Two stacked books with pink and black fantasy-themed cover art featuring three female characters, one holding a sword, another with a torch, and the third wielding an axe and lantern.
"The Princess and The Dragon," depicting a princess with a crown and long braid, standing in front of a large dragon with wings and horns. Surrounding the main scene are additional smaller illustrations of knights, and heraldic symbols. The style is illustrative with a fantasy theme, featuring green and black tones.

Enchanting Tales

The Princess & The Dragon, the newest adventure for Perils & Princesses by Ennie-winning writer Destiny Howell has been funded on Kickstarter!

Once upon a time…

Book cover titled "Peril & Princesses" with an illustration of three women holding lanterns and a sword, with swirling dark lines and a pinkish background.

A party of valiant Princesses embarked on a grand adventure. They each received a magical Gift from their Fairy Godmothers to aid them in their quest through the enchanted forest. They bargained with pixies, outwitted goblins, danced in the moonlight at a mossy shrine and even stopped for a picnic with a unicorn along the way.

With bright sword in hand, they faced down the fire-breathing dragon and saved the realm. And the beguiling riddle of a mysterious old woman beckoned them deeper into the hidden wonders of a world of folklore and magic.

Discover the heart and heroism of storybook adventures.

Perils & Princesses is a fantasy role-playing game of gritty and pretty fairy tale adventure for 1–5 players and a Game Master. Great for newbies, families, or seasoned gamers looking to go on a fairy tale adventure. Steel your resolve, gather your grace and sharpen your wits, and you might just live… Happily Ever After.


If you're a fan of Grimm's Fairy Tales, animated Princess Movies, and Classic Storybooks where plucky heroes use their resolve and wits as they undergo fantastical adventures, then this is your kind of TTRPG.

Open Perils & Princesses books  with illustrations of characters like a queen and a fairy-tale scene, featuring pink, black, and white colors.

The book includes:

Streamlined mechanics friendly for newcomers and families, while still being rich with atmosphere for veterans looking for a new world to explore. Inspired by NSR systems like The Black Hack, Cairn, The GLOG, Mausritter and Into the Odd.

8 character classes
with a wide range in fairy tale abilities. Loaded with random tables to generate characters and outfit them with adventuring gear, storybook trinkets and quirky weapons.

Bestiary
full of rot goblins, hedge witches, dragons and other horrors for GMs to spring upon the princesses.

Introductory adventure
"The Rosewood Crown." A mini dungeon crawl to get you started playing right away.

The Princesses

In the world of this game, Princess is a gender-neutral term. Your character can be any gender you choose. You could think of Princess as a type of fairy tale adventurer that relies on emotional resolve and cleverness more than physical strength. Princesses always have a Fairy Godmother who helps them unlock their inner magic...

An archer Princesses  wearing a pink dress, black boots, holding a bow and arrow, shooting sparkles, with a textured black background.
Sketch of an evil queen wearing a crown, surrounded by three skulls, all drawn with pink and black lines on a black background.
A stylized drawing of a wolf's head with pink, white, and black details, splattered and textured for a dramatic effect.
A stylized TTRPG map with numbered hexagons depicting landscape features like trees, houses, a windmill, a castle tower, a lake, and roads in a pink color scheme.
A spooky, witchcraft-themed tabletop scene with a skull, candle, books, a crystal ball, potion jars, a mortar and pestle, quill, ink bottle, and a scroll set against a pink background.
An illustration of an adventuring princess in a dark dungeon. She holds a lit torch as she examines a pile of treasure.
Illustration of a person in a pink dress holding a sword. Her and and companions are fighting a large dragon with wings, horns, and sharp teeth against a pink background.

The Perils

The world of adventuring Princesses is full of twists and turns and the unexpected. Visit haunted forests, ancient libraries, hidden catacombs and monsters' lairs. That rustling in the trees might just be a squirrel. Or it might be something more sinister...

Draw your Sword

The rules are light, but the monsters hit hard. Losing a battle could mean lingering injuries, lasting trauma or nasty curses leaving you weary and woozy.  

Fear not!

Princesses have been known to outwit hungry trolls, charm unruly bandits with a beautiful song, or strike deals with the cruelest witches. Plus, arcane relics, curious potions, mystical mushrooms and enchanted weapons are there for those who know where to look

Four illustrated fantasy book covers featuring witches, princesses, dragons, and mystical creatures arranged side by side.

The Adventure Continues

Take on the candy-coated curse of an evil witch in the Ennie-nominated Sweet Revenge, cross a swampy bridge at twilight for the ultimate shopping-spree mystery, The Secret of the Night Market, or unravel

The official Perils & Princesses adventure books are perfect to jump start your fairy tale TTRPG campaign.

Get The Game

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