Tag: PulpRev
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Babylon Black: Week 4 Update!
Babylon Black in the final stretch! With just 3 days to go, the campaign is going down to the wire. There’s just 3 more days before the campaign-exclusive perks go away permanently. As of time of writing, there’s still $308 left to go to hit the campaign goal. Regardless of how the campaign finally plays…
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Babylon Black: The Doctrine of the Sword
Katanas are cool. Small wonder, then, that katanas show up often in cyberpunk media. The genre came of age in an era of Japanese ascendency. In Western cyberpunk works, the katana served as a symbol of Japanese cultural and martial power, and a marker of globalization and Niponnisation. With Babylon, I wanted to do something…
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Babylon Black: A Sword Against Leviathan
The New Gods possess overwhelming power. Manpower, firepower, soft power, hard power, name the power and they have it. And they gift their most loyal believers ultratech and occult powers. No human military or police force can oppose them; they have all been co-opted by the New Gods. No corporation can compete with them; they…
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Babylon Black: The Forging of A Warrior
How do you forge a man into a warrior against the New Gods? This is one of the key questions Babylon Red seeks to explore. Outnumbered and outgunned, there is no way Team Black Watch can fight the New Gods alone. They need allies. But who dares to challenge the rulers of the world? This…
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Babylon Black: Diplomacy Through Violence
The Special Tasks Section comprises of just under a hundred operators scattered across a continent. The New Gods are each a nation, with armies and economies that rival those of superpowers. The STS has few allies. The New Gods control the governments and corporations. It’s impossible for the STS to sustained prolonged operations against the…
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Babylon Black Week 2 update and free chapter!
We are 2 weeks into Babylon Black and the campaign is 40% funded. It’s a little slow, but given the state of the economy, it’s understandable. Babylon Black is more than just an atmospheric action piece. It’s a hyperkinetic mix of irregular warfare, political intrigue, and ironclad faith. In the previous chapter, we saw warfare…