Battlelords of the 23rd Century, 7th Edition - Science Fiction Roleplaying Game
Created by 23rd Century Productions
Battlelords of the 23rd Century (Kickstarter Edition) is a full color, hardcover tabletop sci-fi RPG book. The new version features streamlined rules.
Kickstarter is now closed, but you can still purchase the book at retail price below.
Latest Updates from Our Project:
Charlie Foxtrot, The Battlelords Adventure Compendium, is being Distributed in US this week (and other news)
almost 3 years ago
– Tue, May 04, 2021 at 12:49:11 PM
Gen Con 2021
We will be running events, in person, at Gen Con 2021 in Indianapolis. We hope to be an exhibitor this year as well. Due to our limited staff size, we will not be running virtual events this year. We will provide more news about this as it becomes available.
Future Projects
We have a lot of future projects in the works.
We will continue to release issues of Warmonger’s Guide.
Fully Armored is in layout and art production (see below)
The A.R.M. Summer Catalog is in development (aka Uncle Ernie’s for 7th edition)
Eridani Sourcebook is in early development.
Charlie Foxtrot, The Battlelords Adventure Compendium, is being Distributed in US this week.
Charlie Foxtrot books and Charlie Foxtrot Kickstarter goals have reached our U.S. fulfillment house, and distribution will begin this week. Our U.K. fulfillment house is just waiting on the arrival of our stretch goal items, which are in transit there. Digital goals have also been distributed, so be sure to check your email.
“Savage Battlelords” Playtesting Continues
Phase 3 playtesting materials will be distributed this week. If you’d like to participate in the playtesting of the Battlelords setting for Savage Worlds, please send us an email to [email protected].
NOTE: We will NOT be stopping production of 7th edition or 7th edition compatible sourcebooks. This will allow players to choose from a more tactical ruleset (7th edition/X150) or a more narrative ruleset (Savage Worlds).
Mailing List
Want to find out about our next Kickstarter? Don’t forget to join our mailing every time we get 10 new members we give away a Battlelords PDF to someone on the mailing list. Sign up at http://bit.ly/BLMailingList
Reviews, Live plays, and audio dramas
Be sure to check out the links page on our website for a selection of reviews, interviews, live plays, and even a Battlelords audio drama by Red Moon Roleplaying! If you know a podcaster or reviewer please send them our way! http://www.23rdcentury.net/links
Kiki "Kay Kay" Kurnia's Cover art for FULLY ARMORED - our next project!
1st Battlelords Soucebook - Charlie Foxtrot: Print copies arriving in U.S. and U.K.
about 3 years ago
– Tue, Mar 02, 2021 at 10:24:30 AM
The publisher's copy, shipped ahead of the bulk copies off the press, arrived yesterday on our doorstop. The bulk copies arrived at our fulfillment house in the UK yesterday and we hope to distribute those in the next week or two once they're inventoried. The North American copies are still in transit, but we hope to be distributing the North American copies to Kickstarter supporters in the next 30 days! If you didn't get a chance to grab your copy on the Charlie Foxtrot Kickstarter you still have time (barely) to hop over there and hit the PRE-ORDER button!
STRETCH GOAL PDF NOW AVAILABLE (and other updates)!
about 3 years ago
– Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 07:05:49 AM
Warmonger’s Guide PDF available!
Formally called, "Armor Up" Book one of the Warmonger’s Guide series is now available. Book One is free to all Battlelords Kickstarter backers who had Stretch Goals in their pledge. Later books in the series will are not included in the Stretch Goals. Book one, which is entitled BOOT CAMP, focuses on information that’s most valuable to players during the character creation phase.
Charlie Foxtrot, the Battlelords adventure compendium, has shipped from our printer to our fulfillment house in the UK! Copies will take a little longer to reach the US on the slow boat from Europe.
Charlie Foxtrot PDF available!
If you can’t wait to get your book, remember that a PDF version of Charlie Foxtrot PDF was sent out to our Kickstarter Backers. If you’re a backer and you didn’t get your PDF let us know. You can purchase a PDF by clicking the PRE-ORDER button on the front page of the Charlie Foxtrot kickstarter, on our webpage at Available on our webpage at http://www.23rdcentury.net/shop
The spacecraft in this PDF were originally designed for the Battlelords of the 23rd Century military sci-fi roleplaying game. In fact, all of these diagrams come straight out of the core rulebook for Battlelords. Being sci-fi gamers ourselves, we're always on the lookout for cool science-fictiony floor plans or deck plans. So, we thought we'd make our deck plans available to other sci-fi gamers. The ships include:
Bohemian Class Yacht
Bane-Class Personal War Cruiser
Freischarler Infiltrator War Scout
Savior-Class rescue Cutter
Nidar-Class "Crab" Salvage Vessel
Turtle Freighter
This package includes:
19 page PDF with details about the ships, exteriors views, variants, specs, and of course deckplans - all taken from the Battlelords of the 23rd Century RPG.
PDF of the 6 sets of deck plans suitable for printing
High res image files of the 6 sets of deck plans suitable for printing on poster-sized paper.
We've been getting a lot of questions about our future projects, so here's an update:
Savage Battlelords. Battlelords setting using Savage Worlds rules.
Fully Armored: Guns, Gear, and Armor.
Warmonger’s Guidebooks. 48 pg PDFs released periodically to provide a more steady stream of Battlelords content between printed books. First three guide books will be combined and printed in hardcopy.
Warmonger’s Guide,Book 2: Muddy Tracks – Vehicles and vehicular weapons!
Warmonger’s Guide,Book 3: Rusty Medals – Sort through our list of medals, commendations and awards after you dig through the new critical hit tables.
· ARM Summer Catalog(Tentative title). A listing of Uncle Ernie’s finest hostile alien lifeforms.
· Eridani Sourcebook/Adventure(Early stages)
“Savage Battlelords” in Playtesting
Speaking of “Savage Battlelords” If you’d like to help playtest the rules please contact us at [email protected] Playtesters will need to sign a non-disclosure agreement and join our discord. NOTE: We will NOT be stopping production of 7th edition or 7th edition compatible sourcebooks. This will allow players to choose from a more tactical ruleset (7th edition/X150) or a more narrative ruleset (Savage Worlds). This project will be kickstarted.
Old School Re-Prints
Under our Old Skool imprint, we will be converting 6th edition books so they can be printed using DriveThruRPG’s Print-on-Demand services. Currently, Galactic Underground 2 is the first Old Skool book available in hardcopy. More 6thedition hardcopies are on the way!
Many old and obscure 6th edition books and paper-minis are now available in PDF format on DriveThruRPG. Some of these have not been available for decades. Paper minis, Silent Wars – the Rebel Sourcebook, The Golden Rule – Corporate Sourcebook, The Carnage Screen, the BattleMaster Pack, and more! Check it out!
Don’t forget to join our mailing each. Every time we get 10 new members we give away a Battlelords PDF to someone on the mailing list. Sing up at http://bit.ly/BLMailingList
Reviews, actual plays, and audio dramas
Be sure to check out the links page on our website for a constantly updated selection of reviews, interviews, live plays, and even a Battlelords audio drama by Red Moon Roleplaying! http://www.23rdcentury.net/links
If you know a podcaster, streamer, or reviewer please send them our way!
Charlie Foxtrot at the printer!
about 3 years ago
– Thu, Jan 21, 2021 at 09:23:25 AM
Charlie Foxtrot at the printer!
We’ve sorted out the issues with the Charlie Foxtrot print files and the proofs have been approved. Our printer is now working on cranking out hardback copies of Charlie Foxtrot. We expect the print run to be ready in February and reach our fulfillment houses in March. That means hardcopies will probably be appearing in mailboxes in March and April. Thank to everyone for their support and backing on this project. Thanks to our authors and artists!
Charlie Foxtrot PDF available!
If you can’t wait to get your book, remember that a PDF version of Charlie Foxtrot PDF was sent out to our Charlie Foxtrot Kickstarter Backers. If you’re a Charlie Foxtrot backer and you didn’t get your PDF let us know. You can purchase a PDF by clicking the pre-order button on the Charlie Foxtrot kickstarter or on DriveThruRPG.
Future BattlelordsProjects
We've been getting a lot of questions about our future projects, so here's an update:
· Savage Battlelords. Battlelords setting using Savage Worlds rules.
· Fully Armored: Guns, Gear, and Armor.
· Warmonger’s Guide books. 48 pg PDFs released periodically to provide a more steady stream of Battlelords content between printed books. First three guide books will be combined and printed in hardcopy.
· ARM Summer Catalog (Tentative title). A listing of Uncle Ernie’s finest hostile alien lifeforms.
· Eridani Sourcebook/Adventure (Early stages)
“Savage Battlelords” in Playtesting
Speaking of “Savage Battlelords” If you’d like to help playtest the rules please contact us at [email protected] Playtesters will need to sign a non-disclosure agreement and join our discord. NOTE: We will NOT be stopping production of 7th edition or 7th edition compatible sourcebooks. This will allow players to choose from a more tactical ruleset (7th edition/X150) or a more narrative ruleset (Savage Worlds). This project will be kickstarted.
Old School Re-Prints
Under our Old Skool imprint, we will be converting 6th edition books so they can be printed using DriveThruRPG’s Print-on-Demand services. Currently, Galactic Underground 2 is the first Old Skool book available in hardcopy. More 6thedition hardcopies are on the way!
Many old and obscure 6th edition books and paper-minis are now available on DriveThruRPG. Some of these have not been available for decades. Check it out!
Don’t forget to join our mailing each. Every time we get 10 new members we give away a Battlelords PDF to someone on the mailing list. Sing up at http://bit.ly/BLMailingList
Reviews, Live plays, and audio dramas
Be sure to check out the links page on our website for a constantly updated selection of reviews, interviews, live plays, and even a Battlelords audio drama by Red Moon Roleplaying! http://www.23rdcentury.net/links
If you know a podcaster, streamer, or reviewer please send them our way!
Battlelords PDF Updated. Charlie Foxtrot Available.
over 3 years ago
– Wed, Dec 09, 2020 at 08:15:19 AM
Battlelords of the 23rd Century PDF updated
The latest version of the Battlelords of the 23rd Century PDF has been distributed via BackerKit to our Kickstarter supporters and via DriveThruRPG to those who purchased the PDF there. The current version is 1.23 (1st edition, version 23). Any errors or clarifications referenced in Errata V23 have already been fixed in version 23 of the Battlelords PDF.
Updated Battlelords Errata released
The newest Errata (V23) is now available for Battlelords of the 23rd Century (Kickstarter Edition) via our website or drivethrurpg.
Charlie Foxtrot PDF available!
Print-ready version of Charlie Foxtrot PDF sent to Kickstarter Backers. 229 days from our Kickstarter going live to delivery of the book and we hit our estimated delivery date of December 2020 (well, for the PDF at least). Hardcopy expected 1st quarter of 2021. Thank to everyone for their support and backing on this project. Thanks to our authors and artists!
Battlelords Trivia of the Day
The book Charlie Foxtrot will be the first Battlelords book released in over a decade that contains only new and never-before-seen material.
Fully Armored in Development
Two chapters in our new comprehensive gear book are in layout and others are nearing completion of the manuscript phase. This project will be kickstarted.
“Savage Battlelords” in Playtesting
In other news, we are working on developing the Battlelords setting for the Savage Worlds ruleset. We have received approval from Pinnacle Entertainment to move forward, and have begun playtesting. Playtesters will need to sign a non-disclosure agreement and join our discord. NOTE: We will NOT be stopping production of 7th edition or 7th edition compatible sourcebooks. This will allow players to choose from a more tactical ruleset (7th edition/X150) or a more narrative ruleset (Savage Worlds). This project will be kickstarted.
Mailing List
Don’t forget to join our mailing each. Every time we get 10 new members we give away a Battlelords PDF to someone on the mailing list. Sing up at http://bit.ly/BLMailingList
Reviews, Live plays, and audio dramas
Be sure to check out the links page on our website for a selection of reviews, interviews, live plays, and even a Battlelords audio drama by Red Moon Roleplaying! If you know a podcaster or reviewer please send them our way! http://www.23rdcentury.net/links
