With all the conspicuous and crafty consumption of Kickstarter RPG tomes, it is great to remind oneself that my hobby only needs some good ideas, some dice and some friends. Out in the Wild Web beyond the walled fastness of game store websites lie hidden treasures of gaming richness that only requires the brave, the reckless and foolhardy to quest into danger.
I have been following Ironsworn, an excellent dark fantasy tabletop RPG, inspired by Powered by the Apocalypse style games and given an epic twist of its own. The free preview is a full playable game, ideal for a small number of adventurers for a “Fantasy Tabletop RPG of Perilous Quests for Solo, Co-Op and Guided Play”. You have made a vow, touching iron and connecting you with the old gods. This marks you out…
“Others live out their lives hardly venturing beyond the lands around their village or steading, but you are different. Your vows will lead you to a life of heroism, danger, and sacrifice beyond the edges of civilized lands.
Ironsworn is a tabletop roleplaying game (RPG) where you play a hero sworn to complete dangerous quests in the Ironlands, a dark fantasy setting.”
The free preview is a complete game with asset cards, move sheets and everything needed to play (except two ten sided dice and one six sider).
The game ticks a large number of my progress tracks. I’m still getting my head around when to tick or progress various tracks and understand how the game fits together. I think some actual play will sort that out and I eye the Revelation RPG Convention in February as a fitting place to once more get my ‘Metal Fantasy’ on!
This blogpost was brought to you whilst listening to Two Steps From Hell – Star Sky.