Cursed Empire is a fantasy

Fantasy

Fantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. Many works within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic is common...

 role-playing game

Role-playing game

A role-playing game is a game in which players assume the roles of characters in a fictional setting. Players take responsibility for acting out these roles within a narrative, either through literal acting, or through a process of structured decision-making or character development...

 set in the world of Thargos, created by Chris Loizou. It is now in its second edition, having changed its name from Crimson Empire due to a trademark dispute with Lucasfilm

Lucasfilm

Lucasfilm Limited is an American film production company founded by George Lucas in 1971, based in San Francisco, California. Lucas is the company's current chairman and CEO, and Micheline Chau is the president and COO....

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The game's setting is distinctly dark and is influenced not only by fantasy in the Tolkien

J. R. R. Tolkien

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, CBE was an English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor, best known as the author of the classic high fantasy works The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion.Tolkien was Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Pembroke College,...

/Dungeons and Dragons tradition of role-playing games but also elements from Greek mythology

Greek mythology

Greek mythology is the body of myths and legends belonging to the ancient Greeks, concerning their gods and heroes, the nature of the world, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices. They were a part of religion in ancient Greece...

, such as centaurs as an available player character

Player character

A player character or playable character is a character in a video game or role playing game who is controlled or controllable by a player, and is typically a protagonist of the story told in the course of the game. A player character is a persona of the player who controls it. Player characters...

 race.

The game is played under a unique rules system using ten attributes (nine in the first edition) and a large number of skills, both of which can be tested - the former using a d20

Dice

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, the latter using a d100

D100

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A new version of the setting is in development for publication as a systemless book, which will be accompanied by a series of System Guides to allow gamers to run games using a variety of game systems. A System Guide for the Savage Worlds

Savage Worlds

Savage Worlds is an award-winning, universal generic, role-playing game and miniatures wargame, written by Shane Lacy Hensley, and published by Great White Games doing business as Pinnacle Entertainment Group...

rules in currently in development, as well as an updated version of the game's original system.