Twilight Sword is a gorgeous Zelda-inspired RPG if you've rolled credits on Ocarina of Time

If you’ve rolled credits on Nintendo’s acclaimed The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake, then you may be looking for something new to play.

Well, with the holiday season on the horizon, it’s a tabletop RPG that we’d like to recommend as opposed to one of the video game variety.

Twilight Sword has officially launched, with this tabletop RPG from the award-winning Two Little Mice team having taken direct inspiration from The Legend of Zelda franchise as well as Dragon Quest and the works of Studio Ghibli.

Available to purchase via Free League and various hobby stories, there are currently three components to Twilight Sword: the Core Rulebook, Lands of Radia supplement, and Starter Set.

“In Twilight Sword, players become Champions awakened by the Spirits to bring Hope to Radia, a once-peaceful land threatened by an evil Scourge,” begins the game’s synopsis.

“Together, they explore the world, fight monsters, and help its people. The game uses an original system called CAT (Created at Twilight), built around a simple roll-under d12 mechanic.”

Twilight Sword supports two to six players with a Starter Set launching soon

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It’s essentially your classic Zelda-style adventure, just played in a different fictional world and across a different format.

The game is designed to be played by two to six players, so you only need to recruit one pal to have fun with this one.

As for what you can expect from each of the three components, the Core Rulebook includes everything you possibly need to know about Twilight Sword, including character options, equipment, and information about its bosses and monsters.

In the Lands of Radia supplement, you’ll find an illustrated guide to the kingdom of Radia with additional character options, travel tables, locations, NPCs, quest hooks, monsters, and bosses.

As for the Card Chest, well, that includes over 250 monster, boss, weapon, and spell cards as well as 25 map cards.

There is a Starter Set on the way further down the line which is a slightly more cost effective way of trying out Twilight Sword.

To get the Core Rulebook, Lands of Radia supplement, and Starter Set, you’re looking at well over $100 / £100 collectively.

The Starter Set, however, will include the basic rules, a mini campaign, and everything else you need to play for just £35.04. No exact release date has yet been pinned down.

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If that simply isn’t enough for you, Two Little Mice has also confirmed that there’s a Twilight Sword Monster Book crowdfunding campaign running on BackerKit.

Despite there being several weeks left on the BackerKit project, it’s already well surpassed its goal of €10,000 with over €300,000 in backed funds at the time of writing.

The Monster Book will go “beyond a bestiary, introducing a complete Monster Builder for creating customisable foes, alongside new monsters and bosses”.

“Players can discover the new Tamotta Kin and Way of the Beast, customize Beast companions, and craft equipment from monster loot,” creators advise.

Twilight Sword is undoubtedly an investment, but if you’re into The Legend of Zelda and tabletop RPGs, this could just be an investment worth making with endless hours of fun surely up for grabs.