Author Topic: All for one: Regime Diabolique (Read 6823 times)

abdul666lw · « **on:** August 23, 2012, 04:06:47 PM »

"Paris Gothique"

Far from new -except for me?- but since a search of LAF found a single 2 years old reference other members may be unaware of this game

"EN GARDE! FIGHT FOUL BEASTS OF THE NIGHT!
The year is 1636 and France is a troubled nation. A great and terrible evil gnaws at its core and darkness stalks the land.
All that stands between chaos and order are the King’s Musketeers.
Explore a France of swashbuckling action, powerful magic, daring deeds, courtly intrigue, witty repartee, and vile monsters! The characters are France’s bravest and proudest defenders, the King’s Musketeers. Pitted against them is a plethora of corrupt nobles, black magicians, fell demons, and twisted secret societies. Set at the height of power of Cardinal Richelieu and Louis XIII, All for One: Régime Diabolique mixes the action of literary works such as The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers with horror and intrigue to create a unique, vibrant setting.
Strap on your sword, salute the King, and prepare to cross swords with the creatures of darkness!

This version of All for One: Régime Diabolique is a musketeer roleplaying setting for Savage Worlds RPG."

A number of (short and expensive, reportedly

) supplements can be bought as pdf from the editor's site, some also from DrivethruRPG

Intended for 1636 AD, but could equally be set, for the tricorne lovers among us and those with a good collection of 'pirates' minis, in ca. 1745 AD in an 'alternate' France where the Fronde des Princes triumphed, thus the central power exerts no more control than a century earlier in 'our time line'. I used this setting decades ago to play '' Flashing blades in a 'Lace Wars' environment and it worked quite well.

Some of Carnevale minis

and Freebooter Assassins

immediately spring to mind....

richarDISNEY · « **Reply #1 on:** August 23, 2012, 04:18:12 PM »

I have it, and played it a few times.
*shrug* Its ok. It uses the Ubiquity dice system. That style is not for me.
I liked Witch Hunter :The Invisible World better.
http://www.paradigmconcepts.com/PCI2401.jpg

We took elements out of All For One and added it to Witch Hunter with a lot of success.

Please remember, both are RPGs…
beer

abdul666lw · « **Reply #2 on:** August 23, 2012, 10:57:45 PM »

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Please remember, both are RPGs…

Indeed, but such RPG (plural: pick here and there

) can provide elements of background, ideas of scenarios and some game mechanisms for a campaign of 'RPG to skirmish' scale (think Morheim / Necromunda?) played mainly with rules such as 'Gloire' or 'Chaos in Carpathia'.

Links to such a 18th C. campaign are currently posted on the Gothic Horror board:
'A Devil in Jersey'
Really deserves to be seen and *read*