Standing to Face Death is the Final Act in a Story Arc of Your Design. However, It Ends. You Deserve It.
November 13, 2024
[This unedited press release is made available courtesy of Game Developer and its partnership with notable game PR-related resource Games Press]
Forteller Games :
Phoenix, AZ (November 12, 2024) — Today, Forteller Games, immersive audio experts in the tabletop gaming space, is launching a free quickstart for its debut roleplaying game, Sunset. Available exclusively on DriveThruRPG, the quickstart offers an introduction to the rules, character creation, artwork, and gameplay via a sample adventure.
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Content Warning: Sunset allows players to deal with, process, and introspect on life and death. As such, this game deals with death, suicide, violent crimes, real-world abhorrent acts, and the human psyche. Play with understanding and care with your fellow players. That said, you can substitute aspects that your table is uncomfortable with.
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In Sunset, players, known in the game as Threads, are actively facing their own deaths through a process called Life Review. Guided by the Death Master, Threads will experience a series of pivotal memories, attempting to unweave lies in order to earn a parlay with Death and bargain for more time.
Sunset is a rules-light system that leverages the Deck of Many Dice to provide rich storytelling opportunities. The game is played in a series of memory locations called a Weave, collaboratively created by the players and the Death Master. Each location can truly be anything, from a bustling city to a quiet meadow. Players draw cards from the deck to determine the outcome of their actions. An alternative dice pool ruleset using a handful of d4 and d6 dice is included as well.
Despite its heavy subject matter, creators Michael F. Tomasek Jr., Adam Lehenbauer, and Thomas St Pierre aimed for a feeling and theme of hope punk – revealing hope in the face of challenges and acting as a counter to pessimism.
The free quickstart is a small slice of the full game and serves as your start into the world of Sunset. Player feedback will be taken into account for the final product. The Sunset Core Rulebook will be available in 2025, packed with implemented feedback, new adventures, slicker character creation, and a sensitivity reader. A series of sourcebooks, splat books, and more supplements will be also available in the near future.
The free quickstart includes:
Over 60 free pages for you to read through and enjoy as the Death Master (with a special section for you) or with your fellow Threads
Five printable pre-gens to get your game started (though you can make your own characters as you wish through Character Creation)
Form-fillable blank character sheet
Bookmarked table of contents, alt text, and checked for screen readers to make reading through it easier and accessible
Glossary, introduction, and more tools to get you immersed into the game
A 40-60 minute adventure that delves into the horrors of modern life
Rules for one to five players, not including the Death Master
A Kickstarter campaign for Sunset will launch sometime in early 2025, with the full release planned for later in the same year. The free quickstart is available now exclusively via DriveThruRPG.
A full press kit, including logos, artwork, and spreads, is available here.
To stay up to date with Sunset, follow Forteller Games on Facebook, Instagram, X (Twitter), Twitch, join the Discord server, and sign up for the Sunset newsletter.
About Forteller Games
Since 2019, Forteller Games has been at the forefront of audio engineering for story-rich tabletop games, creating compelling, accessible, high-quality content that empowers all people to play, engage their minds, feel their emotions, and forge lasting memories. A ragtag group of adventurers appeared at Gen Con one year as mere attendees, determined to validate the need for immersive audio content in the tabletop gaming space. They came, they talked, they conquered. Over the years, Forteller has become a leader in audio engineering, blending cinema talent with hobby board games unleashing a quality that had never been seen. The goal was always the same: deliver the theater of mind experience akin to modernized radio dramas.
Today, Forteller continues to create compelling audio that draws out emotions from those who listen and play along to these wonderfully crafted adventures across dozens of Partners and their game titles. This is a core offering that allows everybody, including non-native English speakers, sight-impaired, dyslexic, and more, to enjoy this wonderful hobby space.
With the upcoming launch of Sunset, Forteller is proud to begin its journey into original title creations in both the tabletop roleplaying and board game space.
Media Contacts:
Ian E. Muller and James Robinson
Nine Realms
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