Modiphius Entertainment Explained

Modiphius Entertainment
Type:	Private
Industry:	Game company
Founded:	in London
Founders:	Chris Birch, Rita Birch
Location:	London, UK
Footnotes:	^[1]

Modiphius Entertainment is an RPG and tabletop game publisher based in Fulham, London. Modiphius was founded in 2012 by husband-wife team Rita and Chris Birch to publish their first game, Achtung! Cthulhu.^[2] The company have since published a number of product lines based on independent licenses and established brands.

Games

Achtung! Cthulhu

In 2013 the company raised £177,000 through Kickstarter to create Achtung! Cthulhu, a tabletop RPG set in the Second World War inspired by the work of H.P. Lovecraft.^[3] The first series of adventures for Achtung! Cthulhu is called "Zero Point," with the first two chapters called "Three Kings" and "Heroes of the Sea" by Sarah Newton.^[4] The game was well-received in the RPG community, and won several awards, including Best Roleplaying Game at the 2014 UK Games Expo.^[5] In 2018 a videogame based on the franchise - called Achtung! Cthulhu Tactics - was released by Auroch Digital.^[6]

Mutant Chronicles

In 2013 Modiphius released the 3rd edition of popular post-apocalyptic RPG Mutant Chronicles.

Fallout

In 2017 the company acquired the license for Bethesda property Fallout and in 2018 released Fallout: Wasteland Warfare, a tabletop wargame featuring characters and settings from the videogame series.^[7] The company announced in 2019 that they would be working on an RPG expansion to Fallout: Wasteland Warfare to be released in the same year.

Modiphius would also develop a Fallout tabletop RPG using their 2d20 system called Fallout the Roleplaying Game. The game would enter beta in 2019 with a projected release in 2020, but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Fallout the Roleplaying Game would release digitally in March 2021, with a physical release in July the same year.^[8]

Other Franchises

The company have released a number of games based on popular videogame and pop culture franchises:

• In 2014 the company released Thunderbirds, a co-operative board game designed by Matt Leacock based on the popular British children's TV show Thunderbirds.^[9]
• In 2015, the company announced a licensing deal for Robert E. Howard's Conan the Barbarian property, with the publication of a roleplaying game, , and an ongoing line of supplements in that setting taking place beginning in February 2016.^[10]
• In 2017 the company released their first edition of Star Trek Adventures, an RPG series based on the television series Star Trek.^[11]
• In 2018 the company announced they would be working with Dreamworks Studios to produce a board game based on the children's films Kung Fu Panda.^[12]
• In the same year, they also announced a John Carter of Mars roleplaying game and line of supporting material,^[13] based on the early-1900s pulp science fantasy series of the same name by Edgar Rice Burroughs. The John Carter RPG began shipping in early 2019.
• In 2019 the company released a promotional miniature of the Dragonborn from , announcing that they were working on a skirmish-level wargame based on the franchise.
• In 2024 the company released the quick start guide for the second edition of Star Trek Adventures as a free PDF.^[14] The full core rules for the second edition will release in August 2024 at Gen Con with a start set to release that fall. ^[15]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Companies House Profile. 18 July 2020.
2. Web site: ABOUT. Modiphius. en. 2019-07-14.
3. Web site: Achtung! Cthulhu - The WW2 Keeper's & Investigator's Guides. Kickstarter. en. 2019-07-14.
4. Web site: Discover the Secret History of World War Two in Achtung! Cthulhu – Black Gate . 27 October 2012 .
5. Web site: ACHTUNG! CTHULHU. Modiphius. en. 2019-07-14.
6. Web site: Achtung! Cthulhu Tactics on Steam. store.steampowered.com. en. 2019-07-14.
7. Web site: FALLOUT. Modiphius. en. 2019-07-14.
8. Web site: FalloutRPG. Modiphius. en. 2021-07-04.
9. Web site: THUNDERBIRDS. Modiphius. en. 2019-07-14.
10. Web site: Modiphius Brings Robert E. Howard's Conan To Tabletop RPGs. 2015-02-11. VR World. en-US. 2019-07-14.
11. Web site: STAR TREK. Modiphius. en. 2019-07-14.
12. Web site: KUNG FU PANDA. Modiphius. en. 2019-07-14.
13. Web site: JOHN CARTER. Modiphius. en. 2019-07-14.
14. Web site: website . Jeff McAleerFounder/Editor-in-chief of The Gaming Gang . Dispatch . host of The Gaming Gang . media . other TGG . any . Jeff tackles . Strategy . All Sorts of Games but Has a Special Fondness for . Sims . Conflict . Plus . roleplaying games . Opinion . He's Certainly Never at a Loss for an . 2024-04-24 . Score the Free Star Trek Adventures 2E Quickstart in PDF - The Gaming Gang . 2024-04-27 . en-US.
15. Web site: Modiphius Announces 'Star Trek Adventures RPG 2E' . 2024-04-27 . icv2.com . en.