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Modiphius Entertainment is an RPG and tabletop game publisher based in Fulham, London. Modiphius was founded in 2012 by husband-wife team Rita and Chris Birch to publish their first game, Achtung! Cthulhu. ^[2] The company have since published a number of product lines based on independent licenses and established brands.

Games

Achtung! Cthulhu

In 2013 the company raised £177,000 through Kickstarter to create Achtung! Cthulhu, a tabletop RPG set in the Second World War inspired by the work of H.P. Lovecraft. ^[3] The first series of adventures for Achtung! Cthulhu is called "Zero Point," with the first two chapters called "Three Kings" and "Heroes of the Sea" by Sarah Newton. ^[4] The game was well-received in the RPG community, and won several awards, including Best Roleplaying Game at the 2014 UK Games Expo. ^[5] In 2018 a videogame based on the franchise - called Achtung! Cthulhu Tactics - was released by Auroch Digital. ^[6]

Mutant Chronicles

In 2013 Modiphius released the 3rd edition of popular post-apocalyptic RPG Mutant Chronicles.

Fallout

In 2017 the company acquired the license for Bethesda property Fallout and in 2018 released Fallout: Wasteland Warfare, a tabletop wargame featuring characters and settings from the videogame series. ^[7] The company announced in 2019 that they would be working on an RPG expansion to Fallout: Wasteland Warfare to be released in the same year.

Modiphius would also develop a Fallout tabletop RPG using their 2d20 system called Fallout the Roleplaying Game. The game would enter beta in 2019 with a projected release in 2020, but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Fallout the Roleplaying Game would release digitally in March 2021, with a physical release in July the same year. ^[8]

Other Franchises

The company have released a number of games based on popular videogame and pop culture franchises:

• In 2014 the company released Thunderbirds, a co-operative board game designed by Matt Leacock based on the popular British children's TV show Thunderbirds. ^[9]
• In 2015, the company announced a licensing deal for Robert E. Howard's Conan the Barbarian property, with the publication of a roleplaying game, Conan: Adventures in an Age Undreamed Of, and an ongoing line of supplements in that setting taking place beginning in February 2016. ^[10]
• In 2017 the company released their first edition of Star Trek Adventures, an RPG series based on the television series Star Trek. ^[11]
• In 2018 the company announced they would be working with Dreamworks Studios to produce a board game based on the children's films Kung Fu Panda. ^[12]
• In the same year, they also announced a John Carter of Mars roleplaying game and line of supporting material, ^[13] based on the early-1900s pulp science fantasy series of the same name by Edgar Rice Burroughs. The John Carter RPG began shipping in early 2019.^{[ citation needed]}
• In 2019 the company released a promotional miniature of the Dragonborn from The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, announcing that they were working on a skirmish-level wargame based on the franchise.^{[ citation needed]}
• In 2024 the company released the quick start guide for the second edition of Star Trek Adventures as a free PDF. ^[14] The full core rules for the second edition will release in August 2024 at Gen Con with a start set to release that fall. ^[15]

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