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Sellswords and Spellslingers Solo and Cooperative fantasy Miniature Rules

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Sellswords and Spellslingers is a solo and cooperative fantasy miniatures game for 1 to 6 players.

Each player creates a party of fantasy adventurers with a point system. Then players choose a scenario and try to complete a mission. Foes and events are moved automatically by a deck of cards. Characters grow with experience, and a list of campaign activities is provided.

The game requires printing a deck of cards.

The download includes:

  • Full color PDF rulebook (68 pages)
  • 30 Monster cards 
  • 23 event cards
  • 16 spell cards
  • 8 potion cards
  • Hundreds of counters for those wishing to play without miniatures

The game will be supported by frequent releases of scenarios and mini-campaigns. A paperback version will be available in January 2018. Cards will be available as print on demand, professionally printed cards on Drivethrucards.com. 

Required to play:

Paper and pencil, at least three 20-sided dice, a couple of six-sided dice, 1 to 6 figures per player, plenty of miniatures for opponents (each scenario requires 1-2 boss type monsters and 3-8 minion type monsters per player), a play area (game mat or table) of 36x36", measurer in inches (tape measurer).

The game is non-scale specific: you can play with any scale or brand of miniatures.

Features of the game

  • Open source point system to create your heroes the way you want them, including giving them disadvantageous traits
  • Cooperative play - all players against the game instead of player vs player
  • Solo play - no opponents needed, you can run a party and the event cards will activate the monsters
  • Activation system (not IGOUGO) that creates fog of war and uncertainty
  • All monsters stats summarized on handy cards
  • Campaign activities - Your characters grow and do things other than just fighting monsters
  • RPG Lite - with creative players and the right attitude, it is possible to use Sellswords as a rules-light, GM-less rpg
  • All the rules use the same mechanism: roll a difficulty number on d20 for an action to succeed, with modifier for your characters' traits
  • Only player-characters roll dice. When it's the monster's turn to attack, PCs roll dice to defend.

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Nelson C September 20, 2020 9:40 pm UTC
No physical copy?
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gregory J September 11, 2020 11:25 am UTC
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i can't find the french version of the character sheet in the files ? can i find it somewhere ?
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Julien F October 05, 2020 8:32 pm UTC
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Lockart made a character sheet It is available on the French facebook group of Sellswords & Spellslingers. You can also ask for it on the discord of Colorfulminis. ;)
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John F June 19, 2020 9:07 am UTC
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The English version of the monster cards appears to be missing. At least I have what appears to be the monster cards in french, and no corresponding file in english.
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David B September 22, 2021 10:04 pm UTC
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Hi

Did you get this resolved as I have the same issue.

Regards

Dave
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David B September 22, 2021 10:20 pm UTC
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All sorted. Found them in the compressed file.
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Julien F March 25, 2019 6:12 pm UTC
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A French version is planned ? I would be very interested !
To date; there is no cooperative figurine game in French
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Arnaud B March 02, 2020 3:43 pm UTC
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Elle arrive dans pas longtemps, la trad' est finie; la mise en page également, les personnes en charge de ce projet ont fournis les fichiers à l'auteur original pour que les personnes qui l'ont acheté puissent avoir la trad' également.
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Wesley H January 28, 2019 12:55 pm UTC
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Anyone know what was just updated?
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Ryan Crowe T June 05, 2020 8:07 pm UTC
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‘Last Downloaded: 2020-06-05 15:05:32
Last Updated: 2020-04-21 15:52:54
Changes Made:
2020-04-21: No changes for the English version. The download now includes a French translation by Colorfulminis (Vendetta, Lockart, Metamec).‘
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alain D December 22, 2018 3:29 pm UTC
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hi,
I could be interested this one ( by the counters especially, I don't realy like S.o.B.H combat system ) but, before purchasing , i'd like to know: are the counters provided colourfull or just black & white?
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Wesley H December 23, 2018 4:51 pm UTC
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The counters are provided and they do have color.
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Jerry H July 03, 2018 9:52 am UTC
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I bought the printed rulebook from Lulu and the printed cards from Wargame Vault. I see that if I'd bought the rules as a download from Wargame Vault, I would have received 'Hundreds of counters for those wishing to play without miniatures'. Is is possible to download or buy the counters separately?
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Wesley H January 08, 2019 8:52 pm UTC
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If you contact Andrea, he will probably give them to you.
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Wesley H May 31, 2018 7:23 pm UTC
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Will there be any expansions to this book/system?
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Nathaniel B March 14, 2018 1:37 am UTC
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On my download, I noticed I have only 16 event cards rather than the 23. I only noticed this because it doesn't seem like the monsters activated that much during my first play through.
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Nathaniel B March 16, 2018 12:07 am UTC
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Let me rephrase: Is there supposed to be 16 events cards? Or 23? If there is 23 event cards, where can I find the missing 7?
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Nathaniel B March 16, 2018 12:33 am UTC
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I needed to print 3x monster activates, 2x monster frenzy, 2x ambush, and 3x hoard activates.
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Evandro N March 17, 2018 12:41 pm UTC
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If you print 2 additional "monster activates" and "hoard activates" each, and 1 additional "frenzy" / "ambush" each, these are 6 additional cards in total. Isn't one card still missing to go from 16 to 23?
BTW, where can I find these details about how many cards to print?
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Nathaniel B March 17, 2018 2:44 pm UTC
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Yes, I realized that, too. I had to contact the publisher directly through ganeshagames.net "Contact Us" to get an answer. He replied right away and said there should have been a note instructing how many extras to print. I never saw the note. I didn't have the heart to reply that I still needed one more card and simply copied another "Trap" card.
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Evandro N March 17, 2018 4:52 pm UTC
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Thank you, Nathaniel: very helpful! I will do as you say and start playing right away :)
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Nathaniel B March 23, 2018 9:53 pm UTC
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I just received the event cards (great quality) and there's supposed to be two "Wandering Monster" cards instead of the extra "trap!" card.
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Nicholas C January 28, 2019 2:56 am UTC
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Holy cats - you mean I've been playing this with too few cards the whole time? And it's still been a great game. Has there been a definitive answer as to how many of each card you should have?
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Wesley H February 11, 2019 1:08 pm UTC
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Did you ever fine the note? I need to know how many to print as well.
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Michael D January 29, 2018 8:53 am UTC
I brought this from the Ganesha online store so i can't write a review hear officially but its a really good minis skirmish game with some RPg elements. Looking forward to buying the card set and starting playing
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IOANNIS F January 26, 2018 12:41 pm UTC
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Hi
I have purchased the game but cannot seem to find the file with the counters can someone help ?
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andrea S February 02, 2018 11:02 am UTC
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I'll check whether there was a problem with the upload, but the PDF with the counters should be there in your download.
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andrea S February 02, 2018 11:15 am UTC
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Ioannis, yes the counters did not upload the first time, I have sent an update with the counters both as printable PDF sheet and as separate PNG images for those who want to do their own counter sheets.
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Nicholas C January 24, 2018 3:52 am UTC
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The Alternate Preview convinced me to buy it. :-) I was pretty sure I was going to buy it, but it made the decision easy. Well done! (PS - I tried resetting my password on the Ganesha Games link and never received an email. I wonder if it's working? I had intended to buy it there, but WGVault is just as good)
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massimo M January 28, 2018 6:13 pm UTC
Hi please drop a mail to andreasfiligoi@gmail.com to have your password reset
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andrea S January 18, 2018 2:00 pm UTC
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I have uploaded a custom preview, please click on Alternate Preview to see it
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Xabier A January 17, 2018 6:49 pm UTC
Spanish version?
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andrea S January 17, 2018 8:03 pm UTC
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Spanish is not planned for the moment. only English.
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robert A January 17, 2018 4:42 pm UTC
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Neither full -size or quick peviews are working.
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andrea S January 17, 2018 8:04 pm UTC
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Yes sorry, that's because it's multiple files (counters, cards, etc) in a zip folder. I have to understand how to create a preview in this case.
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andrea S January 18, 2018 2:00 pm UTC
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I have uploaded a custom preview, please click on Alternate Preview to see it
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David M January 16, 2018 10:32 pm UTC
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Are these rules suitable for dungeon crawl type adventuring/using my 3D dungeon tiles made for WHQ as terrain?
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andrea S January 17, 2018 7:05 am UTC
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David M, At the moment, all the 10 scenarios in the rules are outdoor scenarios, but we will quickly add dungeon-based adventures as cheap add ons. The problem with dungeon tiles is that every player has a different system and it is difficult to determine size, distance etc without leaving out some players.
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David M January 18, 2018 6:45 pm UTC
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Excellent! I look forward to it.
I think the simplest approach is to treat dungeon tiles like any other terrain that you move through/around. If the scales right and players want to use the spaces on their dungeon tiles as a measurement aid, great. If not, you can still use a ruler.
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