Dragonbane is the go-to answer for "we want something lighter than D&D but still properly deadly", and the award-winning fantasy RPG is finally getting somewhere to base a campaign. Arkand - City of Waves and Flames is up for pre-order from Free League ahead of an August release.
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Start organising for freeArkand is a city with 20 adventure sites spread across five districts, plus a stack of campaign seeds. Free League's pitch leans hard into the gazetteer detail you actually use at the table: the Citadel of Broken Wings, the Temple of True Fire high atop Dragonrock, the Witless Unicorn tavern, and the Cracked Pearl gambling den down in the slums of the Dung. Over a campaign your players get pulled into a power struggle in the city's underworld, take work as demon hunters, and dig up secrets about Arkand's storied past that could change the place forever.
Johan Sjöberg writes it, with art by Johan Egerkrans and David Brasgalla. Egerkrans' folklore-soaked work is a big part of why Dragonbane looks the way it does, so having him on a city book is a good sign. It also ships with a large separate full-colour map, 17 by 22 inches (432 by 558 mm), drawn by Francesca Baerald, one of the best fantasy cartographers working today. A complete PDF comes bundled through DriveThruRPG.
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See how it worksThere is a Collector's Edition as well, with a faux-leather cover and gold foil printing, sold only direct through Free League's webstore. It lands alongside the Dragonbane Book of Magic, so August is shaping up to be an expensive month for anyone running the game. One small mercy for British buyers: Free League's shop prices in GBP alongside SEK, EUR and USD, so you can see the damage in pounds before you commit.
If you have been meaning to start a Dragonbane campaign, a city with 20 ready-made trouble spots is a decent excuse. Round up a group and pick a district.
Sources: Free League Publishing | Free League Dragonbane | Tabletop Sentinel
