A fantasy painting of a bald man with an eye patch, sitting on the ground in a dark, foggy forest. He is holding a blue bird in one hand and a white bird in the other, both perched on his fingers. His arm is bleeding, and he has a large, bloodstained arrow through his thigh. A long knife lies on the ground near his foot.

Dark age of Theer Sourcebook

a system-agnostic roleplaying game sourcebook

Fantasy book cover titled "Dark Age of Theer" with a mystical scene of a dragon's head emerging from fog among tall rocks, surrounded by illustrated characters and creatures, with a border of intertwined roots and branches.
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Dark Age of Theer Sourcebook

One of the flagship projects from our 2024 multimedia Kickstarter, ProgCore Fantasy: Dark Age of Theer is a 300 page tome for use with any roleplaying game. It explains how to bring the ProgCore Fantasy style to your RPG sessions, regardless of the game you play & describes the Dark Age of Theer, an original game world designed for ProgCore Fantasy play.

Dark Age of Theerfeatures over 100 original illustrations and paintings in color and b&w, & 28 short stories from the world of Theer by creators David Nett & Todd Stashwick, as well as authors such as Wil Wheaton, Anjali Bhimani, Marc Bernardin, Jasmine Bhullar, Terry Matalas, Cecil Castellucci & more. It’s accompanies by an introduction from The NeverEnding Story’s Tami Stronach (the Childlike Empress), an excursus by Drea Letamendi, Ph.D., and a benediction from Styx’s Tommy Shaw.

Project Status

  • Special Limited Edition (150 signed & numbered copies) for GaryCon XVIII sold out within days

  • digital edition is currently available (PDF & ePub) to our Kickstarter backers

  • print edition is currently on a boat from our printer. Current estimates say it will be delivered to our Kickstarter backers October 2026, and will be on sale here soon after. Retail sales beyond our initial supporters are expected to begin Spring 2027 thanks to our distribution partners at Gungnir Books.

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