Today, Free League is thrilled to share that The Throne of Thorns II, the latest addition to the 5th Edition-compatible Ruins of Symbaroum, is available for pre-order now on Free League’s webshop. Shortly after a pre-order is placed, you’ll get access to the alpha-PDF from DriveThruRPG.
With the Ruins of Symbaroum game line, the acclaimed setting of Symbaroum comes to the world’s most popular roleplaying game rules! This new 230+ page hardcover book presents two massive adventures that together form the mid-section and turning point of the epic six-part campaign The Throne of Thorns. It is set to release in June 2025.
With the Ruins of Symbaroum game line, the acclaimed setting of Symbaroum comes to the world’s most popular roleplaying game rules! This new 230+ page hardcover book presents two massive adventures that together form the mid-section and turning point of the epic six-part campaign The Throne of Thorns. It is set to release in June 2025.
About The Throne of Thorns II:
The capital city of Yndaros descending into chaos amid preparations for a royal wedding; deadly conspiracies that threaten to plunge the Davokar region into all-out war; the most perilous and decisive wilderness expedition in Ambrian history — experience all this and more as the epic quest for the legendary Throne of Thorns continues! The Throne of Thorns II contains the third and fourth episodes of the acclaimed adventure chronicle The Throne of Thorns, adapted for play with the 5e ruleset and the Ruins of Symbaroum setting books.
Key Features of The Throne of Thorns II:
- Two full-length adventures The Darkest Star and Mother of Darkness, for characters of 10th to 14th level.
- Close to 20 color maps, detailing adventure locations in towns, forests, and ruins.
- Over 60 stat blocks, covering non-player characters of different types — monsters, potential allies or adversaries, as well as famous (or notorious) individuals.
- A rich collection of handouts to be used during play, offering important information for social challenges and problem-solving.
Note that this book requires access to the Ruins of Symbaroum Core Setting books — the Player’s Guide, Game Master’s Guide and the Bestiary.
Ruins of Symbaroum 5e
Ruins of Symbaroum is the name of the gameline which adapts the setting and adventures of the dark fantasy RPG Symbaroum to the 5th Edition OGL ruleset. Aside from adding new rules for corruption, rest, and social conflicts, it presents a host of new origins/backgrounds, classes/approaches, elixirs, mystical artifacts, and much more.
Seven hard cover books have been released to date, including the three main setting books (Player's Guide, Gamemaster's Guide, and Bestiary), the setting and lore supplement The World of Symbaroum, and three adventure modules. The Throne of Thorns II is the eight book in the gameline and will soon be followed by the final installment of The Chronicle of the Throne of Thorns.
"Ruins of Symbaroum is one of the best D&D 5E adaptations yet" - Dicebreaker
"In every respect, Ruins of Symbaroum is impressive and will keep players coming back to the table for more" - Screenrant
"Ruins of Symbaroum sows the seeds of great storytelling without forcing you to follow a railroad, even in its starter adventure" - Wargamer
Free League Publishing is a game studio and publisher dedicated to speculative fiction based in Stockholm, Sweden. Voted Fan Favorite Publisher at the ENNIE Awards in 2020, 2021, 2023, and 2024, Free League has published a wide range of award-winning tabletop roleplaying games and acclaimed art books set in strange and wondrous worlds.
Our game portfolio includes the fantasy RPG Dragonbane (ENNIE Award winner 2024), the official Blade Runner RPG (winner of two Gold ENNIE Awards 2023), The One Ring™ RPG (Gold ENNIE winner 2022), the official ALIEN RPG (Gold ENNIE for Best Game 2020), the Gothic horror game Vaesen (winner of three ENNIE Awards 2021), the pitch-black fantasy RPG MÖRK BORG (winner of four ENNIE Awards 2020) and its two spin-offs CY_BORG and PIRATE BORG, the alternate '80s Tales from the Loop RPG (winner of five ENNIE Awards 2017, including Best Game), the retro-fantasy Forbidden Lands (winner of four ENNIE Awards 2019), the postapocalyptic Mutant: Year Zero (Silver ENNIE for Best Rules 2015), the science fiction games Coriolis – The Third Horizon (Judge's Spotlight Award 2017) and Death in Space, the dark fantasy game Symbaroum, the weird-fantasy game Into the Odd Remastered, the cinematic action RPG Outgunned, the new edition of the RPG classic Twilight: 2000 (Judges Award for Best RPG at UK Games Expo 2022), the official The Walking Dead Universe RPG, and The Electric State Roleplaying Game.
We have also published the art books Tales From the Loop, Things From the Flood, The Electric State, and The Labyrinth by the acclaimed visual storyteller Simon Stålenhag, as well as the illustrated editions of the Lovecraft classics The Call of Cthulhu, At the Mountains of Madness, and The Dunwich Horror by the praised artist François Baranger.