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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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    Reviews

    Looking for new adventures. ; love Root likes ; Love Redwall ; Sounded cool. I like setting books ; shadowdark and interesting theme ; The idea of an rpg with woodland creatures as player characters ; i play a game called burros and badgers ant thort a d and d version would be awsomme ; It seemed like a good setting to introduce my daughter to Shadowdark ; Looks very interesting ; I love redwall and DND and this art is fantastic. I want to play exactly this kind of thematic game. ; I want more Shadowdark material and I loved the Redwall series. ; I anticipate needing rules for animal characters for playing Shadowdark with kids. ; Shadowdark is my preferred RPG system And I have a soft spot for anthropogenic furry critters with s ; Redwall nostalgia ; It perfectly fits the concept I wanted to do for my next campaign. Redwall meets grimdark. ; I play Shadowdark with my grandsons and they have started reading the Redwall books. ; I have been playing D&D since first edition. Looking forward to seeing your anthropomorphic tak ; why not ; I saw the VIP ad on FB and it looked really cool. ; I love the idea of what critters in medieval settings. Especially grimdark. ; Like the Redwall meets Shadowdark vibe ; My kids like Redwall so I thought they would like playing in this setting. ; I like the shadow dark system and really like the theme of your concept ; Just getting into Shadowdark and liked this setting ; I was impressed by the beautiful illustrations and clear explanations. I would like to translate it ; Already play and love Shadowdark, and the theme and idea of this just really resonated with me. Neve ; looked interesting and I have a spending proven ; Love the shadowdark game and the animal folk would appeal to players in my group ; like Shadowdark game ; Big fan of Shadowdark, woodland campaign and creatures are amazing! looks perfect for the high schoo ; Forest animals ; I love anything with animals and adventures they go on ; I like the art. The book looks cool and well made. ; Im interested in the setting. ; love the animal themes for characters ; Girlfriend love little animals ; I love ShadowDark and Redwall and thought it would be a good way to bring in my grandkids. ; Started a ShadowDark campaign recently to take a break from 5e and its been a lot of fun. ; Started playing shadowdark and love redwall ; It looks like a very interesting concept and I am interested in reading the backstory of the setting ; Theme & Art ; Theme & Art ; Interesting looking project ; I recently just started a D&D campaign with a bunch of my friends that’s based on a world of ; I loved Redwall as a kid, I love ShadowDark, and I think this will be a good way to get my daughter ; Looks awesome ; Big fan of Redwall back in the day ; I like the setting and Im a big fan of Redwall. ; Long term OSR player ; The art stood out when I was scrolling social media. A good mix of dark and gritty with cute animals ; I saw Kelsey Dionne, backed this p

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