Egg Embry
Legend
This epic new adventure for Auroboros: Coils of the Serpent launches alongside a revised edition of Worldbook: Lawbrand.
Irvine, CA — July 29, 2026 — Warchief Gaming, a tabletop roleplaying game publisher and development studio, announced the upcoming Kickstarter campaign for Auroboros: Dissension, Warchief’s first full-length 5.5E-compatible adventure set in Lawbrand.The Kickstarter campaign follows five years after the 2021 Auroboros: Coils of the Serpent, which raised $1,260,863 from 10,218 backers to produce Worldbook: Lawbrand. Auroboros was developed by Chris Metzen, the Executive Creative Director of Blizzard Entertainment's Warcraft universe.
Dissension takes players on a whirlwind adventure through Lawbrand’s back alleys, secret venues, deadly catacombs, and soaring halls of power. When an underground concert ends in violence, the heroes are swept up into a vast and deadly conspiracy. Pursued by extremist zealots, shadowy musicians and a villain seemingly risen from the grave, the heroes will be faced with an ultimate question: will art save all of Lawbrand, or doom it utterly?
“My good friend Max has brought this monster roaring back to life! As I’ve refocused on my ‘main gig’ these past few years, I feared Auroboros would run out of steam. He not only led a complete rebalancing of the original sourcebook (no small feat), but helped me to realize Dissension as the next vital chapter of this unfolding epic,” said Chris Metzen.
Max Carr, Warchief Gaming's lead designer, further describes an overhaul of the Auroboros-specific mechanics, and that the overhaul, which updates over 175 pages of Worldbook: Lawbrand, comes with new subclasses, new playable species, new backgrounds and origin feats, and more. “Of course, the revised Worldbook: Lawbrand will be made available to previous backers at a significantly reduced price in the Kickstarter campaign,” Carr concluded. “We’re privileged to be supported by an incredible team of writers, editors and artists, with numerous credits in tabletop RPGs dating back to the days of TSR.”
At the original game’s core was a mechanic called “The Mark of the Serpent”, which allowed a hero, at great cost, to tap into the world-shaping power of the Auroboros. The first edition focused on individual adventurers’ consequences of taking on the powerful risks and rewards of the World Serpent. The new system reframes the Mark of the Serpent’s heavy burden and power to be borne by the adventuring party as a group, rather than as individuals. The changes also aim to highlight the narrative impact of a party’s use of the Auroboros.
The Kickstarter campaign also includes The Muse, an original graphic novel set in Lawbrand. Written by the legendary Jim Zub, The Muse follows Imani Nyoka, a bard desperate to earn artistic recognition. When a mysterious stranger inscribes the Mark of the Serpent upon her flesh, the ancient tattoo grants her extraordinary musical power. Though its dark influence may enthrall audiences, Imani must rely on her wits (and a newly formed band of adventurers) to keep that power out of insidious hands...all while struggling to resist its corrupting hold on her body and soul.
Auroboros: Dissension launches in October 2026. Backers who sign up at warchiefgaming.com before the campaign will receive a free set of Auroboros marbled dice with a physical pledge, and digital chapters of The Muse instantly on signup.
Warchief Gaming is an independent tabletop game publisher and development studio based in Los Angeles, California. Founded by Chris Metzen, the Executive Creative Director of Blizzard Entertainment's Warcraft universe, the studio publishes original worlds for tabletop roleplaying, beginning with the Auroboros: Coils of the Serpent setting. Its debut title, Worldbook: Lawbrand, was funded on Kickstarter in 2021 by more than 10,000 backers. For more information, visit warchiefgaming.com.
