Well folks, a ton of information has been released today about Tails of Equestria. This is all thanks to an article on ICv2 (source), giving a fairly in depth preview about the game.
A couple of key takeaways from the article about the Tales of Equestria Core Rulebook (Pictured above):
- 152 Pages
- Full Color Hardcover Book
- Back Cover Includes an introduction on how to play storytelling games.
- Explains the role of the "GM".
- Game is cooperative.
- Not about getting to the end of a board or having the most points!
- Game is about having fun on fantastical adventures!
Special thanks to Chevistian1 for the heads up!
The Curse of the Statuettes Expansion!
“All over Equestria, ponies have started to turn into statuettes, figurine versions of themselves. Nopony knows why, nopony knows when and, to make it all worse, nopony knows where the Mane Six have gone! It looks like it’s up to you to travel to distant lands, overcome terrifying danger, and save Ponyville, neigh the world!”
The expansion is recommended for pony characters level 1 – 3. So this is the first adventure you'll be taking your characters on! The article also spoils who the main antagonists of this expansion are, but I won't post that here. You can find that info in the article itself if you're interested.
Contents:
- An Adventure Book
- A GM Screen
- 6 Polyhedral Dice
- Character Sheets
The Curse of the Statuettes Expansion—Contents!
Tokens of Friendship!—Game Tokens and Collector's Bag!
A gameplay aspect involves earning pure crystallized (CRYSTALS!) friendship. As to how that happens… well the ICv2 article happens to have pages 46 and 47 of the game manual in their image gallery that explains how this form of GM
This looks like something pretty neat. Now if only there were some MLP themed dice sets that are coming out sometime next year that we could possibly use to add some more pony flair to the experience. Looks like this is going to be a fun game for all!
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