Fenix English Edition 2, 2013

The Angels & Demons Issue

Angels  and Demons of Space
Newtonian angel powered space travel in an alternate 17th century on the seven planets. An inspiring article fat packed with weird.

Text; Kenneth Hite, Art: Lukas Thelin

Djinn – spirits between Heaven and Hell
A closer look at these sprits Between Heaven and Hell and how they can be put to use in your own campaign.

Text: Pete Nash, Art: Lukas Thelin

The Restoration of Paradise Lost
Christoffer Krämer has turned the eternal celestial love triangle in to a roleplaying game, where the players take on the roles of angels, demons or humans.

The lights of the many Tiffany lamps cast a warm honey-golden glow over the small company assembled in the parlour. Collected together as if sitting for a painting, they are seated or standing around the oxblood leather armchairs, sipping drinks from the nearby bar cart filled with crystal bottles and seltzer dispensers. There are four of them, each well dressed in exquisite dresses, starched collars, razor-sharp creases, and not a hair out of place on a single impeccably coiffed head. They are the epitome of good friends and civilised societies. And seated in a regal claw-footed armchair, one hand relaxed on the armrest and the other lying in the lap of the person on the sofa beside him, is the gentleman who captures their attention. He leans back in his chair, his eyes half closed, simultaneously distant and yet completely aware. It is his hand in the lap of the person beside him that receives the primary focus. This hand is the centre of it all. The other two persons in the room cannot tear their eyes from it, for the simple gesture signals the end of a love they thought would last forever.
Imagine you and your sibling living and working together for the great love of your life. You do not feel any rivalry towards each other, because you know you have both been chosen. Likewise, you both know that your love will never be reciprocated with the same intensity, but that does not matter as long as you can be near the person you love. Then, imagine the love of your life finds a new soul mate, without having told you first. This new person is an obnoxious, conceited jerk, and it is clear to you that he is receiving the sort of genuine love that you never did. Without warning, your sibling turns on the new rival in a jealous rage, and you must choose. You must either embrace your heartache and side with your sibling, but risk losing the love of your life forever, or turn against your own flesh and blood and defend the newcomer. Not for his sake, but for the sake of your own great love, and for the chance of at least being able to remain in your love’s presence, even if that love now only has eyes for another.
Sibling is set against sibling, and your heart bleeds.

Text: Christoffer Krämer, Art: Lukas Thelin

Better Angels - A Complte Comedy Card Game for 3+ players.
We’ve all seen it before: the classic image with a person who has a little devil on one shoulder and a little angel on the other. There they sit and constantly struggle to lead or mislead their person. Often, they also have internal metadiscussions that the person — helplessly caught in the middle of their tug-of-war — is completely oblivious to.

Better Angels is a simple game with this theme that builds on the classic “prisoner’s dilemma”. It is easy to explain, quick to play, and is excellent as a warm-up game before starting something heavier like Once Upon a Time or The Extraordinary Adventures of Baron Munchausen, or even Elementary, My Dear… from Fenix 4, 2009,

You will need to cut the cards yourself,

Text: Christoffer Krämer, Art: Lukas Thelin