Continue the life of a pirate with three upcoming releases that bring fresh adventures, tools, and an easy entry point for new players
Stockholm, Sweden (February 10, 2026) | Today, Free League Publishing and Limithron are bringing new dangers and treasures to PIRATE BORG, with the Down Among the Dead expansion, PIRATE BORG Starter Set, and Gamemaster Screen now available to pre-order in the Free League webshop with immediate access to complimentary PDFs, ahead of its March 10 release date.
Down Among the Dead charts a terrible new journey for budding pirates, spanning three full-length adventures. The expansion also introduces three character classes for players to embody as they sail into uncharted waters and make deadly discoveries.
With multiple campaigns to undertake, PIRATE BORG owners who purchase the Down Among the Dead expansion can expect:
- A 148-page Down Among the Dead expansion book with a glow-in-the-dark, 5-color Pantone spot ink cover
- Two book ribbons
- Three character classes
- Three full-length adventures
- 90+ tables
- Generators for flags, islands, coral reefs, and treasure
- A bounty of other player and Gamemaster resources
For those eager to begin their tales on the high seas, the PIRATE BORG Starter Set welcomes players to its cutthroat world as an approachable starting point for the rules-light tabletop RPG.
The set includes all the rules, player options, tips, and guidance players need to begin their adventure, with contents including:
- Player's Guidebook, a 60-page rulebook with player options
- Trapped in the Tropics, a 60-page deluxe adventure
- 12 resin dice
- 58 tokens
- 22 reference cards
- 10 poster maps
- 25 character sheets
- Six character worksheets
- Two dry-erase markers
Finally, the PIRATE BORG pre-order collection concludes with the official Gamemaster Screen. The five-panel screen folds down to A5 size, features original artwork from the game, and includes glow-in-the-dark elements to help set the tone for the campaign.
For the Gamemaster, their side of the screen is embellished with all the necessary information needed, including NPC and vessel name generators, quick pirate and ship stat blocks, ASH and gear tables, ritual and relic rules, a ship diagram, naval combat stats, core rules references, and more.
About PIRATE BORG
Designed by Limithron and published under Free League, PIRATE BORG is a scurvy-ridden, rules-light, and art-heavy tabletop RPG, inspired by history, fantasy, horror, and rum.
In true pirate fashion, the game revolves around being a greedy, filthy scoundrel, as players sail the high seas in search of booty. Starting from humble beginnings, budding pirates must find a ship, recruit a crew, and begin raiding, pillaging, and plundering to make a name for themselves.
As each campaign unfolds, players can acquire and upgrade increasingly powerful vessels while killing, sneaking into forts, raiding ports, and uncovering hidden treasure—growing in infamy along the way. A pirate's life can end as quickly as it begins, however, as unfathomable creatures lurk beneath the waves and danger awaits at every turn, encouraging fallen players to roll up a new character and try different tactics.
PIRATE BORG includes a 166-page book featuring eight character classes, easy-to-learn naval combat rules, stats for 18 vessels, 80+ NPCs and monsters, 90+ system-agnostic tables, and The Curse of Skeleton Point—a sandbox-style adventure spanning 11 pirate-themed locations.
About Free League Publishing
Free League Publishing is a game studio and publisher dedicated to speculative fiction based in Stockholm, Sweden. Voted Fan Favorite Publisher at the ENNIES in 2020, 2021, 2023, 2024, and 2025, Free League has published a wide range of award-winning tabletop roleplaying games and acclaimed art books set in strange and wondrous worlds.
Our game portfolio includes Coriolis: The Great Dark, the acclaimed fantasy RPG Dragonbane (ENNIE Award winner 2024), the official Blade Runner RPG (winner of two Gold ENNIE Awards 2023), The One Ring™ RPG (Gold ENNIE Award winner 2022) as well as the expansion Moria™ – Through the Doors of Durin (winner of two Gold ENNIE Awards 2025 and one Silver ENNIE Award 2025), the official ALIEN RPG (Gold ENNIE Award for Best Game 2020), the Gothic horror game Vaesen (winner of three ENNIE Awards 2021), the pitch-black fantasy RPG MÖRK BORG (winner of four ENNIE Awards 2020) and its two spin-offs CY_BORG and PIRATE BORG, the alternate '80s Tales from the Loop RPG (winner of five ENNIE Awards 2017, including Best Game), the retro-fantasy Forbidden Lands (winner of four ENNIE Awards 2019), the postapocalyptic Mutant: Year Zero (Silver ENNIE for Best Rules 2015), the blue-collar science fiction game Death in Space, the dark fantasy game Symbaroum, the weird-fantasy game Into the Odd Remastered, the new edition of the RPG classic Twilight: 2000 (Judges Award for Best RPG at UK Games Expo 2022), the official The Walking Dead Universe RPG, and The Electric State RPG.
We have also published the art books Tales From the Loop, Things From the Flood, The Electric State, and The Labyrinth by the acclaimed visual storyteller Simon Stålenhag, as well as the illustrated editions of the Lovecraft classics The Call of Cthulhu, At the Mountains of Madness, and The Dunwich Horror by the praised artist François Baranger.
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