Free League Publishing has announced that Mythic Carpathia and City of My Nightmares, two highly-anticipated expansions for Vaesen – Nordic Horror Roleplaying that smashed their fundraising goals on Kickstarter last fall, are now open for late pledges on Pledge Manager.

Delve deeper into the Mythic North – and beyond. Investigate a lurking evil threatening to throw the capital into chaos in City of My Nightmares and venture into Mythic Carpathia to face Vampires, Rusalkas, Baba Yaga, and other even stranger horrors of Eastern European folklore.

Mythic Carpathia and City of My Nightmares are scheduled to print in September 2025 – just in time for the spooky season.

In dark forests, beyond the mountains, by black lakes in hidden groves. At your doorstep. In the shadows, something stirs. Strange beings. Twisted creatures, lurking at the edge of vision. Watching. Waiting. Unseen by most, but not by you. You see them for what they really are. Vaesen.

Since its release in 2020, Vaesen – Nordic Horror Roleplaying, based on the acclaimed art book by Johan Egerkrans and written by Nils Hintze and Free League, has become a fan-favorite across the globe and won multiple awards, including three ENNIEs.

About Mythic Carpathia

It’s time to wander south to the busy streets of Prague, where history and myths collide in an unusual fashion. Explore the Pravda Society that deals with the phenomena from all over Mythic Carpathia and beyond. Visit old cities, deep forests, and high mountains to find colorful folklore and myths. 

This hardback volume will take your Vaesen adventures to Central and Eastern Europe. It includes information about the Prague branch of the Society, a gazetteer of the city complete with adventure locations and secret societies, a chapter with over a dozen local mythical beings including Drekavac, Golem, the infamous Baba Yaga, and – of course – the Vampire.

The book also presents three new complete mysteries to play, set in Prague, Ukraine, and Transylvania. The book will include a large separate map of the city of Prague and Mythic Carpathia.

Mythic Carpathia is written by a team of Polish and Ukrainian writers and editors in partnership with the Free League core team, and illustrated by Johan Egerkrans and Anton Vitus.

About City of My Nightmares

Did you think you were safe from the vaesen in the crowds and lights of the city? Think again. Unspeakable horrors lurk in the dark alleys, crawl underneath the cobblestone streets, or soar through the twilight skies above.

City of My Nightmares is a full-length campaign in four parts in which the characters are invited to the capital to investigate a series of grisly murders, only to become embroiled in a much deeper mystery involving the very origins of the Society itself and threatening to throw the city into utter chaos.

City of My Nightmares is set in 19th century Stockholm but can be adapted to London, Prague or any Gothic metropolis of the era. This beautifully illustrated hardback book will include a separate large map of Stockholm and a detailed newspaper handout.

The book is written by Kiku Pukk Härenstam, and illustrated by Johan Egerkrans and Anton Vitus.