Forbidden Lands/ West Marches,Sandbox

Forbidden Lands/ West Marches,Sandbox

Legends speak of the Forbidden Lands as a place of endless opportunity and ancient doom. Now, you are among the few brave—or foolish—enough to enter.

TYPE

Campaign

LANGUAGE

English

EXPERIENCE

Open to all

AGE

All Ages
3 NEEDED TO START
$10.00

/ Session

Details

Weekly / Tuesday - 4:00 PM UTC

Session Duration / 3–4 hours

Campaign Length / 6–30 Sessions

0 / 5 Seats Filled

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This game will begin once 3 players have joined
About the adventure

The Forbidden Lands are a vast, untamed frontier where forgotten kingdoms lie buried beneath endless wilderness, crumbling ruins, and blood-soaked history. Once sealed away for reasons lost to time, the region has reopened—and now draws exiles, mercenaries, fortune seekers, and desperate souls from across the world. Every journey beyond the safety of civilization is a step into the unknown, where maps are incomplete, rumors are unreliable, and survival is never guaranteed. This is a West Marches-style sandbox campaign, where there is no fixed storyline—only a living world shaped by exploration and consequence. Players choose when to venture out, where to travel, and what risks to take. Expeditions drive the world forward: factions expand, dangers evolve, and the Forbidden Lands grow more hostile the deeper you go. Beyond exploration and treasure hunting, players can also establish their own communities, forts, or outposts, turning the wilderness into something they can claim, defend, and develop over time. These strongholds become safe havens—or targets—for rival groups, shifting the balance of power in the region. Ancient ruins scattered across the land offer even greater opportunities, hiding lost knowledge, forgotten relics, and horrors best left undisturbed. There are no guaranteed heroes here—only survivors and pioneers. You may carve out your own legacy through discovery, construction, diplomacy, or conquest, but every choice carries weight, and every journey leaves a lasting impact on the world. The Forbidden Lands are not meant to be mastered. They are meant to be explored, shaped, and survived… if you dare.

Game style

Dungeon Crawl

Hexcrawl / Exploration

West Marches

Theater of the Mind

Realm Building

Rule of Cool (RoC)

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1 year on StartPlaying

About me

Hello there, They Call me the Big Bad Wolf. I love playing games and role-playing, creating worlds maps and stories with other people. Experience as a player 10 years Experience as a GM 10 years I’ve played with more than 100 players Systems that I run are - Warhammer fantasy role-play 2e and 4ed Dungeons and Dragons 5e The End of the World Call of Cthulhu Conan adventures in an age undreamed of City of Mist Forbidden Lands I like to use this to run games. Foundry VTT Discord Talespire Theatre of the mind

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We will create 1-2 Characters during session 0

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