“Spectacula” the solo trick-taking gladiator TTRPG releases on May 6th!
Solo journaling RPG meets tactical trick-taking card game in this brutal gladiator career simulator.
This is a community submitted press release.
Become a gladiator and fight for the mantle of champion in SPECTACULA a new solo RPG releasing as a digital exclusive on Itch.io on Tuesday, May 6th!
The game is being self-published by its designer, Jeremy Melloul, through his company Bardlight Studios and features a 90-page rulebook designed to help you tell the story of a fictional gladiator of your own making.
The 90-page rulebook includes:
- 4 Unique Gladiator Classes with distinct weapons, 12 Patrons at three distinct tiers of prestige, and 60 unique Adversaries to fight!
- A fast-paced tactical trick-taking combat system
- An 8d4 "Stamina dice" system that is both your health pool and a resource for using powerful Maneuvers that let you influence cards in your deck, hand, or discard.
- Rules and tables to help you create your own Tournaments across four distinct tiers of prestige: from the Fighting Pits, to Arenas and Stadiums, and all the way up to the Colosseum itself!
- An optional journaling system that lets you explore your gladiator’s growing fame and helps you create a makeshift historical record of their career as you play!
- Paintings of gladiators from amazing painters throughout history - like a museum of works to discover.
- A unique and incredibly stylish custom-designed Character Sheet available in both form-fill and print-at-home formats.
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