Green Ronin to Kickstart ‘The Expanse’ Roleplaying Game

Aug 25, 2017

Green Ronin Publishing have reached an agreement with James S. A. Corey (the pen name of authors Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck) to produce a line of roleplaying products for The Expanse. I have to say I was a touch surprised to see Green Ronin score the license but they already produce the popular Fantasy AGE, A Song of Ice and Fire, and Mutants and Masterminds so The Expanse should be in good hands. The Expanse is set for a Kickstarter run in early 2018 with a release planned for August of next year.

Of course, we’ll have more details as they become available.

From Green Ronin:

Green Ronin Publishing announced today that it has signed a licensing agreement with James S.A. Corey to adapt The Expanse series of novels as a tabletop roleplaying game.

“The Expanse is the most exciting thing to happen in science fiction in the last decade,” said Green Ronin President Chris Pramas. “It’s not just that they are cracking good stories—which of course, they are—but like all of the best science fiction they reflect the issues of today. We could not be more delighted to bring the Expanse to roleplaying games.”

“The Expanse began as a gaming concept nearly two decades ago, and was played as a home brewed RPG for years before becoming a book series,” said Ty Franck. “To have Green Ronin taking the universe of The Expanse back to its roots is very exciting. I’ve loved their game adaptations of other literary works, and I couldn’t be happier to be partnering with them on this project.”

“I came to the story first as a RPG, and clearly I had a great time with it,” added Daniel Abraham. “I’m delighted to have other gamers get the chance to make their own stories in this setting.”

Green Ronin will run a crowdfunding campaign for The Expanse RPG next year and publish the game in August, 2018. The Expanse RPG will use Green Ronin’s popular Adventure Game Engine, which powers its Blue Rose, Fantasy AGE, and Modern AGE RPGs. More information about The Expanse RPG will appear on greenronin.com in the coming months.

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