Today, Free League Publishing opened pre-orders for City of My Nightmares, a new full-length expansion for the award-winning Gothic tabletop roleplaying game, Vaesen – Nordic Horror Roleplaying. The expansion is now available for pre-order via the Free League webshop, with immediate access to complimentary PDFs ahead of its April 7 release.
Set in a Gothic capital, City of My Nightmares unfolds as a four-part campaign for the Vaesen RPG. Investigators are drawn into a series of gruesome murders that soon reveal a far deeper conspiracy tied to the origins of the Society itself — one that threatens to plunge the city into chaos.
Written by Kiku Pukk Härenstam, City of My Nightmares brings Gothic 19th-century Stockholm to life through richly illustrated locations and atmospheric storytelling. While rooted in Stockholm, the campaign can easily be adapted to other Gothic interpretations of cities such as London or Prague.
City of My Nightmares key features:
- A new full-length, four-part campaign set in a Gothic metropolis, starting with a series of grisly murders and leading to a deeper mystery
- Expanded lore for Vaesen – Nordic Horror Roleplaying, exploring the origins of the Society, the secretive organization that guides investigators through the hidden world of Vaesen
- A large city map and oversized newspaper handout (format 17 x 22 inches / 432 x 558 mm) that enhances investigation and worldbuilding
- A beautifully illustrated hardback volume featuring artwork by acclaimed artists Johan Egerkrans and Anton Vitus
Free League Publishing is a game studio and publisher dedicated to speculative fiction based in Stockholm, Sweden. Voted Fan Favorite Publisher at the ENNIE Awards 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.
Our game portfolio includes Coriolis: The Great Dark, 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 winner 2022), the official ALIEN RPG (Gold ENNIE 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 blue-collar science fiction 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, Invincible – Superhero Roleplaying, and The Electric State Roleplaying Game.
We have also published the art books Tales From the Loop, Things From the Flood, The Electric State, The Labyrinth, and Swedish Machines – Sunset at Zero Dawn 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.
