{"id":2034,"date":"2013-10-07T13:15:09","date_gmt":"2013-10-07T20:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/arcdream.com\/home\/?p=2034"},"modified":"2013-10-07T13:15:09","modified_gmt":"2013-10-07T20:15:09","slug":"the-courtyard-of-hell-now-available-for-godlike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcdream.com\/home\/2013\/10\/the-courtyard-of-hell-now-available-for-godlike\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;The Courtyard of Hell&#8217; now available for &#8216;GODLIKE&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/arcdream.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/F-Scene-3-firing-around-corner.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2036\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/arcdream.com\/home\/2013\/10\/the-courtyard-of-hell-now-available-for-godlike\/f-scene-3-firing-around-corner\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/arcdream.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/F-Scene-3-firing-around-corner.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1010,1376\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"F-Scene-3-firing-around-corner\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/arcdream.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/F-Scene-3-firing-around-corner-751x1024.jpg\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2036\" alt=\"F-Scene-3-firing-around-corner\" src=\"http:\/\/arcdream.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/F-Scene-3-firing-around-corner-220x300.jpg\" width=\"220\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/arcdream.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/F-Scene-3-firing-around-corner-220x300.jpg 220w, https:\/\/arcdream.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/F-Scene-3-firing-around-corner-751x1024.jpg 751w, https:\/\/arcdream.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/F-Scene-3-firing-around-corner.jpg 1010w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/a>Arc Dream Publishing is proud to present <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.arcdream.com\/zencart\/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=4&amp;products_id=59\"><strong>The Courtyard of Hell<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0<\/em>a full-length campaign for the \u00a0superpowered World War II RPG\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.arcdream.com\/zencart\/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=4&amp;products_id=49\">GODLIKE: Superhero Roleplaying in a World on Fire<\/a>.<\/em>\u00a0Written by Allan Goodall <em>(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.arcdream.com\/zencart\/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=4&amp;products_id=36\">Black Devils Brigade<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arcdream.com\/zencart\/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=5&amp;products_id=8\">This Favored Land<\/a>),<\/em> <em>The Courtyard of Hell\u00a0<\/em>is a 160-page adventure of harrowing urban warfare in the Italian campaign.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;It wasn&#8217;t hell. It was the courtyard of hell. It was a maelstrom of noise and hot, splitting steel&#8230; the rattling of machine guns never stops&#8230; wounded men refuse to leave, and the men don&#8217;t want to be relieved after seven days and seven nights&#8230; the battlefield is still an appalling thing to see, in its mud, ruin, dead, and its blight and desolation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;Matthew Halton, War Correspondent<br \/>\nCanadian Broadcasting Corporation<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It&#8217;s late December, 1943, just after the bloody <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Moro_River_Campaign#Canadians_cross_the_Moro\">crossing of the Moro River<\/a>. The players&#8217; superpowered Talents accompany the soldiers of the 2nd Brigade, the Loyal Edmonton Regiment, the Seaforth Highlanders of Canada, and Princess Patricia&#8217;s Canadian Light Infantry, as they attempt to wrest the town of Ortona from a regiment of elite German paratroopers. It&#8217;s a battle so ferocious that Churchill will call it <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Ortona\">&#8220;Little Stalingrad.&#8221;<\/a> It&#8217;s a battle that the survivors will never forget.<\/p>\n<p><i>The Courtyard of Hell<\/i>\u00a0includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Guidelines for character creation and <strong>seven \u0003pregenerated characters<\/strong>, ready to play.<\/li>\n<li>Tips for presenting <strong>large-scale combat<\/strong> scenes.<\/li>\n<li>New Canadian and German <strong>weapons and vehicles<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;One Roll Cityfight&#8221;<\/strong> rules for detailed encounters.<\/li>\n<li>Enough <strong>adventures for months<\/strong> of thrilling gaming.<\/li>\n<li>Illustrations by Todd Shearer, Allan Goodall, and Alana Goodall; page design by Simeon Cogswell; editing by James Knevitt and Shane Ivey.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>The Courtyard of Hell<\/em> is available <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rpgnow.com\/product\/119155\/GODLIKE-The-Courtyard-of-Hell?affiliate_id=48458\">in PDF<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arcdream.com\/zencart\/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=4&amp;products_id=59\">in paperback with a free PDF download<\/a>. It will be available in stores in late 2013.<\/p>\n<p>Even better, the PDF of\u00a0<em>The Courtyard of Hell\u00a0<\/em>will be sent free, with our gratitude, to backers of the 2011 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/arcdream\/godlike-roleplaying-game-in-pdf\">Kickstarter campaign<\/a> that funded the new paperback and PDF edition of <em>GODLIKE<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Check your ammo and get ready to march. &#8220;Little Stalingrad&#8221; awaits.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.arcdream.com\/zencart\/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=4&amp;products_id=59\"><em>The Courtyard of Hell<\/em> is shipping now.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.arcdream.com\/zencart\/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=4&amp;products_id=59\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2035\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/arcdream.com\/home\/2013\/10\/the-courtyard-of-hell-now-available-for-godlike\/courtyard-of-hell-cover-front-612px\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/arcdream.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Courtyard-of-Hell-cover-front-612px.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"612,792\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Courtyard-of-Hell-cover-front-612px\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/arcdream.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Courtyard-of-Hell-cover-front-612px.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2035\" alt=\"Courtyard-of-Hell-cover-front-612px\" src=\"http:\/\/arcdream.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Courtyard-of-Hell-cover-front-612px.jpg\" width=\"612\" height=\"792\" srcset=\"https:\/\/arcdream.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Courtyard-of-Hell-cover-front-612px.jpg 612w, https:\/\/arcdream.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Courtyard-of-Hell-cover-front-612px-231x300.jpg 231w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arc Dream Publishing is proud to present The Courtyard of Hell,\u00a0a full-length campaign for the \u00a0superpowered World War II RPG\u00a0GODLIKE: Superhero Roleplaying<\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a class=\"myButt \" href=\"https:\/\/arcdream.com\/home\/2013\/10\/the-courtyard-of-hell-now-available-for-godlike\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2035,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[265,82,200,160,120],"class_list":["post-2034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-godlike","tag-alana-goodall","tag-allan-goodall","tag-james-knevitt","tag-simeon-cogswell","tag-todd-shearer"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/arcdream.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Courtyard-of-Hell-cover-front-612px.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1wrNI-wO","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcdream.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcdream.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcdream.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcdream.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcdream.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2034"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/arcdream.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2034\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2038,"href":"https:\/\/arcdream.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2034\/revisions\/2038"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcdream.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcdream.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcdream.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcdream.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}