CATALYST GAME LABS PARTNERS WITH PAIZO TO PUBLISH A NEW PATHFINDER NARRATIVE DECKBUILDING GAME

February 27th, 2024. Woodinville, WA: Catalyst Game Labs—publisher of the massively popular BattleTech and Shadowrun games—is profoundly excited to announce Runefire, a cooperative deckbuilding game based on the popular Pathfinder roleplaying game. A crowdfunding campaign will be run this year, with behind-the-scenes details shared through 2024. Runefire combines the vast lore of the Pathfinder...

CATALYST GAME LABS ANNOUNCES DEDICATED BOARD GAME DIVISION

In addition to their seminal BattleTech and Shadowrun games–along with Leviathans: The Great War–Catalyst has published several great board games over the years, such as The Duke, Crossfire and Dragonfire. To expand upon those successes Catalyst is forming a dedicated board game division. Those games will be joined by other best-selling, previously acquired games, including Element from Rather...

Review: Catalyst Game Labs – 30 Nights (Shadowrun)

30 Nights 30 Nights is a fantasy cyberpunk campaign for Shadowrun, written by Scott Bieniek, Brooke Chang, Jason M. Hardy, Jason Hawks, Jeff Halket, Trevor Laughlin, Bryan C.P. Steele, and Malik Toms and published by Catalyst Game Labs. By Aaron T. Huss Purchase 30 Nights here (paid link) Find other Shadowrun posts here 30 Nights is a campaign placed within the UCAS territory Toronto split across...

Review: Catalyst Game Labs – Cutting Black (Shadowrun)

Cutting Black Cutting Black is a supplement for the fantasy cyberpunk RPG Shadowrun, written by Scott Bieniek, Brooke Chang, Kevin Czarnecki, Francis Jose, Clifton Lambert, O.C. Presley, Scott Schletz, RJ Thomas, and Thomas Willoughby and published by Catalyst Game Labs. By Aaron T. Huss Learn more about Cutting Black here Purchase Cutting Black here (paid link) Find other Shadowrun posts here Cutting...

Review: Catalyst Game Labs – Super Camelot

Super Camelot Super Camelot is a fantasy tile game designed by Aron Murch, Thomas M. Gofton, and Josh Derksen, developed by Lynnvander Studios and published by Catalyst Game Labs. By Aaron T. Huss Learn more about Super Camelot here Purchase Super Camelot here Find other Catalyst Game Labs posts here Super Camelot is one of those games that falls into a trend that we’ve seen become quite popular...

Catalyst Game Labs Announces Executive Editor, New BattleTech and Leviathans Line Developers

Lake Stevens, WA (Sept. 13, 2019) – Catalyst Game Labs announced today the appointments of a new Executive Editor and new line developers for BattleTech and Leviathans, building on the momentum of the company’s recent success with the BattleTech: Clan Invasion Kickstarter campaign. As new BattleTech and Shadowrun fiction bursts forth, John Helfers will move into a full-time role as Catalyst’s...

Launching Tomorrow – The BattleTech: Clan Invasion Kickstarter!

Launching Tomorrow – The BattleTech: Clan Invasion Kickstarter! (July 16, 2019) Hot on the heels of the wildly successful launch of two new boxed sets, Catalyst Game Labs is bringing the BattleTech tabletop game to Kickstarter this Wednesday, July 17 to unleash totally remodeled Clan and Inner Sphere ’Mechs onto game tables worldwide. Utilizing the same process that modernized the nine BattleMechs...

Review: Catalyst Game Labs – Sixth World Beginner Box (Shadowrun)

Sixth World Beginner Box Sixth World Beginner Box is a cyberpunk fantasy quick-start box set of the new 6th Edition of Shadowrun, published by Catalyst Game Labs. By Aaron T. Huss Learn more about Sixth World Beginner Box here Purchase Sixth World Beginner Box here Find other Shadowrun posts here Sixth World Beginner Box is a starter kit for the new 6th Edition of Shadowrun. Although this set includes...

Review: Catalyst Game Labs – Moonshae Storms (Dragonfire)

Moonshae Storms Moonshae Storms is a campaign expansion for Dragonfire, developed by Randall N. Bills, Loren L. Coleman, and Jay Schneider and published by Catalyst Game Labs. By Aaron T. Huss Learn more about Moonshae Storms here Purchase Moonshae Storms here Find other Dragonfire posts here Moonshae Storms is a complete campaign box expansion for the Dragonfire cooperative adventure card game...

Shadowrun, Sixth World Developer’s Notes

Shadowrun, Sixth World Developer’s Notes From Jason Hardy, Shadowrun Line Developer: Shadowrun, Sixth World is coming soon! Wait, Shadowrun, Sixth World isn’t out yet? But I’ve been thinking about it for years! Playing it for more than a year! How are other people not playing it? Development time can be so disorienting. There was a time—six years ago, to be specific—when I threatened...

Preview the Lineup of Shadowrun, Sixth Edition Rulebooks, Sourcebooks and Game Aids!

Hot on the heels of our announcement launching Shadowrun, Sixth Edition, it’s time to take a closer look at the blistering fusillade of action-packed books, games, and swag that will shake the Sixth World! (Click on the images to view a larger version.) BEGINNER BOX, $24.99 (JUNE) The Shadowrun Sixth World Beginner Box is the easiest way to dive into the intrigue, grit, and action of one of the...

SHADOWRUN: SIXTH WORLD, An All-New Edition of Cyberpunk Fantasy

Catalyst Game Labs proudly announces the sixth edition of the Shadowrun roleplaying game, Shadowrun, Sixth World, debuting this summer. Are you ready to risk everything? The Sixth World. One of the most enduring RPG settings ever created, with shadows growing deeper and darker in its latest edition. Dominated by enormous, world-striding megacorporations strangling metahumanity in their clutches,...

Review: Catalyst Game Labs – Heroes of the Wild (Dragonfire)

Heroes of the Wild Heroes of the Wild is an expansion for the Dragonfire cooperative deck-builder card game, developed by Randall N. Bills, Loren L. Coleman, Talon Coleman, and Jay Schneider and published by Catalyst Game Labs. By Aaron T. Huss Learn more about Dragonfire here Purchase Heroes of the Wild here Find other Dragonfire posts here Heroes of the Wild is a character pack expansion for the...

Review: Catalyst Game Labs – Adventure Packs (Dragonfire)

Adventure Packs Sword Mountains Crypt, Ravaging the Sword Coast, and Corruption in Calimshan are Adventure Pack supplements for Dragonfire, published by Catalyst Game Labs. By Aaron T. Huss Learn more about Dragonfire here Purchase Dragonfire Adventure Packs here Find other Dragonfire posts here Dragonfire is a cooperative, deck-building adventure game with and endless amount of possibilities. One...

Review: Catalyst Game Labs – Dragonfire

Dragonfire Dragonfire is a fantasy deckbuilding game set in the Dungeons & Dragons universe, developed by Randall N. Bills and Loren L. Coleman and published by Catalyst Game Labs. By Aaron T. Huss Learn more about Dragonfire here Purchase Dragonfire here Find other Dragonfire posts here Dragonfire is a cooperative, deck-building adventure game set in the Dungeons & Dragons. It utilizes...

Review: Catalyst Game Labs – Shadowrun Crossfire

Shadowrun Crossfire Shadowrun Crossfire is a deck-building game set in the Shadowrun universe, developed by Gregory Marques, Mike Elliott, Rob Heinsoo, James “Jim” Lin, Sean McCarthy, and Rob Watkins and published by Catalyst Game Labs. By Aaron T. Huss Learn more about Shadowrun Crossfire here Purchase Shadowrun Crossfire here Find other Catalyst Game Labs posts here Crossfire is a...

Review: Catalyst Game Labs – The Duke Lord’s Legacy

The Duke Lord’s Legacy The Duke Lord’s Legacy is a medieval/fantasy-themed (somewhat) abstract strategy game designed by Jeremy Holcomb, Joe Huber, Stephen McLaughlin, Randall N. Bills, and Loren L. Coleman and published by Catalyst Game Labs. By Aaron T. Huss Learn more about The Duke Lord’s Legacy here Purchase The Duke Lord’s Legacy here Find other Catalyst Game Labs posts...

Review: Catalyst Game Labs – Shadowrun: Anarchy (Cue System) [Part 2]

Shadowrun: Anarchy Shadowrun: Anarchy is a Cue System-based version of the fantasy cyberpunk Shadowrun RPG, written by Randall N. Bills, Patrick Goodman, Jason M. Hardy, Philip A. Lee, Aaron Pavao, O.C. Presley, and Russell Zimmerman and published by Catalyst Game Labs. By Cape Rust Learn more about Shadowrun: Anarchy here Purchase Shadowrun: Anarchy here Find other Cue System posts here and here We’re...

Review: Catalyst Game Labs – Shadowrun: Anarchy (Cue System) [Part 1]

Shadowrun: Anarchy Shadowrun: Anarchy is a Cue System-based version of the fantasy cyberpunk Shadowrun RPG, written by Randall N. Bills, Patrick Goodman, Jason M. Hardy, Philip A. Lee, Aaron Pavao, O.C. Presley, and Russell Zimmerman and published by Catalyst Game Labs. By Aaron T. Huss Learn more about Shadowrun: Anarchy here Purchase Shadowrun: Anarchy here Find other Cue System posts here and...

Review: Catalyst Game Labs – Court of Shadows (Shadowrun)

Court of Shadows Court of Shadows is a sourcebook for the fantasy cyberpunk Shadowrun RPG, written by Jason M. Hardy, Cassandra Khaw, R.L. King, Aaron Pavao, Grant Robinson, Scott Schletz, Monica Valentinelli, Pete Woodworth, CZ Wright, and Russell Zimmerman and published by Catalyst Game Labs. By Cape Rust Learn more about Court of Shadows here Purchase Court of Shadows here Find other Shadowrun...