Haven: City of Violence

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Haven: City of Violence Role-Playing Game
Designer(s) Louis Porter Jr.
Publisher(s)Louis Porter Jr. Design
Genre(s) Neo-noir, Action Adventure
System(s) Open Gaming License / d20 System

Haven: City of Violence is a role-playing game created by Louis Porter Jr. Design.[ citation needed ] The game is a neo-noir "role playing game of hyperkinetic action" and was released for sale in 2003.[ citation needed ]Haven: City of Violence is the first role-playing game ever to be optioned by a movie production company prior to its public release. Louis Porter Jr. and his company began working on the game in 1998.[ citation needed ] They had been developing it for six years when Barry Levine's company, Brigade Entertainment, optioned the movie rights for the game. [1]

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