Strange Owl Games has announced the release of Timothy Brown’s Dragon Kings in a brand-new edition suitable for 5E play, with conversion rules for 2E included. Brown, the award-winning co-creator of the Dark Sun universe, has further refined the desperate, savage world of Khitus, his spiritual successor to those exciting tropes and themes.

Brown reunites with Troy Denning, and Brom for the project. Veteran TSR designers Bill Salvicsek and Rich Baker are also part of the Dragon Kings team.

This crowdfunding campaign for Dragon Kings includes the Core Book with the entire setting and 5E-compatible rules, 2E conversion, maps, adventures, setting-appropriate dice, game master’s screen, and audiobook.

Dragon Kings crowdfunds on BackerKit, beginning September 22, 2026.

The Dragon Kings crowdfunding campaign includes:

• The Dragon Kings Core Book with the complete setting and 5E-compatible rules
• Conversion rules for 2E
• Maps
• Adventures
• Setting-appropriate dice
• Game Master’s screen
• Audiobook
• 30+ new creatures
• 60+ pieces of commissioned original interior artwork

Inside the hardcover:

• A complete 5E-compatible game with setting and rules in one book
• Six ancestries native to Khitus
• Classes, subclasses, and integrated psionic rules
• Sorcery that is rare, dangerous, and alive
• Survival, travel, and scarcity systems
• A regional gazetteer filled with adventure hooks
• 30+ new creatures
• More than 60 original pieces of interior artwork created by human artists