New for Unknown Armies: Bring Me the Head of the Comte de Saint-Germain
over 3 years ago
– Sun, Jan 17, 2021 at 03:11:08 AM
We’ve just released a brand new mini-campaign for Unknown Armies by Greg Stolze! Bring Me the Head of the Comte de Saint-Germain is based on the incredible tournament that Greg ran last year. He’s expanded his notes so that you can either pick up the mini-campaign and immediately start playing OR incorporate it into your ongoing Unknown Armies shenanigans.
The book has just arrived in our warehouse and we’ve begun shipping out preorders!
Four factions. Two cabals. One 600 pound head.
In 2003, the universe got rewritten and the Comte de Saint-Germain — arguably the most important human to have ever existed, the First and the Last Man, the Once and Future Eschaton of the Invisible Clergy — got his brain scrambled. Now the race is on to retrieve his head! Or, more accurately, the huge, stone, religious bust in which the Comte locked up some of his memories for reasons she no longer remembers.
The head was dug up by a bunch of clueless archaeologists and stuck in a museum in Québec. There are at least two different groups looking to steal it, another looking to steal it from whoever steals it first, and a fourth that would rather the head stay right where it is. Can the players steal it? Defend it? Steal it back again? Trade it to Old Mother Apocalypse for a jar full of fentanyl lollipops?
It’s all up to them. And the only thing on the line is the fate of the universe… well, the next one.
You can check it out at the Atlas Games online store. It’s also available from your favorite local game store! In these troubled times, take a moment to find out if your local game store has a curbside pick-up or delivery service! Like all of us, they’re having a tough time right now and could surely use your support!
New Gamemaster Month
Unknown Armies is also featured in New Gamemaster Month! That makes it a perfect time to pluck these enigmatic tomes off your shelf and bring them to the table! (In fact, Bring Me the Head of the Comte de Saint-Germain is a great way to launch a new campaign!)
Justin Alexander, Atlas’ RPG Producer, will participating in the New Gamemaster Month Discord. Join him over there!
Magical Kitties Save the Day!
For something COMPLETELY DIFFERENT, our newest roleplaying game has also just arrived in our warehouse!
In Magical Kitties Save the Day you’re a magical kitty, you have a human, and your human has a Problem. (Some humans believe that they own the kitties rather than the other way around, but that’s clearly ridiculous.) You need to use your magical powers to solve your human’s Problems and save the day! The trick, though, is that you live in a hometown that is ALSO filled with Problems: Those hometown Problems — things like mischievous fairies and hyper-intelligent raccoons and alien invasions — make your human’s Problems worse, so you’ll have to deal with them first!
New from Greg Stolze: A Novel and an Unknown Armies Adventure
over 3 years ago
– Tue, Oct 13, 2020 at 09:20:02 PM
God Cancer: A Novel
Greg Stolze, co-creator of Unknown Armies, is running a Kickstarter campaign for God Cancer, his latest book. You can learn about it here.
From Greg: "I've written a horror novel inspired by the Cthulhu mythos, Poe, and oncology ... GOD CANCER starts with At the Mountains of Madness, meshes it with The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym (the origin of the dread phrase "Tekeli li!"), and brings it into the twenty-first century with a heavy dose of harrowing medical drama."
Physical totems — in limited quantities — include the Stolze-traditional patches and linocuts. Some limited pledge levels are nearly exhausted, as of this writing.
Please support the art you want to see in the world.
Bring Me the Head of the Comte de Saint-Germain: An Unknown Armies Adventure
Bring Me the Head of the Comte de Saint-Germain, an Unknown Armies adventure originally created for our summer tournament, is now available for pre-order. For a limited time, pre-order the physical book and get a copy of the PDF delivered today for free.
In this innovative three-part series of adventures, players swap roles between antagonists and protagonists for a unique roleplaying experience. It's designed to be run in your existing campaign or as a pick-up-and-play for new players with a cast of pre-generated characters. Learn more about the adventure and order your copy now.
Greg Stolze's AFTER THE COPS
almost 4 years ago
– Tue, Jul 14, 2020 at 07:27:03 PM
Before they turned out the light and went home forever, the last police officer in America stuck a post-it on the door at Atlas Games headquarters in Proctor, Minnesota.
"Greg Stolze saw it first," the note said.
But we are getting ahead of ourselves, writing to you, as we are, from the future.
~ • ~
Unknown Armies co-creator Greg Stolze is crowdfunding the release of a new short story, After the Cops. As "a science fiction and sometime crime writer," in this tale Greg imagines what the transformation to a de-funded, disarmed police force might look like from the middle of it.
An audiobook recording for backers has already been unlocked.
Physical totems — in limited quantities — include the Stolze-traditional patches and linocuts. Some limited pledge levels are nearly exhausted, as of this writing.
Please support the art you want to see in the world.
Watch the Final Round of the Unknown Armies Tournament Live -- Tonight!
almost 4 years ago
– Sat, Jun 06, 2020 at 02:07:55 AM
At the beginning of May, we unveiled our plans for our first-ever online Unknown Armies tournament, GM'd by Greg Stolze. Tickets sold out in just over two hours. Thank you for your overwhelming support and enthusiasm!
Tonight is the final round of the Unknown Armies tournament, and we're streaming it live. If you're free, we'd love to have you join us to cheer on our five finalists -- and vote for a winner! We'll be streaming the game live to Youtube beginning at 7:00pm US Central Time.
You'll be able to find the livestream on our Youtube channel. If you are busy this evening, you can always watch the final round on-demand later.
If you want to catch up on what happens, you can watch videos of each of the first- and second-round games on this playlist.
To determine a tournament winner, we are collecting votes from you! You can vote for a winner until Friday, June 12th using this link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/G752256 . Thanks in advance for your help.
If you'd like to be notified when we launch another RPG tournament or one-shot, please sign up for our (new) RPG tournament email list.
Hope to see you this evening, and thanks again for your enthusiasm and support.
Play Unknown Armies with Co-Creator Greg Stolze as GM
almost 4 years ago
– Tue, May 12, 2020 at 08:16:06 AM
Since we first released the third edition of Unknown Armies, fans and Kickstarter backers like you have been asking us to find new ways to develop and support it. Today, we're proud to unveil our first-ever online Unknown Armies tournament, GM'd by none other than Greg Stolze.
We'd originally planned on having Greg run this three-round elimination tournament at Gen Con, but with everything going on in the world, we've elected to move it online. Whatever your summer convention plans are, we hope you'll consider helping us test this new event format. Read on for more details or sign up now.
Scenario Overview
The universe’s cosmic superintendent, the Comte de Saint-Germain, has made a terrible mistake. If reversing it requires the destruction of all human life, what’s the big deal?
Elsewhere in time — here in the modern day — you’ve seen visions of a stone head, the “Bonesetter of Days and Years,” carved from ancient rock in the great plains of what’s now America. Today it sits in a museum in Quebec, overlooking the Saint Lawrence seaway. When your colleague Mara asks you about stealing it, you discover that it’s impossible to refuse.
Tournament Overview
- Unknown Armies co-creator Greg Stolze has created an all-new adventure for this award-winning RPG system. This summer, he’s GMing it for a select group of players in a three-round tournament.
- This tournament will take place online, allowing you to experience Greg’s twisted genius from the comfort of your home.
- Tickets are $50 and include a coupon for $30 off your Atlas Games webstore order of $31 or more. We considered including a copy of the core rulebook with each ticket purchase, but have decided to let you choose your own products instead to accommodate Kickstarter backers.
- Meet fellow roleplayers from around the world, delve into an epic new scenario, and get to know one of the game’s creators!
Tickets are limited! Choose your character and immerse yourself in a world of modern magick and occult horror. First-round games begin this weekend.
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