Free League Publishing will be releasing the MÖRK BORG powered roleplaying game Black Powder and Brimstone in Q1 2025. Created by Ben Tobitt, the RPG promises a mix of swashbuckling adventure and gothic horror in the hellishly war-torn Vaterland. No page count is available yet but the hardcover (with PDF) will carry an MSRP of $49.99 when it arrives in stores March 18th, 2025. Check out the quickstart here.
About the game:
Explore a grim-dark fantasy world of swashbuckling adventure and Gothic folk horror.
Hell on earth has come to VaterLand, and with it religious zealotry, famine, pestilence, and horrors beyond reality. You play as a desperate rogue looking to make their way in this war-torn apocalypse; through plunder, trade, bounty hunting, and battle.
Although the rules may be light, the lore is not. The world of Black Powder and Brimstone is fully realized, and the book will be packed with lore and information about the setting and its people, as well as hundreds of atmospheric illustrations to get players and GM’s into the world and tone of the setting.
Pick from five main classes, with a total of fifteen subclasses, and create a unique character in minutes to get straight into the action.
Wield characterful and deadly weapons, each with their own special and devastating rules to make each one unique, these include the dreaded black powder weapons. Infernal devices that ignore all armour on a hit, and can cause as much mayhem and destruction to the wielder as their target.
As well as weapons, there are forbidden and powerful magics that can warp reality as easily as an artist paints a canvas. But beware, magic is as dangerous as it is powerful, and if you use it in front of the wrong people… prepare to deal with the dreaded agents of the Inquisition.
There are more than just dangerous men to be wary of in VaterLand. Demons, tides of rats and the victims of the dreaded Staggering Pox stalk the land.