As I do every year, I'm taking nominations for the MOST ANTICIPATED RPG poll for the coming year. Here is last year's Top 10 (spoiler: the winner was Legend in the Mist). Previous winners include 13th Age (2013), Star Wars Force & Destiny (2015), Rifts for Savage Worlds (2016), Trudvang Chronicles (2017), Vampire: the Masquerade 5th Edition (2018), Savage Worlds Adventure Edition (2019), Dune (2020 & 2021), Twilight 2000 (2021), Blade Runner (2022), Pendragon 6E (2023), and Shadow of the Weird Wizard (2024). What will be the most anticipated RPG of 2026?
We do this at the end of every year, and have done for several years now! Here's how it works:
We start with a nomination stage. That's this thread. You may nominate any standalone tabletop RPG due to be released to the general public in 2026. All nominated games will appear on the final ballot. To nominate a game, simply make a reply in this thread. A few rules:
Last year's winner was Legend in the Mist (pictured above). You can see last year's top 10 here. Sometimes products make it into the list in more than one year; what can I say? Product schedules slip!
PREVIOUS WINNERS OF THE ANNUAL EN WORLD MOST ANTICIPATED TABLETOP RPG OF THE YEAR
We do this at the end of every year, and have done for several years now! Here's how it works:
We start with a nomination stage. That's this thread. You may nominate any standalone tabletop RPG due to be released to the general public in 2026. All nominated games will appear on the final ballot. To nominate a game, simply make a reply in this thread. A few rules:
- It must be a standalone tabletop RPG, NOT a supplement, setting, adventure, sourcebook, expansion, or accessory. If there is a QuickStart version, or a preview, it’s the full release that counts.
- It must be due out to the general public in 2026. The important date is the date the general public can purchase the book. That's not Kickstarter fulfillment dates or pre-orders.
- It must be nominated by at least one person in this thread. Simply post the name of the game and the name of the publisher below to nominate it.
- You can nominate up to two games. Make them the ones you're most anticipating. It's not a contest to see who can name the most games!
- Nominations will remain open for two weeks, until December 14th. Voting will take place shortly thereafter.
- Not your own game or one you’re affiliated with.
- Include a link. Don't make me Google to try guess what you mean! No linky, no nommy.
Last year's winner was Legend in the Mist (pictured above). You can see last year's top 10 here. Sometimes products make it into the list in more than one year; what can I say? Product schedules slip!
PREVIOUS WINNERS OF THE ANNUAL EN WORLD MOST ANTICIPATED TABLETOP RPG OF THE YEAR
# | 2013 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 13th Age | Star Wars Force & Destiny | Rifts for Savage Worlds | Trudvang Chronicles | Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition | Savage Worlds Adventure Edition | Dune | Dune/ Twilight2000 (joint) | Blade Runner | King Arthur Pendragon 6th Edition | Shadow of the Weird Wizard | Legend in the Mist |
2 | Numenera | Deluxe Exalted 3rd Edition | Mutant Crawl Classics | Tales from the Loop | Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay Fourth Edition | Pathfinder 2nd Edition | Vaesen - Nordic Horror Roleplaying | - | Broken Tales | Dragonbane/Darkar och Demoner | The Electric State2 | Brandon Sanderson's Cosmere |
3 | Star Wars Edge of the Empire | Unified Rolemaster | 7th Sea 2nd Edition | Kult: Divinity Lost | Kult: Divinity Lost | Lex Arcana | Cyberpunk Red | The One Ring (2nd Edition) | Pendragon 6E | 13th Age 2nd Edition | 13th Age 2nd Edition | Daggerheart |
4 | Shadowrun 5th Edition | Conan Adventures In An Age Undreamed Of | Conan Adventures In An Age Undreamed Of | Star Trek Adventures | Forbidden Lands: Retro Open-World Survival Fantasy RPG | The Expanse | Fallout | King Arthur Pendragon 6th Edition | Avatar Legends | Household | Pendragon 6E | Draw Steel |
5 | Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition | Deluxe Tunnels & Trolls | DCC Lankhmar | Conan: Adventures in an Age Undreamed Of | RuneQuest: Role-playing in Glorantha | Eclipse Phase 2nd Edition | Warhammer: Age of Sigmar: Soulbound | Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition (A5E) | Mothership 1E | Mothership 1E | Dolmenwood | Terry Pratchett's Discworld: Adventures in Ankh-Morpork |
6 | Firefly | Barbarians of Lemuria: Mythic Edition | RuneQuest 4 | Starfinder | The Witcher Roleplaying Game | Dune RPG | Swords of the Serpentine | Rivers of London | Rivers of London | Shadow of the Weird Wizard | Cohors Cthulhu | Dolmenwood |
7 | Fate Core | Feng Shui 2 | Torg: Eternity | The Witcher Roleplaying Game | Warhammer 40,000 Wrath & Glory | John Carter of Mars | Rivers of London | Pathfinder for Savage Worlds | Shadow of the Weird Wizard | The Walking Dead Universe | Daggerheart | Coriolis: The Great Dark |
8 | Hillfolk | Fantasy AGE | Blue Rose AGE | Coriolis | The Expanse | Changeling: The Lost 2nd Edition | Stargate | Brancalonia - The Spaghetti Fantasy RPG | Cy-Borg | Warhammer 40K Imperium Maledictum | Monty Python's Cocurricular Mediaeval Reenactment Programme | 13th Age 2nd Edition |
9 | Torchbearer | Paranoia | Paranoia | Delta Green Roleplaying Game | Legend of the Five Rings 5th Edition | Things from the Flood | Fading Suns 4E | Werewolf: The Apocalypse 5th Edition | Swords of the Serpentine | Old Gods of Appalachia | Mothership 1E | Alien - Evolved ditionE |
10 | - | Shadows of the Demon Lord | Delta Green | Astonishing Swordsmen & Sorcerers of Hyperborea 2E | Numenera 2: Discovery & Destiny | Judge Dredd & The Worlds of 2000 AD | Cortex Prime | SLA Industries, 2nd Edition | Werewolf: The Apocalypse 5e | Monty Python's Cocurricular Mediaeval Reenactment Programme | Tales of the Valiant | Starfinder 2E |
