This one is called Empire of Dust, the product of a collaboration between Clint Krause and Amy Garcia.
This here is an except about the game...
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Empire of Dust (EoD) is an action-packed sci-fi/fantasy role-playing game set in the midst of a desperate battle for a war-torn desert planet. Players join the battle for Osaris as three vengeful factions fight for domination.
EoD is set on a desert planet known as Osaris. The Xadian Kingdom has been deposed by a rampaging alien entity called Thron. The game follows the struggle of the Xadian loyalists as they fight back against Thron and his traitorous legion. In the midst of this struggle, the bestial Bruta (Osaris native species) wage a war to reclaim their ancestral lands from the humans who have overtaken them. Its a war on three fronts, and the players are thrown right in the middle of it all.
As a game, EoD is an action-oriented, tactical experience. The game rules focus on tactical combat, blazing chases, cunning persuasion, territorial conquest, and dangerous travel. The rules are meant to simulate the planet of Osaris as a living, breathing world and allow the players to enact real, tangible change through their actions in the game. EoD is the second in our series of games to use the robust Epiphany Engine game system, which blends traditional role-playing concepts with strong narrative elements.
Characters can belong to any of the three main factions in the war for Osaris. Players can choose from a wide variety of classes, traits, and equipment. The game includes dozens of guns, swords, magical glyphs, vehicles, psychic powers, and more that players can use to customize and empower their characters. Like the protagonists in a novel, characters have access to unique traits, which allow them to break the normal rules of the game, and give them specific ties into the setting. The game also employs a dynamic character advancement system, which makes each roll of the die a chance to improve your characters abilities.
In terms of presentation, EoD is more than just a book. Its a complete, old-school boxed-set including 108 full-color, die-cut counters, a poster-map of the game-world, and a lavishly illustrated perfect-bound rule book stuffed with exciting characters, ideas, and advice on how to play the game.
You might like this game if you like: The Dune novels by Frank Herbert, the Dark Sun campaign setting for Dungeons and Dragons, movies like Mad Max and Star Wars, or video games like Final Fantasy, Halo, and Gears of War.
KNRPG Productions initially released this fellow a few months back... but the company was dissolved and all copies of it have been sold. Amy Garcia is currently gearing up for a re-release for GenCon though!
I know I'm probably preaching to the wrong crowd for a strategy RPG but I want to get the word out there. It is my hope that EoD will be my permanent replacement for D&D4e.
In any event, for those who wish to track her progress... Amy's blog can be found here... http://amymgarcia.wordpress.com/
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