Europe’s most popular fantasy RPG, The Dark Eye, is now available in English!
People have been playing The Dark Eye for over 30 years! It’s a well-crafted, believable medieval world created by masterful German designers native to a land of dark woods, deep mines, and high castles.
Over 30 years, those designers and a vast fan base of hundreds of thousands of players have created a rich fantasy lore without compare! Entry into the game and setting are remarkably easy, beginning an experience focused as much on the telling of intriguing stories as it is upon heroic action.
The Dark Eye (TDE) has the largest active community of any European roleplaying game. The editors of TDE are all roleplaying industry veterans and fantasy writers, many of whom started playing TDE as children. Years of gaming and stories provide a depth to the world not commonly found in other games.
This latest edition of The Dark Eye brings together decades of design refinements and player suggestions, all coordinated by a passionate and skilled team who have been playing for years.
The World of Aventuria
Here, the designers share their experiences with The Dark Eye:
The Dark Eye was the first German tabletop roleplaying game to be successfully introduced to the games market. It was launched in a big campaign during the 1980s and it remains extremely popular today. It’s won over the players and offers everything you need in a fantasy roleplaying game—a huge number of exciting settings that have been brought to life by hundreds of authors over the years. And it is a place to feel at home.
—designer Eevie Demirtel
The main reason for the success of The Dark Eye is that it has something to offer for everyone. The world of The Dark Eye is incredibly vast and detailed, and is reminiscent of fairy tales and childhood dreams.
—Ulisses Spiele President Markus Plötz
The game world of Aventuria has been growing over the decades. It has a long, very detailed history and many different regions, offering something for every gamer. There are Arabian Nights style adventures in the desert regions and tales of pirates on the seas and the jungles of the deep south. In the Middenrealm, Aventuria’s largest region, you can play as knights or noble folk, dealing with wars, intrigue, and of course bloody battle. In the far north you can play as settlers or even travel to the eternal icy wastes and launch expeditions to recover ancient lost secrets.
—designer Daniel Simon Richter
Every author writing The Dark Eye started out as a player. The Dark Eye offers a living story that is told and developed in adventure modules and supplements that offer new opportunities, plot hooks, and threads of the big story. That's what fans love about The Dark Eye—they like to see the world evolve.
—designer Alex Spohr
New English-speaking players of The Dark Eye can join in that community, as well, and contribute to the world's ever-expanding, living history. Play it, experience it, and help guide it forward!