For September’s Playset of the Month we are proud to present Transatlantic!
The time is 1932, the place? Somewhere in the mid-Atlantic aboard the luxury cruise ship Leviathan, a week out of Southampton en route to New York. On this flagship cruiser’s maiden voyage, the Captain has been directed to quietly contend for the glorious Blue Riband — the accolade awarded to the fastest crossing of the Atlantic Ocean.
Topside, you enjoy a salty Gibson while pulling the heavy double wool of your coat closer to your body. Friends make merry with lively talk amongst themselves — it’s a din barely overheard above the hammering engine and thresh of the ship’s mighty propellers. Spray from the bow’s cleave manages to catch your cheek even this far aft. Your gaze draws across the dull, slate waters wondering at the marvel of it all: New beginnings? Maybe this time things will be different? Perhaps your dreams are within reach? What could possibly go wrong?
Written by E. Tage Larsen, Transatlantic draws inspiration from movies such as Bitter Moon, Titanic and Poseidon Adventure, among others. Gather your friends and some classy cocktails for an evening of fun below decks!
If you’re looking to buy the print version of Fiasco right now, you might have noticed that it’s out of stock at Indie Press Revolution. We were caught off guard a bit by our success at Gen Con, but no worries- we have a new printing under way, and it will be available in the next few weeks.
Re-order Pre-order!
No need to wait, however- we have a new “re-order pre-order” deal in place at IPR. If you buy the game now, you’ll get immediate access to the PDF and your print copy will ship to you when it is available (expected by mid-September).
In honor of this event, we’re adding the Los Angeles 1936 playset to every PDF download of Fiasco sold until the end of the year.
Written by Chris Bennett and released exclusively for Gen Con, Los Angeles 1936 puts Fiasco players in the black and white world of Raymond Chandler’s L.A., full of smoky nightclubs, Hollywood starlets and hard men with guns looking to unravel all their grand dreams.
If you’ve already purchased the PDF from one of our distributors, please log in again to grab this special edition playset for yourself.
We here at Bully Pulpit are very excited to be able to say that Fiasco won a 2010 ENnies Judges’ Award from Jeramy Ware. He explains his reasoning on his blog:
I had an extremely difficult time choosing which one of the fantastic products we received to recognize with my Judges’ Award, so in the end I went with the most important criteria I could think of – which one provided the most fun at my game table.
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[Fiasco] took a group of people who barely knew each other and had us playing and laughing together for nearly 4 hours without any hesitation or awkwardness. I don’t know that there is a better test for a roleplaying game.
Thank you Jeramy and all of the ENnies Judges for your time and consideration. We’re very honored. Thanks also to Ryan Macklin for accepting the award on our behalf during the ceremony!
We here at Bully Pulpit are very excited to be able to say that Fiasco won a