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Handiwork offers a sneak peek at the A|State 2e layout

December 21, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

A|State is a chilling dystopian sci-fi RPG set in a city you can never leave.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: astate, forged in the dark, handiwork games, Paul Bourne

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #72

October 30, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Routinely Itemised is a weekly roundup of RPG news from Wizards of the Coast, Chaosium, Cubicle 7, R. Talsorian Games, PEG, Paizo and the industry.

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a|state 2’s Nicely, Done primer heads to print

October 28, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Nicely, Done is a mission in Mire End in which characters investigate reports of child slavery and is intended to introduce the setting

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: astate, forged in the dark, Jon Hodgson, previews

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #71

October 23, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Routinely Itemised is Geek Native's weekly RPG news summary, complete with a roundup of new releases, freebies, interviews and reviews.

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Free to Download: a|state Nicely, Done

October 17, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

A|State is a gothic sci-fi RPG with characters stuck in The City which they cannot leave. It deals with themes suitable for Mature Readers.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: astate, forged in the dark, free to download, handiwork games

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #49

May 22, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Cancellations strike the big conventions, but there's more happening online, and such an event might introduce a new campaign setting for Dungeons & Dragons.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Age of Ambition, astate, brush with destiny studios, bundle of holding, chris spivey, cubicle 7, cyberpunk red, d&d live, dark astral, dnd beyond, ENnies, essen game fair, fate of the norns, gail simone, gen con, gen con online, Harlem Unbound, humblewood, in the face of death, jeff mcleer, kobold press, Live to Tell the Tale, lord of the rings, mad mage games, medfan, Mike Mearls, mystic realm, Nightfall Games, Paizo Publishing, paizocon, Palladium Books, pathfinder, prepared!, realmwarp media, Renegade Game Studios, rod reel & fist, roll20, routinely itemised, soulbound, stargate, storybrewers, Studio Cerca, tab creations, the expanse rpg, the fantasy trip, The One Ring, The World of Critical Role, Tian Shang: Lone Wolf Fists, World Anvil, zweihander

Cult success A|State ready for version 2 playtesters

May 19, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

A|State was first published in 2004 by Contested Ground Studios. I think "cult hit" is a fair way to describe the game. The setting is an ostensibly eternal city with vast inequality between the rich and the poor.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: astate, Contested Ground Studios, handiwork games

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #27

December 20, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Weekly RPG news for busy people. A bullet tour through the most popular character sheets and RPGs of the year, silver dice and toy eating Christmas trees.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: astate, CRISPR Monkey Studios, cubicle 7, deeply dapper, drivethrurpg, Dungeon & Dragons, en publishing, fundamental games, genefunk 2090, handiwork games, Iron Crown Enterprises, mage hand press, patrick rothfuss, routinely itemised, tabletops & tentacles, the adventure zone, The One Ring, the rpg pipeline, the sixth gun, watchmen, wizards of the coast, woin

The adult A|State RPG about is about to return

December 19, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

A|State is a gothic horror of a sci-fi. The game is set in The City, and you cannot leave. It's a game that came with "For Mature Readers" warning on it.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: astate, Contested Ground Studios, handiwork games, Jon Hodgson

A|State

August 22, 2009 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The atmosphere, style and flavour of the game are self-fulfilling. I feel that as the GM I can sit back and concentrate on my plot.

Filed Under: Wyrd Reviews Tagged With: astate, reviews, rpg

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