In dark forests, beyond the mountains, by black lakes in hidden groves. At your doorstep. In the shadows, something stirs. Strange beings. Twisted creatures lurk at the edge of vision. Watching. Waiting. Unseen by most, but not by you. You see them for what they really are.
Vaesen.
Free League Publishing announced that Mythic Carpathia and City of My Nightmares, two new expansions for Vaesen that smashed their fundraising goals on Kickstarter last fall, are now open for late pledges on PledgeManager.
Since its release in 2020, Vaesen—Nordic Horror Roleplaying, based on the art book by Johan Egerkrans, has become popular worldwide and has won multiple awards, including three ENNIEs. Mythic Carpathia and City of My Nightmares, its most recent expansions, are scheduled to print in September 2025— just in time for spooky season.
Delve deeper into the Mythic North and beyond. Investigate a lurking evil threatening to throw the capital into chaos in City of My Nightmares and venture into Mythic Carpathia to face Vampires, Rusalkas, Baba Yaga, and other even stranger horrors of Eastern European folklore.
Mythic Carpathia
It’s time to wander south to the busy streets of Prague, where history and myths collide in an unusual fashion. Explore the Pravda Society, which deals with phenomena from all over Mythic Carpathia and beyond. Visit old cities, deep forests, and high mountains to find colorful folklore and myths.
This hardback volume will take your Vaesen adventures to Central and Eastern Europe. It includes information about the Prague branch of the Society, a gazetteer of the city complete with adventure locations and secret societies, a chapter with over a dozen local mythical beings including Drekavac, Golem, the infamous Baba Yaga, and—of course—the Vampire.
Mythic Carpathia, written by a team of Polish and Ukrainian writers and editors, also presents three new complete mysteries to play, set in Prague, Ukraine, and Transylvania.
City of My Nightmares
Did you think you were safe from the vaesen in the crowds and lights of the city? Think again. Unspeakable horrors lurk in the dark alleys, crawl underneath the cobblestone streets, or soar through the twilight skies above.
City of My Nightmares is a full-length campaign in four parts in which the characters are invited to the capital to investigate a series of grisly murders, only to become embroiled in a much deeper mystery involving the very origins of the Society itself and threatening to throw the city into utter chaos.
City of My Nightmares is set in 19th-century Stockholm but can be adapted to London, Prague, or any Gothic metropolis of the era.
New Starter Set and Updated Core Rules
The new Starter Set will be designed as the perfect starting point for newcomers to roleplaying in the world of Vaesen. It contains everything they need for game night, including abridged rules, character sheets, custom dice, maps, and the introductory mystery The Haunting of Castle Gyllencreutz.
Based upon feedback from many players over several years of mystery-solving, the carefully updated Core Rulebook offers a streamlined version of the game. It fixes a few imbalances and unclarities and adds optional simplified rules for combat and damage.
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