Parrish Plessis - the game

Marianne de Pierres, creator of the Parrish Plessis novels which manage to combine action with intelligence, sexiness with social commentary and all set in a dystopian future-SF, drops me a line to tell me that Parrish is expanding into the world of gaming! How exciting! I think Parrish's adventures will provide a great setting and group of characters for a game world.

"A Queensland author’s best-selling futuristic adventure novel has been adapted into an action role-playing game.

The vivid and unique future Australia of Marianne de Pierres’ novel, Nylon Angel, has been brought to life by White Mice Worldbuilding, a Tasmanian games start-up.

“It’s incredible to see the world I created move from the page onto the gaming board,” said author Marianne de Pierres. “I think it is a great example of what small Australian companies are accomplishing in the burgeoning creative industries.”

Each gamer kit will provide pre-rolled characters as well as references and rules for players and game referees, set-up sequences and scenarios. Gamers also have the means to start from scratch using White Mice Worldbuilding’s unique character and name generator. Internal artwork is by Australian artist Cassandra Lovell. Cover art works are by international artists, Neyjour (USA) and Catherine Geaney (UK).

The three books of Marianne de Pierres’ best-selling Parrish Plessis series - Nylon Angel, Code Noir and Crash Deluxe - have all been used to develop the game.

Nylon Angel and Crash Deluxe were both nominated for Best Science Fiction Novel in the Australian Aurealis awards. The books have also had success in the UK and Europe where the publishers, Orbit Books, have sold translation rights to six countries. Penguin/Roc has recently released Nylon Angel in North America.

Nylon Angel - the role-playing game will be launched at Conjure, the Australian National Convention, on April 15th by one of Science Fiction's most luminary authors, and father of Cyberpunk, Bruce Sterling.”