We know a lot of folks are at home right now and we want to give you something to do, something where you can be creative, or just distract you for a moment. The Dark Eye core book and two Solo adventure are FREE to download right now (technically Pay What You Want). In addition we highlight more free or inexpensive offerings for fans and new players to play online.
A host of new PDF's and images are now available on DriveThruRPG! If you backed the crowdfunding campaigns for digital versions you should have them already, check your email. If you do not please email us at crowdfunding@ulisses-spiele.de.
For those of you who missed the crowdfunding you can pick up the PDFs now and if you want physical copies they should be available in 3+ weeks. Please signup for our email newsletter to be alerted when they're available.
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Let us begin by discussing spellcasters beyond the walls of our academy. We know quite well that no other tradition devotes as much time to magical research. Even so, we should not assume we alone can develop new magical formulae... -excerpt from a lecture by Magister Xaron Mendurian of Punin, delivered at the Academia Arcomagica Scholaque Arcania Puniniensis
Bornland is not merely a former province of the Middenrealm. It was in days past the home of the famous Order of the Theater Knights. Today, little remains of the Order’s many towers and guard posts, but rumors say the knights’ legendary treasure and knowledge await rediscovery in the forests, rivers, and hills of the Bornish wilderness.
Are you frightened of the empty room, or the prospect of what lies ahead? Either way, your churning stomach doesn’t seem to care. The small bowl of millet gruel you ate for breakfast is not sitting well, and you feel nauseated. Magistra Moonhair’s cooking might be to blame, but what if this is no accident. After all, she delivered your breakfast. Did she want to make sure you ate it? Does she hate you that much?
So begins your day at the Lowangen School of Transformation, where you prepare to take your final exams. Fame and respect await all graduates, but a shocking crime threatens to end your character’s career as a mage before it even starts. Your choices help decide your character’s future. Can you unravel this fiendish mystery and still manage to graduate?
“We seek the bravest!”—with these words, the temple of Rondra in Firunen summons entrants from all corners of the land to test their mettle in a holy tournament and determine whom among them is, indeed, the bravest. At stake is an exclusive, hereditary license to sell steel in the city of Firunen.
The party arrives just in time for the contest and meets an old friend—Alriksej Jantareff, a Norbard merchant. He takes huge risks to enter the tournament and needs the party’s assistance to win. What starts out as a small, annual celebration honoring the long-extinct Order of the Theater Knights soon turns deadly….
While we’ve been wrapping up fulfillment on the Aventuria Compendium Kickstarter, we have also been working on exciting new Dark Eye® material. Many of you have expressed curiosity about our plans, so we wanted to catch you up on new developments.
But before we do, we want to say we are thrilled to be nominated for an Origins Award. This nomination puts us in some amazing company, and we are honored to be recognized. Thank you, GAMA!
It's time to shop! We have several ways to buy products for The Dark Eye and the Aventuria Adventure Card Game, and we want to share them all with you!
Ulisses Spiele always likes to close out the year with some great digital sales, and this year we are including many of our English-language products!