RosenMcStern Posted November 20, 2010 Share Posted November 20, 2010 (edited) Alephtar Games is pleased to announce a follow-up to its award-winning game Rome: Life and Death of the Republic, a historical setting for Chaosium’s Basic Roleplaying Game. This new supplement, titled Generals and Senators, will be published in late 2011, and contains a grand, elaborate Roman campaign that will span the entire timeline of the Punic Wars as well as additional rules to enhance the gaming experience of role-playing in Republican Rome. The main developer for this sourcebook will be Kenneth Spencer, historian, educator, columnist for rpg.net and a freelance author who has worked for Steve Jackson Games, Chaosium, Frog God Games, and contributed to the Rome: Life and Death of the Republic adventure pack Veni, Vidi, Vici. Edited December 10, 2010 by RosenMcStern Quote Proud member of the Evil CompetitionTM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thalaba Posted November 20, 2010 Share Posted November 20, 2010 Sounds awesome! Congratulations, Ken. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for something on Elephant Combat! Quote "Tell me what you found, not what you lost" Mesopotamian proverb __________________________________ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RosenMcStern Posted November 20, 2010 Author Share Posted November 20, 2010 We will manage to put something in about elephants, but more in the form of "Have your troops stand still while Hannibals' elephants are charging them" than Legolas-style combat between player characters and elephants. Quote Proud member of the Evil CompetitionTM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonewt Posted November 20, 2010 Share Posted November 20, 2010 (edited) I'm keeping my fingers crossed for something on Elephant Combat! How about Elephants with frickin' laser beams attached to their heads? (I know, I know, it's old now, and distracts from the thread. But it seemed funny at the time.) Edit: And a picture here of a Micronauts Terraphant. However, a Sci-Fi Rome cross-over source book would also be interesting, and could supplement/combine both Rome and BRP Mecha. I am always reminded of the romanized Ingram MAC-X (10) from Guns! Guns! Guns! by Greg Porter. ... than Legolas-style combat between player characters and elephants. Imagines Legolas wielding a Beam Gladius (or Light Saber) and fighting Terraphants! - Wickedly cool! PPS: I recall a Dr Who comic from 1980 called The Iron Legion - Cover Picture, Blurb and Wiki Entry - Maybe something worth perusing for a published BRP source book (with tie-ins to existing Alephtar products). There is even a hook into Call of Cthulhu with Magog and the Great Old Ones. Imagines Legolas wielding a Beam Gladius (and a Light Saber) and fighting Great Old Ones driving SPQR Terraphants! - Double Plus Good!! Edited November 21, 2010 by dragonewt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seneschal Posted November 21, 2010 Share Posted November 21, 2010 Seems those Roman legions truly are unstoppable! Thanks for supporting historical role-playing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agentorange Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 The Punic wars bit sounds great. The Carthaginians had all sorts of mercenary troops along with their own forces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoking Frog Posted December 3, 2010 Share Posted December 3, 2010 Excellent! I'm a huge fan of the Republic era in general and the Punic Wars in particular. Caesar, Schmaesar, give me Scipio anytime! Good to hear there won't be rules for running from one trunk to another shooting the poor pachyderms. As I recall, the Romans developed all sorts of anti-elephant techniques like drums and horns to scare the nasty beasts. No need for elves, no matter how fleet-footed. Do you think there will be any coverage of the Pyrrhus campaign? Quote My avatar is the personal glyph of Siyaj K'ak' a.k.a. "Smoking Frog." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Worrapol Posted October 1, 2011 Share Posted October 1, 2011 Any word on how this project is progressing? Just curious! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Vile Traveller Posted October 1, 2011 Share Posted October 1, 2011 We will manage to put something in about elephants, but more in the form of "Have your troops stand still while Hannibals' elephants are charging them" than Legolas-style combat between player characters and elephants. Interesting anecdote on big animals and arrows: http://www.africanarcher.com/legends.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rust Posted October 1, 2011 Share Posted October 1, 2011 As for war elephants, the ones the Romans had to deal with were a comparatively small subspecies, the North African Elephant, which should have less impressive physical stats than the African Elephant we nowadays are used to see at the zoo: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_African_Elephant Quote "Mind like parachute, function only when open." (Charlie Chan) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RosenMcStern Posted October 1, 2011 Author Share Posted October 1, 2011 Any word on how this project is progressing? Just curious! Sigh, delayed, too. Quote Proud member of the Evil CompetitionTM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seneschal Posted October 1, 2011 Share Posted October 1, 2011 Sigh, delayed, too. Delayed? Who would dare stand against rampaging cyborg war elephants? Deploy your forces, man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonewt Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 Who would dare stand against rampaging cyborg war elephants Correct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trifletraxor Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 Any news? Quote Ef plest master, this mighty fine grub! 116/420. High Priest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RosenMcStern Posted September 29, 2012 Author Share Posted September 29, 2012 Alas, shelved for the time being. I hope we can revamp this project, but no guarantee. Quote Proud member of the Evil CompetitionTM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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