Turning Points: Arcturus

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Turning Points: Arcturus
Product information
Type Scenario Pack (PDF)
Development Ben H. Rome
Primary writing Joshua C. Perian (writing)
Philip A. Lee (editing)
Pages 26
Cover Artwork Ray Arrastia (design)
David Allen Kerber (layout)
Interior Artwork Jason Knight (evolved faction logos design)
Ray Arrastia, David Allen Kerber, Patrick Wynne (maps & logos)
Aaron Pollyea (original map)
Publication information
Publisher Catalyst Game Labs
Product code CAT35TP017
First published 18 June 2015
MSRP $5.99
Content
Era Jihad era
Timeline 3073
Series Turning Points
Preceded by Turning Points: Irian
Followed by Turning Points: Epsilon Eridani

Description[edit]

Turning Points: Arcturus is the second release in the new web exclusive Turning Points PDF series produced by Catalyst Game Labs. It uses the Chaos Campaign rules and provides a campaign setting for players fighting on Arcturus in the Jihad era and allows for players to fight with small size forces up to planetary scale combat. Also included are specific Random Assignment Tables, atlas and information on Arcturus, unit briefs, scenarios tracks, and Record Sheets for two unique 'Mechs.

The campaign focusses on the mercenary coalition assembled by Chandrasekhar Kurita who has waged a private war against the Word of Blake since the beginning of the Jihad. He was among the first to learn of the "Hidden Five" and by using all his resources he obtained a journal which would be the key to finding one of these worlds, the so-called Ruins of Gabriel. However, Precentor Berith, an Ascended Manei Domini, eventually learned that Kurita had obtained the journal and was assembling a coalition of elite mercenary units on Arcturus. Whereupon Berith launched a massive strike to kill Chandrasekhar Kurita and reclaim the journal.

From the Back Cover[edit]

“ Before Devlin Stone, before the Republic, there was Kurita

As the Jihad unfolded, Chandrasekhar Kurita fought a one-man war against the Blakists when others would not. From the cradle of the Lyran Commonwealth, Kurita built a coalition of mercenaries to expose one of the Word’s darkest—and turn the Inner Sphere against their real enemy.

But the Word of Blake had other plans. To protect their secrets, they launched an invasion of Arcturus to punish Kurita and his mercenary cohorts. Led by a vicious Shadow Division and one of their best operatives, the battle for Arcturus became more than just survival as the very fate of the Inner Sphere hung in the balance.

This campaign series uses the Chaos Campaign rules and gives players the option of fighting individual battles, following a campaign arc, or inserting it into their own campaigns. This PDF exclusive includes a rundown of the forces involved in the conflict and several tracks that players can use to recreate the entire violent conflict on Arcturus. The only limits are the players' imaginations.

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Contents[edit]

  • Introduction
  • Atlas Arcturus
    • World Map & Planetary Data Sheet
    • Planetary Information & Maps

Notes[edit]

  • Unlike other sourcebooks, Turning Points: Arcturus lacks an explicit table of contents. The list shown here was assembled from page headings.
  • It should be noted that this product marks change in naming of Turning Points products. It was originally announced as Jihad Turning Points: Arcturus but was renamed, with further Turning Points books no longer noted by era. Instead, each product includes era icons to show in which era it takes place.[1] (link broken as of September 2024)

References[edit]

  1. ↑ Writers comment on series naming practices changed with TP:Irian

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