Tavis of New York Red Box is working on a Kickstarter project called Adventurer Conqueror King. It's a new D&D clone aimed at providing a framework for domain-level play… in other words, rules not just for construction costs of castles, but for aspiring to and working your way to greatness.
The title is supposed to reflect the tiers of play: you start out as an adventurer looking for gold, conquer territory and establish your domain and then ultimately become a mover and shaker on the world stage.
Aaaaaanyway, I'm backing the project, which has exceeded its original funding goal to produce the book, exceeded a bonus goal to provide a PDF of a Mass Combat system to all backers, and is currently on target to hit its second bonus goal of providing all the materials they will be using at GenCon this year to show off the game. If you contribute even $5, you get a PDF of the final rules, access to their developer area/beta rules, plus all the bonus material.
It might be something you guys could use to enhance the Black Peaks game (especially since Dalamir and Gamgar have aspirations, not to mention that whole Purple Worm crew).
Chris
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