Free League Publishing

After the Swedish publisher Järnringen closed in 2011, founder Järnringen got in touch with some role-playing game enthusiasts to ask if they wanted to take over development of the role-playing game Svavelvinter, which led to the formation of Free League Publishing.{{Cite book |last1=Krauklis |first1=Anna-Karin |title=Finna dolda ting |last2=Linder Krauklis |first2=Daniel |publisher=Galago |year=2015 |isbn=9789170378737 |pages=239 |language=sv}}

The publisher has had a series of successful crowdfunding campaigns.{{cite news |last1=Karsten |first1=Emanuel |title=De har knäckt koden: Så lyckas du med crowdfunding idag |url=https://www.breakit.se/artikel/16648/de-har-knackt-koden-sa-lyckas-du-med-crowdfunding-idag |access-date=3 March 2024 |work=Breakit |date=7 November 2018 |language=sv}} Between 2015 and 2022, their Kickstarter campaigns managed to gather 100 million SEK (10 million USD) in total funding.

• Alien: The Roleplaying Game{{Cite web |last=Jansen-Parkes |first=Richard |date=2019-12-10 |title=Alien: The Roleplaying Game review - a terrific blast of sci-fi horror that stands apart from the movie |url=https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/alien-tabletop-rpg/review/alien-rpg-review |access-date=2023-09-16 |website=Dicebreaker |language=en}} (Gold ENNIE for Best Game 2020{{Cite web |date=2020-07-11 |title=2020 Nominees and Judges Spotlight Winners {{!}} ENNIE Awards |url=https://ennie-awards.com/portfolio-item/2020-nominees-and-winners/ |access-date=2023-09-16 |website=ennie-awards.com}})
• Blade Runner: The Roleplaying Game based on the film and its spinoffs.{{Cite web |last=Nelson |first=Samantha |date=2022-12-13 |title=Blade Runner TTRPG nails Ridley Scott's vision, adds pitch-perfect investigative mechanics |url=https://www.polygon.com/reviews/23507498/blade-runner-the-role-playing-game-review |access-date=2024-09-25 |website=Polygon |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Meehan |first=Alex |date=2024-05-20 |title=New Blade Runner RPG expansion asks how far you'd go for the Replicant Rebellion |url=https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/blade-runner-the-roleplaying-game/news/blade-runner-replicant-rebellion |access-date=2024-09-25 |website=Dicebreaker |language=en}} (It won Gold ENNIE for Best Cartography and Organization & Design 2023{{Cite web |title=2023 Nominees and Winners – ENNIE Awards |url=https://ennie-awards.com/2023-nominees/ |access-date=2023-09-16 |language=en-US}})
• The One Ring Roleplaying Game second edition,{{Cite web |last=Codega |first=Linda |date=2022-02-07 |title=The One Ring tabletop RPG is a cozy take on The Lord of the Rings |url=https://www.polygon.com/reviews/22905204/lord-of-the-rings-rpg-one-ring-starter-set-review |access-date=2023-09-16 |website=Polygon |language=en-US}} (Gold ENNIE for Best Art, Interior 2022) set in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth setting. It was created by War of the Ring designer Francesco Nepitello and The Lord of the Rings Roleplaying, the game's 5th Edition OGL sister line.{{Cite web |last=Wieland |first=Rob |title=Lord Of The Rings Roleplaying Returns To Fifth Edition D&D |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/robwieland/2023/06/16/lord-of-the-rings-roleplaying-returns-to-fifth-edition-dd/ |access-date=2023-09-16 |website=Forbes |language=en}}
• Twilight: 2000, a sandbox post-apocalyptic survival game set in an alternate history in which the Soviet Union never collapsed and the Cold War between the two superpowers went hot.{{Cite web |date=2021-11-16 |title=Twilight 2000 - War Never Changes {{!}} Review |url=https://www.nodiceunrolled.com/twilight-2000-review/ |access-date=2023-09-16 |website=No Dice Unrolled }}
• Vaesen, a Nordic horror roleplaying game{{Cite web |last=Paltridge |first=Peter |date=2020-07-10 |title=Free League Announces Their New RPG, Vaesen - popgeeks.com |url=https://popgeeks.com/free-league-announces-their-new-rpg-vaesen/ |access-date=2023-09-16 |language=en-US}} based on the works by Johan Egerkrans (Gold ENNIE for Best Art, Interior 2021{{Cite web |title=2021 Nominees and Winners – ENNIE Awards |url=https://ennie-awards.com/portfolio-item/2021-nominees-and-winners/ |access-date=2023-09-16 |language=en-US}}) and its supplement Mythic Britain & Ireland (Gold ENNIE for Best Art, Interior and Best Setting 2023{{Cite web |title=2023 Nominees and Winners – ENNIE Awards |url=https://ennie-awards.com/2023-nominees/ |access-date=2023-09-16 |language=en-US}}).
• Mörk Borg, a stylized grimdark fantasy RPG{{Cite web |author1=Katie Wickens |date=2023-09-04 |title=Mork Borg review: "This game will consume you" |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/mork-borg-review/ |access-date=2023-09-16 |website=gamesradar |language=en}} (Silver ENNIE for Best Game 2020{{Cite web |title=2020 Nominees and Winners – ENNIE Awards |url=https://ennie-awards.com/portfolio-item/2020-nominees-and-winners/ |access-date=2023-09-16 |language=en-US}}.)
• Tales from the Loop, a TTRPG set in an alternative 1980s and based on the work of visual artist Simon Stålenhag. A sequel, Things from the Flood, takes place in the 1990s.
• The Electric State, a TTRPG set in an alternative California of the 1990s and also based on the work of visual artist Simon Stålenhag.
• Forbidden Lands, a sandbox fantasy survival RPG{{Cite web |last=Wieland |first=Rob |title=Forbidden Lands Offers Old-School Gaming With Modern Sensibilities |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/robwieland/2019/09/12/forbidden-lands-offers-old-school-gaming-with-modern-sensibilities/ |access-date=2023-09-16 |website=Forbes |language=en}} (winner of four ENNIE Awards 2019{{Cite web |title=2019 Nominees and Winners – ENNIE Awards |url=https://ennie-awards.com/portfolio-item/2019-nominees-and-winners/ |access-date=2023-09-16 |language=en-US}})
• Mutant: Year Zero, a post-apocalyptic RPG.{{Cite web |last=Hall |first=Charlie |date=2024-06-04 |title=Mutant Year Zero: Zone Wars has a rock-solid set of rules from Necromunda co-creator Andy Chambers, plus loads of character |url=https://www.polygon.com/tabletop-games/24168167/mutant-year-zero-zone-wars-review |access-date=2024-09-25 |website=Polygon |language=en-US}} (Silver ENNIE for Best Rules 2015{{Cite web |title=2015 Nominees and Winners – ENNIE Awards |url=https://ennie-awards.com/portfolio-item/2015-nominees-and-winners/ |access-date=2023-09-16 |language=en-US}})
• Coriolis – The Third Horizon, a space-set RPG. (ENNIE Judge's Spotlight Award 2017{{Cite web |title=2017 Nominees and Winners – ENNIE Awards |url=https://ennie-awards.com/portfolio-item/2017-nominees-and-winners/ |access-date=2023-09-16 |language=en-US}}.)
• Symbaroum, a gritty fantasy RPG.{{Cite web |last=Furino |first=Giaco |date=2019-05-16 |title=Symbaroum Tabletop RPG Review - First Impressions From A Fractured World |url=https://techraptor.net/tabletop/reviews/symbaroum-tabletop-rpg-review-first-impressions-from-fractured-world |access-date=2023-09-16 |website=TechRaptor |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Wieland |first=Rob |title=The Woods Of Symbaroum Are Lovely, Dark And Deep |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/robwieland/2020/04/28/the-woods-of-symbaroum-are-lovely-dark-and-deep/ |access-date=2023-09-16 |website=Forbes |language=en}}
• Drakar och Demoner, an RPG released in updated form as Dragonbane in English.
• The Walking Dead Universe Roleplaying Game, based on AMC's The Walking Dead television series.
• Crusader Kings, a board game based on the Crusader Kings strategy computer game.

In addition to winning ENNIE Awards for multiple games, Free League Publishing won the Publisher of the Year award in 2020, 2021, 2023, and 2024.

Free League has also published the art books Tales from the Loop, Things from the Flood, and The Electric State by Simon Stålenhag, as well as the illustrated edition of the Lovecraft story "The Call of Cthulhu" by French artist François Baranger.

• [https://freeleaguepublishing.com/en/ Official website (English)]

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