Coriolis: The Great Dark, the New Edition of Free League’s Original Sci-Fi RPG, Coming August 12 – Now On Pre-Order

Stockholm, Sweden (August 7, 2025) | Following a buzzing pre-release event at Gen Con 2025, Free League Publishing announced today that Coriolis: The Great Dark, the new edition of Free League's original sci-fi RPG, will be officially released everywhere on August 12. Pre-orders are available now in the Free League webshop, with immediate access to a complete PDF.

Inspired by 19th century expeditions, deep sea diving and pulp archaeology, Coriolis: The Great Dark is a roleplaying game about exploration and intrigue. Join dangerous expeditions, navigate the Byzantine schemes of Ship City, and hunt for the keys that unlock the mystery of this Lost Horizon.

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Coriolis: The Great Dark Core Rulebook Key Features:

• Rules for Creating Your Crew of Explorers: With upgrades such as talents, vehicles, and crew maneuvers to enhance campaign play
  
• Rules for Delving into the Unknown: Traveling on Greatships through the dangerous Slipstream, and trekking across wild planets
  
• A Detailed Gazetteer of the Lost Horizon: the eleven systems of the Charted Sphere and the asteroid-metropolis of Ship City
  
• The Black Ziggurat: An introductory adventure that will take you deep into an ancient ruin on a distant moon
  
• Tools and Rules for Solo Play: Making it possible to explore the Lost Horizon all by yourself

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A full press kit for Coriolis: The Great Dark, including logo, screenshots, and key art can be found here: https://uberstrategist.link/Coriolis-The-Great-Dark-PK.

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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.

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Our game portfolio includes 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 (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 science fiction games Coriolis - The Third Horizon (Judge's Spotlight Award 2017), Coriolis: The Great Dark and 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.

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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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