The team has been hard at work, writing, testing, and murmuring blessings as work continues on the books! A quick update on where we are at - the core rulebook is currently in its second pass of editing and we are hoping, after this is complete, to release a plaintext accessibiltiy version of the game. We are very excited for you to get your hands on the full game and to start punching some demons.
We are getting The Five Horsemen and The Last Judgement prepared for editing as soon as the Core Rulebook is coplete, and wanted to give you a preview of what's inside. Our first sneak peak is taking a look at War and the Mission in the Five Horsemen expansion. Here's a quick synopsis of what to expect:
“The land belongs to the people, and the people to it. We must fight to keep it this way.”
Laywoman Joan Vérany
The war tore the land and its people apart, leaving wounds that may never close. An unassuming French town calls for an end to War’s continued advances, and the Sisterhood answers. Home to the holy relic and symbol of hope, the pommel of Joan of Arc’s sword, it is closely guarded at the heart of this walled town, and the Hounds of War are ready to lay siege in order to claim it. Can the Sisters prepare the town in time and repel the invaders?
We were very excited to bring a siege story to Sisterhood, where players could interact with the town in a variety of ways to stage their own heavy metal version of The Seven Samurai. Its a departure from the more clandestine operations of the Sisterhood and will see the Sisters having to step up to lead the locals against an array of apocalyptic forces led by the Army of the Apocalypse. The mercenary nature of this cult means they are not above outsourcing violence, and have taken a warrior from their counterpart cult of the Bloodhounds - a Beserker.
Looking for that 'they have a cave troll' moment, this musclebound giant is a titan of violent rage andextremely dangerous on the battlefield. Will your Sisters be able to stop them?
That's all the heavy metal horror we have for you right now, but will have more updates soon! Remember to join our community Discord to hang out with us and an awesome community of folks: https://discord.gg/StcqgYjv7u
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Over the festive season, we have taken a bit of a break and now are back and racing to get your games to you. The Sisterhood rulebook final testing and editing is underway. As we’ve progressed the game and had your feedback (on our discord here: https://discord.gg/StcqgYjv7u), we’ve made a tonne of improvements that mean the final development has taken us a bit longer than expected - we will provide an updated delivery as soon as we can.
Both story books, The Five Horsemen and Judgement Day, are being finished up with sacrilegious ruin and holy showdowns aplenty, with our art team finishing up the last pieces to bring these books to life.
Production-wise, the longest leadtime items, the CROSS Combat Kit and dice, will be starting production very shortly in China, with our trusted partners primed to make these kick-ass components.
As well as the release of SISTERHOOD, 2026 is shaping up to be a really exciting year at Parable Games.
Full Releases
ION Heart: A Lo-Fi Solo Mech TTRPG - Relax into your own story of interstellar exploration. Create a pilot and their mech best friend and sail the stars with. Discover planets, solar systems and cultures of your own making in the peaceful galaxy of the Astral Union. Currently shipping out to our last backers and will be released at retail in the coming months.
SHIVER: Corporate - The latest, and craziest, Shiver expansion sees you take on an intern role at the horrifically dystopian Cornwell Consolidated. Grab your lanyard and discover the literal colleagues from hell. Due for release Q2 2026
The Grim Gazette - Play the life of a Victorian adventurer from cradle to grave in this haunting 5-part story. Set in a Gothic Victorian world where danger lurks in every shadow. Due for release Q3 2026
Upcoming Crowdfunding Campaigns
ION HEART: Pin Badges- Want to show your mech support in style? These premium enamel pin badges are coming to Backerkit as part of Pintopia 2026 in just 3 weeks!
AND MORE! We have two exciting new, unannounced, projects coming later this year. The first will make you Shiver with excitement as the veil thins, whilst in the second you will really want to gang up with friends as the cosmos trembles!
As a small company, we really appreciate all of your support - whether it is backing our projects, talking about our games on social media, coming to see us at shows, or, more importantly, just playing our games! The coming year is going to be the BIGGEST year ever for Parable Games, so it is amazing to have you all on the journey with us!
Writing and testing are coming along nicely, the team aiming to have a plaintext accessibility version of the Core Rulebook for Sisterhood ready for release early in the New Year. We can't wait to get this out to you soon and get you all punching the apocalypse!
We have some new lore to explore with a spotlight on a particular Horsemens generals - Famine.
This horseman is consumed by a rapacious hunger, not just for food and simple sustenance, but raw materials, fuel and riches. No amount of it will ever see it be satisfied, and its generals are no different.
The monstrous general of the Oil Drinkers was human once, but their body has been warped, mechanically modified to guzzle down more materials and spew toxic smoke as a byproduct of its greed. Our next monstrous general has been a common figure in folklore, one associated with feral hunger and cannibalism - the Wendigo. They favour the flesh of living things to try and sate their bottomless appetite, their prey often mistaken as victims of vicious animal attacks, if anything is left to identify that is. What may start as a human with an unusual taste for human flesh will slowly transform into a terrifying figure of legend and campfire stories. Extended limbs, long claws, jutting ribs, and set of sharp flesh-ripping teeth - overtime, these followers of Famine become unrecognisable. That's all for now, the last thing is just to wish you a very happy holidays from the team at Parable Games! Thank you for all your support and we all hope you have a great break and a happy New Year!
We've been hard at work here at Parable Games testing and reviewing all the feedback from the quickstart and our community to refine the books and accessories to the best possible version they can be. The Battle Map for Sisterhood is the beating bloody heart of the pulpy, action-packed gameplay, and we've been striving to make sure that this is refined and as clear as possible.
We started with redrawing the designs slightly to make Brawl designated as a singular area, as we know this was a key piece of feedback for clarity when playing and positioning units on the map.
To help with this even further, we have decided that for the fold-out Battlemaps, the black and white approach has been left behind in favour of colour coding the map sections. This allows players and the Mother Superior to quickly see which side of the map they are in or crossing over to, so the positive or negative effects are clear.
Without futher ado, here is the new design for the Battlemaps!
Cross Versus Pentagram Map
The Battle Map in the sisterhood accessory kit, however, is double-sided, one side for devils, demons and horrible horsemen, the other for the blistering brightness of the angelic host. Mechanically, the Battle Map still works the same, but we have been designing an alternate map based on sacred geometry and gelic symbols to create this new map. We took inspiration from the symbol of the Merkabah (meaning 'Chariot' in Hebrew), a marker often associated with spiritual travel. In the world of Sisterhood, we have imagined this pattern to be associated with the descent of angels to the earthly realm. Much like how a Pentagram can be a summoning tool to allow demons a way to manifest in the human realm, the Merkabah here is used to bring the thundering power of the holy host down to Earth.
If you have any thoughts or feedback on the new Battle Maps, please let us know in the comments below!
The Grim Gazette
Over on Kickstarter, our newest TTRPG project is entering its final week of crowdfunding!
The Grim Gazette is a gothic collection of five small-form RPG games, solo and multiplayer, that the team have been working on. Want to play the life times and death of a Victorian adventurer in a weird world? If yes, check out the campaign below before it closes! :
Firstly, apologies for the delay in this update. We are bit behind schedule on this update, so sorry you've had to wait longer for your badass nuns fix! However, Sisterhood is progressing really well - Charlie and Adam are fine-tuning the rules and stories, whilst Ben & Mizer continue making some INCREDIBLE art. We always like to show something off in these updates…so how about some forces of evil!
A cultist from war, adorned with rusty, cobbled-together armour and a belt of bone, wields a machine gun ready to mow down the Sisters. And a Rotling, a small demon of Pestilence. Grown from the very walls where her rot has touched the world. Disgusting.
This means, all things going well, the first deadline in production (items produced in China) will be met next month, putting us on track to deliver in the window from our campaign (Shipping Q1 2026). When that goes, we will continue finalising the books before sending them to print at our factory in Lithuania where all our books are made.
We also have a Spooktacular Scare Sale on our shiny NEW WEBSITE with savings on SHIVER and Don't Play This Game this haunting season. Make sure to check it out if you are in need of a halloween games night!
