Avalanche Press Presents
Fort: The Roleplaying Game

(Birmingham, Ala., April 1, 2008) — Avalanche Press returns to roleplaying with Fort: The Roleplaying Game, coming in summer 2008.

Written by RPG veteran Shane Ivey, Fort: The Roleplaying Game brings the latest concepts in “indie” style story-based games to the historical military action for which Avalanche Press is famous.

In Fort: The Roleplaying Game, each player takes the role of a soldier or commander in a military conflict. By providing a loose narrative frame, Fort gives players the opportunity to cooperatively determine the the details of the conflict. Fort: The Roleplaying Game includes a list of suggested reference materials for players to use when fleshing out their games, but does not restrictively force them to play in a predetermined setting.

Each player likewise influences task resolution, alleviating the need for a game master or dice.

“We’ve found that player common sense and creativity are more powerful tools than arbitrary random elements,” says designer Shane Ivey.

“For example, let’s say one player wants to attack another player’s character. The players look at elements like cover and the timing of the attack — was the target hidden behind cover when the attacker shouted ‘Bang! I got you!’ Or was there enough concealment that the attacker shouldn’t really have been able to actually hit? Was the target wounded or killed outright? Is another soldier near enough that the player can transfer his or her role to that new soldier and continue seamlessly in play?

“In Fort, the players together decide these issues without bothering with a lot of time-consuming dice rolls or referring to one player who gets stuck with the boring role of referee. In Fort, no one player runs the game because every player runs the game.”

Fort: The Roleplaying Game is a full-color hardback core game book with a suggested retail price of $49.99, available summer 2008.

Avalanche Press will further expand its RPG line-up this fall with Cops: Police Roleplaying, Robbers: Roleplaying on the Edge, and House: Dramas in Domesticity.