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Battlelords of the 23rd Century Rulebook (Kickstarter/7th Edition)

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ROLEPLAYING IN A GALAXY AT WAR

BATTLELORDS OF THE 23RD CENTURY is a science-fiction tabletop roleplaying game where players can assume the role of mercenaries, misfits, soldiers, spies, pirates, and heroes adventuring in a war-torn universe.

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The soldier of the future will be more like a medieval knight in ultramodern armor than a soldier of the 21st century. Operating autonomously, they will be light years from their commanders and support.”
-Military Scientist, Howard Dickenson. Earth, Year 2083.

By the year 2282 humanity has spread among the stars and joined The Alliance of Allied Species. The Alliance is composed of over a dozen species who pool resources and technology to expand across the galaxies and defend themselves against the threat of galactic war with the hostile Ak-Nar-Ryn. The Ak-Nar-Ryn, who are more commonly called the “Arachnids,” have destroyed worlds and decimated populations as they advance into Alliance territory. More recently the Alliance has been faced with a new threat that is even more insidious than even the Arachnids. The shapeshifting, nanite swarms of the Atlanteans which are capable of devouring entire cities.

Many member species of the Alliance have longstanding rivalries, conflicting agendas, and a few have even gone to war with each other in the past. However, each species brings something unique to the coalition, but all must overcome their bias and speciesism if they are to cooperatively achieve their goal of survival. In the midst of it all, the mega-corporations run the show from behind the scenes and cash in every chance they get. If you’re not living in a colony town on some backwater world on the frontier, you’re probably working for a mega-corp on a long-term contract. They own and run nearly everything, including you… for as long as you’re under contract.

Against the backdrop of war, you can take the fight to the Arachnids as soldiers of the Galactic Armed Forces. Become a hired gun working as a corporate mercenary. Explore the universe, discovering new species and relics of past civilizations. Protect the bottom line of your company as you engage in corporate espionage or research the hidden threat the Atlanteans pose to the Alliance working as a spy. Maybe plunder is more your style? There’s always room for another pirate out on the frontier. The possibilities are as limitless as the universe.


“Lock and load, private! Bring your extra pulse mags and your sense of humor. You’ll need both.”


Battlelords of the 23rd Century is a complete, self-contained, roleplaying game. All you need besides this book are some gaming dice.

Kiki's Armor Girl


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Gunnar M November 25, 2023 12:50 am UTC
Any chance of roll20 sheets?
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Anthony O February 20, 2024 1:28 am UTC
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We're working on it. The version for Savage Battlelords will probably come out first.
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Benjamin D April 16, 2023 1:15 pm UTC
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As a suggestion for a follow on Warmonger product, a consolidated and cohesive character creation/advancement section that puts together the character creation rules with the rank and salary rules and the campaign type rules that have the discounted training packages. They’re spread out in the book and I’m not entirely sure how they work together sometimes.
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Neil S August 04, 2021 5:19 am UTC
POD
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Shaun S July 25, 2022 2:15 am UTC
The hardback print copy of this book LITERALLY weighs FIVE POUNDS. You're better off just buying it, because a POD will honestly cost more, if they can even do something of this magnitude.
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John N February 13, 2023 6:01 am UTC
The Vampire the Masquerade 20th anniversary edition is only twenty pages smaller. They do that with great quality results and without breaking the bank.
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Anthony O March 26, 2023 3:45 pm UTC
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To print the book using DTRPG's Print-on-Demand service would cost $85.76. That manufacturing cost, not price. You can check it out here: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/pub_pod_cost.php We'd love to make the book available here via POD, but it's completely unfeasible from an economic standpoint.
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Marius B January 28, 2020 2:05 pm UTC
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Could you consider making a print-friendly version of the pdf with page backgrounds removed?
And making that available in greyscale would be even greater.
And making it possible to get a POD version of greyscale, page background-less version would be even, even better.
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Anthony O January 30, 2020 6:49 pm UTC
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We are making a hardcopy, which should be available in the next month. We have no plans to make a "backgroundless" copy. We designed the book to be as much art book as RPG, and stripping out the color and backgrounds would not be in keeping with that intent. We appreciate the suggestion though. Thanks for your support.
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Stacie W December 12, 2019 4:08 am UTC
I 3rd it.
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Anthony O December 15, 2019 1:19 am UTC
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We will be producing a hardcopy (high quality, hard cover, heavy weight gloss paper) version of the book. It will be available around March 2020. Our specifications for the print version of the book were VERY high. As a result, the book is being printed with traditional offset litho printing. I doubt POD could meet our requirements.
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Anthony O December 15, 2019 2:02 am UTC
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We appreciate the enthusiasm and your support! Thanks.
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David S December 03, 2019 8:01 pm UTC
I second the question for POD :)
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Anthony O December 15, 2019 1:19 am UTC
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We will be producing a hardcopy (high quality, hard cover, heavy weight gloss paper) version of the book. It will be available around March 2020. Our specifications for the print version of the book were VERY high. As a result, the book is being printed with traditional offset litho printing. I doubt POD could meet our requirements.
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Anthony O December 15, 2019 2:03 am UTC
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Thanks for your support!
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David S March 24, 2020 11:25 am UTC
Where will it be available? :)
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Anthony O March 26, 2023 3:41 pm UTC
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You will be able to get a hardcopy on our website.
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George K December 03, 2019 6:35 pm UTC
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Any future options for POD coming at all?
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Anthony O December 15, 2019 1:19 am UTC
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We will be producing a hardcopy (high quality, hard cover, heavy weight gloss paper) version of the book. It will be available around March 2020. Our specifications for the print version of the book were VERY high. As a result, the book is being printed with traditional offset litho printing. I doubt POD could meet our requirements.
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Anthony O December 15, 2019 2:01 am UTC
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We do appreciate the enthusiasm though. Thanks for your support!
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