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:
Gen Con 2018 Update
almost 6 years ago
– Wed, Jul 11, 2018 at 11:59:35 AM
There are only 20 days until Gen Con 2018!
Nine (9) of our fifteen (15) events are sold out, and another three are nearly at capacity.
June (barely) Update
almost 6 years ago
– Fri, Jun 29, 2018 at 03:08:25 PM
June Update
Coming to Gen Con this year?
You can be the first to try out the 7th Edition of Battlelords of the 23rd Century! We are done preparing the three scenarios for the fifteen games we will be running at Gen Con 2018. There are still a few spots left if you’d like to get in on those. It’ll be the first chance people will have to play 7th edition rules “in the wild.”
The first 66% of the book is being prepped for copy-editing. We will be soliciting for a professionally copy-editor (and the CV to back it up) with gaming experience in the near future. If you know anyone with the requisite experience, send them our way.
Artwork
We’re cracking out the last few bits of artwork for the book. Admira Wajiya is helping us with some spectacular artwork for a few chapter title pages!
Playtesting and Development Continues - May 2018 Update
almost 6 years ago
– Tue, May 22, 2018 at 12:41:39 PM
PLAYTESTING
We continue to get great feedback on our playtest material. When developing the rules for 7th edition we strove to retain but streamline many of the rules and concepts that made Battlelords feel like Battlelords. The feedback we’re getting from the playtesters is that in many areas we can probably streamline and simplify the rules more than we did. As such we will be re-organizing the combat chapter into basic, advanced, and optional rules sections. In addition, other rules in the book will be shuffled into the “Optional” rules category in order to streamline play. Players who want the more crunchy and advanced rules will still have access to those, but the default set of combat rules will be a bit easier to use.
NEW PLAYTEST MATERIAL
The Ultra Armor (aka Humpties) stats/rules along with the stats/rules for humpty-sized HALS for them to fight will be our next playtest release. Many of the classic Arachnid foes have been up-sized to go toe-to-toe with the Ultra Armor jockeys.
PRODUCTION
Art production continues to move forward and we’re nearing the bottom of the list. In addition to longtime contributors Matt Bulahao, Stuart Ellis, Kiki “Kay Kay” Kurnia, Michael Osadciw we’ve recently added Can Basdogan who is working on our spaceships and Admira Wijaya who is kicking out some epic title page artwork for us.
In addition to the Vehicles & Ultra Armor chapter and the Hostile Alien Lifeforms (HALs) chapter, we are also nearing completion on the Cybernetics chapter. We are also in the process of procuring the services of a professional copy editor and proof reader. Lastly, our membership with Game Manufacturer’s Association (GAMA) has been approved.
PRE-ORDERS
Remember you can always pre-order your copy of Battlelords or expand your kickstarter pledge by going to our pre-order webpage here:
April 2018 Update
about 6 years ago
– Wed, Apr 18, 2018 at 01:27:57 PM
Here is your latest update.
The playtest feedback we’ve been getting on Version 2 of the Playtest rules has been great. Thanks to everybody provided us with feedback via email or on Facebook. Keep it coming!
We are in the process of revising the materials and we will be releasing a Version 3 eventually. Significant revisions have been made to the Matrix Manipulation rules. Smaller changes have been made throughout the document.
Art production continues and we’re closing in on getting the art list completed. Orion and spaceship illustrations are currently in the works with team pictures in the queue!
Most of the functional Alien fonts, which will be featured in the book layout are also completed. These fonts will be featured in the layout and provide clues to the backstory of the Battlelord’s setting.
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Technical Difficulties with Link to Playtest Materials
about 6 years ago
– Sat, Mar 17, 2018 at 05:36:37 PM
We were having some technical difficulties with the link to the new playtest materials. If you were unable to use the link provided you can go to www.drivethrurpg.com and do a search for Battlelords of the 23rd Century OR click on the new link below:
