Pre-Order Store for Historica Arcanum: Era of the Crusades
Created by Metis Creative
5th Edition's Historical Fantasy Universe has returned: Uncover Two Grand Sourcebooks & Explore Jerusalem and Cairo of the Crusade Era!
Latest Updates from Our Project:
Quick Update for the Era of the Crusades & the Next Historica Arcanum Release
almost 2 years ago
– Fri, Jun 28, 2024 at 04:01:53 AM
Era of the Crusades Catch Up
Hello everyone,
We wanted to drop by to give you guys a quick update on where we are for the Era of the Crusades.
The good news is, everything is going according to schedule. We expect to be done with the production by mid July. Afterwards, we will load all the goodies onto ships to take them to our warehouses. How long the sea freight will take is up to the drowned gods, but it usually takes around a month.
The bad news is...well, there is no bad news. That's it, everything's on schedule!
Historica Arcanum: Cults of London Release
The next project, Historica Arcanum: Cults of London - a strategy board game - is releasing in two weeks! We are regularly releasing updates on the gameplay and the lore here.
We would love to have you join us in creating our first board game, and the first expansion of the Historica Arcanum IP into other media.
As always, let us know if you have any comments, questions, or suggestions.
Cheers, Sarp - Producer @ Metis Creative
GRAND RELEASE! HISTORICA ARCANUM: ERA OF THE CRUSADES SAGA IS COMPLETE
almost 2 years ago
– Fri, May 17, 2024 at 12:26:02 PM
Hello everyone,
Today marks the Grand Release of Historica Arcanum: The Crusades Saga. Today, we have officially released both books: Era of the Crusades and The Sigil of Jerusalem. We have a release trailer for you to start this massive update with!
You should have received an email with access to both books by now. Let us know if you haven't, and we can sort it out asap!
Now, we want to look back on what we have accomplishes with these two books.
Showcasing The Crusades Saga
The Art
We couldn't be prouder of every single illustration in both Era of the Crusades and The Sigil of Jerusalem. Our art team have produced quite possibly one of the best looking Tabletop Roleplaying books. Here are some snapshots of the gorgeus artwork of the Crusades Saga:
Salah ad-Din, the Avenging Sultan.
...and his cover art counterpart!
The items also received their fair share of art love!
The Subclasses
The subclasses we created for Era of the Crusades is our favorite roster so far! Everything from their artwork to their gameplay is meticilously crafted.
We had no other choice, there just had to be an Oath of Crusade Paladin.
Circle of the Sun, in her blazing glory.
The Stories
One of the reasons why we chose this timeline is for the stories it offered us. Of course, Baldwin IV, and Saladin made great cover artworks - and great characters for our Adventure.
But in Historica Arcanum, we like to dig deeper in each setting and adventure. So that's why you will find Mesopotamian mythology, medieval roboticists, linguistic riddles, and much more in this Universe. And they look gorgeous!
The medieval Roboticist in Question and the Author of our Bestiary, Ismail al-Jazari.
Any guesses who this reasonable gentleman is without looking at the book?
Cartography
We would be amiss if we hadn't mentioned our maps here - the lifeblood of the table. We already shared our canvas map arts - and now, the dungeons! They are created using Unreal Engine to get this highly realistic lighting that we wanted to achieve.
Don't mind the black stripes - we are just hiding the spoilers.
The Soundtracks
As we shared in the previous update - our subclass album is released, now on all Music services. Once again, we are very proud of each track our friends at Ethnotic created. Here are the tracks on Spotify:
And Much More
From the spells to side quests, from the Deck of the Damned to Forge Your Knight Order section, the twin books of the Crusades Saga is full of content for you to bring to your TTRPG tables. We hope you enjoy them as much as we enjoyed creating them!
Onwards to Production and Beyond
Now comes the not-so-fun-days-at-the-printing-house stage for our design and production team. We are now preparing all we created for printing - making sure every color, every gold foil is exactly to our liking.
...One more thing. The physical books themselves will have content to offer to the setting. You'll see exactly what we mean very soon.
What Comes After
For now, we will rest for a couple of days while you enjoy the Era of the Crusades release. Then we will start anew, first creating the Digital Library, maps, tokens, cards, anything a GM might use, delivered in a convenient form!
And after that, we have Historica Arcanum: Cults of London. You will hear more about it, very soon!
Thank You
Once again, thank you so much for your support. These books, these stories, these artworks wouldn't be possible without you. We are eternally grateful.
As always, for any comments, suggestions or questions; feel free to reach out to us here, or our Discord Server.
All the Best, Metis Team
RELEASE: SOUNDTRACK ALBUM for ERA of the CRUSADES is OUT NOW!
almost 2 years ago
– Mon, May 13, 2024 at 06:10:50 AM
Hello all,
Today, we are releasing our Soundtrack album for Historica Arcanum: Era of the Crusades. What you will listen to is a 15 tracks filled with character themes and location ambient tracks, crafted and mastered to perfection thanks to our friends at Ëthnotic. We hope you like the tracks as much as we liked them!
Music Files
You can access the lossless .wav files from our webstore for free through this LINK.
Streaming Services
We have also uploaded the soundtracks to ALL music distribution services, from Spotify, to iTunes, to YouTube Music, to TIDAL, and to all the other major ones. Each service will release the album according to their own release policies - so it may take a week or so for the tracks to appear on your favorite music service.
You can go to this LINK to pre-save the tracks on your Spotify page, and be notified when they go live!
RELEASE: HISTORICA ARCANUM: ERA of the CRUSADES is OUT NOW!
almost 2 years ago
– Fri, May 10, 2024 at 03:57:17 PM
Everyone, check your emails. Historica Arcanum: Era of the Crusades is available now! We couldn't be prouder - our most ambitious campaign setting to date is now ready to download!
You can access the PDF through your BackerKit dashboard today.
Throughout the next week, we will release the Adventure Module: Sigil of Jerusalem, as well as the Soundtrack Album, so stay tuned for more news.
Once again, thank you so much for undertaking this journey through history and fantasy with us. We all hope that you enjoy your descent into Holy Lands.
As always, for all your questions, comments, and suggestions, feel free to write to us here, email us, or ask on our discord server!
Final Days to Release - Live Streaming Read-Through of ERA OF THE CRUSADES
about 2 years ago
– Mon, Apr 22, 2024 at 04:46:10 AM
Hello everyone,
We are but a few days left until we release Historica Arcanum: Era of the Crusades!
To celebrate, we will be hosting our first LIVE READ-THROUGH session for Era of the Crusades! In the live stream, we will be answering all your questions, giving our tips and tricks for running Historica Arcanum games, and giving sneak peeks on future content!
