Sneak, steal, and shoot your way through a world of pulp adventure in The Lamplighters League! Globetrot across a variety of exciting locales around the world and outwit your enemies in strategic turn-based combat - and, if you play your cards right, you might just save the world.

In this stylish pulp adventure set in an alternate 1933, players master the art of strategy and outsmart the opposition using a diverse lineup of characters and abilities

Players' choices directly determine the world's fate – for better or worse.

Harebrained Schemes, the creators of The Shadowrun Trilogy and BATTLETECH, bring you an all-new world set in an alternate 1930s, where a tyrannical cult called the Banished Court stands on the cusp of world domination. For millennia, all that stood between this sinister cabal and their plans was a band of heroic scholars known as the Lamplighters League.

Unfortunately, the best of the best are all gone, so now it's up to the best of the worst.

Recruit a team of misfits and scoundrels with unique abilities and unforgettable personalities, and chase the Banished Court to the ends of the earth in a mix of real-time infiltration, turn-based tactical combat, and a character-driven story of adventure and intrigue.

Paradox Interactive and developer Harebrained Schemes revealed the unique Agents players can recruit in The Lamplighters League.

From gunfighting saboteurs to mesmerizing assassins, players must build a team of the best from the worst to thwart the opposition.

Pick the right agents for your missions, manage a global campaign against the rising tide of evil, and play your cards right to save the world!

STARTING AGENTS

EDDIE

A Great War veteran-turned-bank-robber with a knack for evening the odds. With a revolver in each hand, Eddie chews through ammo to unleash a hail of bullets on multiple enemies at once, but gains it back when he scores a Crit.

• Infiltration Role: Saboteur
• Passive Trait: Quick Load
• Signature Ability: Barrage
• Difficulty: Easy

INGRID

A femme fatale with a mysterious past and a deadly right hook. A skilled brawler, Ingrid excels against groups of enemies. Scoring a knockout blow only fuels her killer instinct, allowing her to do more per turn.

• Infiltration Role: Bruiser
• Passive Trait: Killer Instinct
• Signature Ability: Onslaught
• Difficulty: Easy

LATEEF

A.K.A. The Gentleman-Djinn, a young master thief with the skills to match his boasts. Quick on his feet and always on the move, Lateef evades enemy fire by feats of misdirection and his own lightning reflexes.

• Infiltration Role: Sneak
• Passive Trait: Dodge
• Signature Ability: Decoy
• Difficulty: Medium

ALEXANDRITE

A decadent bohemian scholar who weaves magic with the skill of an artist. The Alexandrite conjures phantasms and glamoured flame that seem like illusions to their allies but deal serious Damage and Stress to their enemies.

• Infiltration Role: Saboteur
• Passive Trait: Slip Mind
• Signature Ability: Beckon
• Difficulty: Hard

JUDITH

A genius engineer with a shield of advanced design and a score to settle. Armored with a shield that turns aside enemy attacks, she protects her allies by drawing enemy fire.

• Infiltration Role: Bruiser
• Passive Trait: Inexorable
• Signature Ability: Challenge
• Difficulty: Medium

FEDIR

A grizzled mob enforcer with the strength of an ox and a violent disposition. Fedir can take a hit and keep on coming. Attacks only fuel his Rage, enabling him to deal even more damage to his foolish opponents.

• Infiltration Role: Bruiser
• Passive Trait: Short Fuse
• Signature Ability: Manhandle
• Difficulty: Easy

PURNIMA

A disarmingly cheerful sniper from a society of elite assassins. Purnima does her best work at long range and from a position of elevation. A crack shot, she can kill three men - or more – with a single bullet

• Infiltration Role: Sneak
• Passive Trait: Deadeye
• Signature Ability: Trick Shot
• Difficulty: Medium

JIANYI

A dangerous warrior and traitor to the order who trained him. Jianyi’s unorthodox fighting style combines both sword and pistol to enter a flow state, gathering energy and releasing it in devastating techniques.

• Infiltration Role: Sneak
• Passive Trait: Flow
• Signature Ability: Steel Tempest
• Difficulty: Hard

CÉLESTINE

A bloody-handed spy who channels dark powers to fight the Banished Court. As deadly with her mind as with her poisoned daggers, Célestine terrifies her enemies by inflicting Stress, and uses Mesmerism to force them to fight on her behalf.

• Infiltration Role: Sneak
• Passive Trait: Cruel Release
• Signature Ability: Mesmerize
• Difficulty: Medium

ANA SOFÍA

A mystic healer who broke her vow of pacifism to fight the Banished Court. In Ana Sofía’s hands, healing items and abilities are even more effective, and her conviction inspires her teammates to take additional Actions per Turn.

• Infiltration Role: Saboteur
• Passive Trait: Healer
• Signature Ability: Restore
• Difficulty: Medium

Key Features:

• Control a team of unique, dynamic characters and get to know their signature tactical abilities and roles in the team. Learn their stories and the world they inhabit by taking them on missions - every misfit brings their own style to the fight through unique moves that can turn the tide of combat.
• Explore a variety of thrilling locales and survey the battlefield before things heat up: sneak past enemies in real-time infiltration gameplay, pick off the stragglers quickly and quietly, and position your squad to get an edge for the fight.
• Use every advantage and dirty trick your agents have up their sleeves in exciting, turn-based combat. Add advanced abilities, gear, and augmentations to your agents to keep pace with the growing threat of the Banished Court!
• Chase the Banished Court through an alternate-history world of the 1930s, from dockyards and deserts to jungles both urban and wild. Manage your choices at a global level and try to prevent your enemy from advancing their twisted schemes!
• Recruit new allies from the best of the worst: scour the globe for outlaws and outcasts and bring them onto your side before the Banished Court catches them first!
• Every mission earns your team new resources and grows their abilities - but be careful, stress and injury can take their toll!

The Lamplighters League is in development for Xbox Series X|S and PC (Steam), scheduled for 2023.