A brand new tabletop RPG brings gothic horror, sorcery, monsters, and extra to the American Revolution. Earlier at this time, Daniel Fox launched the Kickstarter for Flames of Freedom, a model new tabletop RPG set within the pivotal 12 months of 1776. While a struggle has damaged out between the Rebel Continental Army and Loyalist Red Coats, it serves as a backdrop of types for an online of conspiracy and thriller that stretches throughout the 13 colonies. Players might discover themselves looking for ghouls in Boston, searching for a Devil within the Pine Barrens in New Jersey, or fleeing the Knights Templar in Maryland. Powered by the favored Zweihander RPG ruleset, Flames of Freedom is a game that pushes gamers right into a grim and dangerous world stuffed with thriller, hazard, and horror.
Although American historical past typically focuses on the white military leaders and politicians who participated within the Revolution and later grew to become often known as the “Founding Fathers,” one focus of Flames of Freedom is showcasing the true variety of colonial America. The game includes a vary of cultures past the historical past of Europeans in America, and focuses on the true historical past of the American Revolution – one the place individuals of all heritages and genders had been essential to the success of the rebel. As the Kickstarter web page notes, Flames of Freedom will not be a tabletop RPG the place gamers will discriminate in opposition to girls, follow slavery, slaughter harmless individuals, or “tame the wilderness” of Indigenous nations. The game is one the place gamers come collectively to struggle in a secret struggle that started lengthy earlier than the beginning of the American Revolution.
Those keen on Flames of Freedom can try a 60-page Quickstart guide obtainable to obtain without spending a dime. The guidelines complement accommodates primary guidelines and a brief journey set in Trenton, New Jersey. You also can try the full Kickstarter – a $15-20 pledge will get gamers a PDF of the core rulebook, whereas a $50 pledge comes with a tough copy of the core rulebook.
