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A Powered by the Apocalypse fantasy game about young graduates leaving home for the first time. Back on DriveThruRPG, with a new edition on the way.
Relaunched by Game Forlag and KR1 Publishing. Buy now and get the new edition free.
You play young graduates fresh out of the Academy. They leave home for the first time and take on quests and errands to prove themselves. Some come back with a name. Some come back with a story.
Your diploma decides who you are and what you can do, from Loremaster and Channeler to Smith and Globetrotter. Every skill you learn grows from it.
All you need is the book, two six-sided dice per player and a notebook.
Art from the Tale universe. This is where your graduates go when they leave home.
Tale is Powered by the Apocalypse. Roll 2d6 when it counts. A 10 or more is a clean success. 7 to 9 gets it done at a cost. Less, and the story turns against you.
Each graduate carries a diploma with its own actions, skills and qualities. Twelve ready diplomas from the Academy of Merelin get a new group playing in minutes.
The world sends work your way. The Quest Pack gives you a full campaign of quests, errands and arcs to run straight from the page.
The whole line is back on DriveThruRPG. Start with the rules, or get every book, map and poster in one go.
Core RulebookThe complete game
Quest PackA full campaign
Diploma Set ITwelve ready characters
Mystery DiplomasThree new diplomas
World MapThe world in full colour
Spirit of the ForestPoster
The complete game in 297 pages. Rules, setting and Gamemaster advice, plus the new edition free when it is ready.
Get the rulesThe rules, Diploma Set I, the Quest Pack and the World Map. Everything a new group needs to start playing.
Get the Starter PackEvery Tale product. Adds the Mystery Diploma Set and the Spirit of the Forest poster for two dollars more.
Get everythingDriveThruRPG only charges you for the titles you do not already own.
Game Forlag and KR1 Publishing have started work on a new edition of Tale. It is a real lift to meet modern standards, built on the game players already love.
Buy the Core Rulebook now and you get the new edition as a free update in your DriveThruRPG library when it is ready.
Tale was created by Hans Olav Ekornrød and published by Game Forlag in 2019, after a successful Kickstarter.
Karl Otto from KR1 Publishing was a superbacker, and bought a game session with Hans Olav and Thomas from Game Forlag. Seven years later the two publishers have joined forces to give Tale its second wind.
Fresh out of the Academy, what will your characters do to prove themselves?
Play to find out.