RPG: Take A First Look At The New Adventure Zone Balance RPG
Twogether Studios’ new Adventure Zone game is up for pre-order. Come and take a first look at the game, and get your copy reserved today.
The Adventure Zone is an incredible podcast by everyone’s favorite oldest, middlest, and babiest brothers, the McElroys and their dad, Clint. What started at the beginning of 5th Edition as an introduction to D&D with the Lost Mine of Phandelver quickly spiralled into a story of epic proportions with an elf, dwarf, and human discovering that they were part of an interplanar bureau dedicated to stopping strange evil magic things in a world not their own (sort of, it’s complicated and amazing and you can listen here).
Twogether Studios, which is collectively the creators of Eberron for D&D and the game Gloom, have partnered with the McElroy family to create a new storytelling card/roleplaying game centered around the story of the Bureau of Balance. With this cooperative card game, you’ll be able to tell your own stories set in that world:
What we love most about The Adventure Zone is its positive energy and the joy that everyone takes in building a story together. This is what we have focused on with TAZ: BoB — creating a foundation that encourages you and your friends to create your own stories. This is a game you can play with anyone, even if they’ve never played a storytelling game before. It’s rooted in the Balance Arc, but it doesn’t require players to know anything about The Adventure Zone to enjoy it. As new reclaimers for the Bureau of Balance, you will create your own unique stories.
Curious as to how the game works? Here’s the internet’s favorite Canadian sketch comedy streamers, Loading Ready Run, with a playthrough of a game so you can see it in action.
Pre-orders are below.
The Adventure Zone: Bureau of Balance – $39.95
The Adventure Zone: Bureau of Balance is a cooperative storytelling card game that lets you and your friends build your own stories in the world of The Adventure Zone, pitting your party of adventurers against the challenges of a deadly dungeon. It’s accessible and easy to learn, even with zero previous experience with fantasy roleplaying games or The Adventure Zone. No need for a DM: all you need is an hour, a few friends, and a little creativity. (But don’t worry–you’ll still get to roll a D20!)
TAZ: Bureau of Balance uses a modular system to dynamically generate missions. One night you may find yourself fighting sarcastic specters as you make your way through haunted caverns, while your next mission might pit you against cunning gerblins on a train racing towards a perilous destination. With 12 decks of double-sided cards as a foundation, TAZ: Bureau of Balance provides players with over 120 hours of unique challenges.
This pre-order comes with exclusive Reclaimer Rewards of additional Fantasy Kostco loot and other special cards you get to suggest. Check our our videos and streaming schedule to see how it’s played.
This is a pre-order. TAZ: Bureau of Balance is expected to ship no later than August 2020.
The Adventure Zone: Bureau of Balance Deluxe Edition – $59.95
For the discerning reclaimer, there is the limited edition version of The Adventure Zone: Bureau of Balance that comes with upgraded components in a box so beautiful your other games will be…jelly.
The game comes complete with all of the same components and Reclaimer Rewards as the standard game, with a few upgrades. The sturdy box construction has a wrap around voidfish design by Hari Conner, embellished with iridescent spot foil accents capable of consuming all knowledge and maintaining secrets.
As a player, you’re going to trade in the treasure from your hard-won challenges to go shopping at Fantasy Kostco. Why not do that in style with a 3D Fantasy Kostco card holder? Thankfully, you’ll get one in the deluxe set.
Other Upgraded loot: The deluxe set comes with 4 additional custom D20’s and 5 upgraded player assist coins
The deluxe set will only be available via this pre-order. If we’re lucky enough to make our pre-order goal we’ll make a very limited amount of extra copies to sell at one or two conventions.
Happy Adventuring!
