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Black Company RPG Beta – Welcome to Beryl

RPPR Actual Play

Show Notes

The Black Company Roleplaying Game is a fast-paced, deadly game of swords, sorcery, and soldiers, based on the novel series by Glen Cook. The all-too-mortal soldiers of the Black Company fight and die for an Empire ruled by wicked sorcerers with the powers of gods. In the city of Beryl, a squad of soldiers is sent out on a special mission... Learn more about the Black Company RPG on its website!

Note that this was played with an earlier draft of the beta rules, so game mechanics may have changed by now.

Ross as Crabs Ethan as Doorstop Dugal Juicy Garland as Princess Kara as Maude Shane Ivey as the GM

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