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Effekt Publishing Ltd.

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The new RPG publishing venture from the hosts of the premier Year Zero Engine podcast

Effekt Publishing grew out of the Effekt podcasts, a fortnightly magazine show mostly about Year Zero Engine games, and a weekly Actual Play show which for the last new months has been sharing some of our playtest sessions for Tales of the Old West. 

Games

Tales of the Old West

Publisher
Effekt
Age Range
14+
Player Range
2-7

“I love it. It is wild with adventure.”  Henry Starr* 

Welcome to the Old West, where life is hard, life is short, and life don’t owe you a goddamn thing.

But you are extraordinary.

Neither race nor gender can limit what you can become. It don’t matter where you come from, it’s the West that makes you. There are no monsters but other folk, and only the dead forget the land is your enemy. 

This comprehensive core book contains everything you need to create gritty and hard-hitting adventures in the American West. The rules expand the acclaimed Year Zero Engine to help you create diverse characters, to build your reputation, your home, your business, your family, and a thriving community. 

It also contains extensive guidance on creating player focused campaigns in the historical West of the 1870s, a sweeping campaign framework set in New Mexico, and a full starting adventure.

*on life as an outlaw, shortly before he was shot dead while robbing a bank