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Who are you? Do you even know? If you do, you're better off than I am, I'll tell you that much.
Rite Publishing has launched its victorian noir steampunk dark horror quest for identity adventure/setting project via the crowdfunding website kickstarter. Written by Brian Engard (Bulldogs!) and Illustrated by Hugo Solis (Book of Drakes).
Check out the promotional video, preview art, and find out more HERE.
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He awoke on a cold floor, the taste of cotton in the back of his mouth. His tongue felt heavy, thick; his arms refused to push him up. He floundered for a few minutes there, trying to get his bearings, trying to gain stability, control. He took a breath and was hit with something metallic mixed with the scent of sweat and fear. He opened his eyes, cautiously, and pushed himself up.
The room was small, bare concrete walls and hard stone floor. That was the first thing he saw; the second was the body. It lay in the center of the room, face-down, sprawled, a crimson pool congealed around it. The man was dressed in formal attire, though the clothes were shabby and worn. His hair was dark, mussed, matted with blood.
He pushed himself back, away from the corpse, and looked around the room wildly, alert for danger. That was when he saw the others. Four of them, two men and two women, all around the room. Three were unconscious, prone, as he had been, unceremoniously left on the floor to wake. The Fourth, one of the women, was huddled in the corner, her eyes shut tight, rocking gently and muttering to herself.
Who were these people? Was one of them the killer? Were they all potential victims? What was this place, and why was he here?
He searched his memory for the answers, but found nothing. Nothing at all. That struck him as slightly odd at first, but the more he searched the more terrified he became. He did not even know his name. The more he searched, though, the more he became aware that nothing was there. He could remember nothing of his life, nothing of the events that had led him here.
Something was very wrong.
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Who are you? Do you even know? If you do, you're better off than I am, I'll tell you that much.
This is both a game and an adventure. There is a story here; there are characters and places, there is a beginning, a middle, and an endgame. But this adventure is not tied to any particular game or setting. True, it uses the FATE 3.0 SRD as the basis for its rules, but liberties are taken, modifications are made. You do not need any one specific FATE game to play with this book; all you need is this book, and a knowledge of how FATE works (the free FATE SRDs help with this).
You're a regular person. A good person. This is a lie.
In this game, you are a citizen of the Dome. You are a good person, and you serve society in some way. You have a good life, good friends, a loving family. At least, that's what you think. The life you think you know is a lie, a cleverly constructed work of fiction pulled over your eyes to blind you to who and what you truly are. In reality, you are broken, wicked. You have done terrible things, and you have had terrible things done to you. Your true self is at odds with your fabricated persona, and the two will come crashing together violently; it will be up to you to determine which one is you. Maybe both are. This is a game about identity, discovering your true self, and coming to terms with it.
Something is wrong with the world.
This is also a game about discovering the truth about the world around you. The scenario presented within this book is an investigative scenario, steeped in noir, dark fantasy, and Lovecraftian horror. While you discover yourself, you will investigate the world and the people around you. You will peel back the veneer of wholesomeness to find the darkness beneath. And when all is said and done, you will be faced with a choice: do you find redemption, or do you become the monster your memories say you are?
You'll see it soon, and when you do, you won't be able to shut your eyes. You'll see it everywhere.
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| Mr Smith is dead; Illustration by Hugo Solis |
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| 1600 X 1200 Wallpaper! |
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Inspirations
The Demolished Ones is a game about struggling to find your own identity in a world that is trying to impose one upon you. It is inspired by a number of different media, not the least of which include:
The Demolished Man, by Alfred Bester
Dark City (movie, 1998)
The Prisoner (TV series, 1967-1968)
“Passing through Gesthamane” (TV episode: Babylon 5, 1995)
Amnesia: The Dark Descent (video game, 2011)
The works of HP Lovecraft
Memento (movie, 2000)
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The Demolished Ones is a FATE based kickstarter project and Quest for Identity that will be open for patronage on September 1st 2011
Lead Designer: Brian Engard (Bulldogs!)
Development: Brian Engard and Steven D. Russell (Book of Monster Templates, To Kill or Not To Kill)
Lead Artist: Hugo “Butterfrog” Solis (Midgard: Book of Drakes, Litorians)
Layout: Claudia Burgos and Marie Small
Brian Engard has been a freelance game designer for nearly ten years. Most recently he co-authored the FATE-based second edition of Bulldogs! with Brennan Taylor, and he is currently assisting Evil Hat in revising Strange Tales of the Century. Brian is an avid gamer and spends a lot of his free time playing games and reading about games, as well as reading novels, watching movies, and spending time with his wife, Nicole, and their two dogs, Beau and Coda.
Steven D. Russell is an ENnie nominated designer, developer, and publisher (To Kill or Not to Kill, Heroes of the Jade Oath). He is currently the CEO of Rite Publishing, a micropress PDF publishing company that has produced over a 150 products for Monte Cook's Arcana Evolved, Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, and Erick Wujcik's Diceless Roleplaying. His company operates under a print/distribution partnership with Cubicle Seven, publishers of The One Ring Rpg and the Doctor Who Rpg. He has worked as a freelance designer for Paizo Publishing, Expeditious Retreat Press, and EN Publishing. He spends his free time listening to audio books, and enjoying time with his wife Miranda her dog Tank, and his cat Monticore.
Hugo Solis has done professional illustrations for Rite Publishing, Kobold Quarterly, Nevermet Press, Sean K. Reynolds Games, 4 Winds Fantasy Gaming, Engine Publishing, and Wolfgang Baur’s Open Design. You can find examples of his work HERE. In his spare time he likes to serve as one of the Driving forces behind the ENnie nominated Wayfinder Fanzine.
Kickstarter Goal $3,000
Estimated Levels for kickstarter patronage: if you get a higher level of service you get all that is below.
$10 PDF
$25 Print copy (does not include shipping)
$75 Patron input
$150 Major Patron Input Signed print copy
$500 Game at Gencon run by Brian Engard (limited to 3)
$1000 custom exclusive print copy, exclusive convention scenario, exclusive chainmail dicebag, addtional exclusives (limited to 1)
Again this will be available for patronage around September 1st 2011!
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