A gritty old-school revival SRD5 Tabletop RPG based on Ancient Greek Mythology & the Homeric world of the Trojan War
With new rules & concepts
THE GAME
DESIGNED ON
OGL-SRD5
While maintaining the familiar core of the SRD5 rules we have created new mechanics that enhance and support a gritty, osr-style game in a world of Homeric Mythology
NEW CHARACTER
CLASSES
Faithful to the sources, the mythology and the historical period, we have created unique and original character classes that sometimes blur the lines of what is typically found in most swords & sorcery role-playing games. The characters are rich in flavour and role-playing hooks, but also armed with original abilities and powers.
NEW GAME
MECHANICS
& SPELLS
Aiming to reflect the intense relationship between mortals and Gods and the unique flavour of magic in the Greek cosmos, spells have been re-worked, magic has been tweaked and new rules have been introduced, which bring to life the realities of Greek, Egyptian and Chaldean sorcery and worship.
HUMAN PLAYER
CHARACTERS
Following Greek Mythology and the Homeric tradition our heroes are strictly human. This reflects humanity’s place in the Greek cosmos, and the unique relationship Greeks have with their gods. Humans differ from the world’s other inhabitants in their mortality and their dependence on the favour of the gods. Whereas the land provides for the old races of previous Ages, humanity has to toil the land, sow and harvest, tend the flocks and build high walls in order to have food, shelter and safety. Moreover, humans need to constantly offer sacrifices in order to maintain divine favour. Stepping beyond these enclosures of humanity is crossing the threshold from the normal into the supernatural, from safety into peril, from the mundane into the heroic.
THE HEROIC AGE OF
THE TROJAN WAR
The storyline of the game combines the timeless aspects of the Greek mythological heritage with the heroic legacy of the Trojan War. This is an epic world of magic, journeys to the Underworld, conflicts, and challenges by the Gods and Fate, where every adventurer aspires to attain Heroic status.
WHO WE ARE
Seven Thebes is a new start-up company dedicated to the development of role-playing games and board games with mythological and historical themes. We are a small team who love gaming and are committed to developing high quality, original games. We conduct historical research to create worlds and games that retain the original flavour of the sources, but are also fun and epic to play.
Our company is named after the Ancient Greek tragic play Seven Against Thebes, by the poet Aeschylus, which relates the events of the War of Thebes, the first of the two great wars of the Age of Heroes (the other being the Trojan War).