Ex quocumque facere poteris te sauciabit, nihilo comprehenso..... Anything you do can get you killed, including nothing.......
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PDF $19.99 BUY HERE 43AD is Zozer Games' gritty historical roleplaying game set in Roman Britain. It features excellent interior art, colour maps, a detailed and evocative setting that captures the feel of Roman army novels like those of Simon Scarrow. The rules are fast and bloody, character creation is likewise fast, creating easy to use Roman legionaries with a minimum of fuss. It's certainly a rules-light system, using the tried and tested mechanics used in an earlier (free) venture called Zenobia. A follow-up book called Warband is also available, which allows players to create tribal heroes and play campaigns from the Briton's perspective. Updates are available on the Zozer Games facebook page.
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43AD is a gritty military-style game with a slice of dark horror running through it. Life is grim and the world of the native Britons is painted in dark and horrific colours. Britain is a place of fear and death, terrors and torments, and the Iron-Age tribes live with these horrors. Celtic priests, the druids, contain them in lakes and pits and forests. When the legions step onto British soil, they step onto a land of ancient horrors of which they (as yet) know nothing. Life, honour and warfare amongst the tribes is explained for players and GMs alike.
Characters are Roman soldiers, fighting for the emperor in a hostile land against the battle-hardened warriors of the tribes. This is the visible enemy, but beyond, should the Game Master wish to go there, lay the dark secrets of Britain, the night terrors, the death-bringing spirits of the wild, the night crawlers, the face eaters, the skinchangers and the rest of the monsters and wild things that infest Britain. The tribes themselves live in fear of these malign entitites. But at least they know of their existence! As the legions march into hostile territory, they think their toughest battles are going to be with blue-faced tribesmen. How little they know ...
REVIEWSSwords & Stitchery: ... the game reads like a combination of deadly campaign, detailed rpg, & action movie waiting to happen. The combat is bloody, the system sings along in a bloody way, & this game screams to be played. But 43 A.D. has the look & feel of Roman occupied Britian with a horror film twist or two thrown in. And this is a deadly little affair of a game. The PC's are strangers in a strange land & they are far from home. And this is a cold, dangerous, lonely little world to have a PC die in. And no its not depressing but its incredibly dangerous... READ REST OF REVIEW
Michael M.: An excellent game of Ancient Roman military/horror campaign! Like the author, I am also a history buff concerning this era.... Asen G: A really in-depth treatment of the setting. Personally, I like picking the combat effects after rolling, the way armour work, the system for advancement... READ REST OF REVIEW Guy Hoyle: Fans of Rome, the Celts, military action, and horror would most likely find a alot they can use, no matter what campaign they want to run. I think I got my money's worth ... READ REST OF REVIEW Willian Dowie: The combat system itself is simple and fast playing ... It runs pretty smooth and is pretty realistic... READ REST OF REVIEW |
Ahead of Rufus stretched the Mons Graupius, scattered with dark heather. Rufus steadied his horse at the sound of distant thunder. In his hand was the report that Rufus himself had taken from the hands of a dead scout that morning.
‘Sir?’ asked the young soldier by Rufus’ side. ‘If even half what that poor crazed bastard saw is true,’ said Rufus, ‘then beyond those hills is no place for a Roman. Not even a man of the Twentieth.’ ‘So… we’re turning back?’ There was no disguising the hope in the soldier’s voice. After the battles that had brought them this far and the tales of what lay ahead, many men were poised to throw aside their shield and flee south. ‘How many lives have we spent to reach these hills?’ said Rufus. ‘And how many promises has Agricola made to Rome that the Caledonians would kneel? No, I cannot go back empty-handed.’ ‘But sir, the men will not follow you. To the end of creation, yes, but not beyond the Mons Graupius…’ ‘Go to Agricola,’ said Rufus. ‘Tell him the Twentieth will go no further. |
If he argues, show him this.’ Rufus handed the scout’s report to the soldier. It was still dark with blood.
‘And you, sir?’
‘I am an old man,’ said Rufus, ‘and I will be no great loss. Besides, falling on one’s sword is rather unoriginal, don’t you think?’ Rufus spurred his horse, and rode towards the purple-black horizon. The young soldier watched him go, but Rufus did not look back. He rode on, to his doom, at the place where the civilisation ended and the tortures of Tartarus began.
‘And you, sir?’
‘I am an old man,’ said Rufus, ‘and I will be no great loss. Besides, falling on one’s sword is rather unoriginal, don’t you think?’ Rufus spurred his horse, and rode towards the purple-black horizon. The young soldier watched him go, but Rufus did not look back. He rode on, to his doom, at the place where the civilisation ended and the tortures of Tartarus began.
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Download an alternative sheet (courtesy Hogscape):
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