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For Immediate Release: February 25, 2002
Cold Spring, Kentucky
kerry@twilightcreationsinc.comTwilight Creations, Inc. offers a unique twist on traditional favorites.
Twilight Creations' first offering, the "Variable Tile Systemtm (VTS)" is an exciting combination of traditional German-style boardgames and role-playing games. The system is story and character driven but also features board game mechanics that encourage strategic play and a high level of player interaction. "This is a very exciting synthesis of two of our favorite types of games," said Todd A. Breitenstein, president of the company.
The system is unique in that characters are created as in an RPG but they are used on a tile-based board. "We worked hard to maintain the core feel of both genres," said Todd. Individual VTS games are based on scenarios/stories like traditional role playing games. Unlike an RPG, players move on a randomly determined board and face semi-randomly determined foes and obstacles based on the stories. Because of the created characters and random board elements, players can play the same story multiple times and have very different outcomes. Additionally, advancement guidelines allow players to grow their characters between game sessions.
The "Variable Tile Systemtm" is episodic in nature. The base set will feature complete rules, map tiles, encounter disks, a world or time frame setting and stories/scenarios written by some of the biggest names in gaming. Subsequent releases will contain additional stories/scenarios, rules additions and encounter disks. Some of the stories will be told across several releases much like a standard RPG.
The initial release arc, "When Darkness Comes," is a present day, horror setting. The base set "Awakening" will be available in June. It features stories by Matt Forbeck, Patrick Kapera, Hal Mangold, Todd Breitenstein and Mark Bordenet. Art is by David Aikins, who also did the art for Zombies!!! The first expansion pack "The Horror Within" will be released in August.
Future base sets and expansions will feature different worlds and/or time frames.