Fight In The Fantasy Apocalypse With Gadzooks On Kickstarter
March 26, 2019 by brennon
A new set of Fantasy skirmish rules are now on Kickstarter from Steven Lampon called Gadzooks, It's The Apocalypse.
Within pretty much every Fantasy setting there is always a time of strife and apocalypse. Well, that's where this game comes in. You will be playing as a character supported by his dubious and conniving retainers, battling to survive in this burning wasteland that was once a shining Fantasy kingdom.
As well as your standard Fantasy fare as you level up between campaign missions the twist thrown in here concerns the alignment of your heroes. Will they turn to darkness and embrace the nightmarish powers available to them as the apocalypse rolls in, or will they retain their humanity and battle against the fiendish things in the shadows?
The definition of this game is that of 'Strange Fantasy' and feels like it could be a good fit for those who love their Oldhammer. The themes and background presented for Gadzooks very much look to fall into that period of English history around the Thirty Years War and English Civil War where suspicion was rife and folks embraced a zealous response to the strange.
I think this is well worth taking a closer look at!
"Will they turn to darkness and embrace the nightmarish powers available to them as the apocalypse rolls in?"
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I feel like the author took Frostgrave and Frostgrave Archipelago and D&D and mashed them together to make a very fiddly game. Just remembering each character and how many moves and how many orders they can give looks to be a chore. Ditto for the character sheet. There just seems to be lot when there are 40 pages of the rules just to create your character. Instead of dripping out the rules, a play through video would have been better. Also, the game requires a D14?? I will keep a note about this but not convinced until I see a… Read more »
I backed it… just for concept, if nothing else… and I want one of my dudes named ‘The Witch Smeller Pursuivant’.
It is getting close to the end of the KS campaign and we are still a long way from being funded 🙁 Steve and I will have to think again. We have almost 50 people signed up and that is almost enough to do a short digital print run. If you wouldn’t mind sending me a private message with your contact details that would be great. Thanks. Steve.
Well I certainly backed this one. It’s the perfect gamesetting for me. Nothing better than to hunt some witches 😉
It is getting close to the end of the KS campaign and we are still a long way from being funded 🙁 Steve and I will have to think again. We have almost 50 people signed up and that is almost enough to do a short digital print run. If you wouldn’t mind sending me a private message with your contact details that would be great. Thanks. Steve.