The basic rules of the fourth edition of The Dark Eye were published in 2001, and it became the first edition to be released in English in October 2003. Since the game's launch, it has gone through five editions, making the rules and background more complex. Many years of work on the game have led to a detailed and extensively described game world.ĭroemer Knaur dropped the project in early 1989 after the bankruptcy of the Schmidt Spiel & Freizeit GmbH in 1997, publishing was continued by Fantasy Productions (which had already done all the editorial work). It is the most successful role-playing game on the German market, outselling Dungeons & Dragons. "The Black Eye") is a German tabletop role-playing game with a high fantasy theme created by Ulrich Kiesow and launched by Schmidt Spiel & Freizeit GmbH and Droemer Knaur Verlag in 1984.
The Dark Eye (German: Das Schwarze Auge, lit. The first English edition of RPG rules was published in 2003. For more guidance, see Wikipedia:Translation.įirst released in English as Realms of Arkania ( novels and role-playing video games only) from 1993–1997.