Arkeos #01, L'ombre du conquistador (2004)

Arkeos was published in the guise of small magazines with the first one being the core rule book.

This first issue covered the following topics :

Everything needed to create the characters (attributes, traits, skills, archetypes, etc.)

The game mechanics and action resolution.

The combat system.
An important section as Arkeos is an action oriented game, it features lots of fights, pursuits and other confrontations.

The usual advices to the game master section.

The use of powers, magic and other unatural things.

How to get experience points and what to do with them and other rewards as reputation.

Equipment listings with prices.

Presenting the years 1930 to 1939 with major events and covering many aspects of everyday life.

"L'ombre du conquistador", a scenario for 2 to 4 players to be played in about 6 hours.
It is an introduction for a campaign which is to be followed in the next issues of Arkeos.

The character sheet is on page 76 which is the back cover of the book.
This first issue came with a GM screen of about 24.5 x 66 centimeters.