Horrible Guild, the Italian publisher behind Railroad Ink and The King's Dilemma, is heading to BackerKit on 9 June with MemoryCore, a boxed anthology of six tabletop RPGs inspired by the 32-bit era of video gaming.
Each RPG in the set pays homage to the disc-based games of the 1990s. The six titles are Solid State Machine, Bloodsong, Extraction Protocol, Corebound Chronicles, Final Tournament, and Overdrive Crew. If those names sound like they belong on a PlayStation memory card, good. The individual games come packaged in cases designed to look like PS1 jewel cases, and the whole collection fits into a magnetic system box alongside dice and dry-erase markers. Full details on the genre and tone of each RPG have not been revealed yet, but the names alone hint at everything from tactical espionage to arena combat.
Horrible Guild has been around since Lorenzo Silva founded the company in 2014. Their catalogue runs from the quick-draw deduction of Similo to the heavyweight narrative legacy of The King's Dilemma, with frequent collaborator Hjalmar Hach co-designing both Railroad Ink and Dragon Castle alongside Silva. The publisher has run over 10 crowdfunding campaigns to date, giving backers a solid track record to judge by.
MemoryCore is currently in pre-launch on BackerKit ahead of its 9 June launch. If you grew up swapping memory cards and blowing on disc trays, this is aimed squarely at you.
Sources: BackerKit | ICv2 | Horrible Guild
