Umläut: Game of Metal – Available at Dragonmeet!

Heavy Metal. The very name itself drips with power, testosterone and hairspray. Warriors on the stage of history, wielding their axes and mics as they do battle for glory! Trusts are forged and betrayed, mighty empires rise and fall. Ultimately, the only truth worth living for is Metal.

Long of hair and tight of pants, you join the ranks of Metal in your quest for babes, booze and glory. Try to Make It Big and hunt down an elusive record contract.

These are the heroes of an age.

This is their story.

Umläut: Game of Metal is a collaborative storytelling game which gives each player the chance to create and control of their own Heavy Metal band. Simple mechanics let you chart their career as they rehearse, play gigs, fight among themselves and pull crazy publicity stunts. Will you make it big, or are your records destined to languish in the discount bin of obscurity? Can you hold your band together when the going is rough, or will you self destruct in a drug-fuelled clash of egos?

After a long wait, Umläut: Game of Metal will finally be available in limited quantities from the Collective Endeavour stall at Dragonmeet 2009!

Here is the cover:

Paperback £12
PDF CD £6 (with £6 discount towards pre-order of the printed version if you decide to “upgrade” later).

The paperback will be widely available early next year. See lordofthepies.co.uk for more details when they become available.