Square-Enix Announces Lara Croft’s Tomb Raiders – A Tomb Raider TTRPG
As part of Tomb Raider’s 25th Anniversary celebration, Square Enix revealed a Tomb Raider tabletop RPG is in development.
Just when you thought it was safe to think about video games, they go and reveal that Lara Croft is 25 years old, which honestly seems a little young for everything the venerable Tomb Raiding franchise has done. But to help celebrate 25 years of shuffling, shimmying, puzzle-solving, and getting attacked by bears, Square-Enix has revealed a tabletop adventure that lets players take on the role of Tomb Raiders.
Apparently a tabletop RPG has been in development since 2007, per the announcement:
We’re super excited to reveal Lara Croft’s Tomb Raiders, a tabletop adventure that lets you team up with Lara.
Lara Croft’s Tomb Raiders is a passion project of Senior Technical Designer Matthew Gaston, who has been developing it since 2007 and playtesting internally since 2009.
In Lara Croft’s Tomb Raiders, players will assume the roles of fictional characters in the mysterious world of Tomb Raider. These characters work for Lara Croft, who has more leads to follow than she has time to follow them.
Players will explore ancient sites to discover information and artifacts – guided by the campaign’s Raid Master. Campaigns will focus on knowledge, language, and investigative skills in addition to action-oriented skills to keep it true to the franchise roots.
Pulling from our talented community, we have brought on professional concept artist Kameliya Minkova and concept/comic artist Johann BLAIS to tackle interior art for the RPG. A full reveal of the cover art by Brenoch Adams will be revealed later, but you can find a sneak-preview of the interior below to hold you over.
Get your raiding team ready – the core rule book and the first adventure: Lara Croft’s Tomb Raiders: Mark of the Phoenix will be released later this year as a holiday gift to our fans.
The game promises to deliver the full tomb raiding experience, and with an interesting skill system, it’ll be worth following. Keep an eye here for more on the Tomb Raider ttrpg.
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