Guilders - A Life In Shadows

 

Guilders – A Life In Shadows is a tabletop roleplaying miniatures game, about thief guilds played with 28mm-32mm scale miniatures. You play as the Master of a Guild made from all manner of thieves, thugs, scallywags, and troublemakers. The goal of your guild is to rise in power, fame and wealth – make your name and rival the old and powerful guilds.

After playing a lot of skirmish games (this blog is pretty much only that) - They were all missing something. I wanted a classic fantasy board (not warzones, frozen stuff), but had no games for it. I wanted a huge Neverwinter or Baldurs Gate city - had no games for it. I wanted a higher focus on RPG elements and story between the games. So I'm writing a Guilders. 

This page will contain everything. Terrain projects, miniatures, articles etc. But first a few links. 

The current rules, tokens: Google Drive

Facebook group: For anything about the game.

Discord: The Bloodbeard's Garage Discord, lots of room for Guilders. 

Hashtags: #Guilders #ALifeInShadows 

Guilds

• The Rogue Circus - a master acrobat turned thief in retirement and other rogue circus workers.
• The Eastwall Cornerclub Clubbers - my first playtest guild. Made for the 1.4 (campaign introduction) playtest.
• The Guild of the Magi - a guild led by an arrogant hedge mage and his entourage. Painted up for some solo gaming.
• The Guild of Gifts - a guild given to me as a gift. Many different races in this guild. High fantasy.

Other Miniatures 

• Civillian NPCs
• Inn patrons: seated miniatures and bard all from Dunkeldorf.
• More patrons - this is kitbashed standing minis. 
• Butcher and his stall. 
• A cripple and peasent feeding chickens.
• Monks and priest.
• Paladins / Temple Guardians.
• Jesters and a bard
• Civilian peasents and citizens. Made from various bits and pieces.
• How to make crowd bases from XPS foam.
• NPC Guards
• Town Watch and Watch Dogs - the first guard types encountered. 
• City Guard - the second and deadly type of guards.
• Royal Guard - the toughest NPC enemies. And City Guard with crossbows.
• A Guard Captain

Terrain: 

I've made a lot of terrain for Guilders. Go to this page for all the projects gathered in one place. 

Youtube:

There's a bunch of Guilders stuff posted on Youtube. 

• Guilders: A Life in Shadows playlist. 
• Terrain of all kinds playlist.
• How to Play
• General Mechanics
• Turn sequence
• Stats, character card and guilder profiles
• Movement
• Founding a guild
• Levelling Up

Battle Reports:

A Hanged Man's Friend - rescueing a captured guild member 

Pious Pickpockets - first campaign test game. 

Hanged Man's Friend - trying to rescue an acrobat from the gallows.

Red Cobblestone - An attacker / defender heist. 

Tavern Brawl - mostly a photo post.

Solo Campaign:

1. A Regular Days Work - Solo Play / Youtube / Let's Play
2. Pick Your Poison.
3. Pick Your Poison

Development blogs:

1.6 - final public beta

1.33 beta upload, town watch miniatures

1.32 beta upload, gametest photos. 

Concept blogs: 

Describing different key concepts in the game. Quick overviews of the concepts. 

• Loot, NPCs and crowds.