The hit franchise Borderlands is coming to tabletop role-playing in the form of Bunkers & Badasses. This D&D styled game was originally just a joke concept within the Borderlands video games, but now it’s real and presented to us by… Oh dear God. I’ll just let her say it.
“VAULT HUNTERS, ARE YOU READY FOR THE GREATEST FUN YOU’VE EVER HAD?! This is your first-class ticket to Boom Town! Now sit down and strap in because once this choo-choo’s chuggin’, we’re not stopping for NOBODY. ROLL FOR INITIATIVE!” –Tiny Tina
The Game
For better or worse, Tina got distracted playing the game, so we can give you the details.
Nerdvana Games collaborated with Leder Games and Gearbox Entertainment to produce this tabletop game based on the Borderlands franchise.
“The ladies and gal-ettes over at Nerdvana Games made B&B into a tabletop game that you can buy and own and cherish and play until your eyeballs fall out and you lose all your dice!” –Tiny Tina
Nerdvana Games has taken Tiny Tina’s fictional role-playing game and reimagined it as a real-world tabletop game. The game explores the Borderlands world of Pandora through a blend of epic fantasy adventures and traditional Borderlands environments. Players will fight and shoot (and probably die!) in the incredible world of grand castles, grim dungeons, and creepy forests.
To begin the game, players will use the deep, but intuitive, Bunkers & Badasses character creation system. They’ll pick from 10 newly-imagined Vault Hunter classes and skill trees from both Borderlands 1 and Borderlands 2.
Here is a bit of information on it all from Tiny Tina!
Based on the game-within-a-game from Gearbox Software’s Borderlands series, Bunkers & Badasses is tabletop roleplaying unlike anyone’s ever done it before!
Within the sourcebook, you’ll find over 200 pages of skag-shooting, skeleton-looting, treasure-hoarding tabletop action! The sourcebook doesn’t just include everything you need to know in order to play Bunkers & Badasses for yourself — it’s also got:
- Over a hundred pieces of custom art
- Over two hundred jokes
- Twenty of which are funny
- Three full adventure campaigns you can run straight out of the book, each chock full of Borderlands characters, enemies, and general badassery!
Marcus’ Quest for the Wizard’s Wand
A wizard’s wand made of pure gold has gone missing, and every weapon manufacturer on Pan’Dorah wants a piece of it. It’s up to a rowdy group of newbie Vault Hunters (aka, you) to fight their way to the wand before anyone else can get their grubby, non-Vault-Hunter-y mitts on it. This one-shot campaign will introduce both beginning players and Bunker Masters to the rules and mechanics of Bunkers & Badasses!
Create your own Vault Hunter!
Make your own unique badass using the deep but intuitive Bunkers & Badasses character creation system! Pick from ten newly imagined Vault Hunter classes and skill trees from both Borderlands 1 and 2!
Create your own adventures!
The Bunkers & Badasses sourcebook includes everything you need to create your own custom adventures, whether you’re crafting a simple one-shot or a sprawling campaign! It also includes advice on how to lie, cheat, and cut corners to make it seem like you did more preparation than you actually did.
Play through the Assault on Dragon Keep!
Did you love the critically acclaimed Borderlands 2 DLC, Tiny Tina’s Assault on Dragon Keep, but wish it existed primarily in your imagination? Then you’ll love the tabletop campaign version included in the Bunkers & Badasses sourcebook!
Butt Stallion’s Hunny Heist baybeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Soooooo assault on dragon keep was so good your boy tina decided to make her own brand new campaign and its called BUTT STALLION’S HUNNY HEIST and it’s about gettin SMOOCHES and BLOWIN STUFF UP and talkin about FEELINGS but mainly BLOWIN STUFF UP youre WELCOME
OTHER STUFF
K so if you hate reading (how dare) the thingy comes with a buncha other stuff liiiiiike
Ten mini vault hunter figurines. They are babies. Protect them
Fifty enemy standee thingies. Kill them
Seventy gun cards: blap blap go fish
BM screen: for hiding…………………..secret things
Battle map:
Borderlands dice. Keep rollin rollin rollin beebeeeee
Release Date and Content
As for a specific date, we have none yet. However, it is available for pre-order at http://www.nerdvanagames.com/ and will debut in all its glory during the first quarter of 2021. As if we needed any more reasons to hope that 2020 ends quickly!
The Bunkers & Badasses science-fantasy RPG sourcebook, which retails for $59.99, includes:
- The official Bunkers & Badasses hardbound sourcebook that guides all the enemy-shooting, skeleton-looting, treasure-hoarding tabletop action;
- Multiple adventures including the original printing of Tiny Tina’s Assault on Dragon Keep—personally annotated by Tiny Tina herself—and The Merchant’s Quest for the Wizard’s Wand and Butt Stallion’s Hunny Heist, the never-before-seen sequel to Tiny Tina’s Assault Dragon Keep;
- More than 100 pieces of custom art inspired by the Borderlands universe; and,
- Multiple adventure campaigns that can be run straight out of the book, each full of Borderlands characters and enemies.
The Bunkers & Badasses RPG Deluxe Edition, which retails for $119.99, includes numerous premium components, including:
- Exclusive, custom-made Bunkers & Badasses dice;
- A one-of-a-kind die that is specially weighted to increase the chances of success when winning in the game;
- An exclusive stack of collectible gun cards for players; and,
- A set of 10 Borderlands miniatures created specifically for Bunkers & Badasses.
Pre-order Sale
From September 12, 2020 until September 30, 2020, there is a pre-order sale for the Bunkers & Badasses RPG Deluxe Edition. Fans who order before September 30, 2020 can receive the Deluxe Edition for $99.99.
