A double feature for the award-winning Gothic Horror RPG from Free League, alongside a new Starter Set
Stockholm, Sweden (October 15, 2024) — Today, Free League Publishing has announced two new expansions for the Nordic Horror RPG Vaesen: Mythic Carpathia and City of My Nightmares, coming to Kickstarter on October 29 at 3 pm CEST (9 am US Eastern).
This spooky season, it’s time to delve deeper into the Mythic North – and beyond. Investigate a lurking evil threatening to throw the capital into chaos in City of My Nightmares and venture into Mythic Carpathia to face Vampires, Rusalkas, Baba Yaga, and other even stranger horrors of Eastern European folklore. Two beautifully illustrated and finely crafted expansions await players, along with a new Starter Set for the game and an updated Core Rulebook. Get it all – or just the parts you want.
In dark forests, beyond the mountains, by black lakes in hidden groves. At your doorstep. In the shadows, something stirs. Strange beings. Twisted creatures, lurking at the edge of vision. Watching. Waiting. Unseen by most, but not by you. You see them for what they really are. Vaesen.
Since its release in 2020, Vaesen – Nordic Horror Roleplaying, based on the acclaimed art book by Johan Egerkrans, has become a fan-favorite across the globe and won multiple awards, including three ENNIEs.
“The perfect roleplaying companion for the spooky season.” – OnTableTop
“Vaesen is a deliciously dark take on the horror mystery genre.” – Tabletop Gaming Magazine
“I was not too surprised when Vaesen turned out to be good. I just did not expect it to be this good.” – Save or Quit
About Mythic Carpathia
It’s time to wander south to the busy streets of Prague, where history and myths collide in an unusual fashion. Explore the Pravda Society that deals with the phenomena from all over Mythic Carpathia and beyond. Visit old cities, deep forests, and high mountains to find colorful folklore and myths.
This hardback volume will take your Vaesen adventures to Central and Eastern Europe. It includes information about the Prague branch of the Society, a gazetteer of the city complete with adventure locations and secret societies, a chapter with over a dozen local mythical beings including Drekavac, Golem, the infamous Baba Yaga, and – of course – the Vampire.
Mythic Carpathia, written by a team of Polish and Ukrainian writers and editors, also presents three new complete mysteries to play, set in Prague, Ukraine, and Transylvania. The book will include large separate maps of Mythic Carpathia and the city of Prague, if unlocked as stretch goals.
About City of My Nightmares
Did you think you were safe from the vaesen in the crowds and lights of the city? Think again. Unspeakable horrors lurk in the dark alleys, crawl underneath the cobblestone streets, or soar through the twilight skies above.
City of My Nightmares is a full-length campaign in four parts in which the characters are invited to the capital to investigate a series of grisly murders, only to become embroiled in a much deeper mystery involving the very origins of the Society itself and threatening to throw the city into utter chaos.
City of My Nightmares is set in 19th century Stockholm but can be adapted to London, Prague or any Gothic metropolis of the era. This beautifully illustrated hardback book will include a separate large map of Stockholm and a huge newspaper handout (format 400x558mm) if unlocked as a stretch goal.
New Starter Set
The new Starter Set will be designed as the perfect starting point for newcomers to roleplaying in the world of Vaesen, containing everything they need for game night including abridged rules, character sheets, custom dice, maps, and the introductory mystery The Haunting of Castle Gyllencreutz.
Updated Core Rulebook
Based upon feedback from many players over several years of mystery-solving, the carefully updated version of the Core Rulebook offers a streamlined version of the game. It fixes a few imbalances and unclarities, and adds optional simplified rules for combat and damage.
A press kit for Vaesen, including logos and artwork, can be found here: https://uberstrategist.link/Vaesen-Press-Kit.
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About Free League Publishing
Free League Publishing is a game studio and publisher dedicated to speculative fiction based in Stockholm, Sweden. We have published a wide range of award-winning tabletop roleplaying games and acclaimed art books set in strange and wondrous worlds.
Our upcoming games include Coriolis: The Great Dark and ALIEN The Roleplaying Game Evolved Edition.
Our current game portfolio includes the Electric State Roleplaying Game, Zone Wars – A Mutant: Year Zero Wargame, the official The Walking Dead Universe RPG, the fantasy RPG Dragonbane (ENNIE Award winner 2024), the official Blade Runner RPG (ENNIE Award winner 2023), The One Ring™ roleplaying game and The Lord of the Rings Roleplaying for 5E, Tales From the Loop – The Board Game, the official ALIEN RPG (Gold ENNIE for Best Game 2020), the Gothic horror game Vaesen (winner of three ENNIE Awards 2021), the pitch-black fantasy RPG MÖRK BORG (winner of four ENNIE Awards 2020) and its spin-offs CY_BORG and PIRATE BORG, the alternate ’80s Tales From the Loop RPG (winner of five ENNIE Awards 2017, including Best Game), the retro-fantasy Forbidden Lands (winner of four ENNIE Awards 2019), the postapocalyptic Mutant: Year Zero (Silver ENNIE for Best Rules 2015), the science fiction games Coriolis – The Third Horizon (Judge’s Spotlight Award 2017) and Death in Space, the dark fantasy game Symbaroum, the weird-fantasy Into the Odd Remastered, and the new edition of the RPG classic Twilight: 2000 (Judges Award for Best RPG at UK Games Expo 2022).
PRESS CONTACT
James Robinson and Brett Buren
ÜberStrategist, Inc.
pr@uberstrategist.com
+1 (646) 844-8388
Press Kit: https://uberstrategist.link/Vaesen-Press-Kit
