{"id":56715,"date":"2023-08-16T21:18:32","date_gmt":"2023-08-17T01:18:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/roleplayerschronicle.com\/?p=56715"},"modified":"2023-08-16T21:18:32","modified_gmt":"2023-08-17T01:18:32","slug":"free-leagues-dragonbane-rpg-is-out-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/roleplayerschronicle.com\/?p=56715","title":{"rendered":"Free League&#8217;s Dragonbane RPG is Out Now!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>\u201cThe hostility between dragons and demons brought death and ruin upon the ancient civilizations. However, it created the conditions which allowed humans and other kin to flourish. But as sure as night follows day, the time will come again when dragons and demons fight for power over humanity, nature, and the eternal mysteries.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>A legend is reborn &#8211; Free League Publishing today officially released the higly anticpated fantasy RPG <strong><em>Dragonbane<\/em><\/strong>, the new edition of Scandinavia&#8217;s first and biggest tabletop RPG<strong><em> Drakar och Demoner<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The reimagined version of the classic fantasy RPG is full of magic, mystery, and adventure. <strong><em>Dragonbane\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>was voted one of the most anticipated RPGs of 2023 at EN World and made quite an impact at the this year&#8217;s <strong>Gen Con<\/strong>, where both the demo sessions and the pre-release copies quickly sold out.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong><em>Dragonbane<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>core set is now available via the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/freeleaguepublishing.us3.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=2dcfb24fb7c8d0fb9c2f52040&amp;id=e2cbd2c3c8&amp;e=05b474b710\">official website<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and at retailers worldwide, along with extras like a\u00a0printed <strong>quickstart\u00a0guide<\/strong>, a custom <strong>dice set<\/strong>, and a<strong> GM screen.\u00a0<\/strong>The\u00a0<strong>PDF version<\/strong> of the game can be found\u00a0at <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/freeleaguepublishing.us3.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=2dcfb24fb7c8d0fb9c2f52040&amp;id=0dd82e2880&amp;e=05b474b710\">DriveThruRPG<\/a><\/strong>, and full content modules on the virtual tabletop\u00a0platform\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/freeleaguepublishing.us3.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=2dcfb24fb7c8d0fb9c2f52040&amp;id=ac247d15cd&amp;e=05b474b710\"><strong>Foundry<\/strong><\/a> are also available. A <strong><em>Dragonbane <\/em>Quickstart PDF\u00a0<\/strong>is also available for\u00a0free via the official website and at\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/freeleaguepublishing.us3.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=2dcfb24fb7c8d0fb9c2f52040&amp;id=34342b4e65&amp;e=05b474b710\">DriveThruRPG<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Free League\u00a0invites creators to design and publish their own supplements for\u00a0<strong><em>Dragonbane<\/em><\/strong>, using the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/freeleaguepublishing.us3.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=2dcfb24fb7c8d0fb9c2f52040&amp;id=05fc440a9e&amp;e=05b474b710\">third-party license<\/a>\u00a0for the game<em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Dragonbane <\/strong><\/em>is designed from the ground up to facilitate fast and furious play, with very little prep time and adventures that are a breeze to run. This is a game with room for laughs at the table, while still offering brutal challenges for the adventurers. We call this playstyle \u201cmirth and mayhem roleplaying\u201d \u2013 great for long campaigns, but also perfect for a one-shot.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/roleplayerschronicle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/9dc1a918-846c-19ca-5391-7b06d5b91908.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-56716\" src=\"http:\/\/roleplayerschronicle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/9dc1a918-846c-19ca-5391-7b06d5b91908.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"382\" srcset=\"http:\/\/roleplayerschronicle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/9dc1a918-846c-19ca-5391-7b06d5b91908.jpg 600w, http:\/\/roleplayerschronicle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/9dc1a918-846c-19ca-5391-7b06d5b91908-300x191.jpg 300w, http:\/\/roleplayerschronicle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/9dc1a918-846c-19ca-5391-7b06d5b91908-150x96.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<em><strong>Dragonbane <\/strong><\/em>boxed\u00a0core set packed with content, enough for dozens of gaming sessions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rulebook with fast and effective D20-based game rules for character creation, skills, combat, magic, and travel<\/li>\n<li>Adventures book with eleven complete adventures, to be played separately or tied together in the epic <em>Secret of the Dragon Emperor<\/em> campaign<\/li>\n<li>The booklet <em>Alone in Deepfall Breach<\/em> letting you play <em>Dragonbane <\/em>solo<\/li>\n<li>Huge full-color map of the Misty Vale created<\/li>\n<li>Illustrated playing cards for adventures, treasure, and more<\/li>\n<li>Ten transparent polyhedral dice, including two custom D20s<\/li>\n<li>Five pregenerated characters<\/li>\n<li>Five blank character sheets<\/li>\n<li>Cardboard standees for characters and monsters<\/li>\n<li>Double-sided battle mat<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>ABOUT FREE LEAGUE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Free League Publishing is a game studio and publisher dedicated to speculative fiction based in Stockholm, Sweden. Voted Fan Favorite Publisher at the ENNIES in 2020, 2021 and 2023, Free League has published a wide range of award-winning tabletop roleplaying games and acclaimed art books set in strange and wondrous worlds.<\/p>\n<p>Our upcoming games include the highly anticipated fantasy RPG <em>Dragonbane<\/em>, the <em>M\u00d6RK BORG<\/em> spin-off RPG<em> PIRATE BORG<\/em>, \u00a0<em>Zone Wars &#8211; A Mutant: Year Zero Wargame<\/em> and <em>The Walking Dead Universe RPG<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Our current game portfolio includes the official <em>Blade Runner RPG<\/em> (winner of two Gold ENNIE Awards 2023), <em>The One Ring&#x2122;<\/em> (Gold ENNIE Award winner 2022), <em>Tales From the Loop &#8211; The Board Game<\/em>, the official <em>ALIEN RPG<\/em> (Gold ENNIE for Best Game 2020), the Gothic horror game <em>Vaesen \u2013 Nordic Horror Roleplaying\u00a0<\/em>(winner of three ENNIE Awards 2021), the pitch-black fantasy RPG <em>M\u00d6RK BORG<\/em> (winner of four ENNIE Awards 2020), the alternate &#8217;80s <em>Tales From the Loop RPG<\/em> (winner of five ENNIE Awards 2017, including Best Game), the retro-fantasy <em>Forbidden Lands<\/em> (winner of four ENNIE Awards 2019), the postapocalyptic <em>Mutant: Year Zero<\/em> (Silver ENNIE for Best Rules 2015), the science fiction games <em>Coriolis &#8211; The Third Horizon<\/em> (Judge&#8217;s Spotlight Award 2017) and <em>Death in Space<\/em>, the dark fantasy game <em>Symbaroum<\/em>, the weird-fantasy game <em>Into the Odd Remastered<\/em>, the cyberpunky <em>CY_BORG<\/em>, and the new edition of the RPG classic <em>Twilight: 2000<\/em> (Judges Award for Best RPG at UK Games Expo 2022).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe hostility between dragons and demons brought death and ruin upon the ancient civilizations. 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