CMON introduced that an Assassin’s Creed RPG is within the works. Get your Hidden Blade prepared, right here’s what we all know to this point.

Assassin’s Creed is coming to a tabletop close to you, in keeping with an announcement from CMON simply final week. The free-running open-world franchise, which turns 15 this yr, will make its first foray into the world of tabletop roleplaying video games via CMON’s publishing imprint, Guillotine Press.

Players will tackle the world of Assassin’s Creed in each modern-day and historic eras, with ANIMUS shenanigans as all the things. So you can also be the Desmond or Layla or unnamed pirate online game tester you’ve all the time dreamed of being, whereas additionally roleplaying out that they’re residing extra thrilling lives in additional thrilling instances.

But that’s half the enchantment on the subject of Assassin’s Creeds. And we’re fantastically curious to see how CMON’s publishing imprint, Guillotine Press, will pull this off.

CMON Announces Assassin’s Creed RPG

Per their announcement, gamers will tackle the function of modern-day characters. They’ll additionally create completely different Ancestors from all through historical past.

Overseen by CMON’s Head of IP & RPGs, Francesco Nepitello (The One Ring RPG, Zombicide Chronicles RPG, Dune: War for Arrakis), gamers within the Assassin’s Creed roleplaying sport will create and play as Descendants, modern-day characters whose ancestors had been well-known Brotherhood assassins of outdated. Players can even create and play as a number of of those self same Ancestors, one for every time interval they’ll go to of their missions by coming into the Animi Network. Guiding their adventures is the Animus Operator; it’s their obligation to set the scene and information the gamers via the sport.

This is, to this point, probably the most thrilling concept we’ve seen for an Assassin’s Creed-style RPG. It exhibits that Guillotine desires to tie collectively the completely different weaving tales which makes Assassin’s Creed stand out. How will the battle between Templars and Brotherhood play out? What mysteries of the previous will inform the current?

These are questions on the coronary heart of Assassin’s Creed. And followers of the sport will discover much more to discover right here:

Fans of the online game can anticipate a deep dive right into a wealth of lore and historical past pulled immediately from the collection’ core line, in addition to the over two dozen spin-off video games. Assassin’s Creed and roleplaying followers can anticipate a deluxe set of the books, together with quite a few sport dietary supplements and enhancements, like character miniatures, detailed maps, and sport aids.

The Assassin’s Creed RPG is slated for pre-order 2023

Bell of Lost Souls Staff Writer and DM, J.R. covers RPGs of all stripes and every now and then eats sandwiches. You can ask him about both at [email protected]

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