📚 Universe is the corebook for Shadows of Esteren, a gothic fantasy universe inspired by Celtic myths.

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Picture a peninsula with steep hills, thick forests that barely let the sunlight through, misty valleys, and fortresses clinging to the mountainside... and beyond the oceans, the vast and mysterious Continent. In such awe-inspiring landscapes, the Shadows of Esteren role-playing game will introduce you into a gritty, realistic world, where supernatural elements are never trivial and meaningless, and where men have to face fierce threats lurking in the dark.
This book, intended for Game Leaders as well as Players, includes a rich description of the gaming universe, a complete system giving priority to the atmosphere and interactions among the Players, and numerous player aids, such as premade characters to jump right into your first game session.

📚 289 pages, A4 format, hard cover, full color

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🎁 The PDF of the book is offered with the printed editions.

📚 “Come on, climb!” She was crushing his fingers, but the pain was distant, almost insignificant in comparison with the terrror that had taken hold of his whole being. His right foot slipped, and he slammed against the rock, hurting his forehead and mouth. But the worst thing, he realized, was that he was slipping: he had let go of the rescuing hand, and just below him, the vile beast was waiting.

Book 2 Travels is a supplement for Shadows of Esteren intended for Game Leaders. It contains descriptions of around one hundred notable locations in Tri-Kazel, five one-shot scenarios and one large-scale adventure, eighteen colorful personalities, a bestiary with common animals and ten horrific creatures, as well as game aids.

📚 198 pages, A4 format, hardcover, full color

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Bonus:
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📚 “For some time, Céliane had been feeling a gnawing apprehension, some vague, unpleasant sense of foreboding. Was it because winter as drawing near? Or because of the anxious look that she had noticed on the face of Baorig, her father, on a previous evening?”

Book 3 Dearg Vol. 1 is the first volume of the complete edition of the campaign for Shadows of Esteren. It includes the optional rules for Narrative Arcs and Focuses, game aids to explore the darker side of the Characters, a detailed presentation of the Vale of Dearg, a bestiary, and ten scenarios exploring the Characters' past and the Vale, taking them from the heart of the Gwidrite capital to the gates of the Reizhite universities in a grand epic and tragic saga.

📚 296 pages, A4 format, hardcover, full color

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📚 The Monastery of Tuath focuses on the Temple faction, the monotheistic religion in Shadows of Esteren. It contains game aids developing the religious life of the Temple, along with a major investigation scenario inspired by The Name of the Rose.

📚 48 pages, A4 format, hardcover, full color

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📚 Aimed at game masters, the supplement Occultism provides a comprehensive overview of occultism in Tri-Kazel, presents a typical occult organization, and includes a major scenario written by Joëlle ‘Iris’ Deschamp that confronts the Characters with the occult and the supernatural.

📚 136 pages, A4 format, hardcover, full color

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📚 "Dear Reader, you who discover this work, wherever you are in Tri-Kazel, you hold the synthesis of what I have learned about hauntings, ghosts, specters, and shadows..."

The Black Moon Handbook is a book written by occultist Steren Slaìne and annotated by alienist Enyl Mac Bedwyr. They have distinctly conflicting points of view on the nature of the strange phenomena that occur in Tri-Kazel. This confrontation offers arguments and methods of investigation, both to aficionados of the paranormal and to its detractors.

Although it is primarily intended for Game Leaders, this book can also be made directly part of the game by having the Characters find it and then allowing the Players to read it. It includes an overview of haunting manifestations and exorcisms, five Tri-Kazélian figures each with a particular connection to occult phenomena, four scenarios with accompanying game aids exploring various situations involving occult phenomena, and a bestiary.

📚 74 pages, A4 format, hardcover, full color

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📚 Intended for Game Leaders and Players, this Shadows of Esteren book focuses on Melwan, the vale adjacent to Dearg’s. Half-RPG supplement, half-artbook, it will take you to the heart of a Tri-Kazelian land, in an atmosphere at the same time intimistic and mysterious.

Through a narrative exposition, Melwan takes you on a journey with Neala the bard as your guide. As a typical mountain vale, Melwan’s landscape is varied, made of cliffs, forests, and swamps dominated by an ancient castle. Travelers who stop at the village’s inn for a night or two only have the faintest idea of what is going on in the region. This supplement offers numerous details and game aids such as the tradition of feathered and furred tales, a description of the valley’s flora and fauna, a guide for potion crafting, supply incidents to spice up your sessions, and a bestiary.

📚 68 pages, A4 format, landscape-oriented, hardcover, full color, in a tuckbox

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📚 In the Dark Romanticism art book, you will discover the essence of the world of Esteren through over 200 artworks, including many previously unpublished pieces. Immerse yourself in its intimate and sublime atmosphere and begin a new journey here

📚 212 pages, A4 format, hardcover, full color

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🎁 The PDF of the art book is offered with the printed editions.
🎁 A folder and a set of six art prints are included with the Limited edition, created by Chris, Nicolas Jamme, Yoann Lossel, and Yvan ‘Gawain’ Villeneuve

📓 “You are now only one day’s walk away from your next destination, the village of Esen. It is late spring, and the wind and rain keep you company in the heart of the woods you are progressing through. You follow signs left by Varigals, invisible or incomprehensible to untrained eyes, and at dusk, you reach a small wooden cabin where you decide to spend the night.”

Explore the Shadows of Esteren universe through a Choose-Your-Own-Adventure interactive story. Be brave, be discerning, and most of all, be wise if you want to overcome the obstacles, mysteries, and enemies awaiting you!
To play, all you need is this book and something to keep notes on.

📓 228 pages, pocket size, softcover, black & white

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Bonus
🎁 The PDF of the game book is included with the printed edition.

📓 Haunted House is a novella written by Laurent “Nico du dème de Naxos” Duquesne.

For years, the Reizhite medium Ysvan has traveled the roads of Tri-Kazel to find his sister. Accompanied by his assistant, a young woman named Lelyandra, he will venture into the sinister abandoned home of the Mac Grym family. No one has dared set foot within these cursed walls since the tragic, maddening events that took place there.
Yet, this is where Ysvan will go, never mind the dangers he may face and the ugly truths he may uncover.
Cross the threshold of Kaer Skarden and open your senses to the unfathomable. Ysvan’s journey will take you beyond the boundaries of sanity for a hair-raising read!

📓 104 pages, pocketbook format, soft cover, black & white

Bonus
🎁 The PDF of the book is included with the printed edition.

📓 Hauntings is the first collection of short stories set in the world of Les Ombres d’Esteren, curated by Nelyhann and Joëlle ‘Iris’ Deschamp

📓 112 pages, pocket size, softcover, black and white

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🎁 The PDF of the book is included with the printed edition.

📚 Yldiane is a graphic novel set in the world of Shadows of Esteren, about the young varigal Yldiane's journey back home after her adventures in the Choose-Your-Own-Adventure book Side Path.

📚 32 pages, comic book format, soft cover

📘 The Standard edition contains 32 pages in comic format, with a full-color softcover.
📕 The Limited edition is printed in a larger comic book format than the standard comics edition.
📚 The content is the same for all editions.

Bonus:
🎁 The PDF of the comic book is included with the printed editions.