Vajra Enterprises
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| Industry | Role-playing game publisher |
| Founded | 2001 |
| Headquarters | Hillsboro, Oregon, USA |
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Key people
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Brian St.Claire-King |
| Products | Fates Worse Than Death, Tibet, In Dark Alleys, KidWorld, Hoodoo Blues, Seeker |
| Website | www.vajraenterprises.com |
Vajra Enterprises, founded in 2001, is a publishing company which produces tabletop role-playing games. Vajra's games have a reputation for taking the conventions of more traditional genres and turning them around, into something familiar yet different. For example, at the beginning of Fates Worse than Death, there is a page-long list of features differentiating it from traditional cyberpunk. Vajra strives to create very specific and detailed game settings, as opposed to many other companies which strive to create generic settings with wide appeal.
All Vajra Enterprises releases are based on the Organic Rule Components system, also known as ORC. The publisher offers free licenses to use the ORC system on approval of the subject matter by Vajra Enterprises. The ORC game mechanics have been criticized by reviewers as being too "crunchy". When used in a game system review, the term "crunchy" indicates relatively complex and number-driven game mechanics.
Vajra Enterprises' releases include published books and several games available for download as pdf files.
Fates Worse Than Death is a cyberpunk game which takes place on a fictional Manhattan in the year 2080, where decades of global crisis and war has crippled the city's economic and social structure. The city is plagued with poverty, crime, diseases, and corruption, making it one of the most dangerous ghettos in the world. Players take role of characters belonging to a new generation of people, characterized by the belief that no one but themselves are willing to save them. Tired of wasting their lives in fear, this group aims toward forming new communities and testing new technology to make the city a better and safer place to live. Even though this group's fights and accomplishments help the city get better, often its members also have to deal with their own personal problems, usually related to drugs, violence, or mental illness.
Behind the Eyes of Madness is a supplemental book for the Fates Worse Than Death game world which contains special rules for characters with mental illnesses.
Price of Power (working title) is a supplemental book for the Fates Worse Than Death game world. As of 08-28-2014 it has reached playtesting stage.
Tibet: The Roleplaying Game is set in Tibet c. 1959, during the Chinese invasion of Tibet which began in 1950. It is properly categorized as historical fantasy because it is set in a technologically accurate version of 1950s Tibet, but it incorporates magic and mythical creatures. Tibetan cultural and religious practices from ancient Bön to Tibetan Buddhism are brought into game play such that characters can interact with physical manifestations of traditional Tibetan mythical beings and locations. For example, players may encounter a wrathful dharmapala or visit Shambala.
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