g33k Posted September 21, 2023 Share Posted September 21, 2023 (edited) Swedish company "Helmgast" has published a game, The Troubleshooters. Modiphius is... distributing(?) it. Pulpy adventures explicitly in the model of Franco-Belgian style "bédé" (bande dessinnée) comics like Tintin, Spirou, Yoko Tsuno, &c. Seems BRP-engined (with a few Fate-like tweaks such as "Story Points" metacurrency fueled by "Complications"). Surprised I haven't seen it talked about more here...? Honestly, it looks very interesting, both mechanically and in being an adventure genre/style not much touched by other RPG's! Some linkies, if interested: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/helmgast/the-troubleshooters-action-adventure-tabletop-rpg https://helmgast.se/en/the-troubleshooters/ https://www.modiphius.net/en-us/products/the-troubleshooters-core-rule-book-standard And a rather long thread on RPGnet; I TL;DR'ed right out (q.v. "rather long"), but 1st & last revealed that it stretched from before KS-launch until after publication: https://forum.rpg.net/index.php?threads/the-troubleshooters-this-looks-like-fun.852575/ Also tagging @fritjof who's asking after this game... Edited September 21, 2023 by g33k discrepant text style 2 Quote C'es ne pas un .sig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fritjof Posted September 25, 2023 Share Posted September 25, 2023 Many thanks for the @ ! 🙂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadDomain Posted September 25, 2023 Share Posted September 25, 2023 I am also interested by this. Euro bd are cool and the system feels familiar (quasi BRP) and light. The books look gorgeous. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravenheart87 Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 Wait, Helmghast released something in English? I hope Kopparhavets hjältar is next. Quote Wielder of the Vorpal Mace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadDomain Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 9 hours ago, Ravenheart87 said: Wait, Helmghast released something in English? I hope Kopparhavets hjältar is next. Kult Divinity Lost (in English) is also by Helmgast as far as I know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fritjof Posted October 7, 2023 Share Posted October 7, 2023 Just ran my first oneshot of The Troubleshooters - the demo scenario "Escape from Mt. Blanc" - for my wife and two of our friends. It was the first proper time I ever ran a game form "peers". All nearly newbies (myself included). We had a blast! The mechanics with story-points etc. and the campy/funny comic book world was a great way to ease a new group into roleplaying. They did great - even though Harry Fitzroy had to throw a flare in for confusion at a certain point, to save Paul Marchand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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