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A Massive RPG Showcase For FREE LEAGUE Coming Later This Month

Free League Publishing has announced an online showcase taking place from September 25th to 27th that is going to highlight all of the amazing roleplaying games that the Swedish publisher has to offer.

The RPG-machine promises an exciting journey over the weekend-long tabletop roleplaying game extravaganza. It’s all going to be happening on the Free League’s YouTube channel. The publisher is going to be live-streaming interviews with game designers, game writers, and artists.

But that’s not the only thing you’re coming to a showcase for…

Not to worry. There is a huge slate of actual gameplay that’s going to be shown in collaboration with Victory Condition Gaming and podcasts Effekt and Sweden Rolls.

The online showcase will include The ALIEN RPGVaesen – Nordic Horror Roleplaying, MÖRK BORG, Forbidden Lands, Symbaroum, Tales from the Loop, Things from the Flood, and Coriolis – The Third Horizon. You’ll be able to meet the creators, authors, and designers of these award-winning and critically-acclaimed RPGs.

Here’s the schedule:

Friday, September 25th

2:00 PM - 2:30 PM EDT - MATTIAS JOHNSSON HAAKE

AMA session with Mattias Johnsson Haake, the creator behind the acclaimed dark fantasy game Symbaroum.

3:00 PM - 6:00 PM EDT - VAESEN ACTUAL PLAY

Actual play of Summer in December, a new Mystery for Vaesen – Nordic Horror Roleplaying, played by the Effekt podcast from the UK.

7:00 PM - 10:00 PM EDT - SYMBAROUM ACTUAL PLAY

Actual play of Symbaroum by the Effekt podcast.

Saturday, September 26th

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT - FORBIDDEN LANDS ACTUAL PLAY

Actual play of Forbidden Lands by the Sweden Rolls podcast. A new take on classic fantasy roleplaying where raiders and rogues bent on making their own mark on a cursed world roam the lands.

12:30 PM - 1:00 PM EDT - PELLE NILSSON AND JOHAN NOHR

Interview with Pelle Nilsson and Johan Nohr, the Creators of the award-winning pitch-black apocalyptic fantasy RPG MÖRK BORG.

1:30 PM - 2:00 PM EDT - ANDREW E.C. GASKA

Meet Andrew E. C. Gaska, lead setting writer of the award-winning game ALIEN RPG.

2:30 PM - 3:00 PM EDT - NILS HINTZE

Interview with Nils Hintze, lead designer the roleplaying games Vaesen, Tales from the Loop, and Things from the Flood.

3:30 PM - 6:30 PM EDT - ALIEN RPG ACTUAL PLAY

Actual play of the ALIEN RPG and the short Cinematic scenario Home Sweet Home by the Effekt podcast.

7:00 PM - 10:00 PM EDT - MÖRK BORG ACTUAL PLAY

Actual play of MÖRK BORG by Victory Condition Gaming.

Sunday, September 27th

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT - CORIOLIS ACTUAL PLAY

Actual play of Coriolis – The Third Horizon by the Sweden Rolls podcast. Arabian nights in space awaits, prepare for an intriguing atmosphere and get ready to lift the veils of mystery.

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM EDT - TOMAS HÄRENSTAM

AMA session with Tomas Härenstam, game designer of Mutant: Year Zero, Forbidden Lands, and the ALIEN RPG as well as CEO of Free League Publishing. Find out more about Free League’s latest successful Kickstarter Twilight: 2000 and future projects such as The One Ring.

1:30 PM - 2:00 PM EDT - SIMON STÅLENHAG

Meet Simon Stålenhag, internationally acclaimed creator of the narrative art books Tales from the Loop and Things from the Flood, whose world-building was the foundation for the tabletop RPGs and the TV series on Amazon Prime. Learn more about the Loop and Stålenhag's inspiration for creating a 1980s and 1990s suburbia populated by fantastic machines and strange beasts.

2:30 PM - 3:00 PM EDT - FRANCESCO NEPITELLO

Meet Francesco Nepitello, the lead writer of the acclaimed The One Ring RPG, and learn more about the upcoming new edition to be published by Free League.

3:30 PM - 6:30 PM EDT- THINGS FROM THE FLOOD ACTUAL PLAY

Actual play of Things from the Flood with Anjuli Smith and Victory Condition Gaming.

7:00 PM - 10:00 PM EDT - TALES FROM THE LOOP: OUR FRIENDS THE MACHINES ACTUAL PLAY

Actual play of Our Friends the Machines for Tales of the Loop by Victory Condition Gaming.

That should be enough to satisfy even the most ardent RPG fan, so I’m ready for the weekend!

If you haven’t heard of Free League Publishing, be sure to go and check out all of their RPGs.