Tomb Raider Licensed RPG Announced by Evil Hat Publishing

Lara Croft is coming to tabletops in 2025

Evil Hat Publishing, makers of FATE and Blades in the Dark, have announced an officially licensed RPG based on the Tomb Raider video game franchise starring the iconic character Lara Croft.

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From the announcement:

Explore hidden tombs and uncover powerful secrets! Defy danger as you race to discover forgotten artifacts and prevent nefarious forces from exploiting them! Race to unearth secret artifacts and forgotten truths in order to save them from the nefarious forces that would exploit them!

Mystery awaits, and sometimes, the answers we seek can only be found in shadow…

In this officially licensed tabletop RPG you play members of the Truth Seekers: contemporaries of Lara Croft who strive to reveal long-hidden knowledge and thwart those who would steal and exploit artifacts for their own gains. It is a game of action, exploration, and self-discovery. Face perilous challenges and tough choices as you learn what it takes to be a hero.

Tomb Raider: Shadows of Truth requires 3-6 players, pencils, paper, the rulebook, and at least six 6-sided dice in order to play.

Your group will collectively create their Team using one of the Team Playbooks and then build individual Team members choosing from the Crafter, Scholar, Hunter, Companion, Legacy, Changed, and Reclaimer. One player, the Keeper of Truths, describes the dynamic and compelling world around the Team as they all make the connections which bring the adventure to life.

Collect Truths and draw upon your Maps, Aid, and Lore to boost your rolls as you race to enter the Final Tomb!

The Truth is hidden. The Truth is dangerous. And in the end, the power of Truth is what we make it.

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Based on the hit franchise from Crystal Dynamics, Tomb Raider: Shadows of Truth will be a 8.5 x 11 full-color hardcover containing rules, advice, and adventures for both Seekers and Keepers alike. Currently under development in-house at Evil Hat, a public playtest will launch soon and crowdfunding in service of its production is expected in 2025.

To stay tuned to further announcements about the game, including the upcoming playtest, make sure to join the Society of Raiders on the official franchise website here.

Though there hasn't been a new video game in the Tomb Raider franchise since 2018's Shadow of the Tomb Raider, developer Aspyr recently released a remaster of the first three games, Tomb Raider I-III Remaster on PC, PlayStation 4/5, Xbox Series S/X, and Nintendo Switch earlier this month. The only other official tabletop RPG for the Tomb Raider franchise was 2023's Lara Croft's Mark of the Phoenix released as free PDF on the Crystal Dynamics website.

As part of the promotion for the Tomb Raider: Shadows of Truth announcement, Evil Hat has provided a coupon for 20% off of any of their games with the code ENTERTHETOMB during checkout from the Evil Hat store.
 

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SteveC

Doing the best imitation of myself
I think there's definitely an interesting game out there with taking the Blade's-esque mechanics and applying them to an exploration/action game. The big thing for me is the "jump into the action" idea where you give an idea where you want to get started and then jump into the adventure based on a skill check.

I think the trouble is that Blades tends to have a few, important die rolls. When I think of playing Tomb Raider, there's a lot of challenge in each expedition or level or what have you. I have found that the more rolls you make in Blades/PbtA the worse it gets. Definitely wish the designers well and hope people have lots of fun with the game.
 



I think my personal favourite would have been a game based on Broken Compass, but still it sounds interesting. Especially if there will be a few adventures coming out together with the rules.

That would be like using Mothership as the base for an official Aliens game. The license would be just so they can re-etch the serial numbers BACK ON. So, the logical and efficient choice, bare minimum.

Either way, I'm looking forward to seeing what EH does with TR. If anyone can do pulp adventure (apart from Two Little Mice), it'd be the team behind Atomic Robo and Spirit of the Century.
 

jdrakeh

Front Range Warlock
learning today that Evil Genius Games and Evil Hat Games are separate companies, after the big thread about EGG crashing and burning.

They're almost like the Jedi and the Sith in that regard. Evil Hat are great guys who publish wonderful games and Evil Genius are apparently a bunch of abusive creeps.
 


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