Sword & Board Games

Always a heavy typer, that Serena.

Despite rumors to the contrary, we would like to remind everyone that the working conditions here at Sword & Board Games are perfectly humane according to games industry standards and the writer's room is only locked from the outside for Serena's own protection.

The Titanic size trait was also reworked, making non-Titanic miniatures a harder time fighting Titanic miniatures, promoting a playstyle of having your Titanic minis duke it out in cinematic duels between giants.

A roster of weapons exclusive to Titanic miniatures was added to the game, along with the GUARDIAN ANGEL Monstrous Species Trait. The Shield Combo trait was also added to the Halberd, Billhook, Spear and Lance. As well, several spells were reworked to deal guaranteed hits, instead of damage.

The 1.1 update for TUSC: Medieval Warfare is now available. It's a highly extensive update that adds new content to the expansion. Its the most expansive update TUSC has ever received. Download it from from the following links:
swordnboard.itch.io/tusc-medieva...
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...

The 1.1 update for TUSC: Medieval Warfare is now available. It's a highly extensive update that adds new content to the expansion. Its the most expansive update TUSC has ever received. Download it from from the following links:
swordnboard.itch.io/tusc-medieva...
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...

For transparency, none of our titles got deindexed or delisted from Itchio as far as I can tell. However, as a predominantly queer-operated and queer-owned game studio we're collectively quite shaken in our trust in Itch as a platform and are currently investigating pathways forward.

Until things get bad to a point where we cannot reasonably host our games on the platform, we're probably going to keep posting our games to Itchio for the time being, because ultimately studios of our size can't really afford to not sell our games on as many platforms as possible.

For transparency, none of our titles got deindexed or delisted from Itchio as far as I can tell. However, as a predominantly queer-operated and queer-owned game studio we're collectively quite shaken in our trust in Itch as a platform and are currently investigating pathways forward.

[Wakes up, bleary-eyed, confused, dehydrated]

Man, we picked the *worst* possible time to do this, huh?

WERE OFFICIALLY ITCHY!!! CHECK US OUT ON ITCH.IO

And finally, Itchio is extremely flexible regarding what files you're allowed to include in a purchase. So if we were to include say, I don't know, purely hypothetically, STL files in a future release, we'd have to do that through Itchio. So please, check out our Itchio page at swordnboard.itch.io.

Furthermore, all future releases from the studio will arrive on our Itch page earlier than on other platforms like DriveThruRPG. You also may be able to find our games in bundles and charity fundraisers hosted on the website in the future.

We've included a Meet The Team section that has brief biographical descriptions of each member of Sword & Board Games and what we do for the studio. If you've ever wanted to know more about the creators behind the games currently this is the best way to do that.

We here at Sword & Board Games have a very special announcement:
We launched an Itchio page that you can check out from this link. There's also a few cool things going on with this Itchio page that we would like to share!
swordnboard.itch.io

The Akshenim are a proud, ancient people, whose history stretches back tens of millions of years. They are physical manifestations of the magic which flows throughout all existence, wandering the stars in search of the Artifacts of Ruin aboard their arcanotek colony ships known as Dragon-Arks.

During the Tetrarchy's Era of Unification, the Haagenti were the alchemically and cybernetically augmented shocktroops who formed the spearhead of the Army of Unification. Only operating alongside baseline soldiers in the most desperate of campaigns, they formed a highly insular and elitist mindset.

It's Pride Month and our founder just used their share of last month's royalties to pay for their estrogen. If you've bought one of our games, know it's going to a good cause.

All the art you've seen in this thread is made by Sword & Board Games' art director, @zackonline.bsky.social.

700 years after the Posthuman Revolt, the Ascendant Legions reave and pillage along the periphery of the Unifier-in-Absentia's domain, conquering worlds to serve as footholds for increasingly daring raids deeper into Tetrarchy territory or as temples to venerate powers far older than humanity.

With no apparent hope of forging their own empire, the Ascendant Legions scattered across the galaxy in every direction. Many found themselves in the domains of ancient and terrible beings who slumber in the void between stars. Awed by their might, the Ascendants made pacts with new sovereign lords.

However, the military junta established on Mars in the wake of the Unifier's final defeat was short lived as the remnant fleet of the Army of Unification set Mars to siege quickly after, all the while this posthuman occupation took almost no time to devolve into fatal infighting.

This war left the Tetrarchy fractured and without the Unifier, who according to modern religious doctrine within the Tetrarchy ascended to godhood in the midst of the war's climactic battle on Mars. The rebel Haagenti, having rechristened themselves the Ascendant Legions, technically won.

Regardless of intent, the commanders of several Haagenti legions became convinced that the Unifier ultimately intended to dispose of them once Unification was complete. In protest, the Haagenti war fleets turned around and set course for Mars. And thus the Posthuman Revolt began.

The Unifier's reasons for doing this are often debated, some pointing to the Haagenti's rumored infertility, and thus inability to produce heirs, while others argue that the Unifier thought the strength of the Haagenti were better deployed on the front lines of unification. Perhaps it was both.

This caused tensions to reach a boiling point when the Unifier began dividing the spoils of war, granting landed titles and fiefdoms to his closest advisors, mentors, and confidants, the forming of the Great Houses. Though none of these Great Houses were formed from the ranks of the Haagenti.

However, their power above and isolation from the 'mortal' soldiers they rarely fought beside made them especially susceptible to radicalization into a new kind of supremacist ideology, a posthuman supremacist ideology which posited that the Haagenti ought to rule over a unified humanity.

Each Haagenti of this era were, in contrast to the monstrous hulking masses of chemical engineering and cybernetic butchery seen today, statuesque Olympians sculpted alchemically to be paragons of both power and intellect, they were each remarkably beautiful. A glimpse at a new ideal for mankind.

During the Tetrarchy's Era of Unification, the Haagenti were the alchemically and cybernetically augmented shocktroops who formed the spearhead of the Army of Unification. Only operating alongside baseline soldiers in the most desperate of campaigns, they formed a highly insular and elitist mindset.

Art by Sword & Board Games' art director, @zackonline.bsky.social