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Paradox's next epic RPG is, uh, Knights of Pen & Paper 2

Knights of Pen & Paper 2 is very serious business so please enjoy this very serious trailer.

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"Return to the dicey world of Knights of Pen & Paper for a new turn-based adventure, where players get to take on the role of players, and also of the game’s encounter-designing, rules-laywering GM in a fully customizable party," Paradox said.

"Assemble a group of virtual friends, dress them in class-specific hats, and take on an all-new series of quests, including dynamic dungeons, an improved combat system, new loot and crafting mechanics, and more, as the party faces its greatest challenge yet: the new edition of the ruleset."

The sequel boasts improved graphics, jumping "from simulated 8-bit graphics to simulated 16-bit graphics, providing players with twice the bits"; new racial feats; an overhauled combat system; new crafting and loot; and dynamically generated dungeons.

The last entry on the features list was "Entirely Too Many Gaming and Pop Culture Jokes: Seriously".

“When you allow people at your company to dress up in wizard robes and suits of armour, sometimes you wind up with games like Knights of Pen & Paper 2,” Paradox CEO Fredrik Wester said.

“We’re going to be showing off the game in person this week at GDC. I wanted to reveal it during the DICE conference, but nobody agreed with me.”

Enjoy the trailer below. Knights of Pen & Paper 2 is coming to Android, iOS and PC on May 14.

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I love Paradox so much that if it needed a janitor I'd be filling out Swedish immigration forms right now. Bless 'em.

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Based in Australia and having come from a lengthy career in the Aussie games media, Brenna worked as VG247's remote Deputy Editor for several years, covering news and events from the other side of the planet to the rest of the team. After leaving VG247, Brenna retired from games media and crossed over to development, working as a writer on several video games.

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