Dragonbane Trudvang & Hands Of The White Wizard: A Chat With Tomas Harenstom

Free League Publishing, the company behind popular tabletop roleplaying games such as Dragonbane, The One Ring, Vaesen, and Alien RPG, revealed a new and upcoming Kickstarter to publish 4 books of a classic Dragonbane setting. They also released for pre-order a new Lord Of The Rings book: The Hands Of The White Wizard (for "The One Ring") and Trials of Saruman (for D&D 5E).I had a chance to speak with Tomas Harenstom, the CEO of Free League Publishing, to talk about his TTRPG origin story, the company's new projects and announcements, as well as the future of the Lord Of The Rings TTRPGs with the recent news of Asmodee becoming the manager of the LotR TTRPG license.LINKSDragonbane Trudvang Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1192053011/dragonbane-trudvang-the-legend-returnsPre-order The Hands Of The White Wizard (The One Ring) and Trials Of Saruman (D&D 5E): https://us3.campaign-archive.com/?u=2dcfb24fb7c8d0fb9c2f52040&id=d687b21b22ARTICLE: Free League, Trudvang, and Hands Of The White Wizard: An Interview With Tomas Harenstom | https://crithitthegiant.com/2025/11/14/free-league-trudvang-and-hands-of-the-white-wizard-an-interview-with-tomas-harenstom/WATCH: "Broken Chains", a D&D Actual Play | https://www.twitch.tv/dndwithdeeWhere You Can Find & Support Me Online | https://linktr.ee/crithitthegiantCHAPTERS00:00 - Guest Introduction01:02 - Tomas' TTRPG Origin Story07:17 - Dragonbane's Next Kickstarter: Trudvang10:29 - What's To Come In Trudvang13:23 - Who Is Jorgi of Jorgi's Bestiary?14:36 - Who Are The Vitners and Dimwalkers?17:16 - Exciting New Trudvang Creatures19:53 - New Kins & Mechanics Coming To Trudvang?22:29 - What IS The Black Sun Setting?23:52 - Will We See More Classic Dragonbane Settings Published?28:36 - Trials Of Saruman / Hands Of The White Wizard Books31:14 - Why Two Different Titles For The Same LOTR Book32:29 - YOU Can Change The Fate Of Saruman (And Middle-Earth)!34:34 - Are We Getting Alternate Universes In Middle-Earth?36:52 - How Asmodee's Recent Development Will Affect Free League's LOTR Games39:26 - What Conventions Will Free League Attend?41:15 - Outro Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.