Interesting and I’ll be waiting to hear more of the game when they start releasing information on it.

 

[Cergorach]

Sounds cool and interesting!

 

[Corinnguard]

The Thundercats as an all Tabaxi party.

 

[Junkyard Tornado]

Ohh I so badly want this to be good!!

 

[Tonguez]

Is it just cats or are they including other species too - I remember dogs, lizards, monkeys and elephants?

 

[ColinChapman]

The launch page for the crowdfunding states it is 5e-based and -compatible.

 

[Corinnguard]

Is it just cats or are they including other species too - I remember dogs, lizards, monkeys and elephants?

It probably depends on whether or not the TTRPG will be based off of the original series, the remake of the series or both. Personally I would like to see it based off of the remake because of its' anthropomorphic diversity.

 

[pablomaz]

I have no idea how big it was abroad, but for me, growing up in Brazil in the 80s, both Thundercats and Dungeons & Dragons (called Dragon’s Cave here — I guess calling a kids' show a “dungeon” right as we were coming out of a 20-year military dictatorship wouldn’t have been a great idea ) were huge. Just thinking about the opening song gives me goosebumps!

 

[LuisCarlos17f]

It will be 5e compatible, and the continuity will be Dynamite comic version, not the ones from the animated show. I mean this details should be important because some players would want to create their own "spin-off" characters from the same specie. Maybe there were colonies in other worlds or former prisoners who could escape (specially if mutants started to fight each other again).