High adventure in the steam age | |
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Designers | Mike Pondsmith |
Publishers | R. Talsorian Games |
Publication | 1994 (1st edition) |
Genres | Steampunk,[citation needed] Fantasy |
Systems | Custom |
Castle Falkenstein is a steampunk-themed fantasy role-playing game (RPG) designed by Mike Pondsmith and originally published by R. Talsorian Games in 1994. The game is named for a legendary unbuilt castle in the Bavarian Alps. Players play the roles of gallant adventurers who take on quests of intrigue and derring-do in the spirit of Victorian adventures such as The Prisoner of Zenda.