[Kickstarter] Famous By Our Sword rulebook

[Captain Harlock]

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/fbos/famous-by-our-swords?ref=project_facebook

I would like to recommend the ongoing Kickstarter for the physical copies  of the Famous By Our Swords rules, created by Eoin McCormack.
If you would like a rich world with elements of Irish and Greco-Roman mythology, city states, mercenary bands, dark forests, monsters and other supernatural elements. Then you really should take a look on this Kickstarter. FBOS is a miniature agnostic extremely flexible ruleset that allows you to escalate from a small skirmish between two small bands to full blown battles if you choose so. You can use whatever fantasy or historical miniatures you have, or even better kitbash your own.
The rulebook is ready and already available in digital form. The aim of this kickstarter is to fund the printing of physical copies of the Basic Ruleset. There are already available high quality physical copies of the second book of the series ''Clash of Banners''. That means that you only have to wait for the production and shipping time. Everything is already created.


As I said the ruleset is miniature agnostic, nevertheless though Eoin trusted me with the sculpting of a few named characters cast in high quality resin. These are not part of this kickstarter and you can totally play the game without them, Im posting these here as a token of the dedication and level of commitment of the creative team behind FBOS.

[commissarmoody]

I was going to post this up, but see that you already beat me too it. 

To ripe a bit from the Kickstater here is a bit of the background.
 
Hail and well met traveller. I hope your road was not too troublesome, we strive hard to keep the highways and byways clear for those towns, cities and princelings who pay well enough.

You have come here, to a fort of the company. To sign up, to earn gold and glory. To blaze your name into the annals of myth and legend across Túath. Maybe you even dream of forging your legend in the horrors of the chasm where the veil between realities is torn asunder. For now, I assure you, put these thoughts from your head. If you decide to take the golden coin of Licinius, if you decide to join the company and sign away the next decade of your life to a world of violence, toil, double crossing and penny pinching nobles then be glad if you survive it intact.

The lands teem with the Sídhe and their Formoraic allies, monsters are abroad again. The chasm groans and releases new horrors daily, magic rises and mages cannot contain the pressure… So make your mark, take the coin and join us as we all strive to become

Famous By Our Swords.

:Welcome to Túath, a land blighted by the legacy of a war between gods, where a mercenary company which is known only as ‘The Company’ fights to keep the lands safe, for a price. Your mantra should be the same as that of the company. Steel for Gold or Gold from Steel. You may choose to play as a soft hearted charitable blade, to do good for the sake of good and help those in need, this will leave you short of gold when the company comes to collect and the company does not look kindly on those who shirk their tithes.

In this world you can play as a single mercenary, going from place to place taking on contracts and earning fame at the point of your blade alone, or you can lead a small band of your fellow mercenaries. The system allows for skirmish play, narrative driven rpg-lite campaigns or any mix of the two that you enjoy. Túath is a vast canvas waiting for brave souls to forge their own narrative, build a legend and become famous by their sword, bow, spear, axe or any other weapon they choose to wield. The miniature agnostic nature of the game and setting is designed to encourage maximum creativity when it comes to using miniatures or kitbashing your own.

I developed FBOS with two basic principles in mind:

1 - Easy to learn and hard to master. I designed the games in such a way that the complexity is between the two players and their plans than between the player and their minis.

2 - Maximum creativity. I want players to feel free in creating any style of mercenary or warband that they choose. Túath as a setting is open in scope and allows for the mixing of historical and fantasy themes/miniatures as players see fit.