Savage Worlds Adventure Edition Core Rules (SWADE) - PDF

Savage Worlds is a Fast! Furious! and Fun! rules system for any genre of roleplaying game.

Create your own setting, convert an existing one, or pick up one of our amazing settings like Deadlands, Rippers, or 50 Fathoms. These rules give players plenty of depth to create their characters and keep bookkeeping to a minimum for the Game Master. If you’re looking for a game that’s fast and easy to set up, run, and play, Savage Worlds is for you!

Savage Worlds handles pulp action, gritty noir, supers, hard sci-fi, space opera, horror, and anything you can imagine!

Since its first publication in 2003—with the tagline Fast! Furious! Fun!—Savage Worlds has spread across the globe to become one of the most loved tabletop roleplaying game systems.

Our original settings include the award-winning Deadlands, Dark Ages, Weird Wars, Rippers, East Texas University, The Last Parsec, 50 Fathoms, Necessary Evil, and MANY MORE!

Savage Worlds has everything you need to play narrative or miniature-based games, with quick, simple, yet comprehensive rules for everything from combat to Dramatic Tasks, Chases, and Interludes. The emphasis is on less bookkeeping for the Game Master so she can quickly and easily create worlds and adventures for any setting and focus on the players and their actions to keep the action and story rocketing along.

Savage Worlds Adventure Edition is the latest version of the tabletop roleplaying game Savage Worlds, now updated to the 5th Printing! It does not, however, invalidate prior printings of the rules, which you can continue to enjoy.  

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