Leviathans is a steampunk game that simulates combat between warships that have taken to the air in an alternate history 1910. The king leviathans, battleships, are the largest vessels. Maneuvering in support are light cruisers, destroyers and other vessels. Will you captain your fleet for king and country, expanding your nation’s power and becoming legend? Or will you fall from the sky, forgotten?

You determine the outcome!

Spring 2010 will see the publication of this much anticipated box set game. The Leviathans Core Box Set will include the following:

* 3 rulebooks to ease players from the quick-start rules all the way to enhanced play for endless fun.
* 8 high-quality plastic miniatures representing ships from the British and French fleets.
* 12 Ship Cards that expand a player’s fleet, including a battleship, two light cruisers and three destroyers.
* 12 full-color Recognition Cards that correspond to each Ship Card, including the ship’s service history on the back.
* Leviathans Primer that details the alternate history of Leviathans, the technology behind the great ships, the eight major air powers of 1910, along with minor powers, and the growing hot spots of conflict around the world.
* 2 novellas throwing you directly into the action of the universe.
* Templates to aide game play.
* 2 18" x 22" board-game quality maps, printed on both sides.
* 12 dice

Until then, however, the Lieutenant’s Manual is now available!



The Leviathans’ Lieutenant’s Manual is a 32-page PDF offering a complete introduction to the new, innovative Leviathans’ game system, including playing maps, ready-to-cut-out-and-use Ship Cards and counters. All a player needs to bring to the table are a few sets of polyhedral gaming dice (D4, D6, D8, D10 and D12s) and in minutes they’ll be scouring the skies at the helm of several thousand tons of war-forged metal looking for the tail-tale sign of enemy smoke on the horizon.

Lieutenant’s Manual: Quick-Start Rules PDF on Catalyst
Lieutenant’s Manual: Quick-Start Rules PDF on DriveThruRPG

In August 2009 Catalyst Game Labs pushed the boundaries of publishing as the first to simultaneously release a major role-playing game publicationâ€â€

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This looks interesting, as does the rules distribution method.

So your free to share the rules after purchase and you’ve set the cost of purchasing the rules at *almost* free ($2.99)? In that case why have a charge for the rules at all? If free distribution of rules is there to attract players by letting them get an in-depth feel for the game before they commit to buying minis, wouldn’t the rules spread wider if they were totally free? (and maybe include a donations request in them)

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Free (legit) torrent download here.

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