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Friday, 4 March 2016

Frostgrave: Dark Alchemy Playtest

For all of the talk about gnolls and wooly rhinos, the next Frostgrave supplement to be released will actually be a little ebook called Dark Alchemy.  I just submitted the final manuscript to the editor a couple of days ago. When I started work on Dark Alchemy, I thought it was mainly going to be an expansion about potions, and that still forms about half of the book. However, the other half, and the part I enjoyed writing more, was the Dark Alchemy campaign. This is a set of three, closely linked adventures - but with a twist. You see, this campaign is designed to played either solo, or by two players working together. It's been a real challenge, and I had to do a lot more playtesting on these scenarios than I normally do. Hopefully, in the end, I've got the balance right.

I thought some might enjoy a few photos from my a couple of my personal playtest games.









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15 comments:

  1. cheetor/sho3box4 March 2016 at 14:43

    A three game, co-op campaign is an excellent idea.

    Is it aimed at starting warband? Experienced warbands? Perhaps it's flexible enough to accommodate either.

    Sounds like a lot of fun regardless.

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  3. Dork Master Joe4 March 2016 at 18:38

    I like the sound of that! Also, super jealous of your terrain pieces!

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  4. M. Alcock5 March 2016 at 06:28

    It is great to hear this game is being fleshed out with Sellsword and getting the Solo/co-op treatment with this release. To be totally honest, I had left the game due to it being too simple for my tastes; I am very impressed with these supplements I think it is becoming what I had originally hoped it was (a successor to Mordheim).

    With the return of Mordheim and Necromundu looming, I am glad to see you are honing and crafting this skirmish game into something that will not only compete, but shine alongside!

    Also, any news on when a print compilation will be available of all the e-book mini releases? (I am old school - need a printed page!)

    :)


    Keep up the awesome work!

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  5. Joakim Ström6 March 2016 at 04:56

    I'm looking forward to that supplement as solo adventures sounds just right.

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  6. Louis7 March 2016 at 10:33

    So exited for this! I had a similar idea for an Introduction solo campaign for new players :)

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  7. Linuo12 March 2016 at 04:01

    We need a Co-op Campaign. That would be f**** awesome. The Mages of Frostgrave form an Alliance to get Treasures in the most Dangerous Zones of the blasted City!
    But furthermore: We need that as Book with 10+ Missions.

    Please? ;)

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  8. Looted17 March 2016 at 04:58

    Looks great. One issue though where can we submit errata suggestions / questions?

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  9. joe5mc17 March 2016 at 05:32

    Well, it's too late for Dark Alchemy as it has been turned in, but you can always drop me an email with any suggestions or questions. Or hope over to the Frostgrave forum on Lead Adventure!

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  10. Looted18 March 2016 at 08:41

    Cool beans. I just got on over there and found the Frostgrave section.

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  11. Looted18 March 2016 at 13:15

    Cool beans. I just got on over there and found the Frostgrave section.

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  12. battles and bottles6 April 2016 at 00:30

    Hi Joe, When is the date for the ebook release?

    Thanks for the info.

    BTW. Congrats for the game!!! It´s superb

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  13. joe5mc6 April 2016 at 06:55

    It should be out on April 20!

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  14. Unknown12 April 2016 at 07:47

    Thank you, thank you, thank you for making a co-op version of this game! I can play this with my sons now.

    It's sad but my sons just simply don't want to play anything head-to-head. They just refuse to beat their dad. Feel sorry for me I guess. :)

    Anyway, we've been making terrain and are looking forward to the release of this book! I've already pre-ordered through Google books.

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