Imaginary Empire Games

13/06/2025

KiwiRPG week 2025 runs from Sunday 15th June through to Saturday 21st June! Find out all the details here: https://www.kiwirpg.com/kiwirpg-week-2025/

02/01/2025

Happy New Year! | Ngā mihi o te tau hou!

Coming in 2025, Raiders of the Crystal Sea is a tabletop role-playing game about a crew of rogues, outcasts and explorers who try and make a buck running cargo across a snow-filled wilderness, exploring spell-scarred ruins and trading with isolated communities.

If you can contend with the fierce magical storms, junker pirates, cannibal cults and restless dead you just might make enough to put food on the table and survive another day.

Hat-tip to Thomas A Boatwright for his amazing art and Kēmu Whakatau O Aotearoa for continuing to support innovative games from Aotearoa.

09/11/2024

Bea DnD are stocking some fine !

Arcane Crimes Division

beadndgames.co.nz/products/arcane-crimes-division

Arcane Crimes Division brings light-hearted buddy-cop style action to a fantasy city bursting with magic and thick with scheming villains and ruthless scoundrels. The focus of the game is the relationship between detectives, as they crack cases, engage in thrilling chases, and confront criminal masterminds.

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06/10/2024

Are you thinking of going to Kapcon in January and not sure what to run? Here are a few suggestions that come complete with GM support! https://kapcon.org.nz/?q=node/1166

25/08/2024

Player registrations are now open for Roll for Hope. Play some games to support charity! This September 21 in Te Whanganui a Tara (Wellington).

The lineup includes brand new game Raiders of the Cystal Sea, where you'll be signing aboard the ice-skimmer Windthief to try and bring Deard Pirate Ildrim von Shoud to justice, Dead-or-Alive!
https://rollforhope.wordpress.com/

08/08/2024

What's this? A new game and a great cause!

Saturday 21 September 2024 Wellington A tabletop roleplaying games event on Saturday 21 September 2024 at Collective Community Hub, Johnsonville, Wellington. All proceeds go to Make-A-Wish. GM/facilitator callouts are open now, to offer a game please complete the GM sign-up form. Player registration...

05/07/2024

Very honoured to win this last night! Huge thanks to everyone who helped with Arcane Crimes Division, particularly PleasantlyDreadful and Karina Moreno, Hannah Emily Shribman-Brown, Andrew Millar and the rest of the playtesting crew and, of course, all the Kickstarter Backers!

🌈 The Diverse Delight (Excellence in Diversity) 🌈 went to Arcane Crimes Division (Imaginary Empire Games)

Congrats!!

🏆The Finalist is chosen based on the representation accurately shown within the game; characters, narrative, and within the development team. This award celebrates games which show the wonderful diverse world in which we live.

🥝✨

27/06/2024

Hiwa-i-te-rangi is the Māori wishing star and speaks to our hopes and desires for the year. This karakia is used to honour the rising of Matariki and the star Hiwa-i-te-rangi. ⭐

These karakia can be spoken to Matariki in winter just before the sun rises. Each one has a specific purpose. The karakia are a truncated version of a much larger ceremony that is conducted during the Māori New Year to acknowledge Matariki. Still, these karakia follow the same structure as the more elaborate ceremony, and they hold the same intent.

Before the Hautapu ceremony begins, people gather, prepare and cook food so that it is ready to be offered to the star cluster. 🌠 After the karakia to Pōhutukawa and the honouring of the dead, food is offered to the stars. The steam from the cooked food rises into the sky and feeds Matariki. Once this part of the ceremony has been completed, a series of karakia follow. The karakia are dedicated to the different stars in the cluster.

Learn more by reading the full resource, designed to support all of Aotearoa to understand the traditions of Matariki.

Source: Matariki Karakia booklet, featuring karakia written by Tā Pou Temara and Professor Rangi Matamua, published by Te Arawhiti in 2023. Download at www.matariki.com/resources.

Mānawatia a Matariki!

22/06/2024

Tēnā koutou (greetings)

Today marks the beginning of Kiwi RPG Week - a week that celebrates games and creators from Aotearoa New Zealand. A full week of activities and events is planned that coincides with Matariki: Māori New Year. All of the details are available from https://www.kiwirpg.com/kiwirpg-week-2024/

Later today, after the opening ceremony, GM David Easley and his crew will play Arcane Crimes Division - a lighthearted buddy-cop style whodunnit, where the relationship between the detectives takes center stage! This will be live streamed on Twitch.
https://www.twitch.tv/kemuwhakatauoaotearoa
Check out the full KiwiRPG streaming event on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1176693330013467/

To celebrate the launch of KiwiRPG week many of our games, including Arcane Crimes Division, are available for a special price. You can also pick up a special bundle of titles by Kiwi authors. https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/479982/KiwiRPG-week-2024-BUNDLE

Ngā mihi o te tau hou (greetings for the new year.)

16/06/2024

COUNTDOWN TO KIWI RPG WEEK - SUN 23RD JUNE

In the magical metropolis of Polarity, the Arcane Crimes Division has it rough. The city is thick with scheming villains and ruthless scoundrels. Our detectives will have to work together to confront criminal masterminds, but working *together* may be the toughest task of all...

Join GM David Easley and his crew for Arcane Crimes Division by Imaginary Empire Games - a lighthearted buddy-cop style whodunnit, where the relationship between the detectives takes center stage!

Watch the stream at twitch.tv/kemuwhakatauoaotearoa

Check out the full KiwiRPG streaming event at facebook.com/share/Mr6jfBAuBHCB5Mng

Learn about KiwiRPG Week at kiwirpg.com/kiwirpg-week-2024

Thanks to our KiwiRPG partner Bea DnD Games for donating the prizes we will be giving away during and after the stream!

26/05/2024

Watch Arcane Crimes Division during KiwiRPG week.

Day one of KiwiRPG week is kicking off with a bang - our first stream is showing off Arcane Crimes Division by Imaginary Empire Games!

Join GM David Easley at 12pm on Sunday 23rd June to explore light-hearted buddy-cop style action in a fantasy city bursting with magic and thick with scheming villains and ruthless scoundrels!

Check out Arcane Crimes Division here: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/445218/Arcane-Crimes-Division&affiliate_id%3D35526

Follow our twitch channel here: https://www.twitch.tv/kemuwhakatauoaotearoa

Find out more about the KiwiRPG Week streaming event here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1176693330013467/

Watch the stream to win cool prizes from Bea DnD Games, and support Kiwi-created RPG games!

24/05/2024

Packed with intriguing mysteries, thrilling chases and pulse-pounding conflicts, the Arcane Crimes Division Casebook takes buddy-copy roleplaying to the next level. Available now as both a lavishly illustrated PDF and a full-colour hardback book.

An expansion of the Arcane Crimes Division tabletop roleplaying game, the Casebook presents five new cases and three new detective backgrounds, as well as a full range of game materials to support the facilitator in running the game. Arcane Crimes Division reviewers say:

"An easy recommend, featuring well thought out mechanics, a great setting, and gorgeous art work." - Martin B.

"The game mechanics are as smooth as a fresh jar of peanut butter, and not the crunchy kind... you won't regret adding this to your RPG collection" - CritStarter

"It almost feels like taking on roles of Danny Glover and Mel Gibson in Lethal Weapon, or playing a game of good cop / bad cop , having great potential for a night of humor and laughs" - Everything Boardgames.

Add this beautiful book to your collection, and your bookshelf, today. https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/476091/arcane-crimes-division-casebook&affiliate_id%3D185779