Twilight Kingdoms

Welcome to Twilight Kingdoms!

It is a roleplaying game set in a fantasy world in decline. The great empire has fallen, scoured by a demonic threat that was foreseen, but ignored until it was too late. The world is mortally wounded and spiraling towards oblivion. It is a time of despair, but great challenges mean that great heroes rise to the occasion. The world is doomed, and there is no one left to pull it back from the brink but you. Prove the doomsayers wrong, and forge your kingdom in the twilight of the world.

Why should you choose Twilight Kingdoms over the other hundreds of D&D clones out there?

High Action This is a game about slaying monsters and prevailing against the forces of darkness, despite the odds being stacked against you. You are expected to be able to survive most fights, but you will die if you are foolish or unlucky. This is no OSR game where a single blow from an orc will fell you, but it also isn’t a game where everyone walks around with plot armor.

Smooth Tactical Combat Twilight Kingdoms is inspired by the tactically complex combat of games like 4th Edition Dungeons and Dragons, Pathfinder, as well as computer games like Final Fantasy Tactics, XCOM, and Divinity: Original Sin. This game aims to capture the joy of the board-game-like combat of those games, while striving to keep the game from getting bogged down in bloated numbers and eking out every little bonus to maintain a fast and exciting pace.

Exploration and Social Scenes Twilight Kingdoms is a game of two halves. There is high octane tactical combat, but there are also ruins to explore and strange and wondrous creatures to talk to. Many of the games that inspired the tactical side of this game were notorious for neglecting systems not related to combat. Here they are given the same love and care, with inspiration from more narrativist games like Dungeon World.

Your Story Determines Your Abilities Your character’s skills and powers reflect the adventures that they have been on. A character who ventures to the Underdark will learn different things than a character who sails the Astral Sea in a spelljammer. The magic items you find and the knowledge that you gain will mean more than white-room character building.