Metal Heroes - and the Fate of Rock

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Metal Heroes - and the Fate of Rock is a playbook by the German author Swen Harder , which was published in 2016 by Mantikore-Verlag . The game is based on the principle of well-known game books such as Lonely Wolf and combines reading with a role -playing system based on classic pen & paper role-playing games . In 2017 the playbook was awarded the German Role Playing Prize.

Style of play

Backstory

In Metal Heroes - and the Fate of Rock of metal fan Taylor is at the center of the story, which was chosen by the god of Rocks to assume its role. Taylor's job is to build a garage band into a metal act and select the band members, attend numerous concerts and festivals and ultimately build the largest band on the planet.

Rules of the game

The rules of the game for the game book build on the one hand on the rules that apply to all fantasy game books and supplement them with character development based on pen & paper role-playing games . The player and reader uses a “metal logbook” as a character sheet, on which the influence and the number of lives are noted. The player has to decide on a level of difficulty at the beginning and can play the game as "pussy", "rocker" or "freak". He also enters “Taylor's stuff” and various phases of the “Road to Glory” in the character sheet. In addition, there is a separate band sheet for the members of the band, on which the character traits of the band members as well as the “fan base” and “band chemistry” are documented, as well as sheets on the repertoire of the band in various metal genres and the tour book the stations of the band.

The reader and thus the protagonist of the novel can steer the story in different directions at the end of the individual sections within the sections through various decisions and also through random mechanisms such as throwing the dice ("checks") and drawing cards from a poker game , which creates a different story in each case results. In some places he can lead the story to the death of the protagonist, which then ends the respective story ("Power off!").

Background and reception

Swen Harder 2017 at the International Game Days 2017 in Essen

Metal Heroes - and the Fate of Rock is the second playbook by the German author Swen Harder after the work Reiter der Schwarze Sonne, which was awarded the German RPG award in 2014 . Unlike this and other classic game books, which are usually set in a fantasy world , he placed the metal heroes in the field of heavy metal as "rock comedy". For both works, the illustrations were taken from the Berlin graphic artist Fufu Frauenwahl.

The publisher published the book together with a music CD with 12 tracks in collaboration with Napalm Records . In addition, the author and the publisher also worked with the Wacken Open Air organizing team and SLAM Magazine. The music CD contains the following tracks:

  1. Striker - City of Gold - 4:53
  2. DevilDriver - The Appetite - 4:49
  3. Cavalera Conspiracy - Bonzai Kamikazee - 4:07
  4. Alestorm - Drink - 3:25
  5. Delain - Stardust - 3:59 [1. Edition] / Suckerpunch - 4:12 [2. Edition]
  6. Huntress - Eight of Swords - 5:40
  7. Gormathon - Hellbender - 3:53 [1. Edition] / Land of the Lost - 3:27 [2. Edition]
  8. Grave Digger - Tattooed Rider - 4:06
  9. Mammoth Mammoth - Hell's Likely - 2:24
  10. Delain - Your Body is a Battleground - 3:53
  11. Huntress - Zenith - 3:59 [1. Edition] / Flesh - 4:16 [2. Edition]
  12. Visions of Atlantis - Last Shut of your Eyes - 5:00 [1. Edition] / Winternight - 5:38 [2. Edition]

In addition, a special edition with two dice, a poker card game, a bookmark in the ticket style and a CD box in a protective slipcase was released.

In 2017, Metal Heroes and the Fate of Rock was also awarded the German RPG Prize, with the laudation being taken over by the literary and media scholar Lars Schmeink.

supporting documents

  1. ↑ a b Character arcs and rules for Metal Heroes - and the Fate of Rock. In: Metal Heroes and the Fate of Rock, pp. 8-15, pp. 786-806. (Download from the Official Website )
  2. ^ Metal Heroes and the Fate of Rock , description on the Mantikore-Verlag website; Retrieved November 19, 2017.

expenditure

  • Swen Harder: Metal Heroes - and the Fate of Rock. Mantikore-Verlag, Frankfurt 2016. ISBN 978-3939212-60-7

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