-------------------------------- ATL@S UPDATE -- 24 November 1998 -------------------------------- UNKNOWN ARMIES PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release 23 November, 1998 Atlas Games to Release Unknown Armies "What will you risk to change the world?" Atlas Games poses this question to roleplayers in January with the release of Unknown Armies, a new roleplaying game of transcendental horror and furious action. Conceived and designed by co-authors Greg Stolze and John Tynes, the game emphasizes emotional realism and complex narratives in its presentation of a reality controlled by unseen forces. Set in the present day, Unknown Armies offers a turbulent world of clandestine warfare and occult intrigue in which the cosmos will soon die and be reborn. Next time around, the world might be a terrible place -- or it could be paradise. It's up to the actions of individual men and women to decide the outcome, for good or ill. Players take the roles of conspirators within the occult underground, pursuing their own goals while opposing the goals of others. The result is a high-octane mix of action, horror, and drama unlike any other roleplaying game on the market. Stolze and Tynes are both veteran roleplaying game writers and designers. Between them, they've made major contributions to numerous roleplaying game lines, including Call of Cthulhu, Everway, Feng Shui, In Nomine, Legend of the Five Rings, Over the Edge, and more. Atlas Games is widely known for its innovation in gaming. Among other titles, Atlas publishes Ars Magica, the roleplaying game of medieval magic; Over the Edge, the roleplaying game of surreal danger; Lunch Money, the card game of merciless street fighting; and Once Upon A Time, the fairy tale storytelling card game. "We're thrilled to have the opportunity to bring this cutting-edge game to market," said Atlas President John Nephew. Unknown Armies was originally to have been published by Archon Gaming, Inc. When Archon was unable to pursue the project, Stolze and Tynes brought it to Atlas. Atlas plans to release a full line of support materials for Unknown Armies, starting with One Shots, a book of scenarios, in February of 1999. # # # Unknown Armies is (c) and (tm) Greg Stolze and John Tynes. ========== WEB SITE UPDATES The Atlas Games web site, located at www.atlas-games.com, has been updated a number of times since the last ATL@S UPDATE went out in early November. Highlights include printable play references for Lunch Money and Spammers; new character sheets for Ars Magica; and Misplaced Childhood, a full scenario for Over the Edge. To find out what's new since your last visit, click on the News section and follow the link to the Site Updates page. ========== THE MYTHIC SEAS SHIPS The Mythic Seas, November's Ars Magica release, is shipping today and tomorrow, November 24 and 25. Assuming that your retailer has placed an order and his or her distributor is financially up to date with Atlas Games, this sourcebook should arrive on store shelves just after Thanksgiving. Title: The Mythic Seas Product Number: AG0259 ISBN: 1-887801-69-3 Length: 96 pages Suggested Retail Price: $16.95 (US) ========== PRODUCT ANNOUNCEMENT The Dragon and the Bear: The Novgorod Tribunal "These Russians -- too many princes. Now in Great Bulgar, we are sensible folk. Terribly sensible. We have only one prince, our Khan, you see? He gives us our law -- all the same law -- good Muslim law too. And he leads us in battle, and he sets the taxes lightly, oh yes. Now isn't that sensible? These Russians -- too many princes." Welcome to Russia and the lands of the Novgorod Tribunal. These principalities sprawl over an enormous expanse of Mythic Europe, encompassing Novgorod itself, Suzdalia, Smolensk, Polotsk, Volinia, Kiev, Chernigov, Ryazan, Pereyaslavl, Galicia, and Pinsk-Turov, as well as the Kingdom of Poland. Forest, swamp, steppe, and tundra -- the Novgorod Tribunal encompasses all of these, and holds the magi who live in it under its authority. And yet for such a vast breadth of land, few magi dwell in this tribunal. Far more numerous are the Volkhvy -- the religious leaders of the slavs, who wield their own mighty power. The Dragon and the Bear includes a complete history of Russia and Poland through the thirteenth century. It offers full rules for Volkhv characters, including the entirely new system of magic used by these pagan elders. It delves into slavic deities -- the Old Ones -- and investigates slavic Faerie. It details the Hermetic landscape, fully describing four Hermetic covenants and supplying a wealth of ideas for a covenant of player characters. Finally, it examines the Mongol invasions of the thirteenth century, and suggests how they may affect your saga . . . even if it's not set in the Novgorod tribunal! Product Number: AG0260 ISBN: 1-887801-71-5 Length: 192 pages Suggested Retail Price: $23.95 (US) Author: Simeon Shoul Cover Artist: Douglas Shuler Shipping in March, 1999 ========== PRODUCT ANNOUNCEMENT UNKNOWN ARMIES A New Roleplaying Game by Greg Stolze and John Tynes A brand-new roleplaying game of transcendental horror and furious action -- Pulp Fiction meets Hellraiser. What will you risk to change the world? In Unknown Armies, players take the roles of movers and shakers in the occult underground, fighting a battle for the ultimate prize: ascension to a higher plane and a hand in creating the next incarnation of reality. Loathsome monsters, bizarre supernatural forces, mind-bending magic, warring cults, and ten thousand bullets--it's a pulp apocalypse, and the players have front-row seats for the steel-cage death match of all eternity. From the twisted minds of designers Greg Stolze (Usagi Yojimbo) and John Tynes (Delta Green). Unknown Armies will be published as a 224-page, perfect bound book, featuring cover art by Thomas Manning and interior art by Jason Alexander, Andy Bennett, Paul Carrick, Felipe Echevarria, Earl Geier, Paul Herbert, Thomas Manning, Bob Modelski, Rob Nemeth, Dan Parsons, Jim Pavelec, Matt Roach, and Brian Snoddy. Product Number: AG6000 ISBN: 1-887801-70-7 Suggested Retail Price: $25.00 (US) Recommended for mature readers The Armies Arrive in January 1999 ========== You're reading ATL@S UPDATE, Atlas Games's periodic electronic newsletter. It's published whenever there's newsworthy information from Atlas Games to report. 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