A NEW WAY TO ROLEPLAY
The #1-Rated Game of 2025 (DriveThruRPG), nominated for 7 ENnie awards, this rustic fantasy tabletop RPG is designed for telling fireside tales of adventure with unmatched immersion and creative freedom.
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The Game
What is Legend in the Mist?
Legend In The Mist is a new tabletop roleplaying game engine with which you can play in any fantasy (or other) setting.
If you're craving more creative freedom in your TTRPG and you're tired of D&D clones, this game is for you.
What makes this game different?
You use simple, natural language words and phrases to describe your character, gear, conditions — anything.
There is just one roll in this game, 2d6+tags, and it cleverly produces your action's success, impact, and Consequences out of your tags.
Like in any good story, your hero changes when they face their weaknesses or make tough decisions related to their core motivations.
The result?
Your group of TTRPG veterans, your kids, your board game friends, your nerdy spouse that doesn't like D&D, or your grandparents — if they can read, they're in.
The tag system is so simple, yet so rich, starting from simple tags like "sword" or "strong" to tags that can bend fate itself.
With only words, anyone can read and understand the story of your characters. Here are some examples.
You're no longer boxed into a finite set of actions and classes. Free your imagination and tell the story you always wanted to tell.
The core roll has three optional phases - describe, roll, spend - so you can choose when to breeze through a scene and when to get tactical.
You're supported.
When you play Legend In The Mist, we got your back with every possible resource you might need to supplement your own creativity.
Solo & CO-Op (GM-less) play included
Built-in tools, guided systems, and dynamic oracles let you explore the game your way—whether you're playing alone or teaming up with others—so you can create rich stories, make meaningful decisions, and keep the adventure moving without ever needing a GM.
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Reviews
Never, ever have I been so captivated, so immersed, so inspired
This is the kind of role-playing game I've always longed for
My entire family is super excited about getting to play this.
Not one of my players wants to move back to D&D 5e
I may never need to return to any D&D-derived d20 game ever again...
This system is now my go to game for all rpgs.
This is a must play/have game.
The Core Book
Two Volumes,
One Price
While the rules only amount to 25 pages (including the rich examples), the Core Book is packed with resources for Heroes and Narrators - from gear, to magic systems, monsters, an adventure, and even a comic book tutorial!
We split the Core Book into two volumes for easier handling, but it's still sold as a single book.
The Core Book
The Hero's Volume
Take Your First Steps With Legend In The Mist
The Core Book
The Narrator's Volume
An exquisitely illustrated tutorial that takes you through a solo mini-adventure to teach you the system [...] Once you’ve gone through it, you’ve got about ninety percent of the game down. Seriously, it’s that easy.
DriveThruRPG Review
The hidden gems are in the Narrator section that contains easy and step by step guides for writing adventures and full campaigns using this system.
DriveThruRPG Review
The artwork in the book is enough to merit a purchase, on its own. If you're a fan of Studio Ghibli or richly illustrated comic books, you'll find this worthy to sit atop your coffee table.
DriveThruRPG Review
An original rustic fantasy setting and campaign for Legend In The Mist, this book explores the Dales, the remote mountain region that is home to brave and kind but ultimately unaware folk – farmers, hunters, and peddlers – and the strange, cunning, and fantastical Creatures of Twilight that besiege their lives and toy with their destinies.
Rustic Fantasy
The Setting Book
Never, ever have I been so captivated, so immersed, so inspired by the texts and illustrations of a game. The rules, the setting, and the overall presentation are like a dream... I am approaching my twilight years, and I wanted to thank you from the bottom of my heart for this gift you have given to role-players around the world, this ray of light, full of creative joy, open-mindedness, maturity, dreaminess, and poetry. In times as dark as ours, every spark of genius restores faith in humanity.
DriveThruRPG Review
Friends or Foes?
The Creatures You'll Meet...
Witches & Hags
fallen godlings
powerful thaumaturges
house hobs & boggarts
Insular Village Folk
Cursed Shrines
Forest Spirits
Legendary Beasts
Wandering Knights
The Character Pack
Discover satisfying story arcs
Dive right into the story with twenty premade character sheets, doubling as beautiful character posters. Play as village bumpkins, drunken masters, rakish bandits, grumpy spriggans, or mysterious thaumaturges, each with their own quests and built-in story arcs to explore.
An incompetent beekeeper and meadery owner, hanging on by sheer luck
Business success, social acceptance
A morose vagabond, bound to wander among graves and keep the dead asleep
Bone-tender duty vs. personal wants
A gregarious cook and his porcine pal, out to taste every dish in the Dales
Collect every dish recipe in the Dales
A magician of considerable power plotting a quest that will change the world
Assemble the heroes who could stop the Winter King
Specialty Dice
The Acorn Dice
BONUS CONTENT
Peddler's Cart: A free content pack!
Until July 31st, all orders get the complete Peddler's Cart loot box with dozens of new character kits, Challenges, crafting recipes, and Ways of Magic!
Get it before the game hits the stores!
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