Welcome back to Discovering Alone. It’s time for the last preview article about Alone. In our previous entries, we introduced the game, we described the gameplay mechanics for both the Hero and the Evil players, gave you a taste of the game’s background story, and the Designers’ Diary. We close this series with a chat with Steve Hamilton, the illustrator of Alone, about his work on …
Ares Games announces new distribution partnerships with two Italian RPG publishers Quality Games and Acheron Books, to bring their successfully crowdfunded roleplaying games “Lex Arcana” and “Brancalonia” to a broader audience in the US and other English-language markets. Lex Arcana: a unique setting merging history, mythology and the legends of Ancient Rome. Lex Arcana, published by Quality Games, is an alternate history roleplaying game set in …
The Kickstarter campaign for the cooperative and solo sci-fi game S.H.E.O.L. ended with €322.064 pledged and 2761 backers, after an epic campaign decided in the final 24 hours. The high funding goal of €300.000 was achieved in the last day, and all final goals were unlocked. S.H.E.O.L.: successful campaign with its high funding goal achieved. Developed by a new Italian studio, Lunar Oak, S.H.E.O.L. is set …
Welcome back to Discovering Alone. Following the article about how the Hero plays in Alone, it’s now time to have a look at the gameplay for the one to three players who control the forces of Evil. At the beginning of the game, the Evil players follow a mostly randomized procedure to generate a new map layout. This is so you will always have a different …
S.H.E.O.L: what’s inside the Core Box. Ares Games announces a collaboration with Italian studio Lunar Oak for their first Kickstarter project, now live: S.H.E.O.L., a fascinating and innovative 1-4 player campaign game, set in a unique sci-fi world shrouded in an eternal night. Ares is supporting the crowdfunding campaign and will distribute the game in the English-language market when the project will be completed. With 15 …
