Modiphius was founded in 2012 by husband-wife team Rita and Chris Birch to publish their first game, Achtung! Cthulhu.[13] 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.[14] 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.[15] The game was well-received in the RPG community, and won several awards, including Best Roleplaying Game at the 2014 UK Games Expo.[16] In 2018 a videogame based on the franchise - called Achtung! Cthulhu Tactics - was released by Auroch Digital.[17]
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.[18] 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 developed a Fallout tabletop RPG using their 2d20 system, called Fallout the Roleplaying Game.[5] The game entered beta in 2019 with a projected release in 2020, but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Fallout the Roleplaying Game released digitally in March 2021, with a physical release in July the same year.[6][7]
Star Trek Adventures
In 2017 the company released their first edition of Star Trek Adventures, an RPG series based on the television series Star Trek.[19] In 2024 the company released the quick start guide for the second edition of Star Trek Adventures as a free PDF.[20] The full core rules for the second edition released in August 2024 at Gen Con.[2][3][4]
Dune: Adventures in the Imperium and Fall of the Imperium
In May 2021, Modiphius released Dune: Adventures in the Imperium, based on Dune (franchise).[8][9] It won a Gold ENNIE Award for "Best Writing" with a writing team including Banana Chan. It was also nominated for "Product of the Year.".[21] Modiphius announced an upcoming sequel, Fall of the Imperium, in 2024.[22]
Discworld
In February 2024, Modiphius acquired the license to produce Terry Pratchett’s Discworld: Adventures in Ankh-Morpork.[6] Modiphius launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund the project in October 2024.[23][24]
In 2014 the company released Thunderbirds, a co-operative board game designed by Matt Leacock based on the British children's TV show Thunderbirds.[26]
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.[28]
In 2018, they announced a John Carter of Mars roleplaying game and line of supporting material,[29] based on the early-1900s pulp science fantasy series by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
In 2022, they collaborate with Shawn Tomkin, Ironsworn creator, to publish a deluxe edition of its sci-fi supplement, Starforged[30].
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