Tactical Adventures – A New Studio Focused on Tactical RPGs

Mathieu Girard, a co-founder of Amplitude Studios that developed the “Endless” series of video games (Endless Space, Endless Legend, etc.), left Amplitude earlier this year. This allowed him to follow his passion and create Tactical Adventures, a new studio specializing in tactical role-playing games.

The studio’s first project is a yet unannounced RPG inspired by Baldur’s Gate and XCOM. The game will be using the Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition Open Game License, which alone makes it curious enough to follow. Here are some additional details:

OUR TEAM
The founder, Mathieu Girard, was co-founder of Amplitude Studios. For Tactical Adventures, he has gathered a team of experienced industry veterans, all with experience from major publishers or indie studios.
Brought together by our shared expertise and passionate about making games, we plan to remain a small studio of 15 to 20 people, efficient and focused on creating great games with powerful narratives.
We are all big fans of board games and tabletop role playing games, and the objective of Tactical Adventures is to design a unique experience on computers and consoles. Supported by experienced partners, we are a united and ambitious team.
OUR MISSION
Our goal is to recreate the feel of a tabletop RPG onscreen, through the faithful adaptation of rules and universes.
While computer RPGs have existed for almost 40 years, the technology has progressed, new forms of interaction have been invented, and Tactical Adventures has created some critical evolutions in computer RPG mechanics, which will bring the interactive experience as close to that of a tabletop RPG as possible.
OUR FIRST GAME
Our first game is a Tactical RPG, inspired by some of our favorite aspects of games such as Baldur’s Gate and XCom, using the 5th edition ruleset of the world’s greatest tabletop RPG. Our design offers technical and gameplay innovations in all three main aspects of this type of game: combat, exploration, and narration.
The game will be developed in partnership with the community, especially with RPG enthusiasts. In order to create the best possible experience with our first release, we believe that this kind of partnership is crucial.

And if you’d like to learn more about this new studio and its debut project, you should check out this recent VentureBeat interview with Mathieu Girard.