Torchbearer Kickstarter - by Luke Crane

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Torchbearer Kickstarter Link

"A dungeon crawl roleplaying game and love letter to Basic D&D."

This is from the creator(s) of Burning Wheel and is a "hack" of Mouse Guard:

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The Game

Torchbearer was designed by Thor Olavsrud, our long-suffering editor. It's based on our 2008 game Mouse Guard. It shares the same core system and concepts, but it adds a layer of complexity in the form of resource management, turn structure and conflict.

In the spectrum of BWHQ games, Torchbearer is advanced Mouse Guard. It’s not as complex as Burning Wheel or Burning Empires, but it’s certainly more involved than Mouse Guard or even FreeMarket. From a broader perspective, it's Basic D&D on Hard mode.

The Book

The book itself is a 200-page letter-sized hard cover with a four color cover and black and white interiors. We're breaking away from our traditional digest-sized book as a bit of an experiment. We want to see what it feels like to publish a big ol' RPG book. And of course it's an homage to all those great AD&D hardcovers.

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[Stefan Hill]

The Burning Wheel is a fantastic game from Luke and we have played it for a while now. Given the quality and care that Luke puts into his games backing this was a no-brainer for me. Like the wonderful people at Paizo, Luke is willing to take the time to answer emails etc.

[Stefan Hill]

Torchbearer is indeed an excellent game. All the old RPG charm without too much rule clutter.

[Mythic Evil Lincoln]

I got it for xmas, and dang. This game is really cool.

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Mythic Evil Lincoln wrote:

I got it for xmas, and dang. This game is really cool.

I'm hoping to use it sometime when I move work in the Summer from the "wilderness" to the "big smoke". Currently enjoying reading it though! :)