Modiphius Entertainment is an RPG and tabletop game publisher based in

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, London. Modiphius was founded in 2012 by husband-wife team Rita and Chris Birch to publish their first game ''Achtung! Cthulhu''. The company have since published a number of product lines based on independent licenses and established brands.

Games

''Achtung! Cthulhu''

In 2013 the company raised £177,000 through

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to create ''Achtung! Cthulhu'', a tabletop RPG set in the

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inspired by the work of H.P. Lovecraft. The game was well-received in the RPG community, and won several awards, including Best Roleplaying Game at the 2014 UK Games Expo. In 2018 a videogame based on the franchise - called '' Achtung! Cthulhu Tactics -'' was released by Auroch Digital.

''Mutant Chronicles''

In 2013 Modiphius released the 3rd edition of popular post-apocalyptic RPG ''

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''.

''Fallout''

In 2017 the company acquired the license for Bethesda property ''

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'' and in 2018 released ''Fallout: Wasteland Warfare'', a tabletop wargame featuring characters and settings from the videogame series. The company announced in 2019 that they would be working on an RPG expansion to ''Fallout: Wasteland Warfare'' to be released in the same year. Modiphius would also develop a Fallout tabletop RPG using their 2d20 system called ''Fallout the Roleplaying Game''. The game would enter beta in 2019 with a projected release in 2020, but was delayed due to the

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. ''Fallout the Roleplaying Game'' would release digitally in March 2021, with a physical release in July the same year.

Other Franchises

The company have released a number of games based on popular videogame and pop culture franchises: * In 2014 the company released ''Thunderbirds'', a co-operative board game designed by

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based on the popular British children's TV show '' Thunderbirds''. * In 2015, the company announced a licensing deal for Robert E. Howard's

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property, with the publication of a roleplaying game, '' Conan: Adventures in an Age Undreamed Of'', and an ongoing line of supplements in that setting taking place beginning in February 2016. * In 2017 the company released their first edition of ''Star Trek Adventures'', an RPG series based on the television series ''

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''. * In 2018 the company announced they would be working with Dreamworks Studios to produce a board game based on the children's films '' Kung Fu Panda''. * In the same year, they also announced a John Carter of Mars roleplaying game and line of supporting material, based on the early-1900s pulp science fantasy series of the same name by

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. The John Carter RPG began shipping in early 2019. * In 2019 the company released a promotional miniature of the Dragonborn from '' The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim'', announcing that they were working on a skirmish level wargame based on the franchise.

References

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