What is an adventure arc?

Think of an adventure as an assembly of different colored building bricks.
Each brick is different: monster, setting, dungeon, items, rules, side-quests, factions, and story. Individually they are all the pieces that make up an adventure.

An Adventure Arc is a compilation of such bricks to form an entire cohesive story and adventure. Play it as designed or break it apart to use whatever pieces you’d like!

Adventures Constructed

When assembled, all the “bricks” make up an Adventure Arc.

Adventures Deconstructed

When deconstructed the individual pieces can be easily mined by GMs for their own games.
Use what you want, discard the rest.

What are the 8 individual pieces of an arc?

Subscriber/Surprise (Pink)
Exclusive ready-to-play pre-generated characters for your players, audio soundtracks, new monsters, and more surprises.

Setting (Yellow)
Detailed content including regional history and settlements.

Mini-Dungeon (Red)
Short adventure that ties into the story but can also be played as a one-shot.

Tactical (Brown)
Unique character backgrounds, magic items, spells, and equipment tailored to entice your players into deeper gameplay.

Wilderness (Green)
Survival rules, terrains, hazards, foraging, hunting, camping.

Trek (Purple)
Side-quests featuring dangerous and fantastic locales.

Faction (Orange)
Weave new organizations, cults, and factions into your campaign.

Saga (Blue)
Adventures that facilitate the advancement of the Adventure Arc.

How many “bricks” in an arc?

There are 32 bricks, 4 of each color, that make up an Adventure Arc.
Play Together or Plug & Play! This is your game, you should be able to build it the way you want.

Adventure Arc Magazine

Yes, you heard right. AAW Games is publishing a new premium magazine compatible with the 2024 edition of the world’s most popular roleplaying game.

Adventure Arcs Magazine prints and ships once per quarter starting in 2025. Limited print runs.
88 pages, perfect bound, soft touch cover with foil, premium coated paper.
Upgraded quality and contents with unlocked stretch goals ~ see Adventure Arcs on BackerKit!

International-friendly shipping

The physical magazine ships worldwide QTR 1 2025 with fulfillment partners and reasonably priced S&H in the US, CA, UK, EU, AU, and NZ.
We have solidified fantastic relationships with reliable tabletop RPG distributors worldwide.

Pledge your support!

Adventure Arcs Magazine #1: The Red Tree of Grudges is crowdfunding on BackerKit in October 2024

Make sure you sign up to be notified the moment we launch Adventure Arcs.

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