{"id":54438,"date":"2021-06-28T19:25:40","date_gmt":"2021-06-29T00:25:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/roleplayerschronicle.com\/?p=54438"},"modified":"2021-06-28T19:25:40","modified_gmt":"2021-06-29T00:25:40","slug":"take-your-noble-house-from-humble-start-up-to-galactic-fiefdom-in-dune-adventures-in-the-imperium-tabletop-rpg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/roleplayerschronicle.com\/?p=54438","title":{"rendered":"Take Your Noble House from Humble Start-up to Galactic Fiefdom in Dune: Adventures in the Imperium Tabletop RPG"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/roleplayerschronicle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/17a35230-e910-71a4-18ba-f955a65be39d.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-54439\" src=\"http:\/\/roleplayerschronicle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/17a35230-e910-71a4-18ba-f955a65be39d-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/roleplayerschronicle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/17a35230-e910-71a4-18ba-f955a65be39d-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/roleplayerschronicle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/17a35230-e910-71a4-18ba-f955a65be39d-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/roleplayerschronicle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/17a35230-e910-71a4-18ba-f955a65be39d-80x80.jpg 80w, http:\/\/roleplayerschronicle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/17a35230-e910-71a4-18ba-f955a65be39d-100x100.jpg 100w, http:\/\/roleplayerschronicle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/17a35230-e910-71a4-18ba-f955a65be39d.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>When religion and politics travel in the same cart, the riders believe nothing can stand in their way.\u00a0<\/em><em>&#8211; Frank Herbert<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In the new tabletop roleplaying game <a href=\"https:\/\/uberstrategist.us3.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=b4300e528090154189e29235d&amp;id=3c5abc5731&amp;e=2a7cc2d4be\"><em>Dune: Adventures in the Imperium<\/em><\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/uberstrategist.us3.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=b4300e528090154189e29235d&amp;id=10b879f44e&amp;e=2a7cc2d4be\">Modiphius Entertainment<\/a>, sandworms might be perennially popular and Arrakis a hot spot for political posturing and economic stability, but there\u2019s an entire universe out there to conquer. Inspired by Warner Bros. Pictures&#8217; and Legendary Pictures\u2019 upcoming feature film <em>Dune<\/em> from director Denis Villeneuve and the acclaimed novel by science fiction author Frank Herbert, players will engage in all manners of scheming, plotting, manipulating, and occasionally backstabbing to take their noble House from scrappy underdog to Patricians of the Galactic Imperium. Based on Modiphius\u2019 award-winning 2D20 game system, <em>Dune:<\/em> <em>Adventures in the Imperium<\/em> is the perfect setting for players looking to flex their strategic muscles and edge out the competition to control the spice and, in turn, control the universe!<\/p>\n<p><em>Dune: Adventures in the Imperium<\/em> is available now in your friendly local retailers. <a href=\"https:\/\/uberstrategist.us3.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=b4300e528090154189e29235d&amp;id=611c0bead1&amp;e=2a7cc2d4be\">Core Rulebook Standard Editions<\/a> run from \u00a344.99 along with the beautiful dice sets, journal, and Gamesmaster screen. The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/uberstrategist.us3.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=b4300e528090154189e29235d&amp;id=94caf4aebf&amp;e=2a7cc2d4be\">Atreides Collector\u2019s<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/uberstrategist.us3.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=b4300e528090154189e29235d&amp;id=9ada960452&amp;e=2a7cc2d4be\"> Edition<\/a> is available for \u00a379.99 from the Modiphius store, while the Corrino Collectors Edition is available in local retailers and Harkonnen Edition from Amazon. Modiphius webstore shoppers can pick up the PDF or print copies of the core book and a variety of bundles on the product home page <a href=\"https:\/\/uberstrategist.us3.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=b4300e528090154189e29235d&amp;id=dbef8d3c4b&amp;e=2a7cc2d4be\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Dune <\/em>showcases a universe filled to the brim with cutthroat noble houses and Bismarckian alliances, galactic economics, bureaucratic machinations, imperial soldiers, dastardly assassins, religious zealots, and freedom fighting rebels. <em>Dune:<\/em> <em>Adventures in the Imperium<\/em> drops players right in the thick of it, as they take the reins of their own House or act as agents of one of the powerful Houses&#8211;like honorable House Atreides, the ruthlessly Machiavellian House Harkonnen&#8211;or attempt to hack it solo with a House of their own devising. The system also allows for two styles of play: Architect, for the player who prefers to remain in the shadows and direct the battlefield from the boardroom; and Agent, which caters to the type of player who likes to get their hands dirty, handling business up close and personal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key Features of <em>Dune: Adventures in the Imperium<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Play Anywhere:<\/strong> Thanks to Modiphius\u2019 award-winning 2d20 system,<em> Dune: Adventures in the Imperium<\/em> requires very little outside of the books themselves and a few dice<\/li>\n<li><strong>20,000 Years of Fun: <\/strong>The Dune Universe stretches waaaaay back, and original author Frank Herbert has crafted a rich world crammed full of fascinating characters, incredible worlds, and a deep, complex political and religious system for players to explore<\/li>\n<li><strong>Art Fit for the Emperor\u2019s Throne Room: <\/strong>In typical Modiphius fashion, each book and toolkit features gorgeous visuals, stunning artwork, and a beautiful, hand-crafted design. Spiced-up keeners will also enjoy the thematically appropriate dice sets, in Melange Blue and Arrakis Orange!<\/li>\n<li><strong>All-Star Crew:<\/strong> From the writers to the designers, <em>Dune:<\/em> <em>Adventures in the Imperium <\/em>came together through the hard work of industry vets with resumes that include <em>Warhammer, Dungeons &amp; Dragons, Doctor Who, Game of Thrones<\/em>, and many more legendary IPs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>For those who would like to try out the game beforehand, a free quickstart version is available <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/uberstrategist.us3.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=b4300e528090154189e29235d&amp;id=6faec9f59e&amp;e=2a7cc2d4be\"><em>here<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>About Denis Villeneuve\u2019s <em>Dune<\/em> film<\/strong><br \/>\nThe film stars Oscar nominee Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Oscar nominee Josh Brolin, Stellan Skarsg\u00e5rd, Dave Bautista, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Zendaya, Chang Chen, David Dastmalchian, Sharon Duncan-Brewster, with Oscar nominee Charlotte Rampling, with Jason Momoa, and Oscar winner Javier Bardem. Oscar nominee Denis Villeneuve directed <em>Dune<\/em> from a screenplay by Jon Spaihts and Villeneuve and Eric Roth based on the novel of the same name written by Frank Herbert.\u00a0Villeneuve also produced the film with Mary Parent, Cale Boyter, and Joe Caracciolo, Jr.\u00a0The executive producers were Tanya Lapointe, Joshua Grode, Herbert W. Gains, Jon Spaihts, Thomas Tull,\u00a0Brian Herbert, Byron Merritt, and Kim Herbert, with Kevin J. Anderson as special consultant. Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures Present a Legendary Pictures Production, a Film by Denis Villeneuve, <em>Dune<\/em>. The film is slated to be released in theaters internationally in Fall 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Keep current with Modiphius Entertainment by following them on <a href=\"https:\/\/uberstrategist.us3.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=b4300e528090154189e29235d&amp;id=ebcb4a016d&amp;e=2a7cc2d4be\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/uberstrategist.us3.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=b4300e528090154189e29235d&amp;id=74446b8a07&amp;e=2a7cc2d4be\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/uberstrategist.us3.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=b4300e528090154189e29235d&amp;id=50af3b869b&amp;e=2a7cc2d4be\">YouTube<\/a>, and the official website: <a href=\"https:\/\/uberstrategist.us3.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=b4300e528090154189e29235d&amp;id=4100ff15bc&amp;e=2a7cc2d4be\">https:\/\/www.modiphius.net<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When religion and politics travel in the same cart, the riders believe nothing can stand in their way.\u00a0&#8211; Frank Herbert In the new tabletop roleplaying [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":54439,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1935,4],"tags":[4297,4517,3521,1965,2321],"class_list":["post-54438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-rpg-news","tag-2d20","tag-dune","tag-headline","tag-modiphius-entertainment","tag-sci-fi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/roleplayerschronicle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/roleplayerschronicle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/roleplayerschronicle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/roleplayerschronicle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/roleplayerschronicle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=54438"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/roleplayerschronicle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54438\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/roleplayerschronicle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/54439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/roleplayerschronicle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=54438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/roleplayerschronicle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=54438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/roleplayerschronicle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=54438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}