Capes & Cowls: Adventures in Wyrd City

by Robin Spriggs

Costumed heroes take their stand in a shadow-cloaked metropolis of tyranny, terror, and two-fisted valor . . .

Attention, aficionados of four-color fisticuffs, connoisseurs of costumed contestation, devotees of danger-induced displays of derring-do! Jazz Lieberman of Wyrd House Press is proud to present Capes & Cowls: Adventures in Wyrd City, the book-in-a-box board game by dark fabulist Robin Spriggs.

Based on Spriggs's Capes & Cowls: The Wyrd City Chronicles, this collection of read-and-play goodies features a unique blend of superheroes, super satire, and the supernatural.

Pit your team of heroes against your opponent's team in a super-powered fight to the fun-filled finish! Or select an adventure from the Adventure Book, determine your allegiance, and battle your way to victory in a danger-driven tale of super-heroic conflict!

That's right, adrenaline addicts! Every game of Capes & Cowls is a story in the making--a tale filled with more chills and thrills than you can shake a super fist at!

So what are you waiting for? Let the battle begin!

Paperback

First published January 1, 2006

About the author

Robin Spriggs is the author of Diary of a Gentleman Diabolist, Wondrous Strange: Tales of the Uncanny, The Dracula Poems, Capes & Cowls: Adventures in Wyrd City, and over 200 short stories and poems that have appeared in a wide variety of publications. His work has been nominated for a Bram Stoker Award, Pushcart Prize, and multiple Rhysling Awards.

As an actor, Spriggs has appeared as Captain Franco in NBC's Revolution, Chris Amante in USA Network’s Necessary Roughness, and as affable sociopath Alfonse Duncan in the rural noir Sinkhole. He is currently attached to the romantic comedy The Genesis of Lincoln and the horror film The Ballad of Jimmy Hallows.