Final evening, Critical Role performed a Legend of Zelda-inspired tabletop roleplaying recreation, and we’d by no means get to see it, play it, or hear about it ever once more. This might change however… who is aware of. The purpose is that there’s a Nintendo-approved Zelda-inspired TTRPG on the market, completely playable, and no person is handing it out and even telling us how we’d have the ability to see it, ultimately.
io9 reached out to Important Position and Nintendo for a remark. The one factor we heard again was that that is Nintendo’s name. We await the corporate’s response with bated breath.
So right here’s what we all know. Important Position and Nintendo Treehouse collaborated to create this practice Legend of Zelda TTRPG that’s based mostly on the occasions and lore in Tears of the Kingdom. Nintendo truly sponsored the stream, which makes this a semi-official Legend of Zelda TTRPG. It makes use of each a D20, turn-based fight mechanic system which incorporates initiative and hit point-based harm. A slimmed-down Dungeons and Dragons fight is one of the simplest ways to consider this. Form of like Knave, a bit of like Into the Odd. Very Previous College Roleplaying buildings.
The TTRPG additionally takes inspiration from Apocalypse World by Vincent and Meguey Baker—in recreation design parlance, a recreation that does that is referred to as “Powered by the Apocalypse”—and makes use of two D6 cube to find out success, success-with-complication, or failure. It has not less than three stats—Knowledge, Braveness, and Energy, which might add bonuses or subtract from a roll.
Actually, that is little or no, that is virtually nothing, nevertheless it’s one thing, and I’m going totally out of my head pondering that on the market, someplace, is 20-ish web page doc that particulars all of this and was created underneath the auspices of Nintendo. It’s an amazing franchise to place right into a TTRPG, and the truth that a light-weight, easy-to-play recreation is principally able to go sends me right into a tizzy. Quite a lot of that is in all probability as a consequence of the truth that Matt Mercer, Important Position’s resident GM and the sport grasp for this one-shot voices Ganondorf in Tears of the Kingdom. I merely can’t think about any universe through which “Important Position creates a semi-official Zelda TTRPG” and “Matt Mercer voices Ganandorf” aren’t associated.
So right here we go, let’s see if this works. Pricey Nintendo and Important Position: Launch the Zelda TTRPG! Let me learn it! Give it to me!! Free the folks’s princess!! Present me the Die-Force! If anybody—actually anybody—emails me again with extra data I’ll completely let y’all know.
The Legend of Zelda One-Shot: Lookout, Right here We Come! aired on Tuesday, Might 30 on Twitch and YouTube. It will likely be launched on YouTube Thursday, June 1 at 12:00 pm Pacific. The podcast model can be out June 6.
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