7 reasons why Forbidden Lands is one of the best RPG settings of all time

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Having a limited number of playable races is ideal imo. I think some games have WAY too many options for that stuff.

The Alderland expansion is being written as we speak. Erik has been dropping teasers in the Discord server. A book on "The Sparse", the archipelago to the west is also in development.

Forbidden Lands is my perfect mix of old school and new school. I love the setting set up and tie into the campaign. The fact that it doesn’t use another d20, D&D or BRP knockoff system is also a big bonus.

imagine making an entire RPG as a stretch goal

Just concluded our 11th session the other day. Started a year ago. One day we met up as a group to play Star Wars, but I was a bit burnt out as the GM after having hosted Fantasy Flight Games' version for 5 years. So I forced Forbidden Lands onto them, grabbed the Legends and Adventurers pamphlet, created 5 characters randomly. We had a blast. One year later and we've travelled the land, went through 3 adventures sites and are on our way to the 4th. Whatever happens to my group and our campaign, Forbidden Lands will always have a special place in my heart. It is my de facto somewhat grim dark but reaonsably dangerous classic fantasy TTRPG with Raven's Purge being one of the most intriguing campaign ever written. Forbidden Lands is my 5e.

More Forbidden Land videos please!!

No one ever talks about Forbidden Lands (with only occasional nods to it when new material comes out). Dang, I've also heard countless people say that it has no reason to exist anymore now that Dragonbane is a thing again. I personally don't understand the comparison between the two games in the first place, and I totally do not understand why people disregard what is arguably one of the best iteration of the Year Zero engine. Forbidden Lands fucking rules, dude. Thanks for the vid, Dave!

Excellent timing! Starting up Raven's Purge this Saturday! Forbidden Lands elves are probably my second favorite take on them after the Divinity take on elves.

Great video, love Forbidden Lands! In the discord Erik has discussed the upcoming Alderland expansion and the isles to the east apparently are also being worked on.

Thank you so much for highlighting Forbidden Lands! It's one of my favorite RPG settings, but is not talked about often enough. You used "mature" to describe it, and that's exactly it. The world is kind of dark, but has hope for a change to the better. All the races and factions have their dark side. They often have conflicting goals which makes for really cool stories. The regions are sandboxy without being just random tables. FL is well fit for solo and group play. The rules are medium-crunch too. And it deserves all the love you give it in this video!

So glad to see another fan. I've got a massive bookshelf of RPG's from over 30 years of collecting them and yet Forbidden Lands has stood out and become my favorite. Everything about the books feels classic, old and special. I like to think of it as Tolkien Fantasy but redone by Heavy Metal magazine, or Ralph Bakshi. Everything has a familiar but slightly twisted feel to it. The writing is fantastic and really captures my imagination.

This sounds like a great setting! The goblin-halfling dynamic is especially cool

Thank you Dave, after completing Dragonbane, I moved to FL and haven’t looked back as a solo player. The books are amazing for the art and lore alone!

We are on session 36 of our FBL game.

Our group is soon finishing its fourth year of campaigning i the Forbidden Lands. It gets better and better.

Just started running this game and so far am really enjoying how fresh it is. Looking forward to seeing where the campaign goes and look forward to seeing your solo play.

Its always good to hear about this game. It's really fun. Don't know if this was commonly known but I heard the creator is making a book in the setting.

Definitely intrigued by the setting, and of course love FL products. Thanks for this over, you've sold me on it, now just another RPG I need to add to the collection!

Love that you came back and did a follow up video. I'm a big fan of Free League and The Forbidden Lands in particular.