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industry role playing game publisher founded 2001 ; 15 years ago 2001 headquarters hillsboro oregon usa 1 key people 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 . contents 1 game system 2 game products 2.1 fates worse than death 2.2 tibet the roleplaying game 2.3 in dark alleys 2.4 kidworld 2.5 hoodoo blues 2.6 seeker 3 references 4 external links game system edit 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 . 2 3 when used in a game system review the term crunchy indicates relatively complex and number driven game mechanics . 4 game products edit vajra enterprises releases include published books and several games available for download as pdf files . fates worse than death edit 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 . 5 6 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 edit tibet the roleplaying game is set in tibet c. 1959 during the chinese invasion of tibet which began in 1950 . 7 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 . 8 tibetan cultural and religious practices from ancient b n 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 . tibet was released in july 2004 . in 2009 the publishing house maqui edicions published two translations of the game first in april into catalan under the name tibet el joc de rol 9 and then in september into spanish under the name t bet el juego de rol . in dark alleys edit in dark alleys is a modern psychological horror game set in los angeles . 10 like the roleplaying game kult it has a gnostic cosmological backdrop . a game scenario for in dark alleys was included with the free rpg day materials in 2007 . 3 kidworld edit kidworld features a post apocalyptic setting in which children are the only fully functional humans left on earth . hoodoo blues edit hoodoo blues is a horror history genre game based on the myth and history of america s deep south . 11 it is set in the modern day deep south which includes louisiana georgia mississippi alabama south carolina and parts of florida and texas . game play may include flashbacks to earlier decades of the characters lives . a player will typically take on the role of a minority character usually african american who has found a way to stave off death for decades . the game universe is based on the premise that voodoo and hoodoo philosophies and magic are real and that minority groups have learned to harness these powers to resist the effects of struggles including discrimination slavery and the civil war . hoodoo blues has been praised for the depth and vitality of the setting and history section in particular . 2 seeker edit seeker is a game set in the modern day small town america . the characters are rural mystics seeking their own brand of enlightenment . they may come from every walk of life humble christian monks passionate artists logical scientists intense shamans martial artists are all examples from the book and there can easily be more . they might have studied various philosophies and mystical systems for years before embarking on the path others just woke up one morning and decided to make a change . what they all have in common is that each has decided to throw himself or herself headfirst into the search for wisdom self improvement and power and rather than pursuing one specific dogma they will travel the world learning from every person and every experience in essence letting the universe teach them what it will . each has developed powerful abilities and each has discovered that the world is a much more complicated much more dangerous and much more wonderful place than they had ever imagined . the rules of the game are those of orc l the lite version of organic rule components designed for quick character creation and light or live action play . the game also contains extensive information on small town america and the secrets and dangers one may find there . 2 references edit vajra enterprises limited liability company . business registry . business registry oregon secretary of state . retrieved september 27 2013 . a b c hoodoo blues the role playing game . drivethru rpg . retrieved september 27 2013 . a b free rpg day review 4 little boy lost . rpgnet . september 3 2007 . ... some may find the mechanics clunky . rpg lexica abc . rpgnet wiki . retrieved september 27 2013 . slang for the relative complexity of a particular ruleset . a crunchy ruleset is more complex . musgrave sean february 6 2004 . review of fates worse than death rpgnet . black ezekiel june 9 2004 . review of fates worse than death . rpgnet . mildra . rpg monk reviews tibet the roleplaying game . youtube . rpg monk reviews . retrieved september 18 2015 . tibet . grog in french . guide du r liste galactique . retrieved september 18 2015 . acerca selenio october 7 2009 . tibet el joc de rol in spanish . bureau noir . vandereyken dirk december 15 2006 . review of in dark alleys rpgnet . spikexan june 11 2010 . hoodoo blues rpg review . flames rising online fanzine . flames rising dot com . retrieved september 18 2015 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title vajra enterprises & oldid 742918381 categories role playing game publishing companiescompanies established in 2001privately held companies based in oregoncompanies based in hillsboro oregon2001 establishments in oregonhidden categories cs1 french language sources fr cs1 spanish language sources es wikipedia articles with possible conflicts of interest from september 2013articles lacking reliable references from september 2013all articles lacking reliable references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search 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