Adventurer Conqueror King is a pen and paper RPG published in 2012 that I recently became aware of since the author is doing a promotional tour for ACKs II, his new addition coming out soon. I was drawn in by its focus on simulation, and high level play. As designed, the game assumes one starts as an adventurer, conquers a kingdom of their own, and then rules it.
Since it is such a relatively old game with a new addition comings out, the basic core rule book is available free, either as a website (website link) or a scanned PDF of the book. None of the other books seem to be available, leading me to suspect its intentional. I am currently reading through and practicing some elements of the rules with the aim of running a game soonish. If I get that up and running, I'll try discussing my experience and option of the game itself.
At this point though, I have primarily been drawn in by listening to the creator Alexander Marcris and his arguments for the merits of games like his.
This substack post gives a good example of the variety of his content, between articles, edited videos, and interviews/panels.
Hopefully this is on interest to someone, and my terrible selling of it bring someone amusement or intellectual stimulation. Or maybe someone's heard of him/this system before and can point out his/its crippling flaws.
Since it is such a relatively old game with a new addition comings out, the basic core rule book is available free, either as a website (website link) or a scanned PDF of the book. None of the other books seem to be available, leading me to suspect its intentional. I am currently reading through and practicing some elements of the rules with the aim of running a game soonish. If I get that up and running, I'll try discussing my experience and option of the game itself.
At this point though, I have primarily been drawn in by listening to the creator Alexander Marcris and his arguments for the merits of games like his.
This substack post gives a good example of the variety of his content, between articles, edited videos, and interviews/panels.
Hopefully this is on interest to someone, and my terrible selling of it bring someone amusement or intellectual stimulation. Or maybe someone's heard of him/this system before and can point out his/its crippling flaws.
