WFRP: Astrid Jakobsen
FAL News: Two new WFRP adventures announced
It seems that Fantasy Flight went and announced two adventures for WFRP at the GAMA convention a couple or so weeks ago. The titles are allegedly Shadows of Empire and Tomb of Thieves. There’s also mention of two titles for WH40kRP; Dark Heresy Gamemaster’s Toolkit and Disciples of the Dark Gods. Whether the first of these WH40kRP titles is a reprint of the previous Dark Heresy Game Master’s Kit, I’m not sure. The second was previously scheduled by Black Industries, if I recall correctly. Here’s the source!
It’s understandable that they chose to do two adventures to start with. Adventures are fairly easy to get going with for a developer, and it will be a way for FFG to get a feel for the system and the world. Also from a commercial viewpoint, they are up against the roll-out of fourth edition D&D during this year. This means that they probably don’t want to sink too much money into launching yet another 256 page rulebook to compete for the few gaming dollars going round the block.
The titles, Shadows of Empire and Tomb of Thieves, don’t conjure any immediate WFRP images in my head. The first sounds like the Star Wars campaign book I’ve got in my shelf, and the second sounds like it’s a module for Thieves World. I’m sure FFG are aware of this, and will work hard to work the right WFP atmosphere into the books.
What I don’t understand is why FFG didn’t announce this news at their own website.
/Magnus
WFRP: Best of the Fans (6)
WFRP has long been known as a game with dedicated supporters, and the fans have been known for the excellent supplemental material they produce. Today, most of the limelight goes to contributions to the second edition of the game, but it is important to remember that the production and distribution of high quality fan material isn’t a recent development. For as long as there has been an Internet, it seems that there has been first class rules and background released online by fans. One place to go for high quality material for WFRPv1 is the Strike to Stun website. This site, which has one of the best site names in WFRP fandom, contains a download page with links to the Strike to Stun fanzine, but also a link to one of the real gems of the site; the sourcebook Monastic Life in the Old World, written by Natascha Chrobok.
Click here to go to the downloads page of Strike to Stun, and click the download link next to Monastic Orders.
Although the sourcebook was written with WFRPv1 in mind, it contains much that is useful for players of any version of the game. It contains background info, new careers, new skills, details on religious orders and a bunch of NPCs. It might not fit every Game Master out there, but for anyone wishing to add depth and colour to their own Old World, this sourcebook is a true Best of the Fans effort!
Magnus