The ''Ghosts of Albion Roleplaying Game'' is a role-playing game published by

Eden Studios, Inc. Eden Studios, Inc. is an American role-playing game publisher founded in 1996 by George Vasilakos, M. Alexander Jurkat, and Ed Healy. Currently run by Mr. Vasilakos, Eden Studios is best known for ''Conspiracy X'', the '' Buffyverse role-playi ...

in 2008.

Description

The ''Ghosts of Albion Roleplaying Game'' is based on the animated BBCi films '' Ghosts of Albion'' created by Christopher Golden and

Amber Benson Amber Nicole Benson (born January 8, 1977) is an American actress, singer, writer, director, and producer. She is best known for her role as Tara Maclay on the TV series ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' (1999–2002), and has also directed, produced ...

. The same ''Cinematic

Unisystem ''Unisystem'' is a generic role-playing game system produced by Eden Studios, Inc. It is used in '' All Flesh Must Be Eaten'', the Buffyverse role-playing games, '' CJ Carella's WitchCraft'', '' Conspiracy X (2nd Ed.)'', and several other games ...

'' used in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer RPG was adopted for use in ''Ghosts of Albion''.

Publication history

The ''Ghosts of Albion Roleplaying Game'' was published by

in 2008. On June 28, 2007, Eden Studios released the "quick start" version of the ''Ghosts of Albion RPG''. This free PDF, written by Timothy S. Brannan and Garner Johnson is designed to introduce players to the ''Ghosts of Albion RPG''. The PDF version of the complete RPG was published in August 2008 and is available from the Eden Studios website for the game. The print version of the RPG, originally due in September 2008, was released in December 2011. Created by Amber Benson and Christopher Golden and written by Timothy S. Brannan.

Reception

''Ghosts of Albion'' has received a number of positive reviews. It is one of only a couple of games to get two positive reviews from Game Geeks. Wiegel stated that "''Ghosts of Albion'' is "The best modern urban fantasy game you can use." and "Do you need ''Ghosts of Albion''? Yes you do." ''Ghosts of Albion'' has also received positive reviews from RPGNet reviewer Dan Davenport, giving it 5/5 for Style and 5/5 for Substance. In November 2014, it has a 4.8 average rating, out of 5, from all reviewers on DriveThruRPG/RPGNow.

References

{{reflist Eden Studios games Horror role-playing games Role-playing games based on films Role-playing games introduced in 2008