Green Ronin's take on ASoIaF

[Werthead]

Green Ronin have put up their webpage for the Song of Ice and Fire RPG here. They are releasing the game in three stages:

A free 32-page 'taster' will be given away at participating games stores on Free Roleplaying Day (21 June) and released after that as a PDF download from Green Ronin's website.

The Song of Ice and Fire Roleplaying book will be released in August with the full rules.

Peril at King's Landing, an adventure module, will be released in September.

The Song of Ice and Fire Campaign Guide, a full guidebook to the world and setting, will be released in October. To some extent this will be readable by non-RPGers who want a guide to the setting, although the proper, full resource for that will be The World of Ice and Fire, which will be cowritten by GRRM himself and released at the end of 2009.

I'm looking forward to this. The previous version of the RPG, released by Guardians of Order through White Wolf in 2005, was absolutely superb and a gorgeous book to boot. Interesting to see if Green Ronin can match the quality of that product, although it's obviously going to be far better supported.

 

[DeannaBelle]

Book? I was hoping for a compuer game. With whom can a play this book? I don't know anyone who's into ASOIAF.

 

[Werthead]

Book? I was hoping for a compuer game. With whom can a play this book? I don't know anyone who's into ASOIAF.

It's a roleplaying game, similar to Dungeons and Dragons. You'd probably need a minimum of 3-4 people to play. It's a board game without a board, or a more structured version of those murdery mystery weekend games. Your local game store can put you in touch with players.

 

[Qhorin Halfhand]

You can also play online through webforums and such.

 

[Boaz]

Good job, Wert. Thanks again.

 

[Barristan]

Nice one, thx for posting it up.

Nice to see a few familiar posters from the old GoO board days too

 

[Werthead]

Green Ronin have put up the ASoIaF quickstart rules. You can view and download them free of charge from their website.

 

[Boaz]

Wert, if I've not told you recently that you are the man, then I'm saying it now.

You da man!

 

[the smiling weirwood]

I'm with Deannabelle. My area doesn't have game stores. Roleplaying games are obviously the fruit of Satan and as such no godfearing folk will tolerate them. Damn jesus freaks.

 

[Shacklock]

I'm with Deannabelle. My area doesn't have game stores. Roleplaying games are obviously the fruit of Satan and as such no godfearing folk will tolerate them. Damn jesus freaks.

You strange americans *Grin* It's a bit of a shame, but beyond the computer and books my social life is completly different, guess if I dident live in Manchester and was in the country it would be different and besides that, am i the only one that would feel like an idiot LARPING (As I see this) IE Live Action Roleplaying, I'm all for RPing in MMOs and forums though.

 

[Boaz]

Yeah, our geekiness of RPGing and posting incessantly about ASOIAF is way cooler than their geekiness of LARPing.

 

[Shacklock]

Yeah, our geekiness of RPGing and posting incessantly about ASOIAF is way cooler than their geekiness of LARPing.

Haha you got me there, not saying it is or it isent I'd just feel uncomfortable.