If you like your roleplaying with a political edge, SoulMuppet Publishing's Mad As Hell is about to get a lot easier to find. The acclaimed anti-capitalist demonhunting RPG is reaching general UK retail this week, with the books landing on game shop shelves over the coming weeks, according to Tabletop Sentinel.
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Start organising for freeWritten by Evie Moriarty, with art from a roster of indie illustrators including Scrap Princess and Alex Eckman-Lawn, Mad As Hell casts players as Radicals: members of various communities who band together to fight the literal demons of capitalism. In the game's framing you cannot simply stab your way out of trouble, because to put a demon down for good you first have to understand the quiet violence that created it. That makes for a game about community and resistance as much as monster-hunting.
Four books are hitting shops: the core hardcover rulebook, the Radical's Handbook, a bestiary called The Field Guide to Hell on Earth, and a solo-play book named The Scarred. The game raised more than £45,000 on Kickstarter last year before fulfilling to backers, and this retail push is your chance to grab it without tracking down a crowdfunding pledge.
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Set up your group for freeSoulMuppet has form for atmospheric, unashamedly political indie games. The UK publisher is also behind the fantasy-horror Best Left Buried and the lo-fi space western Orbital Blues, so a demonhunting game with a manifesto fits right in. If you want to try before you buy, there is a free Mad As Hell Quickstart on DriveThruRPG.
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Sources: Tabletop Sentinel | SoulMuppet Publishing | Kickstarter
