Forsooth! the Shakesperean RPG is now available!

[Human Paragon 3]

UPDATE: Forsooth! (http://spoiledflushgames.com/forsooth) is now available on Amazon.com and our website. Look for it soon from DriveThruRPG and Indie Press Revolution.


Preview content for Forsooth!

The first article is about death, ghosts, and bloody murder (bit.ly/KBopXk).

Second Preview:
R&D: In which the designers disclose how they turned a 7-page Game Chef winner into 88 pages of awesome. (http://bit.ly/MGX0me)

Third Preview:
Hamlet, King of Denmark (http://spoiledflushgames.com/forsooth-preview-hamlet/), from Shakespeare's Fifth Folio

[Human Paragon 3]

FYI - The site was down for a while, but now it's back up.

[Human Paragon 3]

An interview about Forsooth! on Hyperbole Games (bit.ly/NWdvK5). It's super in-depth and gives a lot of great insights about how the game works and how it was designed.

[CarpeGuitarrem]

It looks awesome. I also had a scope around SF Games. I'm gonna have to try out SpyCard. Oh, and Six Shooter AKA Blackjack with gamer dice...

[Human Paragon 3]

Thanks, and thanks for looking at our other games, too! If you play them, let us know :smallsmile:

In the mean time, we have a new preview up:

R&D: In which the designers disclose how they turned a 7-page Game Chef winner into 88 pages of awesome. (http://bit.ly/MGX0me)

Also, the Forsooth! forum (http://webapp7.boardgamegeek.com/forums/thing/125804/forsooth) is live on RPG Geek!

[Human Paragon 3]

Forsooth! hard copies have arrived, destined for Jiffycon Boston!
http://i.imgur.com/tpY1H.jpg

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OK, the website is is back up, and just in time for a late night / early morning Forsooth! preview. This one is a personal favorite of ours:

Hamlet, King of Denmark (http://spoiledflushgames.com/forsooth-preview-hamlet/)

What the heck is it? A sample play from Shakespeare's "Fifth Folio," a rare, and possibly apocryphal tomb of Shakespeare plays. Few have read this alternate version of Hamlet, in which the meloncholy Dane goes nuts, kills King Claudius Act I, Scene I, and spends the rest of the play ruling Denmark with an iron fist.

Enjoy!

[Human Paragon 3]

OK everybody! Forsooth! is now out. You can pick up a copy on Amazon.com, or through our website (http://spoiledflushgames.com/forsooth). Very soon you'll be able to get PDF versions through DriveThruRPG. Indie Press Revolution will also carry the game.

Verily.

Our official press release follows:


Forsooth! Makes Its Entrance
Spoiled Flush Games releases Shakespearean RPG

BOSTON, Mass., July 22, 2012 – The ultimate Shakespeare RPG made its stunning debut today, to thunderous applause from groundlings everywhere. Spoiled Flush Games today released Forsooth!, the hotly-anticipated, expanded version of the Game Chef-winning game of the same name. Forsooth! is an innovative, new story game that blends high drama with improv comedy. If you love theatre, or literature, or being a complete ham for the amusement of your friends, this game is for you.

“We wanted to make a simple, fun game that any Shakespeare fan could pick up and play, a game that really captured the essence of what made the bard so awesome,” says co-creator Kevin Spak. “And that meant making possibly the most role-playing intensive, game ever.”

Forsooth! challenges three-to-six players to improvise one of Shakespeare’s greatest lost works. There’s no need for a game master, no need to prepare anything in advance, and the rules take just minutes to learn. From cast generation to curtain call, a game lasts around two or three hours, and a handy Cliff Notes edition allows for even faster game play – right around 90 comedy-or-drama-packed minutes.

“At its heart, Forsooth! is an improv game,” explains co-creator Sam Liberty. “But we wanted to layer a little strategy on top of that. So we’ve introduced a number of mechanics, like soliloquies and asides, that let the players change their characters’ fates and improve their position for the final curtain call.”

Forsooth! was previewed at Jiffycon Boston last week to rave reviews. “This is a game that uses its source material, not just as props, but as an integral living breathing part of the experience,” said Zeke Russell of the Brilliant Gameologists podcast. “Its rules are clever and engaging and allow you to do some wonderful silly stuff, while still moving play forward.”

Print copies of Forsooth! are available for $14 on Amazon.com, and through SpoiledFlushGames.com. It will also soon be available at select brick and mortar stores, and from Indie Press Revolution. Look for PDF copies there as well, and at DriveThruRPG.com, for $10 each.