My Latest Project: War of Reaving
As many have surmised by now, I’m hip-deep into my latest Catalyst project, the War of Reaving Sourcebook. It’s been several years in coming and I’m quite thrilled Herb and Randall (and CGL) have given me the entire kit-n-kaboodle to write. As you can see above, the cover is in its prefinal stages and though it’s a different direction than usual, I actually have grown to like it.
Here’s the back cover copy:
As the Jihad raged, one enemy of the Inner Sphere remained in the shadows, riven by internal strife and dissent. As political and military alliances among the Clans are torn asunder, one Clan unleashes the unthinkable amid the Homeworlds. The result is a war that reaches deep into the bloodlines of every Clan: none are immune. Those who survive will not speak of it. It is a war that may alter everything.
It is a War of Reaving. The Clans will never be the same again.
The War of Reaving Sourcebook details the long-sought happenings of the Clans after the results of the Great Refusal through the end of the Jihad, compiled from detailed reports culled from each of the distant Clans and beyond. Included are sections on each Clan’s struggle for survival, the personalities of the era, new rules for weapons, units, and factions that surface, and an in-depth campaign so players can immerse themselves within the conflagration.
Publication is slated for Summer 2012, just in time for GenCon.
After the jump, a partial breakdown of the current TOC.
To Stand Alone (opening fiction)
Introduction/How to Use This Book
Ripples (3061 – 3067)
The Diets
Wars of Possession
Calamity Beneath the Waves
Rage (3068 – 3071)
Refuting Refusals
The ilKhan Cometh
Ejecting the Tainted
Gutting the Raven
Spearing the Shark
Wrath (3072 – 3073)
The Reaving
The Rise of the Genecaste
The Hooded Alliance
Sacrifice of the Few
Shattering (3074 – 3078)
Absorbing the Scorpions
The Spirit Fades
Constriction and Consumption
Following the Taint
The Curse Begins
Rebirth and Renewal (3079 – 3095)
Contamination
Wall of Stone
To the Mandrill Goes the Spoils
Horse and Wolf
The Current Era (3096)
Blood Cobras
Star Adders
Coyote
Fire Mandrill
Ice Scorpion
Tanite Union
Jade Falcon
Ghost Bear Dominion
Wolf
Hell’s Horses
Snow Raven Alliance
Diamond Shark
Tainted Ones
The New Caste System
Rules
New Equipment (aerofighter, WarShip, BattleMech, ProtoMech)
New ATOW skills, equipment
Creatures (Zalman hyperworm, Arcadian cave spider, Circian blood monkey, Hector rock tiger)
New Faction Rules (ATOW)
New units (Allele, Axon, Oncogene, Telomere)
Campaign
6 Mission-style tracks
12 Touchpoint-style tracks
Record Sheets & Tables
Allele Prime, A-C
Axon Prime, A-F
Oncogene Prime, A-B
Telomere Prime
Prinz Eugen (refit)
McKenna’s Pride (refit)
Ancestral Home (refit)
Total page count: 212
Retail price: TBD