{"product_id":"urban-shadows-rpg-2e-standard-core-book","title":"Urban Shadows RPG 2E:  Standard Core Book","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bold\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eUrban Shadows\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a political urban fantasy tabletop roleplaying game in which mortals and supernaturals alike vie for power in a modern-day city. Vampires, faeries, hunters, wizards, and more clash in the shadows...or make backroom deals for their piece of the streets and skyscrapers. No one is ever safe, and everything is always at stake.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bold\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eUrban Shadows\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e, you play unique and powerful archetypes, protagonists who are attuned to the supernatural world. While the mortal world remains ignorant of the struggles of the city’s supernatural denizens, you are caught in the middle of the physical conflicts and political drama of the city’s past, present, and future.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eYou might be a spectre bound to an artifact, unable to move on until you’ve resolved your trauma. Or you might be a clever vampire who controls the best blood supply in the city, caught up in a war between your kind and those who hunt you. Or you might be a veteran of your city’s ancient conflicts, someone who got out of the game but keeps getting drawn back in by friends and allies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNo matter who you are, you contain within you the power to shape the city’s destiny. What future will you choose? And what will your victories cost you?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"text-italic\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bold\"\u003eUrban Shadows\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis based on the Powered by the Apocalypse system used by tabletop RPGs like\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"text-italic\"\u003eApocalypse World\u003c\/span\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"text-italic\"\u003eDungeon World\u003c\/span\u003e, and many of Magpie Games’s own titles such as\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"text-italic\"\u003eMasks: A New Generation\u003c\/span\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"text-italic\"\u003eRoot: The RPG\u003c\/span\u003e, and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"text-italic\"\u003eZombie World\u003c\/span\u003e. The game uses the core framework of that system to provide a strong, simple way to create your own stories of political urban fantasy. You’ll create a character using one of several archetypes, and then you’ll take action, rolling two six-sided dice to resolve the outcomes of dangerous and difficult situations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"text-italic\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bold\"\u003eUrban Shadows\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ecreates stories like those you’d find in\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"text-italic\"\u003eConstantine\u003c\/span\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"text-italic\"\u003eDiableros\u003c\/span\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"text-italic\"\u003eThe Dresden Files\u003c\/span\u003e, The\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"text-italic\"\u003eJohn Wick\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efranchise,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"text-italic\"\u003eThe Last Witchhunter\u003c\/span\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"text-italic\"\u003eLost Girl\u003c\/span\u003e, and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"text-italic\"\u003eThe Wire\u003c\/span\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Distribution","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40668739567671,"sku":"MPG042","price":52.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0265\/9195\/2951\/files\/e10eef347d0227b7c6b61c480481d9d0_original.png?v=1711571399","url":"https:\/\/isleofgamesaz.com\/products\/urban-shadows-rpg-2e-standard-core-book","provider":"Isle of Games","version":"1.0","type":"link"}