2d Sans Faces (or 2 Dés Sans Faces or even 2dsf) is a game

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based in Romande

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. Its goals are to create and publish aspects of games, including works of fiction,

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s, and reference documents for the

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History

2d Sans Faces was founded in January 2001, to produce the first

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and publication under licence of ''

Nobilis ''Nobilis'' is a contemporary fantasy tabletop role-playing game created by Jenna K. Moran. Early editions were published under Moran's previous names, Rebecca Sean Borgstrom and R. Sean Borgstrom. The player characters are "Sovereign Powers" ...

'' in the French language, and later, to develop and publish under licence '' Nightprowler'' and '' Tigres Volants''. The legal structure adopted was that of a

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as under

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, this allowed them to choose their cooperative members. Since 2017, 2d Sans Faces has published the adaptation of the acclaimed Norwegian surreal fantastic '' Itras By'' and as a design studio, created the ''

Freaks' Squeele ' (''« Frics scouile »'' with the French accent

'' super-heroes role-playing game for

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Published games

*''

'' (2001), by Jenna K. Moran (as R.Sean Borgstrom) where players play demi-gods at war with the forces of evil. *'' Nightprowler Second Edition'' (2006), by Team NP2, a medieval fantasy game with the urban feel of

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*'' Tigres Volants'' (2006), by Stéphane "Alias" Gallay, a multicultural space-opera. *'' Itras By'' (2018), French translation of the surrealistic role-playing game by Ole Peder Giæver and Martin Bull Gudmundsen.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:2 Des Sans Faces Role-playing game publishing companies Companies based in the canton of Vaud Publishing companies of Switzerland Publishing companies established in 2001