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Free League Publishing
Free League Publishing (Swedish: Fria Ligan) is a Swedish publisher and game creator. History Founded in 2011, Free League's game portfolio includes: * ALIEN The Roleplaying Game based on the film series (Gold ENNIE for Best Game 2020), * Blade Runner The Roleplaying Game based on the film series (Gold ENNIE for Best Cartography and Organization & Design 2023), * The One Ring roleplaying game second edition (Gold ENNIE for Best Art, Interior 2022) set in JRR Tolkien's Middle Earth by War of the Ring designer Francesco Nepitello and the roleplaying game's 5th Edition OGL sister line, * Twilight: 2000 gritty and apocalyptic war roleplaying game, * Vaesen, a Nordic horror roleplaying game based on the works by Johan Egerkrans (Gold ENNIE for Best Art, Interior 2021 and its supplement Mythic Britain and Ireland Gold ENNIE for Best Art, Interior and Best Setting 2023) * '' Mörk Borg'' pitch-black apocalyptic fantasy RPG ''(Silver ENNIE for Best Game 2020')'' * ''Tales from the Lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Role-playing Game
A role-playing game (sometimes spelled roleplaying game, RPG) is a game in which players assume the roles of player character, characters in a fictional Setting (narrative), setting. Players take responsibility for acting out these roles within a narrative, either through literal acting or through a process of structured decision-making regarding character development. Actions taken within many games succeed or fail according to a formal role-playing game system, system of rules and guidelines. There are several forms of role-playing games. The original form, sometimes called the tabletop role-playing game (TRPG), is conducted through discussion, whereas in live action role-playing game, live action role-playing (LARP), players physically perform their characters' actions.(Tychsen et al. 2006:255) "LARPs can be viewed as forming a distinct category of RPG because of two unique features: (a) The players physically embody their characters, and (b) the game takes place in a physica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johan Egerkrans
Johan Egerkrans (born 1978) is a Swedish illustrator and author, mainly of Fantasy, folklore, and Palaeontology. Having worked as a children's book illustrator since 2005, he achieved great success with his debut as a writer, ''Nordiska väsen'', in 2013. He has been called "a John Bauer in the 21st century". Egerkrans has described himself as interested in mythology and animals from a young age. His first book as writer and illustrator, ''Nordiska Väsen'', was published in 2013, and describes creatures from Nordic folklore. He has subsequently released other books, including ''Nordiska gudar'', ''De odöda'', and ''Drakar''. He has also illustrated books by J. R. R. Tolkien, Astrid Lindgren, and Isaac Bashevis Singer. In 2020, '' Vaesen'' was adapted into a table-top roleplaying game by Free League Publishing. Egerkrans won awards for Best Cover Art, Best Interior Art, and Best Monster at the 2021 ENNIE Awards. Egerkrans also illustrated the new edition of the Swedish class ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François Baranger
François () is a French masculine given name and surname, equivalent to the English name Francis. People with the given name * Francis I of France, King of France (), known as "the Father and Restorer of Letters" * Francis II of France, King of France and King consort of Scots (), known as the husband of Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots * François Amoudruz (1926–2020), French resistance fighter * François-Marie Arouet (better known as Voltaire; 1694–1778), French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher *François Aubry (other), several people *François Baby (other), several people * François Beauchemin (born 1980), Canadian ice hockey player for the Anaheim Duck *François Blanc (1806–1877), French entrepreneur and operator of casinos *François Boucher (other), several people *François Caron (other), several people * François Cevert (1944–1973), French racing driver * François Chau (born 1959), Cambodian American actor * Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Call Of Cthulhu
"The Call of Cthulhu" is a short story by American writer H. P. Lovecraft. Written in the summer of 1926, it was first published in the pulp magazine ''Weird Tales'' in February 1928. Inspiration The first seed of the story's first chapter ''The Horror in Clay'' came from one of Lovecraft's own dreams he had in 1919, which he described briefly in two different letters sent to his friend Rheinhart Kleiner on May 21 and December 14, 1920. In the dream, Lovecraft is visiting an antiquity museum in Providence, attempting to convince the aged curator there to buy an odd bas-relief Lovecraft himself had sculpted. The curator initially scoffs at him for trying to sell something recently made to a museum of antique objects. Lovecraft then remembers himself answering the curator with the response This can be compared to what the character of Henry Anthony Wilcox tells the main character's uncle while showing him his sculpted bas-relief for help in reading hieroglyphs on it which came ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drakar Och Demoner
''Drakar och Demoner'' (Swedish language, Swedish for ''Dragons and Demons'', in Sweden commonly referred to by the abbreviation "DoD") is a Sweden, Swedish fantasy role-playing game first published in 1982 by the game publishing company Äventyrsspel ("Adventure Games", later renamed Target Games). Development history The first edition was a translation of Steve Perrin's ''Basic Role-Playing'' (which in turn is based on ''RuneQuest'') combined with the ''Worlds of Wonder (game)#Magic World, Magic World'' booklet. The second edition was published in 1984, rewriting the text from scratch, fixing many translation errors, glitches in the rules, with no other major changes made. One of the available player races, the Anthropomorphism, anthropomorphic ducks, was incorporated from Glorantha. A rules transition began in 1985, not with the third edition which mostly corrected spelling errors, but with the publication of an "Expert" rule expansion: ''Drakar och Demoner Expert''. Amo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coriolis – The Third Horizon
Coriolis may refer to: * Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis (1792–1843), French mathematician, mechanical engineer and scientist * Coriolis force, the apparent deflection of moving objects from a straight path when viewed from a rotating frame of reference * Coriolis (crater), a lunar crater * Coriolis (project) Coriolis involves 7 institutes in operational oceanography in France (CNES, CNRS, Ifremer, IPEV, IRD, Météo-France, Shom) decided in 2001 to joint their efforts within Coriolis in order to: * organise and maintain data acquisition in real-ti ..., a French operational oceanographic project * Coriolis (satellite), an American Earth and space observation satellite launched in 2003 {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forbidden Lands
''Forbidden Lands'' is a fantasy role-playing game published by Free League Publishing (''Fria Ligan'' in Swedish) in 2018. It takes place in a medieval fantasy post-apocalyptic setting, where the destruction has limited itself to one kingdom. A fatal mist, which had killed any person venturing outside at night, has cleared. Adventurers may now explore the uninhabited castles and cities left behind. Gameplay Player characters have four main attributes: Strength, Agility, Wits and Empathy. Unlike most other role-playing games, ''Forbidden Lands'' does not use a "hit point" mechanic to measure combat damage; instead, physical damage directly reduces Strength, while psychic damage reduces Wits. PCs can earn Willpower which is used to trigger certain Talents. In order to generate Willpower, players must re-roll failed checks, at the risk of taking further damage to their attributes or to their gear. A result of 1 otherwise known as a 'bane' will cause a temporary reduction to the rel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Stålenhag
Simon Stålenhag (born 20 January 1984) is a Sweden, Swedish artist, musician, and designer specialising in Retrofuturism, retro-futuristic digital images focused on nostalgic Swedish countryside alternate history environments. The settings of his artwork have formed the basis for the 2020 Amazon Prime Video, Amazon television drama series ''Tales from the Loop'' as well as the upcoming film ''The Electric State''. Artwork Stålenhag grew up in a rural environment near Stockholm, and began illustrating local landscapes at a young age. He was inspired by different artists, including Lars Jonsson (illustrator), Lars Jonsson. Stålenhag experimented with science fiction artwork after discovering concept artists such as Ralph McQuarrie and Syd Mead; initially, this body of work was done as a side project, without any planning behind it. Thematically, his work often combines his childhood with themes from sci-fi movies, resulting in a stereotypical Swedish landscape with a neofuturism ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tales From The Loop (role-playing Game)
''Tales from the Loop'' ( sv, Ur Varselklotet) is an alternative history science fiction tabletop role-playing game designed by Nils Hintze, based on the art of Simon Stålenhag. It was published in 2017 by Free League Publishing, the international arm of Swedish game and book publisher Fria Ligan AB, and Modiphius Entertainment. The game is built upon the Year Zero Engine created by Tomas Härenstam, who also served as the editor and project manager. The role-playing game was originally a stretch goal on a Kickstarter campaign for publication of the art book, but was then further funded by a Kickstarter campaign by Fria Ligan AB, who surpassed their crowdfunding goal and raised a total of 3,745,896 kr from 5,600 backers. The stand-alone expansion ''Things from the Flood'' ( sv, Flodskörden, links=no), based on Stålenhag's art book of the same name, was also funded by a Kickstarter campaign, raising a total of 4,249,903 kr from 5,824 backers. Play overview Background ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mörk Borg
Mörk Borg is a tabletop role-playing game inspired by heavy metal music, created by Swedish game designers Pelle Nilsson and Johan Nohr and published by Free League Publishing in February 2020. The game features dark themes, frequent character death, and a doom metal playlist. The title means "dark fort" in Swedish. Mörk Borg has inspired extensive third-party content. Gameplay Mörk Borg uses 20-sided-dice rolls with character stat modifiers. It is rules-light. Awards Mörk Borg won four ENNIE Awards The ENNIE Awards (previously stylized as ENnie Awards) are awards for role-playing game (RPG) products (including game-related accessories, publications, and art) and their creators. The awards were created in 2001 by Russ Morrissey of EN World i ... in 2020: three Gold ENNIES for "Product of the Year," "Best Writing," and "Best Layout and Design," and one Silver ENNIE for "Best Game." In 2021, Mörk Borg Cult: Feretory won the Gold ENNIE for "Best Supplement." In 2022, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
