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Mythras Unleashed!

Started by Loz, August 22, 2016, 06:41:29 PM

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Loz

Mythras Revealed!
Mythras is now available. The PDF is available immediately, and the print edition can be preordered from the Design Mechanism store. The print edition should ship in approximately 3-4 weeks.
Now, obviously, everyone should buy a copy of Mythras because it's our flagship book, but of course there is the question that everyone who owns its direct predecessor, RQ6, will ask: 'Do I need to buy Mythras too?' The game engine is unchanged; aside from a few tweaks here and there, and the inclusion of a range of new Special Effects (including effects for Spirit Combat), the main changes are to layout, organization and page count. Mythras is 304 pages compared with 456 for RQ6, but as an edition of the game, you can quite happily continue using your old set of rules with all our new Mythras supplements, without worrying too much about missing out on anything that's fundamentally changed. So, we hope you will buy Mythras, but we understand if you don't want to.
To try to encourage you though, we are offering all our RQ6 customers a $5.00 discount on the PDF edition of the game. It's usual price is $15.00, but our loyal customers can buy it for just $10.00 – and there's a discount code being sent by separate email to everyone who ordered the PDF directly from us. If you bought through Drivethru, you'll get a similar email. If you purchased through Moon Design, please send me a PM so I can send the code separately.
So it's welcome to Mythras – we're delighted to bring it to you.
http://www.thedesignmechanism.com/products
Price
Print: $39.95 (includes PDF free of charge when bought from us)
PDF Only: $15.00 ($10.00 for RQ6 customers)

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Mythras Combat Cards
Available exclusively from DrivethruRPG and other OneBookShelf sites, this play aid for Mythras presents each Combat Special Effect as a poker-deck sized playing card, featuring artwork on one side, and the effect's description on the reverse. No more hunting through lists of effects, you can keep your favoured effects in its own hand, ready to consult or play as needed. The deck also includes cards representing Action Points and Luck Points, Fatigue and markers for various combat conditions.
All the new Special Effects found in Mythras are here, so if you don't want to upgrade from RQ6, you can still get all the effects by buying the Combat Cards deck. Plus, the set comes with the deck in PDF form, so you can print off additional copies as needed – although the quality of these cards is beautiful, and far more desirable to use in play. The set has a guide book that describes different ways for using the cards, and explains the icons and colour coding used to differentiate between effect types.
This is a must-have accessory for all discerning Mythras players and GMs!
http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/185289/Mythras-Combat-Cards
Price
Physical Card deck (55 poker sized cards, full colour): $15.00 (includes PDF guide booklet and card sheet)
Card deck PDF only: $10.00 (includes the PDF guide booklet)

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Mythic Rome
Pete Nash's Ennie Award winning book is back in print for Mythras! Updated for the Mythras engine, with new artwork and layout design, Mythic Rome is an exhaustive sourcebook for the Roman Empire during the Republic.
Mythic Rome encapsulates the dark and gritty past, allowing players to take part in the founding of Rome as a bandit on the Tiber; to overthrow the tyrant Tarquinius, the last of the 7 kings; conquer the rival Etruscan city states; watch the city be sacked by Gauls; battle Hannibal during the Punic Wars; take part in the malevolent Bacchanalian conspiracy; fight alongside Spartacus or against him; or choose sides during the civil war between Caesar and Pompey.
This invaluable book contains rules for everything from political standing to chariot racing, along with comprehensive Roman careers and guides for the weapons, armour and combat styles of Rome's legions and her enemies. Also included are obscure supernatural creatures and new magic systems to reflect the way magic works from the perspective of the Roman's themselves.
Continuing the quality and historical depth of the Design Mechanism's Mythic series, Mythic Rome stands as one of the best historical roleplaying supplements of all time, describing in intricate detail every aspect of everyday Roman life. Indeed, this book is packed with quotations written during the last days of the Republic, revealing shocking details of Rome the eternal city... a shining pinnacle of civilisation built upon a grisly foundation of crime, superstition, war and treachery.
Mythic Rome will be made available for preorders in early September. More details to follow.
Price
Print: $44.95 (includes free PDF when bought from us)

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The Design Mechanism: Publishers of Mythras
//www.thedesignmechanism.com

The Butcher

Congratulations on getting the game out there! As always, TDM is a class act. Looking forward to getting it. :)

Rincewind1

I guess I'm stuck with my self - printed copy of RQ6 :(. Still, awesome to hear you guys are back in business.
Furthermore, I consider that  This is Why We Don\'t Like You thread should be closed

Loz

Quote from: Rincewind1;915096I guess I'm stuck with my self - printed copy of RQ6 :(. Still, awesome to hear you guys are back in business.

We never went out of business... :)
The Design Mechanism: Publishers of Mythras
//www.thedesignmechanism.com