Pre-Order Deadline: January 8, 2027
Expected Street Date: February 26, 2027

Not to be Sold in the UK or EU.

Demo Copies Available for Retailers

Media Kit

MSRP: $59.99
Product Code: HECTD01HEN
Barcode: 9781733930079
Manufactured in: China
Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1 in.
Product Weight: 2 lbs
Case Quantity: 18
Case Dimensions: 13 x 10 x 10 in.
Case Weight: 35.3

Players: 3-6 • Playing Time: 3-4 hours • Age: 18+

Enter a world of blood, bronze and beating hearts.

Find your fortune in the half-drowned halls of lost Atlantis. Fall in love in the hunting grounds of giant sphinxes. Slay—or seduce—your rivals in a metropolis of clay, gold and lapis lazuli. A single sword stroke or kiss can change everything.

Defy the Gods is a roleplaying game of daring adventure, ruinous romance, and cursed power. Inspired by Clash of the Titans, Conan the Barbarian, and Princess Mononoke, it’s sword & sorcery that stabs you in the heart. 

In this book, you’ll find:

• A system designed for playing emotionally entangled outcasts with the gods themselves against them.
• A fresh take on Powered by the Apocalypse where you can roll too high and blaze with glory.
• The World Scene interlude where you play the villains and sharpen the story’s drama.
• Rules for building gods and city-states with their own cults, customs and conflicts.
• Over 30 creatures and enemies to challenge.
• A guide to fantasy ancient Mesopotamia from the starry heavens to the Underworld.

Strike boldly. Love fiercely. Ascend to a glorious destiny...and be transformed forever.