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Davokar is about to Awaken
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The Chronicle of the Throne of Thorns reaches it conclusion,
with a final showdown that decides the fate of the world!

 

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Welcome to the preorder campaign for Davokar Awakens! In the sixth and final episode of the Chronicle of the Throne of Thorns the darkness of Davokar rises up to attack all living beings in the region. Before the end, the fate of the game world will be decided, and the player characters will have a huge impact on how it all turns out.

The official launch date is set to Q4 2023, but there are several good reasons for placing your order now. Not only will you get a BETA-PDF of the main product shortly after purchase, and (within five days) a preorder exclusive digital artbook that will not be made available outside of this campaign. The campaign also offers a preorder bundle which gives you Davokar Awakens and a set of four double-sided full-color adventure maps at a discounted price.

More over, while the pre-order is running, you will be offered a bundle including virtual Foundry tabletop modules of all six episodes in the Chronicle of the Throne of Thorns. The first five are already ready for play, while the sixth one will be updated to a fully playable version well before the official release date.

In addition to the pre-order campaign, you can find the massive Korinthia Bundle, featuring the four Core Books, as many setting and adventure books, along with a number of support products in our webshop. Of course, the webshop also lets you purchase single products and less comprehensive bundles.

Do you have questions about the pre-order, or something else? You’re welcome to our forum, dedicated to Symbaroum and our other games.

SVENSKA: Självklart går det även att köpa Davokar vaknar även att köpa på svenska, ensam eller i ett paket tillsammans med de fyra dubbelsidiga äventyrskartorna.

Pre-order Bundle: Davokar Awakens

With the sixth and final episode in the Chronicle of the Throne of Thorns, the fate of the world will be decided!

Pre-order Bundle: Davokar Awakens

Pre-order Bundle: Davokar Awakens

The Eternal Night has descended on the Forest of Davokar. With the sixth and final episode in The Chronicle of the Throne of Thorns, the fate of the world will be decided. The darkness that for centuries has been fettered by the roots of the woods breaks free and spreads in all directions; the living are faced with a seemingly hopeless fight against a never-ending flood of merciless enemies. But is all hope lost? That question remains for you and your friends to answer.

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Featured Content

  • The adventure Davokar Awakens, where the player characters are given a chance to impact the fight for the Throne of Thorns, and thereby the future of the game world.
  • Maps and descriptions of a dozen adventure locations, brimming with tough challenges, colorful characters, mystical treasures, and historical artifacts.
  • Guidelines for journeys in the awakened Davokar, complemented with new event tables and over a dozen pre-made scenes to introduce where you see fit.
  • A chapter detailing the battle against the darkness, with descriptions of both defending and attacking units.
  • New treasure tables, new artifacts, and a customized list of mishaps which can affect uninformed or ill-prepared adventurers.
  • Note that this book requires access to the Symbaroum Core Rulebook, and that it does not come into its own without the Advanced Player’s Guide, Game Master’s Guide, and Monster Codex.

You will receive a digital Beta-PDF version of the book shortly after purchase! The digital artbook will be distributed separately, within five days after purchase.

Price: Approx. $50 (exact price depends on currency rates and will be shown at checkout.)

Throne of Thorns VTT Bundle

Foundry VTT modules for all six episodes in the Chronicle of the Throne of Thorns.

Throne of Thorns VTT Bundle

Throne of Thorns VTT Bundle

Foundry VTT modules for the following six adventures are included in this bundle. For more information, go to the respective product page.

Note that the module for EP6 Davokar Awakens is not fully finished yet. Once it is done, you will be able to update the module via the Foundry application.

  • EPISODE 1: Thistle Hold – Wrath of the Warden
  • EPISODE 2: Karvosti – The Witch Hammer
  • EPISODE 3: Yndaros – The Darkest Star
  • EPISODE 4: Symbar – Mother of Darkness
  • EPISODE 5: Alberetor – The Haunted Waste
  • EPISODE 6: Davokar Awakens

Price: Approx. $53 (exact price depends on currency rates and will be shown at checkout.)

TREASURE HUNTS IN DAVOKAR - Symbaroum Starter Set

This boxed starter set for the Symbaroum roleplaying game contains everything you need to start playing!

TREASURE HUNTS IN DAVOKAR - Symbaroum Starter Set

TREASURE HUNTS IN DAVOKAR - Symbaroum Starter Set

Enter the wondrous world of Symbaroum! This boxed starter set for the Symbaroum roleplaying game contains everything you need to start playing:

Featured Content:

  • 64-page rule book, introducing the game’s easy-to-learn and highly flexible ruleset along with its dark and mysterious game world.
  • 64-page adventure compendium, including two adventure locations for your players to explore and rules for designing treasure hunts of your own.
  • The Symbaroum Bright Davokar Dice Set, with all the dice you need for combat, problem-solving and social challenges.
  • double-sided map, with one side depicting the game setting at large, and the other the treasure-hunters’ town of Thistle Hold.
  • A second double-sided map, showing the main locations of the two pre-made adventure landscapes, meant to be used at the gaming table.
  • Six character sheets, describing five readymade player characters and one mystical companion for you to play.

You will get downloadable PDFs of the two books and the character sheets shortly after purchase!

Price: Approx. $40 (exact price depends on currency rates and will be shown at checkout.)

SYMBAROUM KORINTHIA BUNDLE

The Korinthia Bundle is perfect for gaming groups or RPG clubs that want to take their first swaying steps into the forest of Davokar.

SYMBAROUM KORINTHIA BUNDLE

SYMBAROUM KORINTHIA BUNDLE

The Korinthia Bundle is perfect for the gaming group or RPG clubs that want to delve deeply into the forest of Davokar; it includes most of the products that are currently available for the fantasy roleplaying game Symbaroum, namely the following:

  • Symbaroum – Core Rulebook
  • Symbaroum – Advanced Players Guide
  • Symbaroum – Monster Codex
  • Symbaroum – Game Master’s Guide
  • Thistle Hold – Wrath of the Warden
  • Karvosti – the Witch Hammer
  • Yndaros – the Darkest Star
  • Symbar – Mother of Darkness
  • Alberetor – The Haunted Waste
  • Symbaroum – Adventure Collection
  • Ambria and Davokar A2 Map
  • Yndaros & Counties A2 Map

You will get downloadable PDFs of the ten books shortly after purchase!

Price: Approx. $295 (exact price depends on currency rates and will be shown at checkout.)

THE DAVOKAR BUNDLE

The Davokar Bundle includes all four Symbaroum core books!

THE DAVOKAR BUNDLE

THE DAVOKAR BUNDLE

The Davokar Bundle includes all four Symbaroum core books: the Core Rulebook, the Advanced Player’s Guide, the Monster Codex and the Game Master’s Guide – hence, everything you need to delve deep into the world of Symbaroum.

You will get downloadable PDFs of the four books shortly after purchase!

Price: Approx. $115 (exact price depends on currency rates and will be shown at checkout.)

THE CHRONICLE BUNDLE

The Chronicle Bundle includes all four previous episodes of the Chronicle of the Throne of Thorns!

THE CHRONICLE BUNDLE

THE CHRONICLE BUNDLE

With the Chronicle Bundle you get the first five episodes of Symbaroum’s epic campaign and adventure chronicle The Throne of Thorns: Thistle Hold – Wrath of the Warden, Karvosti – the Witch Hammer, Yndaros – the Darkest Star, Symbar – Mother of Darkness and Alberetor – The Haunted Waste. For more information, see the respective product page.

Downloadable PDFs included in purchase!

Price: Approx. $140 (exact price depends on currency rates and will be shown at checkout.)

Symba 5E

Ruins of Symbaroum 5e has now officially launched! Finally, the acclaimed setting of Symbaroum comes to the world’s most popular roleplaying game rules. The three richly illustrated Setting Books provide special rules, custom classes, unique creatures and much more, inviting you to enjoy adventures in the world of Symbaroum using the 5th Edition OGL ruleset.

In our webstore you can find a wider selection of products than what is presented below. For instance, if you prefer to play online, there are official modules for the Foundry VTT platform (as standalone VTT-modules, or bundled with prints and PDFs). The webstore also offers a Gamemaster’s Screen bundled with a 26-page Adventure Booklet.

Do you have questions about the books, or something else? You’re welcome to our forum, dedicated to Symbaroum and our other games.

SETTING BOOK BUNDLE

All three setting books at a discounted price.

SETTING BOOK BUNDLE

SETTING BOOK BUNDLE

This bundle gives you the following three products at a discounted price. For detailed information, see the respective product pages.

  • Ruins of Symbaroum – Player’s Guide
  • Ruins of Symbaroum – Gamemaster’s Guide
  • Ruins of Symbaroum – Bestiary

You will receive digital PDF versions of the three books shortly after purchase.

Price: Approx. $110 (exact price depends on currency rates and will be shown at checkout.)

PLAYER'S GUIDE

The Ruins of Symbaroum Player’s Guide features customized rules, origins, classes, equipment, spells and more.

PLAYER'S GUIDE

PLAYER'S GUIDE

With the Ruins of Symbaroum game line, the acclaimed setting of Symbaroum comes to the world’s most popular roleplaying game rules. This richly illustrated, 236-page Player’s Guide introduces setting specific rules and provides guidelines on how to create player characters for adventures in the world of Symbaroum using the 5th Edition OGL ruleset.

  • A player facing introduction to the lore, settlements and factions of the game setting.
  • Setting specific rules on travelling, rests, social challenges, and the blight of corruption.
  • Nine player character origins with custom backgrounds.
  • Five new character classes with a total of 32 new approaches (sub-classes).
  • New equipment in the form of weapons, armor, alchemical elixirs, mystical artifacts, and more.
  • Spell lists for the mystical traditions sorcerer, theurg, troll singer, witch and wizard, including 24 new spells.

A PDF of the book is included, and will be sent to you shortly after purchase.

Price: Approx. $40 (exact price depends on currency rates and will be shown at checkout.)

RUINS OF SYMBAROUM - GAMEMASTER'S GUIDE

The Ruins of Symbaroum Gamemaster’s Guide includes setting and lore, optional rules, guidelines for exploration and rewards, and much more.

RUINS OF SYMBAROUM - GAMEMASTER'S GUIDE

RUINS OF SYMBAROUM - GAMEMASTER'S GUIDE

With the Ruins of Symbaroum game line, the acclaimed setting of Symbaroum comes to the world’s most popular roleplaying game rules. This beautifully illustrated, 200-page Gamemaster’s Guide offers inspiration, guidelines and optional rules that will help you when designing adventures and running game sessions in the world of Symbaroum using the 5th Edition OGL ruleset.

  • Extensive information on the capital city of Yndaros, the fortune hunter’s town of Thistle Hold, and Karvosti, the cliff of the High chieftain and the Huldra.
  • Guidelines and tables for placing adventures in the Underworld, Yonderworld and Spirit World.
  • Advanced rules regarding expeditions into the forest of Davokar, to be used when designing or randomly creating thrilling treasure hunts, journeys of exploration and other kinds of wilderness adventures.
  • Informed instructions and guidelines regarding the design of game worlds, adventures, and epic campaigns.
  • A chapter on how to make in-game rewards more interesting and tailored to different player types, also including twenty-seven mystical artifacts, each with its own adventure setup.
  • A long list of optional rules, regarding advanced traps, troupe play, ceremonial magic, managing domains, pitched battles, pact making, social challenges, and more.
  • The one-shot adventure Blight Night, set at the edge of Davokar Forest, as an example of how adventure landscapes in Symbaroum can be built.

A PDF of the book is included, and will be sent to you shortly after purchase.

Price: Approx. $40 (exact price depends on currency rates and will be shown at checkout.)

RUINS OF SYMBAROUM - BESTIARY

The Ruins of Symbaroum Bestiary presents descriptions and stats for nearly 200 monsters and adversaries, plus lots of material for designing your own creatures.

RUINS OF SYMBAROUM - BESTIARY

RUINS OF SYMBAROUM - BESTIARY

With the Ruins of Symbaroum game line, the acclaimed setting of Symbaroum comes to the world’s most popular roleplaying game rules. This 236-page Bestiary, with its awe-inspiring and award-winning artwork, presents monsters, creatures and adversaries that can be encountered in the world of Symbaroum, with stats and rules adapted to the 5th Edition OGL ruleset.

  • More than thirty fully described and beautifully illustrated creatures with the potential to be at the center of unique adventures and challenges in Symbaroum.
  • Close to 60 additional creatures, sorted into categories such as Abominations, Predators, Spiders and Undead, and presented with short descriptions and stat blocks.
  • A similar section introducing 60+ generic non-player characters, grouped in classes such as Champions of Prios, People of Davokar, Townsfolk, Elves and Trolls.
  • Approximately 200 features, traits, reactions, lair actions and more, to be used when you design unique monstrosities to challenge your players.
  • Guidelines and rules for terrain features, covering Cities and Towns, Farmlands, Forests, Swamps, and more.

A PDF of the book is included, and will be sent to you shortly after purchase.

Price: Approx. $40 (exact price depends on currency rates and will be shown at checkout.)

The Adventure Compendium 5E

The Adventure Compendium does a great job of exemplifying the wide variety of stories that are waiting to be told in the world of Symbaroum.

The Adventure Compendium 5E

The Adventure Compendium 5E

The Ruins of Symbaroum Adventure Compendium will invite you to everything from murder mysteries, to forest expeditions and witch hunts; set in cities, villages, and expanses of wilderness; treating you to encounters with dark­minded cultists, roaring monstrosities, and raging abominations. Yes, the adventures of this tome do a great job of exemplifying the wide variety of stories that are waiting to be told in the world of Symbaroum.

CONTENT

  • Seven full-length adventures, ranging from level 1 to 8
  • The settlements Kastor, Ravenia and Prios Pass
  • Thirteen mystical artifacts and a dozen color maps to explore
  • An introduction to the pantheon of the Young Gods

A PDF of the book is included, and will be sent to you shortly after purchase.

Price: Approx. $38 (exact price depends on currency rates and will be shown at checkout.)

Call of the Dark 5E

Two adventures that in different ways relate to the growing internal divisions within the Ambrian realm.

Call of the Dark 5E

Call of the Dark 5E

In this book you will find two adventures that in different ways relate to the growing internal divisions within the Ambrian realm. Call of the Dark plays out in the northern territories of the Lost Land of Alberetor, where the player characters will accompany a lowborn noble who is looking to prove the status of her family. The second adventure, Retribution, initially deals with the search for a person who has gone missing in the city of Kurun, but is soon shown to involve events which may have serious consequences for the relationship between the peoples of the Davokar region. Naturally, the player characters have a chance to influence the outcome of the stories, provided that they handle all the challenges that stand between them and a happy ending.

CONTENT

  • Two full-length adventures that will expose the player characters to great challenges
  • The Alberian barony of Sarli and the city of Kurun as detailed adventure landscapes
  • A dozen locations and establishments where the characters can eat, trade, sleep, find information and visit the local authorities
  • Full color maps of the barony and the city
  • Four artifacts and new or alternative rules for Forced rides and the Dangers of the Darkened Land

A PDF of the book is included, and will be sent to you shortly after purchase.

Price: Approx. $30 (exact price depends on currency rates and will be shown at checkout.)

ABOUT

Symbaroum is a fantasy tabletop RPG, often described as dark, gritty and deadly. It was first released in Swedish in 2014, then translated into English for a worldwide release in 2016. Since then, the game has captured the imagination of an ever-growing number of gamers and today the game-line encompasses a dozen hardcover books, along with several support products in the form of card sets, maps and more.

The Symbaroum rule set is a D20, roll under, fully player-facing system, designed to be quick, punishing, and easy to get into. Also, it is highly flexible and modular, so those who want more complexity are offered numerous optional rules, or can easily introduce their own house rules.

The game is also flexible when it comes to what type of games it facilitates – action and/or intrigue; one-shot scenarios and/or long adventure campaigns; serious stories and/or furious fun. However, one can argue that the flagship of Symbaroum is the acclaimed, six-part adventure chronicle The Throne of Thorns. Each of the standalone but interlinked episodes not only offer a massive adventure – they also introduce new lore, setting information, equipment, abilities, and optional rules.

THE SETTING

“Like a steel-clad ship in a thundering storm, she cut through the waves of darkness and dread. I was there to bear witness; I am one of few who stood in awe as the first light of dawn got caught in her armor, transforming our young Queen into a mounted, sword-wielding sun – Korinthia Nightbane, our sovereign, slayer of the dark.

The blood that was spilt, the lives that were lost, the tears that keep falling from red-rimmed eyes; the skies filled with ash, the soils turned to dust, the rivers transformed into muddy trenches. Such is the price we had to pay, for the Dark Lords’ betrayal, but also for the hardships that finally led us here, to the Promised Land.

Strengthened and enlightened, we begin again, the children of Alberetor matured into the mothers of Ambria. The sorrow that blackens our hearts will be delivered in tears of hope and joy, not of grief and despair. We shall harvest the fruits of earth and forests, we shall harness the force of rivers and mountains, we will rise higher than ever before. To the pleasure of Prios we shall ascend to a place where there are no shadows, where darkness is no more. Because we are the people of Korinthia Nightbane and we will never be vanquished!”

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The intimate, richly nuanced Symbaroum setting revolves around the Ambrians – a civilization that two decades ago were forced to flee their ancestral soil after a devastating war. Their new and promised land borders on the vast forest of Davokar, covering the remnants of the Empire of Symbaroum which fell into ruin hundreds of years ago. Brimming with natural resources and mythical treasures, the forest calls out to the Ambrians to be explored and exploited, but the road into its depths lays far from open. Not only are the shadowy halls beneath the foliage fraught with danger, monsters and infectious corruption; there are also the elves of the Iron Pact who have vowed to die to keep anyone from disturbing the ruins of old, warning that the ancient evil of Symbaroum stirs in its sleep. The horrors of Davokar are about to awaken.

REVIEWS

“The game that has inspired me most this year.”
– John Dodd, Tabletop Gaming magazine

“The simple system and rich setting, thick with dark and evocative imagery, makes this a worthy consideration for new and experienced gamers alike.”
– Paul Baldowski, GeekNative

“All in all, this is a stunning piece of work. It has all the sophistication of 13th Age, the mechanical beauty of Dungeon World, and the dark attractiveness of Warhammer Fantasy in a comprehensive and elegant game.”
– Rodney Orpheus, Medium

“Symbaroum is a dark fantasy set in a deep and dark forest chock full of ancient ruins and treasures. Its landscapes are haunted, its characters traumatised, and its monsters are pure, unbridled nightmare fuel. (-) Also the art by itself is enough to haunt your dreams”
Sara Elsam, Dicebreaker, 10 best fantasy RPGs that aren’t Dungeons & Dragons

“What makes the Symbaroum Core Rulebook really stand out is its art which is superb, in turns, dark and brooding, dangerous and foreboding, majestic and mysterious, brutal and bloody… ”
Reviews from R’lyeh

THE TEAM

Free League Publishing is a Swedish publisher dedicated to speculative fiction. We have published a range of award-winning tabletop role-playing games and critically acclaimed art books set in strange and wondrous worlds.

Besides Symbaroum, our game portfolio includes the official ALIEN The Roleplaying Game (Gold ENNIE for Best Game 2020), the Nordic horror roleplaying game Vaesen, pitch-black apocalyptic fantasy RPG Mörk Borg, alternate ’90s Things from the Flood, alternate ’80s Tales from the Loop (winner of five ENNIE Awards 2017, including Best Game), sandbox retro fantasy Forbidden Lands (winner of four ENNIE Awards 2019), postapocalyptic Mutant: Year Zero (Silver ENNIE for Best Rules 2015), and the space opera Coriolis – The Third Horizon (Judge’s Spotlight Award 2017). To learn more, visit freeleaguepublishing.com.

We have also published the art books Tales from the Loop, Things from the Flood and The Electric State by internationally acclaimed visual artist Simon Stålenhag, as well as the illustrated editions of the Lovecraft classics The Call of Cthulhu and At the Mountains of Madness by the praised French artist François Baranger.