Cold City Hot War Slipcase Edition
This slipcase edition features the updated second editions off the twin indie horror-espionage RPGs Cold City and Hot War.
Originally published in their first editions in 2007 and 2008, Handiwork Games is honoured and delighted to bring you new editions of both Cold City and Hot War in 2026.
These aren’t just new editions of these cult UK indie games. Designer Malcolm Craig, now a senior lecturer in history at Liverpool John Moores University, has worked with Handiwork Games as an integral part of his research work into the history of nuclear war in roleplaying games.
These new editions form part of an impact study – a look at how historical research in combination with roleplaying games can affect the understanding of history and affect the wider culture. Not only have the games been brought up to date in these new editions, but they contain additional fascinating contextual information about the history of the post-war 20th Century. This enriches the settings of both games and provides a whole new level of verisimilitude and sheer playable information. It is also be an experiment in ground-breaking presentation and the contextualisation of roleplaying games within our wider culture.
