Brandon Sanderson's Cosmere RPG

Mistborn Products On The Water!
23 days ago – Wed, Jul 08, 2026 at 12:51:13 PM

Hello, Worldhoppers and happy July! We're back with another update today before the Brotherwise team is busy at Gen Con! We have some exciting news to share this month, from production updates to what's next for the Cosmere RPG.

Mistborn is on its way to fulfillment centers!

A few weeks ago, we shared that production was officially complete for all Mistborn Kickstarter rewards! Now, we are delighted to share that the Mistborn rewards are on the water and headed to fulfillment centers across the world! While you're waiting for your books, our manufacturing partners at LongPack made this video for us to show off the intricate production process for our Mistborn campaign setting products. Check it out:

Fulfillment Updates

Books being "on the water" means they're in container ships headed to the US and our other hub countries. Once they arrive and clear customs, they'll then be loaded on trucks to the fulfillment centers. Once they reach fulfillment centers, it generally takes a couple of weeks to pick and pack units before actually shipping begins.

As we did for Stormlight last year, we'll send regular updates once fulfillment is underway. Since our container ships are starting out from China, our Asia and Australia distribution centers are most likely (but not guaranteed) to begin fulfillment first. Once we get word from our partners, we'll send out updates for each region!

Digital Release

We are currently working on finalizing our digital offerings for the Mistborn sourcebooks and adventures, including our VTT offerings! As a reminder, the PDFs and VTT codes are being sent at the same time once fulfillment begins for the majority of regions.

Playtesting Opportunity: Military Campaigns

We’re looking for playtest groups and game masters (GMs) with a range of experience and setting knowledge to help us test some brand new content for our upcoming Stormlight hardcover adventure. That's right, a sequel to Stonewalkers is coming, and military campaigns play a key role in this war-themed adventure.

With these new mechanics, GMs will be able to "zoom out" of a typical adventure to track conflicts in a region over time. The characters' actions during regular scenes, and their decisions as military commanders, can direct the course of an entire war. We also introduce new tools for combat, including "skirmish" scenes and "squad" adversaries.

This Tier 3 playtest is projected to take 3-9 hours, plus about an hour of prep, and begins Wednesday July 15th. Selected participants must submit their playtest report by Sunday August 9th. If you’re interested, apply to participate by Sunday, July 12th via the following form: Stormlight - Military Campaigns Playtesting Intake.

Learn to Play the Cosmere RPG on StartPlaying!

This month we're teaming up with StartPlaying and their team of professional GMs to offer Learn to Play games at 50% off! Players new to StartPlaying can fill out this form to get connected with a professional Cosmere RPG GM for just $10. If you don't have a local group, this is a perfect chance to play the game. You can also share this link with friends who are curious about the system!

Thank You!

We're excited that Mistborn fulfillment is on schedule! Over the next two weeks we'll be busy prepping for Gen Con, where we'll be running Stormlight and Mistborn demos around the clock. Our design team is also working behind the scenes on what comes after Stormlight and Mistborn. It's an exciting time, and we look forward to sending you another update once books reach our fulfillment partners. 

Mistborn Production Complete!
about 1 month ago – Wed, Jun 17, 2026 at 12:27:55 PM

Happy June, Worldhoppers! And happy Pride to all those that celebrate. At Brotherwise HQ, we're kicking off an exciting summer of Cosmere games! We have a lot going on as we head into Gen Con and fulfillment for the Mistborn Campaign Setting. A lot has happened since our previous update, so let's dive in!

Mistborn Production Update

We're delighted to announce that production is now complete for all Mistborn rewards. That's a crucial step on the journey to get these books in your hands. This week, the factory is focused on packing everything up and loading containers. Our goal is to get everything on container ships so we can begin sea freight by the end of the month. After that, the steps include consolidation at distribution centers, the beginning of fulfillment and final shipping! So we're still nicely on target for our promised September fulfillment.

We know you're eager to get these books, and we'll be working hard to make that happen as quickly as possible. In order to avoid a long gap between digital and physical delivery, we're waiting until the start of fulfillment to send PDFs and VTT codes. In the meantime, we're still in year one of the Stormlight campaign setting, and new adventures await on Roshar! 

A Cosmere-Filled Summer

The rest of this year is packed with exciting releases! It is a good year to be a Cosmere Games fan. Let's go into everything we have going on over the next couple of months:

Free RPG Day is on June 27th!

Even though Mistborn is our priority this year for the RPG, we're still supporting Stormlight. We'll be participating in Free RPG Day on June 27th with a new one-shot titled Law & Obligation. This adventure is for 3rd-level characters, set in the city of Kharbranth.

To see if your local retailer is participating in Free RPG Day, head here! If you aren't near a participating store, don't worry. Law & Obligation will be available for purchase later at Gen Con and on DriveThruRPG in July! Speaking of Gen Con...

Get Ready for Brotherwise at Gen Con!

Pretty much all year long on our social media channels and in our newsletter, we have been hyping up Gen Con. Brotherwise doesn't make it to many conventions throughout the year, so Gen Con is a great way for us to showcase everything we've got going on.

Shards of Creation will be available for purchase at Gen Con, and we'll be previewing our upcoming releases, such as the Mistborn Campaign Setting, War for Roshar, and Mistborn: The Well of Ascension expansion! We'll also be announcing some very cool things about the Plotweaver system. But don't worry if you can't make it! We'll be sharing everything on social media throughout the week of Gen Con. We'll also do a full recap of our State of Games in the Cosmere panel on YouTube!

June MyMiniFactory STL Available

This month's MyMiniFactory release miniature is the Truthwatcher, based on Jessica Liu's depiction of Kaiana from the Stonewalkers adventure. You can use this STL to portray that specific character, of course, but she can also serve as an original Reshi character or a woman from any non-Vorin culture. Visit our MyMiniFactory page to learn more!

Thank You!

We are super excited to be on track for Mistborn fulfillment, along with every other cool project we've got going on this year! We'll be back in July with more information on the shipping progress of the Mistborn items, and when we can expect fulfillment to begin.

Mistborn Production Progress, Plotweaver, and more!
3 months ago – Thu, May 14, 2026 at 11:28:16 AM

Greetings, Worldhoppers! The Brotherwise and Dragonsteel teams have been busy since our last update. Today we're sharing a production progress update for the Mistborn books, next steps for the Plotweaver RPG system, and exciting news about our Cosmere board games. 

Mistborn Production Progress

We're now well into production on the Mistborn campaign setting! Based on latest reports from the factory, printing will be complete in one month, followed by a few days of bundling and packing. Then it'll depart for our fulfillment partners around the world, keeping it on track for shipping to begin in September.

Here's a look at the Mistborn World Guide in production!

Plotweaver Academy on Patreon

Plotweaver is the underlying game system for the Cosmere RPG, and we've been hard at work for the last year developing the rules and mechanics for our first three settings, codenamed Folio, Codex, and Grimoire. 

This system will be open source under a Creative Commons license (CC-BY 4.0), and we want you to create the future of Plotweaver! Our open game license is designed to build a community of indie publishers. Any content you create using your own IP is yours to share and monetize without limitations!

Ahead of the release of the license, we've created Plotweaver Academy! This Patreon is made for game designers (both established and aspiring), GMs, players, and folks interested in learning more about the Plotweaver system.

You can expect to see the majority of articles available for free: sneak peaks, development updates, and musings from our team. At the paid Tapestry tier, you'll get early access to our internal design guidance documents and SRD, perfect for those who want to develop their own Plotweaver creations. You can also submit questions to a monthly Q&A with our devs! More is coming, so make sure to follow.

Shards of Creation Pre-order on May 22nd

Our next Cosmere game is coming soon! In Shards of Creation, you'll harness the primal forces of the Cosmere. This innovative trick-taking game is designed for players of all skill levels. Every Shard is an aspect of divinity: Autonomy, Cultivation, Devotion, Dominion, Honor, Odium, Preservation, and Ruin. Each is an entirely unique suit, with different values and abilities.

Shards of Creation is our most accessible game yet. If you've played any classic card game like Hearts or Euchre, then this game will be easy for you to pick up! Paired with gorgeous art nouveau-style illustrations from Medusa Dollmaker, Shards of Creation is the perfect game to introduce your friends and family to the Cosmere. 

You'll be able to pre-order Shards of Creation on Dragonsteelbooks.com starting on May 22nd. Please note that this will be a limited pre-order as we are currently moving warehouses, and the Dragonsteel warehouse has a limited quantity. But don't worry if you're not able to snag a pre-order directly from Dragonsteel. The retail release for Shards of Creation is on June 24th! Follow Brotherwise Games on Instagram for the latest updates, and stay tuned for reveals of Autonomy, Devotion, and Dominion!

New Stormlight Miniatures

We just posted our monthly Stormlight miniature at MyMiniFactory. This month's release is a Masked One, a Fused empowered with the surge of Illumination. Masked Ones enjoy wielding their illusory abilities to unnerve others, by causing their patterns to move and shift, or to inspire awe, by wearing glamorous "illusory attire."

Our May miniature release includes two STLs: one dramatic illusory form and one "true" form. But remember: any miniature in your collection could be a Masked One!

Thanks to the folks who are picking up these monthly models on MyMiniFactory, we're building up a library of designs we can eventually mass-produce as injection-molded miniatures in stores. We can now announce that new Stormlight and Mistborn miniatures will be part of our next Kickstarter!

War for Roshar: Coming to Kickstarter this Fall!

2026 is a big year for Cosmere gaming! We can only tease for now, but our next big Cosmere Kickstarter, War for Roshar, is coming this Fall. Stay tuned for more information about this epic tabletop wargame, coming in June... ⛈️

Production Progress, Playtesting, Previews...
4 months ago – Thu, Apr 16, 2026 at 12:38:53 PM

Hello, Worldhoppers! We're back sooner than usual with an update on all things Cosmere RPG. In today's update, we'll share a production update and some previews of what's ahead! But the real reason for this early update is because we have something fun to share...

Solo Playtesting Opportunity

On the last day of the Cosmere RPG Kickstarter campaign, we announced that we'd officially be designing a dedicated solo mode for the Cosmere RPG! In that update we explained that:

• The Cosmere RPG solo mode will have its own rulebook, but our goal is to make it cross-compatible with other Cosmere RPG sourcebooks.
• That book will be a direct-to-retail release, scheduled for after our Mistborn campaign setting books are in stores.
• Solo mode design will be led by the RPG industry’s foremost solo designer, Shawn Tomkin (designer of Ironborn, Starforged, and Strider Mode for The One Ring).

Since then, we have added Matt Click to the solo team! For the past year, Shawn and Matt have been hard at work getting the Cosmere RPG Solo Handbook to a version that's playtest ready. One of our playtesters is Marie Seeberger, who will share some of her adventures as journal pages in the book!

We recently completed one stage of alpha playtesting for the solo mode, and now we're gearing up for another round. We're looking for everyone—from forever GMs to RPG newbies—for the second Alpha playtest of the Solo Handbook. This is a collection of procedures, tools, bespoke content, and subtle changes to existing rules, all tailored for individual play without a GM!

The playtest runs Saturday, May 2nd through Sunday, June 28th 11:59pm EST, during which time the selected playtesters will be asked to play at least 8 hours’ worth (1 hour per week) of solo sessions and submit a feedback report. The Solo Handbook is not a standalone ruleset, so playtesters are expected to have copies (whether physical or PDF) of both the Stormlight Handbook and Stormlight World Guide for use during the playtest.

If you’re both able and interested in being a solo playtester, fill out the interest survey by 11:59 pm EST on Sunday, April 19th! Selected playtesters will be sent the playtest materials when it begins on Saturday, May 2nd.

Production Update

All Mistborn books are now being printed! Production is a lengthy process that will continue through May and should conclude by mid-June. That keeps us just on track to keep fulfillment on time, but doesn't give us a ton of wiggle room. We'll continue to keep you posted as we proceed through each step of the process.

In the meantime, we hope you enjoy this sneak peek at some of our first production samples:  

We absolutely cannot wait for these gorgeous dice and books to get into your hands. For more sneak peeks of the Mistborn Handbook and World Guide, check out our social media channels. And of course, the frame by frame screenshots have been shared for discussion in the Cosmere RPG Discord Server. We have tinfoil hat emotes in that server for a reason....

MyMiniFactory April Release

This month's MyMiniFactory release consists of two deadly creatures: Skyeels and a Khornak! The Skyeel listing has two variations: a "standard" Skyeel and a Greater Skyeel! All STL files in this month's release have an accompanying stat block.

If you're a 3D printing enthusiast, you can learn more and join in the fun at MyMiniFactory. If not, just keep in mind that this program makes it possible for us to do a traditional production run of these miniatures in the future!

Thank You!

As we move deep into the production schedule, we'll be back in another 4-6 weeks with more sneak peeks, more details on the production progress, and more!

Mistborn Production Update and Sneak Peek!
4 months ago – Wed, Mar 25, 2026 at 07:58:50 AM

Happy end of March, Worldhoppers! We have had a very busy month at Brotherwise, and a lot of exciting news to share! We cannot wait, so let's dive in.

Stormlight In The Wild

Earlier this month, the Brotherwise team went to the GAMA Expo in Kentucky, where we were able to meet with retailers and chat with industry folks about the Cosmere RPG. Since the Stormlight Campaign Setting has been released, we've heard from various retailers that it has been performing well for them. But at GAMA Expo, we were able to see real information about the success of the Cosmere RPG!

ICv2, the leading source for industry news, reported that the Cosmere RPG was the #2 RPG for Fall 2025! This is exciting for us to hear about the launch of the RPG, and we can't wait to see how the RPG performs in the fall when Mistborn and Stormlight books are on shelf together. But the good news doesn't stop there...

The Cosmere RPG is an Origins Award Finalist for two awards: Best Roleplaying Game and Best Miniature! 2025 was an awesome year for games, and we couldn't be more excited to get nominated! If you're heading to Origins Games Fair this Summer, please consider voting for the Cosmere RPG for Best RPG and Miniature.

Mistborn Production Update

Not long after our last update, we submitted Mistborn Legacy to our factory partners. That means our design team has completed work on print files for all physical rewards in this campaign. We've approved initial print samples for the Mistborn Handbook, Mistborn World Guide, Welcome to Scadrial, the Mistborn GM Screen, and the Mistborn Slipcover. All those can now begin production as we await physical samples for Mistborn Legacy and Mistborn Metal Dice. 

We can't tell you how proud we are of Mistborn Legacy. It spans two parties, taking characters from levels 1-6 in Era 1, and levels 3-9 in Era 2. It introduces amazing new villains, reveals exciting new canonical details, and tells an emotionally gripping story. Here's a look at the final cover, featuring some of the NPCs you'll encounter over the course of the campaign!

For a higher-resolution image, and some more tantalizing details about the adventure, check out this Reddit post. 

Finally, here's a sneak peek inside our first pre-production sample of the Mistborn Handbook. Check out this video from Jillian as she flips through some of the Heroic and Metalborn Paths:

March MyMiniFactory Release: Focused One

This month's MyMiniFactory release is a Focused One featuring two STLs. The Large version shows the Focused One in its "relaxed" form, and the Medium version demonstrates its use of the Surge of Tension to condense and harden its body. 

If you're a 3D printing enthusiast, you can learn more and join in the fun at MyMiniFactory.

Thank you!

It's an exciting time at Brotherwise, as we look forward to Mistborn production samples and begin planning the future of the Cosmere RPG. We'll be back in 4-6 weeks with more sneak peeks, a production update, and a look ahead!