It is the year 495. Saxons control Britain's east. Aelle, Guercha and Cerdic vie for supremacy in the kingdoms of Ceint, Anglia and Mierce. To the west and north the fractious Britons struggle to unite, their previous attempts betrayed by Vortigern and Uther's personal follies. Now, a new warlord emerges, guided by a druid: Uther's bastard, Arthur, bearer of Caledfwlch, the sword forged by Gorfannon. This is the Dark Ages. Blood soaked, treacherous, fraught. The new religion of Christianity bears down on the old pagan ways. New gods invade old lands. New warlords vie for new territories; old ones seek to even older scores. The war horns are sounding. Britain is rallying. Merlin collects the Thirteen Treasures and signals the start of the battle between the Red and White Dragons. Fetch your spear. Heft your shield. Prepare for war! Mythic Britain is a 360 page supplement for RuneQuest 6th edition set in Britain's Dark Ages. Taking a realistic approach to the period it is, nevertheless, a time of myth and magic as cultures clash and old ways are challenged. Play as a Celt or Saxon, spearman or druid, and help forge Britain's destiny. The book features a detailed setting and a seven scenario campaign involving Arthur, Merlin, Guinevere, Gawain and many others. If you like Bernard Cornwell's Dark Ages tales, Robert Holdstock's Merlin Codex or even History Channel's Vikings, this is the RuneQuest supplement you've been waiting for.

Mythic Britain

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Whitaker, Lawrence

Fantasy

Design Mechanism

Not one Earth, but an infinity of them, existing in parallel continua, their own paths, own histories, own futures, own mistakes. Most are unaware of the existence of a multiverse; but some parallels know that Earth is not alone, but mirrored. ZeroZero knows. It watches the parallels, ensures their stability. ZeroZero knows that instability spreads like a disease, infecting each parallel until a critical mass is reached and cataclysm is guaranteed. The Disruptors know. And they are intent on subverting the multiverse for their own ends, to destabilise countries, instigate wars, bring about destruction. The Valhalla Project was established to stop the Disruptors; to uncover their plans, identify their agents, and eliminate them. Their best agent is Luther Arkwright, unique in the multiverse, a powerful psychic, but himself unstable. Arkwright does not work alone: there are others. You. Based on Bryan Talbot's acclaimed graphic novels, Luther Arkwright: Roleplaying Across the Parallels is a Mythras supplement introducing the Arkwright multiverse and all the rules needed for adventuring in countless parallel dimensions. This book contains game rules for contemporary character creation, psionics, technology, firearms, vehicles and more! Note: this is a supplement for Mythras and requires the core rules for full play.

Luther Arkwright: Roleplaying Across the Parallels

Comics & Graphic Novels

Bowser, Chad

Nash, Pete

Steele, Bryan

Manga

What if... Mars invaded Earth in 1987, and then again in 1938? Venus is a lush jungle planet abundant with life, and where dinosaurs still roam? Nuclear rockets ply the space lanes between Earth, Mars, Venus and the asteroids? Psionics and other powers are a reality? The year is 1959? Worlds United is a Mythras campaign setting where the Golden Age of Science Fiction really happened. Gernsback-era gleaming alloy air cars cruise the highways of America, and humans mingle with winged Martians, Venusian lizard men, and the strange Ophidians who are masters of chemistry. Yet, while the vampiric octopoids of the first two Martian invasions have not been seen in a generation, somewhere below Olympus Mons, steadily, they are drawing their plans against us. In Worlds United, your characters are adventurers with extraordinary powers. This is a game for John Carters, Doc Savages, Lensmen of all hues, and the strange, exotic, planetary adventure stories of Clarke Ashton Smith and Jack Vance.

Tdm610: Worlds United

Humor & Entertainment

Snead, John

Puzzles & Games

Mythras Core rules Mythras is the acclaimed roleplaying game from The Design Mechanism. For those new to the game, Mythras is a straightforward, roll-under percentile system. In Mythras your characters are defined by their culture, career, community, background, comrades, skills, magic and cults. Progression is through skill advancement - not levels or similarly abstract concepts. As your characters adventure and quest, their capabilities improve and their relationships deepen and strengthen. Players and Games Masters have complete flexibility over what can be achieved, and the way characters develop is entirely dependent on choices players make, depending on their characters' aspirations and motivations. Games Masters receive a huge amount of support through the Mythras rules. All the concepts and game mechanics are explained clearly with options and considerations explored and presented for ease of use. You need only this rulebook for many years of exciting and imaginative play. Mythras contains everything needed for play, except for dice and friends. It includes five magic systems, innovative combat, over 60 creatures, and copious guidance on how to use the rules and run Mythras games! Come and try one of the best roleplaying systems around...

Mythras (Hardback)

Pete Nash

Byzantium, Queen of Cities, Constantinople, bridging Europe and Asia like a jewel, the epicentre of medieval culture. The year is 1450 or, as the Byzantines reckon it, the 6,958th year since Creation. This is an age of exploration and invention; an age of intrigue, and an age of empires. The known world congregates here: mercenaries from England and Russia; the wealthy merchants of Genoa, Venice and Tunis; the Ottoman Empire and the Mamluk Sultanate face off against each other while the iron-clad Knights of Rhodes debate theology with Neoplatonists. And it is home too to the non-human species of the world, such as the inscrutable Astomatoi, the fearless Minotauroi, and the headless Blemmyai. In the Undercity are ancient horrors with agendas of their own, things of legend and myth that have inhabited Constantinople for thousands of years. Meanwhile the Muslim Ottoman Empire eyes the city with envy and draws its plans. The Catholic and Orthodox Churches seek to dominate Christianity while, elsewhere, pagan forces and cults wait for their own opportunities to surface. Mythic Constantinople is a thorough and comprehensive campaign resource that mingles meticulous history with legend and myth. It presents Constantinople in astonishing detail, covering the city's geography, history, politics, and culture alongside its landmarks, personalities, organisations and religions. It takes a unique approach to generating street-level details of the city, and taking care to connect places, people and organisations to both describe Byzantium, and aid Games Masters in bringing the city to life in their campaigns. Play characters from dozens of cultures: native Byzantines, European mercenaries, wily Italianate merchant-venturers, intrepid emissaries of Islam, or even a non-human occupant of the city, rubbing shoulders with the Varangian Guard and schemers of the Serene Republic of Venice. The options are vast. Everything you need to campaign in medieval Byzantium is here. Welcome to Mythic Constantinople.

Mythic Constantinople

Shirley, Mark

Shores of Korantia

Drake, Jonathan

Gaming

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