Luther Arkwright: Parallel Lines

April 29, 2017
We're delighted to announce the release of Parallel Lines, a compilation of eight adventures for the Luther Arkwright setting.

Join Valhalla's Mjollnir Section and take part in eight separate missions investigating planar anomalies and nefarious Disruptor schemes. How far has the Disruptor Knight known as Loki gone in his bid to bring about global war? What is the source of strange psychic emanations in the New England area? How can Kyland the Warlord be stopped before he destroys Aigues Mortes? What sinister forces are at work on the Trans-Siberian Express and the airship 'Empress Katerina'?

 

All these and more form the missions of Parallel Lines, taking the team from the New England swamps to a dystopian London, via post apocalyptic landscapes, industrial hells, an undersea arcology and an Edinburgh on the verge of revolution. Each mission is self contained but can thread together to form a vast campaign with recurring characters and villains.

 

So join the war against the Disruptors; get your copy of Parallel Lines without delay!

 

172 pages, softcover, Print: $24.99 (with free PDF), PDF only $12.99. Order via the Design Mechanism Store (US, Canada and elsewhere) or Aeon Games Publishing (UK, Europe, Australia & New Zealand)

 

Khakun Shrugs & Mythic Britain: Logres

February 25, 2017
Khakun Shrugs continues our Mythras Monthly Scenarios. February brings you Bruce Turner's adventure, an epic quest to placate an angered god who threatens the resettlement of Further Tarsennia. Who awoke the slumbering Khakun though; and what will be the cost be to avert his wrath? Join the Tarsen initiates of the Ruddy River Association to find out...

$6.99 print copy via the Lulu webstore (includes free PDF)
$3.99 PDF only via The Design Mechanism web store

UK, Europe and Australia/New Zealand...
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Madness & Other Colours

January 28, 2017
The monthly scenarios continue with Madness & Other Colours.

A long time ago, in an evil empire far, far away, the Emperor Sool demanded that those who offend him should be punished in a most vicious way. So were created the Sool Statuettes, and their maker was none other than Loric Nygh, a suave and cunning magician who had developed ghastly engines of sorcery for just such a purpose.

Baldomeer the Vain, a famed collector of antiquities, has supposedly come into possession of a Sool Statuette....

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A Merry Mythras Yuletide! Part 1

December 17, 2016
Here we are in the countdown to Christmas, and the first of our Yuletide messages - there'll be another before the festive season is done.

We're kicking-off Yule with the second of our monthly scenarios, and a surprise expansion for Classic Fantasy...

Xamoxis' Cleansing
In the small city of Tithys, a mercantile family's matriarch covets the treasure known as The Cleansing. Its powers are fabled, and the characters are hired to retrieve it. But they are not the only ones who desire this magical a...

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November Scenario: A Gift from Shamash

November 12, 2016
Over the next few months, we're going to be releasing one scenario a month for the Mythras roleplaying game. Each scenario is self contained, and suitable for at least two 3-hour sessions of play.

For November, we bring you a Science Fiction scenario...

A Gift From Shamash

By Pete Nash

On the edge of the solar system, among the far-flung debris of the Kuiper Belt, the UNCC Nergal is sent to intercept the DVC Fukunusubi, a reclamation vessel that has stopped responding to communications and is on ...
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Mythic Rome Now Available

October 2, 2016

Mythic Rome takes you into the streets of the Eternal City and into the lives of its citizens. Discover Rome during its illustrious Republic and help shape the world's destiny. The Punic Wars, the Bacchanalian Conspiracy; brutal civil war between Pompey and Caesar - choose your sides and choose your weapons.

This book is a highly detailed and immersive study of Rome, covering culture, religion, magic, supernatural creatures, and its fascinating, labyrinthine history. Packed ...


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Thennla Sourcebook

September 11, 2016
This is a free, introduction to the world of Thennla, the campaign setting explored in Shores of Korantia and The Taskan Empire. A fantasy world referencing the Classical world, Thennla's gods are real, magic commonplace, and empires young and old vying for control.

A 32 page PDF (or print copy available from our Lulu store - see the Products page).
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Mythras Revealed

August 22, 2016

Mythras Revealed!
Mythras is now available. The PDF is available immediately, and the print edition can be preordered from the Design Mechanism store. The print edition should ship in approximately 3-4 weeks.

Now, obviously, everyone should buy a copy of Mythras because it’s our flagship book, but of course there is the question that everyone who owns its direct predecessor, RQ6, will ask: ‘Do I need to buy Mythras too?’ The game engine is unchanged; aside from a few tweaks here and there...


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From RuneQuest to Mythras

July 10, 2016
RuneQuest 6 is now retired, and while we have a few copies left in stock, it will be officially Out of Print once these are exhausted.

It will be replaced in August by Mythras - same system, new name - and you can download a taster of the rules with our free Mythras Imperative version (see below this post).

All our supplements remain available, and aside from the name change, it's business as usual for us. But thank you to everyone who made RuneQuest's 6th edition such a well-respected title. I...
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Mythras Imperative Now Available

June 11, 2016
This pared-down version of the forthcoming Mythras rules is the perfect introduction to the game. Free to download, it crams a lot into its 32 pages - everything needed to begin adventuring in worlds of fantastic adventure!
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