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Rogue Traders are the lifeblood of the Imperium's economic power, as any Rogue Trader will be happy to tell you.

Artist: Alberto Bontempi

Looks good

 Mr Morden wrote:
Looks good

Really? That sword, Xenos!
Looks like heresy to me, best purge it with fire.

 Insurgency Walker wrote:

 Mr Morden wrote:
Looks good

Really? That sword, Xenos!
Looks like heresy to me, best purge it with fire.

Rogue Trader - Xenos weapons are kinda a trademark neh?

Solid piece of art - nice.

...not that I'll be buying this game for the art.

When is this actually out then?

Late Summer or early Fall this year IIRC?

I thought I read that it would be at Gencon, for sale. So that's early August. Hope they don't pull a Dark Heracy with this one. Dark Heracy, the only RPG both sold out, and canceled prior to official release date.

For those interested, the Gen Con event schedule is now live. At glance, it looks like Ulissess Spiele is running four preview games for Wrath & Glory a day. At present, it looks like the best way to find the game is to set the search filters to "Host Ulisess Spiele" and "Category: Role Playing Games". The event names and descriptions are below.

One Foot in the Mausoleum - In the grim darkness of the far future, a disgraced Imperial noble died under suspicious circumstances & was hurriedly interred on the mortuary moon of Daedalon. According to the Rogue Trader Jakel Varonius, the noble died shortly after acquiring a mysterious alien relic. Your mission is to get to the mausoleum, recover the artifact, and return with it in secret. The stakes are high & time is short – others have already begun the hunt, both for you & the artifact.

The Reach - In the grim darkness of the far future, an enemy of the Imperium is seeking to destabilize a loyal system of worlds. The trusted aide of a tyrannical Astra Militarum commander—her one moderating influence—has been abducted. Your warband, and by extension, the Rogue Trader whom is your patron, are being blamed. You must locate and extract the hostage alive before open hostilities break out amongst the threatened worlds. Your lives—and the reputation of a Rogue Trader dynasty—depend on it.

Each game has room for six players and is four hours long. Tickets are four dollars a piece.

 Insurgency Walker wrote:
I thought I read that it would be at Gencon, for sale. So that's early August. Hope they don't pull a Dark Heracy with this one. Dark Heracy, the only RPG both sold out, and canceled prior to official release date.

Gotta love GW. <REMOVED> While claiming their customers love them for it.

So, GenGon get a cease and desist order for advertising GW games yet, or is that still working through GW legal?

I think GW put the legal team on retainer and dumped the savings into specialist games, and plastic sisters.
So the game might not be for sale by gencon, but will be played at Gencon.

The first preview games are going to be held at Origins, there is a Free RPG Day adventure after that, and then the game itself will most likely have a release at Gen Con.

For those into the beeps and boops of social media, they now also have an official Instagram page with some new art: https://www.instagram.com/ulissesgamesna/

While there's not much in the way of new information here, it is a nice testimony from someone who's played the game with Ross.

IIRC they had a live stream post yesterday as well for the actual game played for those who want to listen to the whole thing.

Yeah the stream really killed my interest. Looks clunky and waaaay too gamey for an RPG that I'd like to play.

 Elbows wrote:
Yeah the stream really killed my interest. Looks clunky and waaaay too gamey for an RPG that I'd like to play.

As someone who owns all the FFG RPG/ Pathfinder books, I feel the stream showed us a functioning, simple RPG in comparison to some of those earlier systems. Which TBH, is all I think most people want out of a system. I am fairly interested to see what kind of customization options there are, but for now the game looks like its what it was billed as.

 Elbows wrote:
Yeah the stream really killed my interest. Looks clunky and waaaay too gamey for an RPG that I'd like to play.

So I tried just now taking a peek at the stream and it says you have to be subscribed to watch it? Doesn't a subscripiton typically require money? If so, did they lock it behind a paywall for anyone who couldn't catch it live during the middle of a work day? I'm not too familiar with twitch but, assuming that's correct, is that normal for twitch?

 warboss wrote:

 Elbows wrote:
Yeah the stream really killed my interest. Looks clunky and waaaay too gamey for an RPG that I'd like to play.

So I tried just now taking a peek at the stream and it says you have to be subscribed to watch it? Doesn't a subscripiton typically require money? If so, did they lock it behind a paywall for anyone who couldn't catch it live during the middle of a work day? I'm not too familiar with twitch but, assuming that's correct, is that normal for twitch?

It varies from channel to channel, but yes, GW channel is free live, but you have to subscribe to watch replays. If you have Amazon Prime you can get one free subscription a month though.

 warboss wrote:

 Elbows wrote:
Yeah the stream really killed my interest. Looks clunky and waaaay too gamey for an RPG that I'd like to play.

So I tried just now taking a peek at the stream and it says you have to be subscribed to watch it? Doesn't a subscripiton typically require money? If so, did they lock it behind a paywall for anyone who couldn't catch it live during the middle of a work day? I'm not too familiar with twitch but, assuming that's correct, is that normal for twitch?

the youtube video worked fine for me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xquyo7vr3p4

Enosh wrote:

 warboss wrote:

 Elbows wrote:
Yeah the stream really killed my interest. Looks clunky and waaaay too gamey for an RPG that I'd like to play.

So I tried just now taking a peek at the stream and it says you have to be subscribed to watch it? Doesn't a subscripiton typically require money? If so, did they lock it behind a paywall for anyone who couldn't catch it live during the middle of a work day? I'm not too familiar with twitch but, assuming that's correct, is that normal for twitch?

the youtube video worked fine for me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xquyo7vr3p4

Thanks, yeah, I saw that pop up on my feed tonight on youtube (and watched a bit) but we were talking about the same video on Twitch.

I’ve only seen a little but the thing I’m not a fan of so far is the cards for criticals, if I’m understanding that right. It feels a little too random rather than being roleplay to me.
I quite like the rest though. I’m so bored of D20 systems and I know the D10 system confused a few of my group. I’m intrigued to see the rest later. It mostly just looks like a simpler version of Dark Heresy with more character options which seems great


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As a side note, does anyone think big name characters are going to be in this? Primarchs or other major leaders for main factions for example? Dudes like Guilliman or Mortarion and such or even Cowl. As NPC's of course

Free RPG Day teaser: http://www.ulisses-us.com/wrath-glory-free-rpg-day-teaser/

I forget.. are tactical marines tier 3 or 2?

I have to admit, I want to try and new 40k RPG, but I am hesitant about dice pool systems.

That map one map is unappealing.

Teaser looks fun!

...but my real money is on the book in August.

The book style looks A LOT like the FFG Star Wars books... and I like that, so that's a plus for me!

Are dice pool mechanics in an RPG as bad as they seem?

Are we going to end up with tons of dice as we level up, or unclear situations for average people (eg: is a higher TN or less dice harder? Discerning what dice/TN ratio creates what chance of success)

I am a bit entry level when it comes to RPG's, and have only played dice pools in board games, but it doesn't seem to be a good system for balancing something yourself on the fly.

How does one go about getting the Free RPG Day stuff? Is it something you can sign up for and get sent, or do you have to acquire it from a store?

And if it's the latter, would someone in the UK be willing to pick up a copy for me, as I don't have any kind of store nearby? I'd of course be willing to cover the cost of postage.