PLEDGE NOW Oath of the Frozen King is the first book in our new Adventure Kit product line. The core concept behind the Adventure Kit is to find an RPG sweet spot somewhere between pre-written adventure modules and your own simple prep notes. We’ve created a versatile, flexible framework for you to build your own adventures quickly and easily while the kit does all of the heavy lifting. Oath of the Frozen King is the first of many planned Adventure Kits, with future installments slated to be set in other Absolute Tabletop worlds – Enchea, Erenoth, and even Kror to name a...

Dawn broke on the moon of Dagerad. Kirr studied the white sun, Aleph, as it rose shimmering over the sawtooth horizon. The sky flushed a brilliant orange, streaked with flickering, prismatic trails of cloudy astra. Silver sunlight fell on the gnarled coral formations that dotted the landscape, and the shadows sprawled. A half-dozen moons drifted in the sky overhead, and there, hazy against the void, was Bastion – the gas giant, marbled and mammoth, encircled by her Rings. It would’ve been beautiful, if it wasn’t the third dawn Kirr had seen in 12 hours. The days here on Dagerad were...

This short story was brought to life by our Kickstarter backers as a stretch goal for our Adventure Kit: Oath of the Frozen King. Get your copy here. The Fall Blood soaked the snow the day the man-king died. From its tunnels, the troll watched, as it had for centuries. It had seen the first snowfall, the coming of the ebon-haired men, the battle with the fair-skins, the raising of the stone keep amidst the craggy ranges of Winter’s Tongue. It had seen the birth of the man-king, and the width and breadth of his reign. The troll watched now as...

MORIARTY, NM – Independent RPG publisher and backyard wrestling enthusiasts Absolute Tabletop made history today when their most recent Kickstarter project, A Dead Man’s Guide to Dragongrin, hit a staggering, record-breaking negative funding number. “We must have set the dang thing up wrong,” said portly spokesman Tim Kearney, mopping panic sweat from his corpulent brow. “Every pledge is somehow charging to the Visa I use for online gambling.” Billed as “a new kind of campaign setting guide for both players and game masters,” the Kickstarter for A Dead Man’s Guide to Dragongrin started off unassumingly when it launched on March 20, but soon plummeted into...

As we prepare to Kickstart our first campaign setting guide, featuring our world of Dragongrin, we want to hear about YOUR world. We invite you to participate in the #My30DayWorld project, beginning March 20 and running for the duration of our Kickstarter. Drawing inspiration from the thought-provoking #RPGaDay project that we participate in each year, #My30DayWorld sets out to challenge you to consider one facet of your homebrew world each day, and tell us about it. You can use any medium you like, from Facebook posts and live videos, YouTube videos, tweets, and anything in between – just be sure...

Absolute Tabletop is proud to announce our second Kickstarter! Coming Tuesday, March 20: A Dead Man’s Guide to Dragongrin.   A Dead Man’s Guide to Dragongrin a campaign setting guide and worldbuilding toolkit for forging your own dark fantasy realm, dominated by an all-powerful evil. Far more than a dusty tome of history to memorize,  A Dead Man’s Guide to Dragongrin is an atlas of inspiration. This book not only brims with the unique lore and rich history of the world of Dragongrin – but also includes customizable options and prep tools, making it a truly modular worldbuilding toolkit to help you build your Dragongrin. You...