Dungeon World 2

Prepare for the DW2 Alpha!

Prepare for the DW2 Alpha!
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The time is nigh; the era of the Alpha Playtest draws near!

  • 100+ pages of rules, moves, mechanics and guidance
  • 5 core Classes—with many more coming later
  • A Group Playbook with its own Moves, Resources, and Advancement
  • A pre-written Adventure Playbook: "The Stolen Children"
  • GM guidance on preparing Scenes, Locations, NPCs, Threats, and Dungeons

When Does It Release?

The Alpha Playtest will arrive on Wednesday, July 23rd. This might be delayed by a day or two if something comes up.

How Do I Get It?

Those who signed up to this contribution form and selected Playtesting will receive an email containing a link to the Alpha.

We aren't quite ready to start shouting out the link ourselves, that will probably come in the Beta, but you are free to share the link with others.

What Does It Come With?

A whole lot of complementary materials, including:

  • The Online Alpha Playtest Document, which includes all the rules and explanations, and will receive regular updates as feedback is received. The Classes in this version of the Alpha are The Bard, The Cleric, The Fighter, The Rogue, and The Wizard. More Classes will be added in later updates.
  • The DW2 Summer 2025 Alpha Edition PDF, which is an Ashcan document that includes all the rules and explanations. It looks nicer than the previous document, but it won't receive future updates. A printed booklet of this Ashcan will be available at Gen Con later this month!
  • The Classes & Moves Printouts, which contain all the sheets you need to play at the table in a printer-friendly format..
  • The Online Character Keeper, which uses Google Sheets to manage your Class and Moves, plus some tools for the GM.
  • The Feedback Survey, which you can use to communicate your thoughts and experiences with the game. Your honest responses will be crucial in deciding aspects big and small of this new version of DW2. 
  • A link to the Dungeon World+ Discord Community, which we are partnering with to host and manage the DW2 playtesting. There you can join to find people to play and/or discuss DW2 with.

What Do I Do With It?

Read it, play it, talk about it, send it to friends, and above all give us your thoughts about it.

What's Changed From the Blog Posts?

A whole lot! Moves, class mechanics, and entire subsystems have been renamed, refined, or removed. We're constantly working to improve the game, and that sometimes means rewriting things from the ground up, going in a whole new direction, or polishing up what's already there.

What's Next?

I (Spencer) will be at Gen Con later this month to see people in-person, while Helena will be online in the DW+ Discord answering questions and potentially running some sessions. More details on both of those will be coming soon!

Thank You For Your Patience

Helena and I have been very hard at work these past eight months creating the best game that we can. Our journey is far from over, but with this release we've reached a monumental milestone. We sincerely appreciate the comments and feedback that we've received about what we've shown off so far, they have only helped to make DW2 even better.

See you next time

Spencer

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