{"id":55990,"date":"2022-12-13T20:27:34","date_gmt":"2022-12-14T01:27:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/roleplayerschronicle.com\/?p=55990"},"modified":"2022-12-13T20:27:34","modified_gmt":"2022-12-14T01:27:34","slug":"blade-runner-the-roleplaying-game-is-out-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/roleplayerschronicle.com\/?p=55990","title":{"rendered":"Blade Runner The Roleplaying Game is Out Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>BLADE RUNNER\u00a0The Roleplaying Game is Out Now<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>An Iconic and Unforgiving Playground of Endless Possibilities Awaits. Time to Live. Or Time to Die. \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/roleplayerschronicle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/f3abf2ce-da7c-e9b6-ef47-63f41da19268.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-55991\" src=\"http:\/\/roleplayerschronicle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/f3abf2ce-da7c-e9b6-ef47-63f41da19268-200x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/roleplayerschronicle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/f3abf2ce-da7c-e9b6-ef47-63f41da19268-200x300.jpeg 200w, http:\/\/roleplayerschronicle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/f3abf2ce-da7c-e9b6-ef47-63f41da19268-100x150.jpeg 100w, http:\/\/roleplayerschronicle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/f3abf2ce-da7c-e9b6-ef47-63f41da19268.jpeg 399w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>Stockholm, Sweden (December\u00a013, 2022) <\/strong>\u2013 Walk the mean streets of Los Angeles 2037 in the new tabletop roleplaying game from the award-winning team behind the hit <em>ALIEN RPG<\/em>. Free League Publishing today released the official <a href=\"https:\/\/uberstrategist.us3.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=b4300e528090154189e29235d&amp;id=1598caf560&amp;e=2a7cc2d4be\"><em>BLADE RUNNER The Roleplaying Game<\/em><\/a>, voted <strong>Most Anticipated RPG of 2022 by EN World.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Set in the year 2037, your adventure begin shortly after the Wallace Corporation debuts the new Nexus-9 Replicants on Earth. The game propels you\u00a0into the streets of Los Angeles as Blade Runners with unique specialties, personalities \u2013 and memories. The game pushes the boundaries of investigative gameplay in tabletop RPGs, giving you a range of tools to solve an array of cases far beyond retiring Replicants.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond the core casework, the game showcases the key themes of\u00a0<em>Blade Runner<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 sci-fi action, corporate intrigue, existential character drama, and moral conflict. It challenges you to question your friends, empathize with your enemies, and explore the poisons and perseverance of hope and humanity during inhumane times.<\/p>\n<p><em>BLADE RUNNER The Roleplaying Game<\/em>\u00a0is now available in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/uberstrategist.us3.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=b4300e528090154189e29235d&amp;id=ca43270919&amp;e=2a7cc2d4be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Free League webshop<\/a>\u00a0and at\u00a0retailers worldwide, in PDF format at DriveThruRPG and as a VTT module on Foundry and Roll20.<\/p>\n<div><strong><em>BLADE RUNNER <\/em><\/strong><strong><em>RPG<\/em> Starter Set<\/strong><\/div>\n<p>The boxed <em>BLADE RUNNER RPG <\/em>Starter Set contains everything needed to start playing:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A 80-page condensed rulebook.<\/li>\n<li>The 56-page booklet <em>Electric Dreams<\/em> \u2013 the first full-length Case File for Blade Runners to crack.<\/li>\n<li>Four pre-generated characters to play.<\/li>\n<li>A huge full-color map of Los Angeles in 2037.<\/li>\n<li>26 full-color evidence handouts for the players, including crime scene photos, data files, documents, maps, and more.<\/li>\n<li>A custom manila envelope for the players to keep their evidence in.<\/li>\n<li>A Time Tracker Sheet.<\/li>\n<li>70 high quality custom cards for non-player characters, chase maneuvers and obstacles, and initiative in combat.<\/li>\n<li>Eight engraved, transparent custom dice \u2013 two each of D6, D8, D10 and D12.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It doesn\u2019t matter if inside you is a soul or synthetics. Because when you pull that blaster, you\u2019re nothing but a Blade Runner. The closest thing this city\u2019s got to a fighting chance. And you\u2019ve got a job to do.<\/p>\n<p>Other than that, it\u2019s just a normal day on the force, so get to work and grab some noodles on the way. That stack of cases won\u2019t crack itself. It\u2019s a shame you won\u2019t live long enough to solve them all. But then again, who does?<\/p>\n<p>The rules of the game are based on the acclaimed Year Zero Engine, used in award-winning games such as the official\u00a0<em>ALIEN RPG, Vaesen &#8211; Nordic Horror Roleplaying, Tales From the Loop<\/em>, and<em>\u00a0Forbidden Lands<\/em>, but further developed and uniquely tailored for the world of\u00a0<em>BLADE RUNNER<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Tomas H\u00e4renstam, Free League co-founder and lead game designer of the\u00a0<em>ALIEN RPG<\/em>, fills the same role for the\u00a0<em>BLADE RUNNER RPG<\/em>. Original artwork comes from lead\u00a0<em>ALIEN RPG<\/em>\u00a0artist Martin Grip, with Joe LeFavi of Genuine Entertainment is serving as the lead setting writer, brand manager, and producer on the game series.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Alcon Entertainment<\/strong><br \/>\nCo-founders and co-CEO\u2019s Andrew Kosove and Broderick Johnson founded Alcon Entertainment in 1997 with partner Frederick W. Smith, the Founder, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer of FedEx. Alcon has financed and produced or co-financed and co-produced 35 films to date including the Academy Award Best Picture nominee <em>The Blind Side<\/em>; the critically acclaimed <em>Blade Runner 2049<\/em> starring Ryan Gosling and Harrison Ford which won 2 Academy Awards for Best Cinematography and Best Visual Effects and received an additional 3 nominations; The <em>Book of Eli<\/em> starring Denzel Washington and Gary Oldman; and many others. Alcon is currently in post-production on <em>Lullaby<\/em>, the horror feature from director John R. Leonetti (Annabelle).<\/p>\n<p>Alcon Television Group\u2019s latest projects include season six of the critically acclaimed epic space series <em>The Expanse<\/em> which airs on Amazon Prime Video and boasts a 100% Certified Fresh score on Rotten Tomatoes; the animated children\u2019s series <em>Pete the Cat<\/em>, a co-production with Amazon Studios based on the best-selling children\u2019s book series currently available on the streaming service; and <em>Blade Runner \u2013 Black Lotus<\/em>, an anime series developed in partnership with Adult Swim and Crunchyroll inspired by Alcon\u2019s Oscar-winning feature <em>Blade Runner 2049.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Past projects for Alcon Television Group include the Grammy award-winning and 5-time Emmy-nominated HBO documentary series <em>The Defiant Ones<\/em> which chronicled the divergent roots and unlikely partnership of Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine. The Company\u2019s first co-production was the Emmy-nominated documentary <em>Sinatra: All or Nothing at All <\/em>for HBO from Oscar winning director Alex Gibney. The intimate portrait of Sinatra as a singer, actor, father, husband, and philanthropist remains one of HBO\u2019s most successful shows in the 50+ demographic.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Genuine Entertainment<\/strong><br \/>\nGenuine is a leading producer and brand manager of best-selling, award-winning stories, games, and geekery for beloved genre entertainment brands. An expert in authentic adaptations and premium licensing programs across all corners of pop culture, we specialize in growing franchises and fandoms in strategic markets and media alongside best-in-class partners.<\/p>\n<p>Cultivating a dream portfolio of top media companies and intellectual properties, our credits and collabs include the <em>ALIEN RPG<\/em> with Free League; the <em>Altered Carbon<\/em> <em>RPG <\/em>with Hunters;<em> The Art and Soul of Blade Runner 2049<\/em> art book with Alcon; the <em>Batman <\/em>game series with Portal Games; the <em>Blade Runner RPG<\/em> with Free League; the <em>Blade Runner<\/em> video game with Nightdive Studios; The <em>Dragon Prince<\/em> master tabletop gaming program, including <em>Battlecharged <\/em>from Brotherwise Games and Fandom\u2019s<em> Tales of Xadia RPG<\/em>; the <em>Dune <\/em>master tabletop gaming program, including GF9\u2019s <em>Dune<\/em>, Dire Wolf\u2019s <em>Dune: Imperium<\/em>, and the <em>Dune RPG <\/em>from Modiphius; the <em>Hello Neighbor <\/em>party game from Arcane Wonders; the<em> Vampire: The Masquerade &#8211; Rivals <\/em>card game from Renegade Game Studios; and the <em>World of Darkness <\/em>comic book program from Vault. Come play at <a href=\"https:\/\/uberstrategist.us3.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=b4300e528090154189e29235d&amp;id=75edbb687b&amp;e=2a7cc2d4be\">genuineent.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>About\u00a0Free League Publishing<\/strong><br \/>\nFree 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.<\/p>\n<p>Our upcoming games include the official <em>BLADE RUNNER RPG, The Lord of the Rings Roleplaying 5E, <\/em>and<em> Dragonbane<\/em>. Our current game portfolio includes T<em>he One Ring&#x2122; roleplaying game, Tales From the Loop &#8211; The Board Game,<\/em> the official <em>ALIEN RPG<\/em> (Gold ENNIE for Best Game 2020), the Gothic horror game <em>Vaesen<\/em> (winner of three ENNIE Awards 2021), the pitch-black fantasy RPG <em>M\u00d6RK BORG <\/em>(winner of four ENNIE Awards 2020), the alternate &#8217;80s <em>Tales From the Loop RPG<\/em> (winner of five ENNIE Awards 2017, including Best Game), the retro-fantasy <em>Forbidden Lands <\/em>(winner of four ENNIE Awards 2019), the postapocalyptic <em>Mutant: Year Zero <\/em>(Silver ENNIE for Best Rules 2015), the science fiction games C<em>oriolis &#8211; The Third Horizon<\/em> (Judge&#8217;s Spotlight Award 2017) and <em>Death in Space,<\/em> the dark fantasy game <em>Symbaroum<\/em>, the weird-fantasy game <em>Into the Odd Remastered,<\/em> the cyberpunky <em>CY_BORG,<\/em> and the new edition of the RPG classic<em> Twilight: 2000<\/em> (Judges Award for Best RPG at UK Games Expo 2022).<\/p>\n<p>We have also published the art books <em>Tales From the Loop, Things From the Flood, The Electric State,\u00a0<\/em>and<em> The Labyrinth <\/em>by internationally acclaimed visual artist Simon St\u00e5lenhag, as well as the illustrated edition of the Lovecraft classics <em>At the Mountains of Madness <\/em>and<em> The Call of Cthulhu<\/em> by the praised artist Fran\u00e7ois Baranger.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BLADE RUNNER\u00a0The Roleplaying Game is Out Now An Iconic and Unforgiving Playground of Endless Possibilities Awaits. 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