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Magpie Games is an American tabletop role-playing games publishing company founded in 2011, located in Albuquerque, New Mexico. [1]

Their publications include Root: the Roleplaying Game, an adaptation of the board game Root , [2] [3] the horror themed game Bluebeard's Bride , [4] and Urban Shadows, which has an urban fantasy setting. [5]

In 2021, Magpie Games started a Kickstarter campaign to fund the publication of Avatar Legends: The Roleplaying Game . [6] [7] [8] It became the most successful Kickstarter campaign for a table-top roleplaying game. [9] [10]

Their games have won ENNIE Awards, [11] IndieCade awards, [12] and Indie Game Developer Network awards. [13]

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References

  1. ↑ "About Us". Magpie Games. Retrieved 2023-03-30.
  2. ↑ Hall, Charlie (2021-12-15). "Root: The Roleplaying Game is a delightfully blank slate, ready for adventure". Polygon. Retrieved 2023-03-30.
  3. ↑ Hall, Charlie (2021-12-08). "The board game Root would never have worked as a D&D campaign". Polygon. Retrieved 2023-03-30.
  4. ↑ Beck, Rachel (2018-07-29). "BLUEBEARD'S BRIDE Review - No Way Out; Only Forward". Dread Central. Retrieved 2023-03-30.
  5. ↑ Martin, Emily (2022-12-29). "10 Of The Best Tabletop Roleplaying Games Beyond D&D". BOOK RIOT. Retrieved 2023-03-30.
  6. ↑ Clark, Nicole (2022-10-13). "Avatar Legends gives the future of Last Airbender over to the fans". Polygon. Retrieved 2023-03-30.
  7. ↑ Moore, Jared (2021-08-16). "Avatar Legends Has Been So Successful It's Run Out of Stretch Goals". IGN. Retrieved 2023-03-30.
  8. ↑ "Nostalgic 'Avatar Legends' trailer teases a tabletop RPG that wants to capture the spirit of the shows". SYFY Official Site. 2021-08-06. Retrieved 2023-03-30.
  9. ↑ Lang, Brad (2021-08-13). "Avatar: Legends Is the Most Successful TTRPG Ever on Kickstarter". CBR. Retrieved 2023-03-30.
  10. ↑ Wieland, Rob. "The Avatar Legends Roleplaying Game Has Raised Over $5 Million On Kickstarter". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-03-30.
  11. ↑ "2022 Results – ENNIE Awards" . Retrieved 2023-03-30.
  12. ↑ "BLUEBEARD'S BRIDE – IndieCade" . Retrieved 2023-03-30.
  13. ↑ "Previous Award Winners". Indie Game Developer Network. Retrieved 2023-03-30.


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