The Rules
The Hacked Edge, book by book: free to read online, published section by section as it is hammered into shape.
The rules published here are a playtest reference for The Hacked Edge. No license — open, third-party, or otherwise — is currently granted for this material. Licensing decisions will be made once the game is further along. Until then: read it, play it at your table, break it, and tell us what bent.
- I The Hacked Edge Core Rulebook The complete rules of play: characters, combat, the Doomclock, magic, and everything a table needs to run the game.
- II Zorn's Guide to 0th-Level Play Gauntlets, Funnels, and Campaigns: how to run the game at 0th level, from the first torch to the first earned class.
- III The Hacked Edge Bestiary The creatures of The Hacked Edge, with stat blocks drawn straight from the game database that runs Zorn's Dungeon.
Library updated Sep 3, 2026 · The Hacked Edge