Forbidden Lands RPG

Forbidden Lands is a new version of the classic fantasy role-playing games. In this open-world survival role-playing game, you are not heroes sent on a mission - instead, you are raiders and rogues trying to make your mark on a cursed world. In Forbidden Lands, you will explore tombs, fight terrible monsters, wander the wild lands, and, if you live long enough, build your own stronghold to defend.

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In Forbidden Lands, players take on the roles of wanderers, rogues, or other tough adventurers as they explore 'The Ravenlands': a vast area that has been inaccessible and depopulated until recently, having been covered by the blood mist. The mist appeared when the wizard Zygofer opened a portal to the realm of demons and unleashed hordes of hostile demons into the world. While the mist has covered the land, monsters and cultists have taken over The Ravenlands, making it impossible for people to travel. Today, almost no one remembers what the land looked like and what lies within it. It is therefore up to the adventurers to rediscover the forgotten areas and defeat the evil that still lurks in the last bastions where the blood mist has not yet disappeared.

In the game's world, many of the classic fantasy races, or kins as they are called in Forbidden Lands, appear. However, all these kins quickly seem more sinister than usual. Many of them harbor deep-seated hatred towards each other for various reasons. For example, elves and dwarves blame humans for having destroyed The Ravenslands and brought forth the blood mist, while orcs hate all others because they were left behind when the other races fled to escape the demons summoned by Zygofer. The game also introduces wolfkin – wolf people, believed to have been created by demonic blood that fused human and wolf together.

The game takes place as a kind of verbally improvised drama, where players, in collaboration with the Game Master, create a story with the players' characters in the main roles. It is the Game Master's role to control the rest of the characters and enemies the players meet, as well as to create and elaborate the locations the players visit. It is important to keep in mind that the player and Game Master are not against each other even though the Game Master controls the game's enemies. Tabletop role-playing games are primarily about creating an exciting narrative together.

Forbidden Lands has a strong focus on exploring unknown areas and the entire game is structured as a massive hex-crawl: players are given access to a full map of The Ravenlands with interesting locations marked and can then freely move around as they wish. Each region on the map is marked with a hexagon, hence the name hex-crawl. Players cannot just continue to explore recklessly, and at some point, they need to rest. For this purpose, players can find/build a stronghold, which they can upgrade and expand during the game with everything from extra rooms and a forge to servants and guards. However, one must be careful, for the more riches one accumulates and the larger a stronghold the players build - the more desirable it becomes for other bandits to attack and take over the players' stronghold.

Free League

Free League, or Fria Ligan, is a Swedish board game producer. They have produced a number of well-known role-playing games, several of which have won prestigious awards. They focus on science fiction and fantasy themes, often set in an alternative version of our world. They are behind titles such as: ALIEN The Roleplaying Game, The One Ring, Vaesen Nordic Horror, Tales from the Loop, and Mörk Borg.