Armageddon: The End Times

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Armageddon: The End Times is a role-playing game published by Myrmidon Press in 1997, with a second edition by Eden Studios, Inc. in 2003.

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Description

Armageddon: The End Times was a connected game to CJ Carella's WitchCraft that described a potential future for the same setting.

Publication history

Armageddon was published by Myrmidon Press in 1997, with a second edition by Eden Studios, Inc. in 2003.

Unisystem was developed by C.J. Carella for the first editions of his WitchCraft, [1] and Armageddon role-playing games. [2] [3]

George Vasilakos and M. Alexander Jurkat were fans of C.J. Carella's work, and in July 1998 they announced an exclusive license to Carella's WitchCraft and Armageddon role-playing games, previously published by small-press roleplaying company Myrmidon Press. [4] :340Armageddon 2nd Edition was later published using the Unisystem gaming system. [5]

Eden Studios also released Enemies Archived (2006), a monster manual for Armageddon in PDF and POD produced in conjunction with Misfit Studios. [4] :343

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