The Walking Dead Universe TTRPG finally has a launch date for its Kickstarter.

Fans will be able to help support the game starting on March 14 here. Backers will gain early access to the Core Rulebook via PDF before its planned release this fall.

Chief Content Officer of The Walking Dead Universe, Scott M. Gimple recently said this about the jump to tabletop gaming:

“The Walking Dead has always been about characters – and audiences, by extension – facing impossible life and death choices. Now, fans can face these choices head on, putting themselves in the world of the Walking Dead – at any time in the timeline, encountering familiar faces and places and brand-new ones and, within our apocalypse, making the biggest choice: Who are you going to be? We’ve seen a lot of stories in the Walking Dead Universe, now it’s time to see yours.”

A synopsis for the TTRPG reads:

In The Walking Dead Universe Roleplaying Game, players are challenged to enter the unforgiving, post-apocalyptic sandbox and learn how to survive and thrive in this new world order. Pushing the boundaries of the survival genre, each group can tailor their RPG experience to suit their own interests and play style.

Expect the stress and stakes to be high. Boasting a new spin on Free League Publishing’s award-winning Year Zero engine, players must not only hone their physical skills, but deeply explore what makes them tick – confronting how the hardships of this world naturally impact what they’re capable of, in the best and worst of times.

The game is directed by Free League co-founders Tomas Härenstam (ALIEN RPG, Blade Runner RPG) and Mattias Johnsson Haake (Symbaroum), with Nils Hintze (Tales from the Loop RPG, Vaesen - Nordic Horror Roleplaying) as lead writer, Gustaf Ekelund (Twilight: 2000) and Martin Grip (ALIEN RPG, Blade Runner RPG) as lead artists, and Genuine Entertainment's Joe LeFavi (ALIEN RPG, Blade Runner RPG, Dune, The Dragon Prince) as producer and brand manager on the game series.

While The Walking Dead officially ended last year, there’s a handful of spinoffs and returning shows on the horizon. Fear the Walking Dead will return for its eighth and final season on May 14. The Walking Dead: Dead City, which revolves around Maggie and Negan, will debut this June. The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon is slated to be released sometime this year. A series revolving around Rick and Michonne will be released next year.