Brandon Sanderson’s sprawling Cosmere universe has jumped off the page and onto the tabletop, and it’s not a single boxed game but a living roleplaying system built to grow with the books. Published by Brotherwise Games, the Cosmere Roleplaying Game launched its first campaign setting around the world of The Stormlight Archive, with a second setting based on Mistborn now on the way.
If the scale sounds ambitious, that’s because it is. The project began life as a Kickstarter campaign that went live on August 6, 2024 and raised a staggering US$14.7 million — one of the biggest tabletop crowdfunding hauls on record. The Stormlight setting followed in Fall 2025.
Under the hood, this isn’t a reskinned dungeon crawler. Brotherwise built an original d20-based engine with a twist: alongside the familiar twenty-sided die sits a narrative plot die, feeding a fail-forward design where a botched roll pushes the story onward rather than slamming the brakes. Magic is skill-based and character growth runs through flexible talent trees, so your Windrunner or Elsecaller develops along paths that actually feel distinct.
For newcomers, the Stormlight Starter Set is the obvious on-ramp at US$24.99. It packs the rules, a ready-to-play adventure, dice, maps, tokens and pre-generated characters — everything a group needs to get to the table without a single spreadsheet.
Ready to go deeper? The full Stormlight Handbook is available as a PDF for US$35.00, or as a hardcover cross-platform bundle for US$34.99 — worth noting that the physical package undercuts the digital-only price.
The next stop on the tour is Scadrial. The Mistborn setting brings Allomancy, Feruchemy and the intrigue-heavy world of Sanderson’s original trilogy into the same system. Here’s how the rollout breaks down:
- Digital release: September 2026
- Retail launch: November 2026
- Mistborn Handbook: US$50
- Mistborn World Guide: US$50
Because everything shares one core ruleset, characters and mechanics translate cleanly between settings — the whole point of a Cosmere-spanning line. Start a Stormlight campaign now, add Mistborn later, and you’re not learning a new game each time, just a new corner of the same universe.
For Sanderson readers who’ve spent years wanting to burn metals or bind Stormlight themselves, the appeal is obvious. And for tabletop groups tired of the usual fantasy stock, the plot die and fail-forward approach make for a system that leans into storytelling as much as combat. With Stormlight already on shelves and Mistborn arriving through late 2026, the Cosmere’s tabletop footprint is only getting bigger.
