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The Year Zero Engine, originally created for Mutant: Year Zero, powers many of the games produced by Swedish publisher Fria Ligan (Free League).
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Vaesen: Mythic Britain & Ireland
Free League Publishing has announced an upcoming Vaesen: Mythic Britain & Ireland expansion to their Vaesen: Nordic Horror Roleplaying game. Vaesen uses their Year Zero Engine (e.g., Mutant: Year Zero, Aliens, Forbidden Lands, Coriolis, Tales from the Loop). It will apparently be coming to Kickstarter soon, but I'm looking forward to this quite a bit. The art for Vaesen is top notch. This...
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Marines, We Are Reading! (An ALIEN Colonial Marines Operations Manual Review)
The first question nearly every fan asked after the release of Free League’s ALIEN RPG two years ago was “Colonial Marines book when?” It’s an understatement to say that Colonial Marines Operations Manual is highly anticipated. Free League scored a massive hit with the core book and the pressure is on. Not only is it the first book aimed at campaign play, but it’s also an RPG book that fans...
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Free League Announces Blade Runner TTRPG for 2022
Free League has announced a Blade Runner RPG, set for a 2022 launch. The game is set between the two movies, and uses Free League’s Year Zero Engine. This follows on from the Swedish publisher’s recent successful Aliens RPG, and a million dollar The One Ring Kickstarter. The official Blade Runner RPG will propel players into the streets of Los Angeles as Blade Runners with unique...
Year Zero Engine 
Pre-order the Colonial Marines Operations Manual for the ALIEN RPG
The Colonial Marines Operations Manual is an upcoming hardcover for Free League's Alien RPG. It will be released early next year but you can pre-order it now. If you pre-order you will get the PDF ahead of the hardcover release, plus a bonus PDF art book. Armor piercing rounds sizzle through raw flesh as plasma beams sear swollen retinas. Acrid smoke chokes down your throat before you...
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Vaesen Explores Moody, Mythic Mysteries
Over the past six years, Free League Publishing has climbed to the top of the tabletop RPG design house ranks. Its games tend toward the darker end of the spectrum, ranging from the Fallout like apocalypse of its Mutant: Year Zero series to the cold survival of its blockbuster game set in the Alien cinematic universe. Free League’s latest, Vaesen, combines several elements of its most...
Year Zero Engine 
Twilight: 2000 4E: An Interview With Free League
Free League’s Twilight: 2000 crowdfunding project is lighting up the RPG section of Kickstarter. Having shot past its initial goal, it continues to unlock a stack of stretch goals building out the core RPG boxed set. I’ve spoken with Tomas Härenstam, CEO of Free League Publishing, several times before (here, here, and here), and wanted to get his take on their latest project. Because this...
Year Zero Engine 
The Tales From The Loop Starter Set Is Here
I'm not sure if Free League released this themselves earlier in the year or if it was delayed by the pandemic, but Modiphius has just announced that they are now carrying the Starter Set in their web store. Tales from the Loop is the gorgeous Swedish game that was released a couple of years ago; this Starter Set is a new introduction to the game. The Tales From the Loop RPG Starter Set is...
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Free League Announces Twilight: 2000 4th Edition
Free League is fast catching up with Modiphius with its collection of licensed RPGs. They've just announced that the post-apocalyptic WW3-themed Twilight: 2000 4th edition boxed set will be coming to Kickstarter in August. Here's the full announcement: A new edition of the classic roleplaying game Twilight: 2000 was announced today by Free League Publishing, makers of the ALIEN RPG, in...
Year Zero Engine 
There's A Tales From The Loop Boxed Starter Set Coming
Free League has announced a boxed starter set for its Tales from the Loop RPG. This is the awesome Swedish game based on the artwork of Simon Stålenhag (the art book which has also inspired an upcoming TV show on Amazon!) You can already pre-order the boxed set. It includes a rulebook, an adventure called The Recycled Boy, five regenerated characters, plus a map and dice. It's coming out in...
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Free League Publishing Announce Acquisition of Coriolis RPG
Free League Publishing announced today that they have obtained the full rights to the Coriolis roleplaying game from Paradox Interactive. Free League previously published the ENnie Award winning RPG under a license from the video game publisher two years ago following a successful crowdfunding campaign that raised over SEK 1.2 million (about US$130,000).
Year Zero Engine 
Tales from the Loop Is Free For One Day Only
The Swedish sci-fi RPG of 1980s suburbia, Tales from the Loop, is currently free in PDF format on DTRPG - but only for today, so be quick! "To celebrate the release of the OUT OF TIME campaign module, the digital version of our multiple award-winning TALES FROM THE LOOP core game is now completely FREE for ONE DAY at DrivethruRPG"
Year Zero Engine 
There's An Official ALIEN RPG Coming!
Free League has sent out a press release announcing that they will be publishing an official Alien roleplaying game, set shortly after the events of Aliens.
Year Zero Engine 
Kick Off a Fantasy Campaign in Forbidden Lands
Plunder lost tombs, fight terrible monsters, wander wild lands, and if you live long enough, build a stronghold. Make your mark on a cursed world and start a new campaign in the Forbidden Lands.
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Things From The Flood Is The Sequel To Tales From The Loop
Last year, Tales From The Loop -- "roleplaying in the 80s that never was" -- burst onto the scene, brought to us by Swedish publisher Fria Ligan, and based on the sci-fi art of Simon Stålenhag. This year, a sequel is coming: Things From The Flood!

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