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Green Ronin Licenses The Black Company

Industry Leader to do RPG Adaptation of Classic Fantasy Novel Series

January 22, 2004–SEATTLE, WA: Green Ronin Publishing has reached an agreement with Glen Cook to license his classic fantasy series The Black Company. Green Ronin will publish The Black Company Campaign Setting this Fall. The book will be the definitive game guide to the world and characters of The Black Company and draw on the entirety of the ten book series.

“The Black Company is modern fantasy at its best,” says Green Ronin President Chris Pramas, “and its rich setting and memorable characters are perfect for a vibrant and exciting roleplaying game. Gamers have been clamoring for an RPG adaptation since the 80s. We are delighted to be able to make that dream come true.”

The Black Company Campaign Setting will use the d20 System, thus tapping into a network of game players millions strong. Green Ronin tops the list of d20 publishers, with such acclaimed series as Freeport: The City of Adventure, Master Class, and Mythic Vistas.

About the Black Company

Glen Cook is the leading modern writer of epic fantasy noir, tales of magical warfare and intrigue as seen, not from the commanding heights of the great generals and wizards, but from the eyes of the soldiers and mercenaries who do their bidding and scramble to survive. Tough, astonishing, and often very funny, Cook’s saga of the Black Company is like nothing else in modern fantasy.

The Black Company is a hard-bitten band of mercenaries, last of the fabled Free Companies of Khatovar. The ten-book series, beginning with the titular Black Company and ending with Soldiers Live, takes the Black Company from the frozen north to jungles of the south and on to unknown Khatovar itself. Along the way they fight to discover their own mysterious origins, which have been lost in the mists of time.

About Green Ronin Publishing
Green Ronin Publishing is a roleplaying game company from Seattle, WA. It blazed the d20 trail with its hit Death in Freeport adventure, which went on to win Origins and ENnie awards. Since then Green Ronin has established a reputation for quality that is second to none, publishing such critical favorites as Legions of Hell, Book of the Righteous, and the Mutants & Masterminds RPG. Point your browser to www.greenronin.com for more info.

About Glen Cook

Born in 1944, Glen Cook grew up in northern California, served in the U.S. Navy, attended the University of Missouri, and was one of the earliest graduates of the well-known “Clarion” workshop for SF writers. Since 1971 he has published a large number of SF and fantasy novels, including the Dread Empire series, the occult-detective Garrett novels, and the very popular Black Company sequence that began with the publication of The Black Company in 1984. Among his SF novels is A Passage at Arms.

After working many years for General Motors, Cook now writes full-time. He lives near St. Louis, Missouri, with his wife Carol.

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Blue Rose

The Roleplaying Game of Romantic Fantasy
Written by John Snead, Dawn Elliott, and Alejandro Melchor
Cover art by Stephanie Pui-Mun Law
192-pages, perfect bound
MSRP: $27.95
GRR1701
ISBN: 1-932442-22-7

Blue Rose is a roleplaying game of romantic fantasy, inspired by novelists like Mercedes Lackey, Diane Duane, and Tamora Pierce. The game focuses on heroic and good-hearted characters working together to defend the enlightened kingdom of Aldis from harm. Most characters have at least minor psychic powers and some have intelligent magical animals as their devoted allies. Blue Rose has everything players need to get started, including complete rules for character creation, social interactions, reputations and psychic powers. The game also uses the innovative damage mechanic from Green Ronin’s hit Mutants & Masterminds RPG. The forthcoming Blue Rose Companion will provide expanded setting information, monstrous foes, magic items, and live action rules.

Blue Rose uses Wizards of the Coast’s Open Game License.

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