Savage Worlds

About this board game

Savage Worlds is a roleplaying and miniatures game for 2–10 players, with a listed play time of 240 minutes. Released in 2003, it combines fully detailed roleplaying rules with a fast-playing tabletop battle system.

Designed to be fast, furious, and fun, the game supports heroes, allies, and minions in large-scale battles without extensive bookkeeping. Characters can gain new abilities quickly, improve their attributes and skills, and acquire powerful Edges.

The system is intended for a wide range of genres, from swashbuckling pirates to superheroes and science fiction. The rules include tools for creating epic heroes, vehicles, chases, magic, superpowers, mass battles, skirmishes, and original races and worlds.

• Run adventures with heroes, allies, minions, villains, and monsters.
• Play tabletop battles using miniatures, including competitive games with custom-designed troops.
• Create settings and adventures without relying on extensive bookkeeping or multiple required rule books.

Savage Worlds is presented as a Game Master’s dream, providing a single core system for writing adventures, designing villains and monsters, and running epic tales. It can be paired with a Savage Setting of your choice, while the core rules provide broad support for different kinds of stories and battles.

Whether used primarily as a roleplaying game or as a miniatures battle game, Savage Worlds brings its flexible rules for combat, character development, vehicles, chases, and large engagements to the tabletop. It was expanded by Savage Worlds: Tour of Darkness.