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  • Redwall Meets Shadowdark RPG

    Brave animal folk battle in ruins, swamps, and forests filled with ancient magic 🗡‍
    Dark Forest is a campaign setting for the Shadowdark RPG where brave animal folk venture through towering groves, hidden abbey crypts, and long-forgotten ruins. Build your hero from 12+ new ancestries and 4+ new classes like warrior, warmonk, scout, and sage. Stock your world with 30+ spells, 50+ magic items, and 60+ monsters shaped by ancient magic. Explore Antallia's four regions with factions, settlements, and hooks, supported by ready-to-play adventures, VTT tokens, and maps. Old-school hand-drawn art and a digest-sized hardbound book with silver-ink dust jacket bring it to life. Back Dark Forest on Kickstarter.

    About

    John & Nicole enjoy making games and creative projects for tabletop, and RPGs like D&D. John is a Professional Game Master who was featured in Bloomberg Business and he runs TTRPG games around the globe. John is also an animator, artist, writer and director, and has helped make shows like Arcane, Hotel Transylvania, and Surf's Up. Nicole grew up in a board game crazed family - they hold board game Olympics. She is also a director and public speaker who teaches kids to unplug from the Media Matrix. MacKayla Clark (10 yrs old) helped create their new Haunted Halloween: The Trick-or-Treat Game.They have successfully launched nine Kickstarter campaigns, with more exciting projects in development.

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