Alephtar Games publishing schedule

[RosenMcStern]

Here is the schedule for the next products that will be released by Alephtar Games. I think most readers here will be interested in knowing about this.

1) BRP Rome Scenario pack (by Conall Kavanagh, Pete Nash, Ken Spencer) – Sep 2009
1bis) Merrie England: the Age of Eleanor (for Mongoose RuneQuest, by Simon Phipp) - Sep 2009
2) Dragon Lines (for BRP, by Charles Greene) – Fall 2009
3) Stupor Mundi: Crusaders of the Amber Coast (for Mongoose RuneQuest, by Paolo Guccione) – Fall 2009
4) BRP Mecha (by Paolo Guccione) – 2010

Products 2) and 3) could be delayed by some months. I am not sure about if and when we will publish a full, long-spanning campaign for Rome, but it is among our plans.

I also have a couple of BRP and MRQ submissions pending, and if we reach an agreement with the authors I will fit them into this schedule. If something in the above list is delayed, they could see the light in 2009.

As you can see, we are trying to support both BRP and RuneQuest. I would love to publish something for HeroQuest 2, too, but I have no materials at hand. So if anyone has a manuscript ready, just honk.

[leonmallett]

Two products in that list grab my eye especially: looks good.

[Newt]

BRP Rome scenario pack drool

I'm hoping Dragon lines arrives just in time for my birthday in oct too.

Damn that's impressive schedule

[RosenMcStern]

Never say impressive, Newt!

A new supplement is in the schedule: Merrie England, the Age of Eleanor. Author Simon Phipp (soltakss), it is about 12th and 13th century England, a more classic medieval setting than Stupor Mundi, it includes more in-depth rules for Christian magic, Judaism, Demonology, Alchemy and the like. It is for RuneQuest but as usual you can play it with BRP with little effort.

And before someone asks: yes, you can play Robin Hood!

[Newt]

Never say impressive, Newt!

I just did :P

[TrippyHippy]

Any plans of doing something in later period England? The War of the Roses-era is criminally under-represented in historical RPGs, I feel. It's the most exciting (and violent) period too.

[soltakss]

Any plans of doing something in later period England? The War of the Roses-era is criminally under-represented in historical RPGs, I feel. It's the most exciting (and violent) period too.

Possibly, depending on how I get on with Merrie England.

I was planning on Wars of the Roses and Hundred Years War followups, probably after I retire in 20 years time, but I don't know a great deal about the history of that time.

The trouble with the Wars of the Roses is that it is pretty much a series of battles between warlords and there's not a lot of scope for other roleplaying, beyond the normal "go to an inn, hear about a ruined castle, go there" scenarios.

[Gheedon]

Very impressive line-up. There's only one which wouldn't make my shopping list. Looking forward to them.

[Kairos]

I'll definitely be getting that Rome scenario pack...the Rome book is a thing of beauty.

[TrippyHippy]

Possibly, depending on how I get on with Merrie England.

I was planning on Wars of the Roses and Hundred Years War followups, probably after I retire in 20 years time, but I don't know a great deal about the history of that time.

The trouble with the Wars of the Roses is that it is pretty much a series of battles between warlords and there's not a lot of scope for other roleplaying, beyond the normal "go to an inn, hear about a ruined castle, go there" scenarios.

Malory (at least, the period he wrote in)? Shakespeare's plays? Or failing that, Blackadder I?