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Started by kingyak, October 31, 2011, 03:16:43 AM

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kingyak

October 31, 2011, 03:16:43 AM

Hex Games has just released Sindbad and the Sword of Kingship, a swashbuckling Arabian Nights adventure.

The world is of full of wonder--and danger--and Sindbad is about to find out just how full because, even on shore, he can't keep out of the way of adventure. Sindbad and the Sword of Kingship takes our hero and his crew first into the highest halls of power and then across the seas in quest of a singular treasure.

Sindbad and the Sword of Kingship is an adventure for Hex Games' The Adventures of Sindbad that uses the QAGS Second Edition rules. It includes colorful characters, magical artifacts, secrets of the Island of Mystery, and new sailing rules.


Sindbad and the Sword of Kingship—as well as the QAGS rulebook, The Adventures of Sindbad, Mountains of the Moon: Sindbad in East Africa, Sindbad and the Demon Pumpkin, and more—can be purchased in PDF form at www.hexgames.com and at the finer PDF sales sites for just $2.99.

For those who would like to sample QAGS before they buy it, the QAGS Qik Start Rules, which include everything you need to play Sindbad and the Sword of Kingship, are available for download at www.hexgames.com, absolutely free.

Sindbad and the Sword of Kingship is written by Hex's scholar of all things Arab and Arabian, Ian Engle, and illustrated by Joshua LH Burnett and Leighton Connor.

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kingyak

#1
June 08, 2012, 08:57:30 PM
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President Television

#2
June 09, 2012, 01:34:45 AM
Oh yes please tell me that's a game about communing with the spirits of hobos.
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kingyak

#3
June 11, 2012, 06:17:26 PM
Close. You play magical hobos riding the rails to keep reality from falling apart.
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Juana

#4
June 12, 2012, 12:43:03 AM
Did you get the idea from the /tg/ post on this? (or are you the OP?) because that shit's magical.
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kingyak

#5
June 12, 2012, 02:23:54 PM
/tg/ ?

We came up with the idea a couple years ago one night a convention. I think it was the result of three things: 1) we were discussion how our-best selling PDFs (Laser Ponies, Funkedelic Frankenstein on the Mean Streets of Monstertown, etc.) are the ones where the title tells you everything you need to know; 2)we'd all just read John Hodgman's first book with all the hobo stuff; and 3) we'd had several beers. At first we were thinking it would be kind of a parody of the original White Wolf games (Hobomancer: The Unbecoming), but once we started working on it, it turned into an elaborate screed against consumer culture.
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The Good Reverend Roger

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June 12, 2012, 02:57:59 PM
Quote from: kingyak on June 12, 2012, 02:23:54 PM
/tg/ ?

We came up with the idea a couple years ago one night a convention. I think it was the result of three things: 1) we were discussion how our-best selling PDFs (Laser Ponies, Funkedelic Frankenstein on the Mean Streets of Monstertown, etc.) are the ones where the title tells you everything you need to know; 2)we'd all just read John Hodgman's first book with all the hobo stuff; and 3) we'd had several beers. At first we were thinking it would be kind of a parody of the original White Wolf games (Hobomancer: The Unbecoming), but once we started working on it, it turned into an elaborate screed against consumer culture.

I once wrote a rule set for White Wolf...Slime, The Waiting.

It was basically two tables.  Whattaya want?  Slimes don't do much.
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Juana

#7
June 15, 2012, 08:02:15 PM
My Favorite Mormon spends a lot of time on 4chan, specifically Tabletop Gaming (aka, /tg/). The O-OP and OPv2.0 (which are pretty fucking awesome, imo) sound a bit like your game. Just a bit, but it's there.
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President Television

#8
June 16, 2012, 06:13:30 PM
Hmm... Depending on how far you are into the design process, maybe you can work this into the game as some kind of sigil magic: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobo#Hobo_.28sign.29_code
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kingyak

#9
June 18, 2012, 06:35:58 PM
Game's finished and released, and does indeed contain sigil magic using hobo signs. I'm going to try to get a preview freebie up on Drivethru sometime this week.
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kingyak

#10
June 19, 2012, 03:41:46 PM
Here's the link to the preview version (you can buy the full version by clicking the cover pic a few posts up):

http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product/103227/Hobomancer-Preview
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