Burning Empires (role-playing game)
Designers Luke Crane | | |
Publishers | The Burning Wheel | |
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Publication | 2006 | |
Genres | Sci-fi | |
Systems | Based on The Burning Wheel |
Burning Empires is a tabletop science fiction role-playing game, designed by Luke Crane and published by The Burning Wheel in 2006. It is based on Christopher Moeller's two critically acclaimed Iron Empires graphic novels, Faith Conquers and Sheva's War.
Reception
It was awarded Best Licensed RPG of 2006 by
Contents
The core book is a digest sized, 656 pages, hardcover book in full colour, including almost 400 pieces of artwork.
Burning Empires builds on the
- World Burner
- Technology Burner
- Infection mechanics
- Firefight
- Psychology
- Alien Life-Form Burner
The game builds on some of the sci-fi elements and scene structure from an earlier
The phases of a Burning Empires campaign are: infiltration, usurpation, and invasion. And these correspond to the stage of the Vaylen infection on the planet.
Typically, the GM or Game Master will take on the role of the Vaylen invaders, while the players will take the role of mostly humans, who are trying to actively stop this invasion.
Reviews
References
- ^ "2006 list of winners". Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts and Design. Archived from the original on 4 June 2009. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
- ^ "Pyramid: Pyramid Pick: Burning Empires".