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a|state

Format: Hardback Colour cover, B&W internal art
Page Count: 256pp
RRP: £25 / $40US
ISBN: 0-9545191-0-8
Release Date: Available now

a|state is the first release from new British RPG company Contested Ground Studios. The game itself is set in The City. Isolated from the outside world, it is a place riven by horrors, plagued by inhumanity and crushed under the weight of its own population. The City is a sepiatone world, lit by guttering gaslamps and flickering filaments. Rotting concrete towerblocks and dank brick tenements house the millions who work, live and die in The City. Ghostfighters, Lostfinders, Mudlarks and Flowghosts make their way along the winding streets and stinking canals. a|state is about hope in a dark place. About characters who bring hope to themselves, their families, their friends, even to the whole city.

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The Lostfinders Guide To Mire End

Format: Colour cover, B&W internal art
Page Count: 32pp
RRP: £6 / $10US
ISBN: 0-9545191-1-6
Release Date: Available now

The first supplement for a|state, The Lostfinders Guide To Mire End delves into the sodden, degraded burgh of Mire End and comes up with choice nuggets of information about this most despised of places. New locations, NPCs, organisations and adventure possibilities unfold in this 32 page guide. Trawl through the pawnshop of Emmanuel Detseted, recoil from the barrios of Redberry Park or wonder at the child-like violence of Wastrels Lot. The Lostfinders Guide To Mire End is the first in a series of Lostfinders Guides, each focusing on a specific area of The City.

Click here to visit the 'Lostfinders Guide To Mire End' page and download a PDF preview of the supplement.

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Avenues & Alleyways

Format: Colour cover, B&W internal art
Page Count: 112pp
RRP: £16/$28
ISBN: 978-0-9545191-2-4
Release Date: Available now

With 30 new city areas, background essays on health, education  and whole host of other topics, Avenues & Alleyways opens up whole new regions of The City for adventure and exploration. From the downtrodden miners of Sullen Cut to the frenetic free market of Ringtown, from the glittery opulence of The Grand Emporium to the looming horror of Soulsgate Debtors Prison, Avenues & Alleyways details more of the highs and lows of city life.

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Iron Ring

Format: Colour cover, B&W internal art
Page Count: 96pp
RRP: T.B.A
ISBN: 0-9545191-3-2
Release Date: T.B.A

What was The Shift? How did it happen? Why can no one leave The City? What is really going on? All these questions and more are answered in Iron Ring

 

 

 

Captive Market

Format: Colour cover, B&W internal art
Page Count: 96pp
RRP: T.B.A
ISBN: 0-9545191-4-0
Release Date: T.B.A

Dominating life in The City, the macrocorps rule the lives of millions. With their access to resources, their military might and stranglehold on communication, they are impregnable fortresses of privilege and wealth. But what lies behind the doors of Konkret, The Forbidden City and The Iron Bastion? How do these huge organisations function and who controls them? Captive Market looks at each of the macrocorps in detail, examining their culture, their ethos, their personalities and the resources that they command.

 

PDF Adventures & Sourcebooks

 

 

 

The Consequences Of Debt

Format: PDF: Colour cover, colour internal art
Page Count: 28pp
RRP: Free download
Release Date: Available now

The first full demo adventure pack for a|state, The Consequences Of Debt thrusts five criminal lowlives into a race for their very existence. On the busiest, most frenetic day of the year, they must run, crawl, push, bribe, threaten and fight their way to their goal. Otherwise, losing digits to the Four Fingers Crew is the least of their worries...

CoD is a complete adventure pack, with five pre-generated, fully detailed characters and all the information needed to run a demo or introductory game of 2 - 4 hours length.

 

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Ghostfighter

Format: PDF: Colour cover, B&W internal art
Page Count: 32pp
RRP: $6.95US from RPGNow.com
Release Date: Available now

Taking a detailed look at the mysterious and deadly ghostfighters, this eponymously titled sourcebook is crammed full of new background information, character details, equipment and NPCs. 

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a|state GM Screen

Format: PDF: Colour Screen in A4 & US Letter
Page Count: 21pp
RRP: $4.95US from RPGNow.com
Release Date: Available now

The a|state GMs Screen allows you to print out and create your own GMs screen for the game from the 3 art and 3 table sections included in the pack. Not only does the screen contain top quality artwork and all the tables you’ll need when running the game, it also comes with a bonus pack of 16 adventures nuggets entitled ‘Tales of The City’.

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Faces in the Crowd, Volume 1 - Villains

Format: PDF: Colour cover, B&W internal art
Page Count: 33pp
RRP: $6.95US from RPGNow.com
Release Date: Available now

'Faces In The Crowd, Volume 1 : Villains' features 10 fully detailed & statted NPCs. Each character comes complete with a full-page illustration and an associated adventure nugget. Each installment of 'Faces in the Crowd' is set to be an invaluable addition to your a|state games.

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Gone To The Dogs

Format: PDF: Colour cover, colour internal art
Page Count: 40pp
RRP: $6.95US from RPGNow.com
Release Date: T B A

Something untoward is occurring at Folly Hills dog track

Unfancied nags are winning races...
Competitive dogs are going to the pot...
Punters are disappearing thick and fast...
Something is casting a shadow over the once thriving bustle of the dog track...

Enter our heroes. Press-ganged due to their gambling debts and compulsive tendencies from their stultifyingly boring existence, they are thrust into the cutthroat world of the dog track. Violent betting syndicates, sinister organised crime groups, disgruntled dog owners and bemused punters, all have their part to play in the microcosm that is the track.

If the track goes down, hundred of families will be thrown into poverty, their children left to starve or sell their souls on the hard streets of Folly Hills and Mire End. With time running out, creditors clamouring for payment, the PCs must race to find out what's going on and save not only their own reputations, but also the people of Folly Hills.

Gone To The Dogs is a complete adventure for a|state, which can be run as a stand alone game, a convention demo or integrated into and ongoing campaign.