Carl! Hey Cooooarrl! Didja hear? There’s an official Walking Dead tabletop RPG popping out subsequent yr from Free League. Kickstarting 2023.

Look Rick Grimes and his son Coral may need stopped being a meme ages in the past. But that is The Walking Dead we’re speaking about. If there’s any place for a joke to return again from the useless, it’s there. A shambling, reanimated, infectious husk. And with a Walking Dead tabletop RPG, you’ll have all of the zombie survival sport instruments you’ll want at your disposal.

Let’s check out Free League’s newest providing within the realm of Licensed RPGs.

The Walking Dead Tabletop RPG

Free League Publishing, makers of Tales from the Loop, and the upcoming Blade Runner RPG, are not any strangers to licensed RPGs. Which makes them a pure match for AMC Networks to associate with. The information was introduced yesterday through press launch:

As the groundbreaking TV collection The Walking Dead involves its climactic conclusion, AMC Networks in the present day introduced a long-term alliance with Free League Publishing and Genuine Entertainment to proceed increasing The Walking Dead Universe with The Walking Dead Universe Roleplaying Game, an official tabletop roleplaying sport. The Walking Dead Universe Roleplaying Game will debut on Kickstarter in Spring 2023, providing early entry to the Core Rulebook, a Starter Set, and different premium equipment and limited-run exclusives lengthy earlier than its Fall 2023 retail launch.

A co-production between AMC Networks and the award-winning tabletop writer, which is working intently with key forces behind the franchise, together with Chief Content Officer of The Walking Dead Universe, Scott M. Gimple and Head of AMC Networks Publishing Mike Zagari, the continued RPG collection will introduce new story components whereas drawing inspiration from the present collection and upcoming spin-offs.

And as you would possibly anticipate, the sport will take you into the world of the Walking Dead.

This means plenty of survival enclaves. Deserted locales. And in fact, walkers. And not the Texas Ranger form.

The Walking Dead tabletop RPG is introduced as a “post-apocalyptic sandbox.” According to Free League’s CEO Tomas Härenstam, “you can spend days just scavenging ruins and testing survival skills.” The sport needs to attract gamers in with tales of “home.”

Home within the sport ought to be a “rich, three-dimensional character with its own origins, attributes, and memories.”

With a brand new spin on the Year Zero engine (the identical ruleset behind Tales from the Loop and ALIEN the RPG) the Walking Dead RPG guarantees to delve into extra than simply killing walkers.

You can discover out extra when the sport Kickstarts in Spring of 2023.

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

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