We are a collection of friends who run a small roleplaying game publishing company. We have been at this work for more than 20 years now and have published seven RPG systems and more supporting material for them than we can remember. In our two decades of work, we’ve won awards—Origin Awards, Golden Geeks and others—and earned the praise of the RPG community. We were once the young controversial firebrands, winning accolades and upending norms, now we are the Old Guard, grimly guiding neophytes toward a better future.
 
Our games are unlike any others out there. They may feel familiar in that they use fantasy tropes or historical analogues, but the systems underpinning our games challenge players to engage with RPGs differently than they would in Dungeons & Dragons, Apocalypse World, Blades in the Dark or any of their children.
 
Burning Wheel games are intense, thoughtful and deep. Taking a systems- first approach, we design them to be explored over many adventures and campaigns. Thus we invite you to step into our world and be set afire, the flames shall purify and change you!

Currently, we support three game lines: The Burning Wheel Fantasy Roleplaying System, Torchbearer Second Edition and Miseries & Misfortunes. We also publish our friends’ game, Dungeon World, and our roleplaying game, Mouse Guard, is published by our friends at BOOM/ Archaia.