Torchbearer is an FRPG of desperate adventure from The Burning Wheel. You're a born-to-lose vagabond, out of options. But there's lost loot out there, in forlorn ruins full of terrible monsters. If you salvage it, it's yours to sell or keep. Funded in a smash April 2020 Kickstarter campaign, Torchbearer Second Edition adapts the core rules, character builds, and conflict system from the Mouse Guard RPG to a grimmer, harsher world. Torchbearer expeditions tax your body, your mind, and your very nature. To survive, you must carefully manage food, water, and light resources. To excel, you must fight for what you believe in. To prosper, you must fill your bags with loot and treasure. These competing needs create a tension unique to Torchbearer. You balance these factors in every decision you make. The deeper you venture, the heavier and more costly each decision becomes. Still, this life is your only hope to prosper. If you're lucky, smart, and stubborn, you might win out.

• The two-volume Second Edition Torchbearer Core Set (consisting of Dungeoneer's Handbook and Scholar's Guide)
• The Lore Master's Manual of optional rules
• The six-scenario Cartographer's Compendium adventure collection
• The full-length adventure Bridge of the Damned and the mini-scenario Ghost Tower of the Illmyr Fens
• The Scavenger's Supplement with new character classes, traits, weapons, denizens, and summoning spells