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Sand and Dust for the Dune Adventures in the Imperium RPG has Arrived

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Dune Adventures in the Imperium RPG Sand and Dust

Modiphius has announced that Sand and Dust, the new Arrakis sourcebook for the Dune Adventures in the Imperium RPG has started shipping, with a simultaneous release of the PDF.

Sand and Dust is available on Modiphius.net in standard print, Collector’s, and PDF editions and on DriveThruRPG in PDF only. Both print and Collector’s editions will be shipping from the US store in mid-February, but are available to pre-order and the PDF is also available now. Here are the details on this fantastic new sourcebook which transports you to Arrakis, the home of the Fremen.

ARRAKIS: SOURCE OF THE SPICE.

In the backwaters of the vast Imperium of humanity lies the hostile desert world of Arrakis. It is a deadly place, where no drop of rain falls and the people live a sparse existence in the baking cities of the northern pole. But Arrakis is the most important planet in the entire universe, for it is only here that you can find the spice melange.The spice is everything. To some, it is a way to extend life, to others a way to see into the future. It is the key to wealth and power in the Imperium, and many of the noble Houses will stop at nothing to control it in any way they can. The cities of Arrakeen and Carthag are full of agents and spies, all looking to gain advantage for their faction, and ready to kill to maintain the power of their masters. Will Arrakis be the place your characters prove the power of their House, or will their blood be spilled on the unforgiving sands?This sourcebook for the Dune: Adventures in the Imperium roleplaying game, takes you to the desert world of Arrakis and explores the secrets of the spice. Visit the hidden sietches of the Fremen to learn the mysteries of their culture. Walk without rhythm in the great deserts and perhaps see one of the incredible sandworms. Trade secrets with spies and agents in the bustling marketplace of Arrakeen or the alleys of Carthag. Arrakis is a planet of mysteries and danger, and those who underestimate it never leave.

Dune Adventures in the Imperium RPG Sand and Dust

Sand and Dust: The Arrakis Sourcebook contains: 

  • A 156 page US letter size high quality sewn hardback packed with full colour art. 
  • An overview of the planet Arrakis, known as Dune, its history and features.
  • Detail on the mysterious desert Fremen, and their many secrets.
  • A host of new options for Fremen player characters, including new archetypes, talents and rules for riding the great sandworms.
  • An in-depth look at spice harvesting and those who try to smuggle and stockpile it secretly.
  • The secrets of spice revealed, including new spice related talents and abilities.
  • A gazetteer of the cities of Carthag and Arrakeen, including their layout, noteworthy landmarks, and what life is like for the people of each city.
  • Expanded notes on creating your own campaigns on Arrakis, including a host of new NPCs, scenario hooks and story seeds.
  • New campaign options as smugglers, Fremen or merchants instead of agents of a noble House.
  • A complete adventure ‘The water must flow’ that involves the player characters in a deadly plot during a water shortage on Arrakis.

Time Becomes a Narrow Door brings intrigue to the Dune RPG

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Dune: Time Becomes a Narrow Door

Modiphius has announced the release of Time Becomes a Narrow Door, a new adventure for the Dune – Adventures in the Imperium RPG.

Dune: Time Becomes a Narrow Door is available in PDF only as part of the Dune Collections on Modihpius.net, Modiphius.us, and DriveThruRPG. Here are the details on this intriguing new scenario.

NOTHING EXISTS WITHOUT CAUSE

A debt owed. A missing heir. A new cult rising in the desert. Trapped between an ageless prophecy and sensitive politics, a delicate path must be walked. What is the truth? With whom will you stand?

In Time Becomes A Narrow Door, the player characters are entrusted with the task of locating the missing heir of an allied House. They must travel to a pyon village beyond the relative safety of Arrakeen, but where the situation is no less complex. Navigating the fine line between ethics and duty may prove difficult, but nothing on Arrakis is easy.

This stand-alone 20-page PDF adventure for Dune – Adventures in the Imperium is a great introduction to some of the core elements at the heart of the game. With multiple possible outcomes depending on player character decisions, Time Becomes A Narrow Door is designed to encourage roleplaying difficult choices.

You will need access to the Dune: Adventures in the Imperium Core Rulebook to run this adventure.

Portal Games Reveals Upcoming Games in 2021 including a new Dune Tabletop Game

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Dune: House Secrets

Portal Games has announced their publishing plans for 2021 at this past weekend’s PortalCon. The biggest announced was a trilogy of Dune-themed cooperative adventure games using the Detective system. The first game will be released in the fall of 2021. The games come as a partnership between Gale Force Nine, Legendary Entertainment, Herbert Properties, and Genuine Entertainment.

Using the cooperative game system from Detective: A Modern Crime Board Game, Dune: House Secrets has players taking on the roles of rebels. They must solve a series of missions with a finite amount of time and resources. Players must cooperate and decide on what regions to explore, follow leads, leverage allies, and overcome oposition. They’ll use a variety of physical and digital components to drive the narrative.

The experience begins with a Prologue meant to introduce players to the world of Dune and then from there are three adventures, each taking two to three hours to complete. Players will level up their characters and unlock new options in future gameplay. Each adventure can be played as standalone experiences. But, if players complete all three episodes, they will unravel a master game narrative that will have a lasting impact on the two future games in the trilogy.

Dune: House Secrets is designed by Ignacy Trzewiczek and written by Przemysław Ryme.

Eleven: Football Manager Board Game

Eleven is the number of players on the pitch at any given time. To be the best in the league, it takes a lot, like an incredible manager. Eleven: Football Manager Board Game is a strategy game where players manage and grow their own football club.

During the game, players hire staff members, including trainers, physical therapists, PR specialists, and directors. They acquire sponsors, expand the stadium infrastructure, and take care of your club’s position in social media. Among many tasks on the list are also transfers of new players, and choosing the right tactics for each of the upcoming matches.

Eleven is a scenario-drive game featuring six different scenarios to challenge players with different starting situations and goals for the season.

The game is designed by Dutch author Thomas Jansen. It’s made for 1-4 players and the game lasts 60-120 minutes, depending on the number of players.

Dreadful Circus

Dreadful is a set collection game where players attempt to create the most successful circus. Over the course of the game, players buy cards that have special final scoring rules. As the game progresses, and more cards are gained, each player develops their own final scoring rules. The result is where every game is unique and no player scores the same way.

Dreadful Circus – designed by industry icon Bruno Faidutti – is for 4-8 players and plays in 30-40 minutes. Gamers will love this extremely clever card game.

Empires of the North: The Wrath of the Lighthouse

Empires of the North: The Wrath of the Lighthouse is a story-driven solo campaign for the award-winning engine-building card game: Empires of the North.

The expansion comes with 15 unique solo scenarios played in the order corresponding with the story included in the Campaign book. When playing the campaign mode, players gain access to the new type of cards including Event cards, Legacy locations cards that last from one game to another, and Lighthouses cards that are shuffled to Island decks. Additionally, each of the scenarios can be played individually, just like the scenarios in the base game.

In story mode, you will play alongside a Campaign book and slowly discover how the plot unfolds. Why is the number of lighthouses on the coast increasing? Why do the people so strongly oppose the cathedral being rebuilt? And those seas constantly assaulted by storms…

Empires of the North: The Wrath of the Lighthouse is designed by Joana Kijanka, co-designer of the base game and all previously released expansions to the game. The expansion includes 55 cards, a Scenario booklet with 15 unique scenarios, and a Campaign book with more than 50 story branches.

Neuroshima Hex: Beasts

Neuroshima Hex: Beasts is a new faction expansion to the best-selling Portal Games evergreen title Neuroshima Hex. The new army represents various animal species that survived Moloch’s attack. These beasts are fierce, and they have but a single goal: to protect their territory. They spare no one, including their own. The expansion introduces a new game concept – friendly fire. Ferocity and wrath are unstoppable and units in the new army can damage their own friendly tiles.

Neuroshima Hex: Beasts was designed by Joanna Kijanka and developed by Michał Walczak, both names highly respected by fans and well known for their work on previous expansions for Neuroshima.

Modiphius’ Dune Roleplay Game’s Pre-Order Date Revealed

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Modiphius has revealed that Dune: Adventures in the Imperium will go up for pre-order on December 10 with a range of products. The pre-order goes live at 5pm GMT, 9am PST, 12noon EST.

These feature Standard Core Rulebook, Atreides Collector’s Edition, Player and GM bundles, dice, GM Screen and Journal plus the epic Complete Collection Bundle pictured below, with just 200 available to the first pre-order customers!

Dune: Adventures in the Imperium pre-order

Pre-order customers who order through the Modiphius store can get one of just 200 big bundles of all three Collectors Editions (and everything else) and other items exclusive to the store include the Atreides Collectors Edition (in green) and the blue Arrakis Melange dice set (both will be available to retail later next year). All orders for the core book through Modiphius will soon get an exclusive 80 page playable PDF preview of the core book.

If you’re after just one of the other Collectors editions, you will be able to pre-order the Corrino collector’s edition (in black) through your friendly local gaming store and the Harkonnen collectors edition (in red) through Amazon.

Pre-orders should be live with your local retailer before Christmas and all books come with a code printed in the back of the book to download a free PDF. If you pre-order before the 15th of January with your local retailer you will also get the full PDF when they are sent out to all customers before launch.

The Modiphius Dune Roleplaying Game Opens Up Pre-ORders in December

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Dune: Adventures in the Imperium

With a pre-order launching the second week of December 2020, the Dune: Adventures in the Imperium roleplaying game challenges you to take control of Arrakis and the power of the spice Melange.

Be the first to set foot on Arrakis. The Dune: Adventures in the Imperium roleplaying game takes you into a far-future beyond anything you have imagined, where fear is the mind-killer so be sure to keep your wits about you. The Imperium is a place of deadly duels, feudal politics, and mysterious abilities. Noble houses constantly politic for power, influence, and vengeance in a universe where a blade can change the fortunes of millions. Build your house, carve your place in the universe, and fight for the Imperial throne. Take your characters on a journey through the worlds of the seminal Dune sci-fi book series from Frank Herbert, Brian Herbert, and Kevin J. Anderson, inhabiting elite agents working for noble houses where mentats, swordmasters, spies, Bene Gesserit sisters, devious advisors, or even desert Fremen join together to follow your banner.

Whoever you choose to be, remember that those that control the spice control the universe.

Those who sign up to the Dune tabletop roleplaying game pre-order will be able to claim a PDF preview of the core rulebook before the Spring launch and the pre-order will be available through local retailers as well as the Modiphius webstore.

Bastien Lecouffe-Deharme illustrated the stunning art cover and fans will also have the opportunity to show their allegiance to House Atreides, House Harkonnen, or the Imperial House Corrino with three special collector’s edition covers. To supplement these, you can expect a gamesmaster screen, journal, and dice set accessories with more releases for 2021 to be announced.