Final Fantasy XIV Getting an Official TTRPG

Square Enix leaked a pre-order page for Final Fantasy XIV TTRPG Starter Set on their online store on Wednesday morning before taking it down that afternoon and putting it back up again overnight.

The order page for the new TTRPG went live on Wednesday for around 6 hours before being taken down, but not before being archived via the Wayback Machine. It's likely the game was scheduled for announcement during the Letter from the Producer event on September 23 but was posted live by mistake. As of Thursday morning, the pre-order page is live again on the site along with an announcement page confirming a player and GM core rulebook along with an official preview page.

The new game will be based on the MMORPG video game Final Fantasy XIV, which currently has over 3 million active daily players available on PC, macOS, and PlayStation. This marks the first official adaptation of the popular and long-running Final Fantasy video game franchise to tabletop RPGs. From the product description before it was removed:

Based on the hit MMO Final Fantasy XIV, the FFXIV TTRPG is a tabletop roleplaying game that lets you experience Eorzea from a whole new perspective. Step into the shoes of a heroic adventurer or assume the game master's mantle, then cooperate to forge your own unique stories within the vast and exciting universe of Final Fantasy XIV. The Final Fantasy XIV TTRPG Starter Set comes with everything you need to dive into the game and includes both the Player Book and the Gamemaster Book. Gather your friends together to explore, battle, and roleplay--the only limits are your imagination, and the only goal is to have fun. Discover a realm of adventure reborn!

The Starter Set will include a Player Book, Gamemaster Book (including three scenarios tying into the FF14 main story), four pre-generated characters (Warrior, White Mage, Dragoon, and Black Mage), Rules Summary & Strategy Guide, encounter maps, character tokens, and ability markers. The set will also include custom numeric dice - 6d20 total (two red and one each of green, blue, black, and clear) with the Final Fantasy XIV logo in place of the 20 and 10d6 (four red, two each of blue and green, and one each of black and clear). No further information about the game system is available at this time.

The set is scheduled for a May 2024 release and is available for pre-order for $59.99.

Note: This article has been edited to update with new information as the pre-order page was taken down, then put back up again, then an official announcement and preview page released.

 

[Abstruse]

Of course, the store page was up all day since at least 11 AM Central time...and it was taken down within 15 minutes of me posting the story.

 

[payn]

Not making it 5e is a huge mistake.

Perhaps, but I'm super glad its not.

 

[overgeeked]

Hilariously someone thought to add it to the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine. There’s nothing there but pictures and a price point. No extra details.

FINAL FANTASY XIV TTRPG STARTER SET

Buy video games online at the Square Enix official store. Shop our top franchises including Final Fantasy, Nier, Kingdom Hearts, Dragon Quest & more.

web.archive.org

 

[DeviousQuail]

Well there goes one of my go to answers whenever the question, "What IP should have a TTRPG that currently doesn't" shows up.

 

[Abstruse]

Well there goes one of my go to answers whenever the question, "What IP should have a TTRPG that currently doesn't" shows up.

Mine was Fallout, which I thought was cursed to always just barely miss on getting a TTRPG version. I'd even answered an RPG-a-day survey question here on EN World naming Fallout as the franchise I wanted to have a TTRPG that I thought never would just a few months before the 2d20 System Fallout game was announced.

So I guess with Final Fantasy and Assassin's Creed both coming next year, we're down to Mass Effect and Elder Scrolls/Skyrim as big RPG franchises without a TTRPG version. Which is odd because Green Ronin still has the Dragon Age license (the other big BioWare franchise) and they've done a sci-fi version of the AGE System with The Expanse, and Modiphius has the license to do TES as a miniature wargame just like they do for Fallout and they've done a fantasy version of 2d20 System with Conan...

 

[CleverNickName]

So I guess with Final Fantasy and Assassin's Creed both coming next year, we're down to Mass Effect and Elder Scrolls/Skyrim as big RPG franchises without a TTRPG version. Which is odd because Green Ronin still has the Dragon Age license (the other big BioWare franchise) and they've done a sci-fi version of the AGE System with The Expanse, and Modiphius has the license to do TES as a miniature wargame just like they do for Fallout and they've done a fantasy version of 2d20 System with Conan...

Has Nintendo released a TTRPG yet for Zelda? If they haven't, and if this FFXIV product is a success, I can easily see a TTRPG version of Breath of the Wild or The Ocarina of Time.

Or if Zelda is off-limits, give me a Chrono-Trigger TTRPG.

 

[Alzrius]

I'd still like a TTRPG version of Richard Garriott's Ultima series.

 

[Weiley31]

Has Nintendo released a TTRPG yet for Zelda?

Not yet. The closest thing to that, outside of non-official sources, was a Critical Roll one-shot for Tears of the Kingdom that used a modified system or something of Powered by the Apocalypse and something else IIRC.


Suppposedly, Nintendo DID work alongside the Crit Roll team when working on it.

 

[Weiley31]

I wonder what the FULL list of classes will be for this. As somebody who loves the Dragoon job class, it pleases me that it will be one of the available job classes in the TTRPG. I would also hope for the Dark Knight, Red Mage(has the most SICKEST Red Mage style/weapon outta all the Red Mages in the ENTIRE franchise), and the Reaper (since they get a JoJo stand basically with the Void Avatar).

 

[Arilyn]

I'd still like a TTRPG version of Richard Garriott's Ultima series.

Loved those games. Sure were challenging compared to modern computer rpgs. I remember my group wandering out into the wilderness and starving to death.