Get a cut-down version of The Witcher Roleplaying Game for free

This headline is going to mess with some heads, so let me start by explaining that you're not getting The Witcher game for free. No, you are getting Witcher: Easy Mode for free.

Witcher: Easy Mode is a simplified version of the tabletop game designed by CDProjekt and Fantasy Flight Games. It was designed by Cody Pondsmith and J Gray, incidentally the same fellows that created the Cyberpunk 2020 tabletop RPG. If you connect the dots, you'll realize that the upcoming game Cyberpunk 2077 is based on this tabletop RPG.

Phew, it's a bit of a mess, but hopefully it all makes sense now. You can download Witcher: Easy Mode for free at DriveThruRPG right now if you enjoy this kind of pen and paper RPGs. It's a 32-page PDF that comes with Witcher lore, six pre-generated characters, rules and everything else that you need to play. The full game is obviously beefier and costs $50.

It's a great time to be a The Witcher fan. Netflix's The Witcher series is based on the original novels and will premiere in Fall 2019. After the initial baffled reaction to a clean-shaven and perfectly combed Geralt (Henry Cavill), latest reactions to some of the show's screenshots were more positive.