Folk Hero - A Solo RPG

Folk Hero is the follow-up to expansion for Punk is Dead, a post-apocalyptic songwriting game. It features a standalone solo mode that doesn't require the original rulebook, but also contains more lore, creatures and gigs that will work in the multiplayer game. Taking place in the same alternative version of the UK, the UnUnited Kingdom, Folk Hero gives you the opportunity to explore the world as a lone troubador. You'll find yourself touring this fractured isle, helping the helpless, kicking bad guy ass and creating protest songs that kick back against a land tormented by a fight for power between monsters both real and imagined. Just like it's predecessor, Folk Hero is divided into tracks that deliver the lore, rules and much more through the evocative language and layouts of Tim Roberts combined with human made art from multiple creators and the author's own photographs. The finished book will at least 90 pages, presented in the same hardback format as Punk is Dead (7 inch square) and with the same eclectic designs and Pantone™ colours (803u and 806u if you're a total colour nerd). And, as always, it's stuffed full of musical references. The UnUnited Kingdom - five realms divided and, within each, further fractures based on a fear of the things that lurk beyond the safety of cities, towns and settlements. This Land Is Your Land delves deeper into the lore, communities and geography of each realm. I Walk the Line presents a solo-play mode that is compatible with Punk is Dead (& Mörk Borg). This track includes a new playable role: The Troubador, with a heap of options to fine tune your character as well as your instrument. The solo mode includes a scenario especially designed to get you started as well as rollable tables to generate your own gigs and encounters. Tim Roberts, an award-winning creator of solo games such as Be Like a Crow has created a new procedural mechanic that allows you to play any Punk is Dead or Mörk Borg games as solo adventures. There are 20 new bad bastards and fascists in Meet Ze Monsta, all a twisted new take on ancient British Folkore and injected with Quantum F**kery. Some are legendary, some will provide everyday encounters. Others will dive deeper into the lore already created. They span the length and breadth of this tortured isle and draw upon ancient legends of the dark and unpleasent land. It wouldn't have that Mörk Borg flavour if it wasn't stuffed full of rollable tables. There's a whole section of tables for weapons, loot, creating NPCs, generating gigs, horrific injuries, bad guy motivations, song titles and much more -- all of which can be used with the solo or multiplayer rules. Folk around and find out.