Rat-dodging monarch restoration Dishonored is getting a tabletop roleplaying adaptation this very 12 months.
Announcing the information final week, publishers Modiphius say they’re working “in close collaboration” with the games’ inventive director Harvey Smith, additionally famed for his work on System Shock and the primary two Deus Ex games. That’s some pedigree, alright.
Players will “delve into the turbulent Empire of the Isles, to tell stories of occult lore, intrigue and drama”. It feels like there’ll be a giant give attention to narrative quite than fight, and a ruleset for poking your head into, and borrowing powers from the Void, Dishonored’s mysterious magic-ish alternate dimension and supply of its spookier trinkets.
The launch will centre on a 300-page rulebook based mostly on an tailored model of the second20 system utilized in Star Trek Adventures. There’ll even be “custom dice, cards, and other accessories to add to the experience”. Modiphius publish a reasonably spectacular roster of titles, together with a number of diversifications of different media together with games like Fallout and The Elder Scrolls, so that they must know what they’re doing.
Dishonored 2 was one in every of our favourite games of the decade, and the newer Death Of The Outsider spoke to Alec’s suppressed want to kill the wealthy and the goth alike. Though I could also be a mere dabbler on the planet of dices and the placing on of wizard hats, I’m curious to see how this adaptation will prove, and might be quite shocked if it isn’t attention-grabbing on the very least.
It’s at all times bothered me that so many nice game worlds are squandered on only a game or two, however Dunwall’s decrepit industries, damp basements, and political scheming have been notably refreshing. It’s good that we’ll get one other probability to discover it a bit, and the entire archipelago setting must make customized adventures fairly simple to arrange.
The Dishonored roleplaying game is due out this summer time. You can learn extra about it on the website.
