The Dark Eye Aventuria Compendium Now on Kickstarter, $25,613 and Counting

The Dark Eye, a popular German pen and paper roleplaying game that lent its ruleset to such RPGs like Realms of Arkania and Blackguards, has found its English-speaking audience not so long ago through the wonders of crowdfunding. And now, the Aventuria Compendium rule supplement, which is basically an expansion, has also made its way to Kickstarter. The campaign, that also includes the gear-focused supplement Aventuria Armory, hit its initial $5,000 goal within its first day and is currently sitting at $25,613 with 16 more days to go.

Here’s what the Compendium and the Armory are all about:

Experience The Dark Eye and its ENnie-Award winning setting Aventuria in even greater depth with the Aventuria Compendium.

Whether your characters prefer weapons or words, the Compendium gives your heroes exciting new options for interacting with the world of The Dark Eye! As a player, choose the rules that you like best. Options can apply to all characters or even just to one—you decide how you want to play!

Master new fighting styles and wield new weapons on the battlefield, or put more subtle skills to use and outmaneuver your opponents in social interactions. Expand your game with new rules for Fate points, weapon breakage, hit locations, information gathering, item creation, and more!

The Aventuria Compendium and the Aventuria Armory broaden the setting of Aventuria by introducing new character professions and dozens of essential pieces of equipment. Explore new paths to heroism in Aventuria with the first major rules supplements for The Dark Eye!

A new set of tools

Train as a Dajin Buskur and show the world why students of Master Dajin go forth armed only with a tuzak knife.

As a loyal servant of a noble house, keep your eyes and ears open at court, work your way through plots and intrigues, and use what you learn to advance your allies’ goals.

Provoke your enemies into thoughtless action in combat. Ride a camel, a wild boar, or even a dragon into battle.

Forge powerful weapons, or search for secrets and rumors in libraries and alleyways across the continent.

All this and more await you in the Aventuria Compendium, and that’s just the beginning!

The Aventuria Compendium

The Compendium is the main attraction, with 240 full-color pages packed with rules, examples of play, and new character options. As the first in a series of sourcebooks focusing on each major character type, the Compendium concentrates on non-magical professions such as fighters and rogues, yet offers much that is useful for every character. The Compendium reveals the power in the spoken word, the hands of the artisan, and the fighter’s blade, and gives you the rules to make it count.

The Compendium is also available in red leatherette Deluxe and black leather Limited editions.

The Aventuria Armory

The Armory is a collection of highly useful gear for your Aventurian heroes. The Armory presents new material on classic Aventurian weapons and introduces new weapons such as the Warunk hammer, the broadsword, and the fearsome, two-handed Pailos axe. Each entry provides rules, advantages, and disadvantages that make every weapon stand out.

The Armory also presents armor, travel gear, books, provisions, and everything else an adventuring hero needs. Each item includes a full-color illustration and suggestions for uses in the world of The Dark Eye.