Tom Clancy's The Division Is Coming to the Tabletop as a Brutally Tactical Tabletop Role-Playing Game
The gritty world of Tom Clancy’s The Division will be translated into a tabletop role-playing experience. A collaboration was established to create a tabletop RPG that explores the series' apocalyptic setting. This initiative was revealed, with a crowdfunding campaign planned to launch in April of 2026.
"This project aims to deliver the franchise’s distinctive tension, tactical intensity, and iconic world-building to the tabletop, providing fans a new way to experience The Division through immersive storytelling and mission-based gameplay," reads an announcement.
Initial offerings will include a beginner's box, essential manuals, a GM screen, miniatures, and various premium versions.
Delving Into The Division's Apocalyptic World
In this setting, a lethal pathogen called Green Poison was unleashed in NYC, plunging the nation into turmoil. As the crisis escalates, civil order breaks down and violent factions rise, turning the city into a warzone. To preserve law and order, the government {activate|deploy] The Division, a secret cell of undercover operatives. That’s where the agents come in.
Work on the game has been in progress for approximately three years, and it is confirmed to be complete. The upcoming Kickstarter campaign will serve as a preorder system to access a wider market, particularly in the United States. Production will start right after the campaign, with deliveries projected for later in 2026.
An Innovative Tactical System: The GRIS System
A preview at the game's rules confirms it uses 10-sided dice predominantly through its new GRIS system, encouraging a fast-paced and strategic style. Players use skills or traits to assemble small dice pools, usually between one and five d10s.
- Rather than summing the total, players select a single “resolution die” from the group.
- This die is then compared against a set challenge number.
- Rolling a natural 10 triggers additional bonuses, such as extra damage or enhanced aid.
Engagements Focus On Positioning and Awareness
Battles stress positioning and situational awareness, mirroring the video games. Factors like taking cover, elevation, or line of sight have a direct impact dice rolls. This system is designed to reward teamwork and clever tactics over raw numbers.
A Thematic Wound System
The way injuries is managed adds a interesting thematic twist. Operatives have a injury limit; taking heavy hits weakens their capabilities by lowering the size of their dice pool.
- At critical condition, an agent is downed, but is not knocked out.
- They may still move and take limited actions, emulating the "downed" state common to video game shooters.
- Any player knocked down must consult a trauma table, risking lingering conditions like trauma or mobility-impairing wounds.
An Introductory Scenario
A free Quickstart Guide will be released in the near future. It includes a ready-to-play starting adventure called Ashes of Murray Hill. In this mission, players lead the search for a missing medical team and must thwart an attack by the notorious Rikers faction, who have seized control of that Manhattan district. Further information and the full range of offerings will be unveiled closer to the Kickstarter start date.
