This site is very much still under development as we revise the complete Ragnarok site. For now, you can discover more about Ysgarth, but look for more soon.

Ysgarth is a roleplaying game designed to combine playability and flexibility with an emphasis on the character. We believe that mechanics should facilitate imaginative roleplaying without intruding unecessarily on the creative process and that roleplaying is most enjoyable in a rich and fully realised setting. As a game system and a world Ysgarth strives to embody these principles.

Ysgarth was first published in 1979 and has had a small but loyal following through 6 editions and many changes and developments. We are now working on the 7th edition for release in early 1998, which will preserve the traditions of Ysgarth in a format which is convnient and highly accessible for players and gamemasters alike.

Think of this site as your introduction to Ysgarth. Use the menu below to download the rules in condensed form, plus world background, special mini-adventures and other useful material. There's enough material here for you to at least try the game out in a limited context.

• View Latest Playtest Mechanics

• Conceptual Overview of Ysgarth

• Short History of Ysgarth

• Racial Background Information

• Character Professions Information

• Text Version of Character Sheet

• Rules for Using Free-Form Magic

• Map of the City of Tolemeias

• General Map of Ysgarth

• Background of Kyvenic Kingdom of Morianoc

• Expanded History and Background of Caludic Peoples

• Article on Ysgarth Forests

• Old Version of Bestiary

• Glossary of Ysgarth Terms and Personages

• Mill on the Ibras - Intro Adventure
  LATEST NEWS

  We're in the process of playtesting the 7th edition of Ysgarth and this website is going to be updated regularly (and cleaned up) with news on that forthcoming release. For now, all we're announcing is that it will be released around the end of this year and will be well worth the wait. There are some very unusual things about this edition -- it's not going to be like any other RPG on the market -- so stop by here again soon to find out more. In the meantime feel free to check out some of our other, non-gaming products with one of the links to the left.

  This site is updated every few days so check in regularly!