Embark on a dark and daring adventure where death and destruction lurk around every corner. Free League Publishing and Benjamin Tobitt today announced a publishing partnership for the grim-dark fantasy RPG Black Powder and Brimstone thatwill be launched on Kickstarter by Benjamin Tobitt on April 25, 2024.
The gunpowder and witchcraft infused game is a complete stand-alone RPG based on and compatible with the multi-award-winning apocalyptic heavy metal RPG MÖRK BORG.
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This wicked cauldron of a game is packed to the brim with with lore, explosions, magic, war, and demons. Written and illustrated by Benjamin Tobitt, the game will be printed and distributed by Free League Publishing (Dragonbane, Vaesen – Nordic Horror Roleplaying, Blade Runner RPG, ALIEN RPG, The One Ring RPG).
If successfully funded, *lack Powder and Brimstone* will be officially released by Free League Workshop, Free League’s sublabel for independent game creators.
About *lack Powder and Brimstone*
The Orthodox and Puritans of the Church of the Sacred Blood are stuck in a stalemate of a war that has raged for decades. You are a desperate adventurer stuck in the middle of the conflict, desperately trying to survive, and maybe even profit, amongst the chaos and destruction.
Wield unique and characterful weapons, each with their own rules and advantages on top of the damage die. The arsenal includes the dreaded Black Powder weapons — infernal devices that ignore all armor on a hit and can cause as much mayhem and destruction to the wielder as the intended target.
As well as mortal weapons, there are forbidden and powerful magics that can warp reality as easily as an artist paints a canvas. But beware, for magic is as dangerous as it is powerful. If you use it in front of the wrong people, then be prepared to deal with the dreaded agents of the Inquisition.
This action-packed, rules-light, art-heavy OSR game offers swashbuckling adventure and gothic folk horror in an unholy blend. A treasure chest of character options, items, locations, adventures, and enemies, both human and monstrous, waits to be opened.
About the Designer
The game creator Benjamin Tobitt was raised in the haunted wilds of Dorset, before seeking his fortune in the grand and terrible city of London. After receiving an education at the Kingston University of Arts, he worked as an illustrator, animator, director, and comic book artist. During the Great Plague, he and his wife moved to the frozen nation of Sweden to practice their own form of witchcraft, assisted by the feline familiar commonly known as “Gus”. Black Powder and Brimstone is his magical creation, the culmination of years of passion and research into the 30 Years War, folk horror, and witchcraft.
Links:
https://www.bentobitt.com
https://twitter.com/BenjaminTobitt
https://www.instagram.com/bentobitt
About *ÖRK BORG*
MÖRK BORG is a blackened art-punk RPG about miserable bastards and heretics enduring a bleak, dying world. It came out of nowhere and ravaged the roleplaying game scene in 2020 when it won four gold ENNNIEs (Product of the Year is one of them) and has become a cult hit with a dedicated following ever since.
MÖRK BORG – ENNIE Awards Winner 2020
Product of the Year (Gold)
Best Layout & Design (Gold)
Best Writing (Gold)
Best Game (Silver)
About Free League Workshop
Free League Workshop is a sub-label for externally designed games that Free League help print, publish and distribute. The Free League Workshop game portfolio includes the science fiction RPG Death in Space, the weird-fantasy RPG Into the Odd Remastered, the dark fantasy RPG MÖRK BORG, the cyberpunk RPG CY_BORG and the pirate-RPG PIRATE BORG.
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About Free League Publishing
Free League Publishing is a game studio and publisher dedicated to speculative fiction based in Stockholm, Sweden. We have published a wide range of award-winning tabletop roleplaying games and acclaimed art books set in strange and wondrous worlds.
Our upcoming games include Mutant: Year Zero – Zone Wars and The Electric State Roleplaying Game.
Our game portfolio includes The Walking Dead Universe Roleplaying, acclaimed fantasy RPG Dragonbane, the MÖRK BORG spin-off RPG PIRATE BORG, the official Blade Runner RPG, The One Ring™ roleplaying game and The Lord of the Rings Roleplaying for 5E, Tales From the Loop – The Board Game, the official ALIEN RPG (Gold ENNIE for Best Game 2020), the Gothic horror game Vaesen (winner of three ENNIE Awards 2021), the pitch-black fantasy RPG MÖRK BORG (winner of four ENNIE Awards 2020), the alternate ’80s Tales From the Loop RPG (winner of five ENNIE Awards 2017, including Best Game), the retro-fantasy Forbidden Lands (winner of four ENNIE Awards 2019), the postapocalyptic Mutant: Year Zero (Silver ENNIE for Best Rules 2015), the science fiction games Coriolis – The Third Horizon (Judge’s Spotlight Award 2017) and Death in Space, the dark fantasy game Symbaroum, the weird-fantasy Into the Odd Remastered, the cyberpunk RPG CY_BORG, and the new edition of the RPG classic Twilight: 2000 (Judges Award for Best RPG at UK Games Expo 2022).
