Cosmere RPG Starter Set Lands on Target Shelves for $24.99

Brandon Sanderson's Cosmere RPG has cleared a rare hurdle for tabletop games — it's now sitting on shelves at Target stores nationwide. The Stormlight Starter Set is priced at $24.99, making it one of the few traditional TTRPGs to land in a major retail chain.

Sanderson flagged the news in a recent YouTube update, saying the team is genuinely excited Target gave them a shot: "It's hard to get our things into these non-traditionally book sales markets, so we're really excited that Target was willing to give us a try." He added that the starter set includes the Bridge Nine adventure, designed to ease new players into RPG mechanics, and confirmed there are no Stormlight Archive book spoilers inside — so gifting it to someone who hasn't read the series is safe. IGN reviewed the Cosmere RPG core rulebook and starter set and gave it an 8 out of 10, calling it "a strong first go for this new TTRPG system that offers a focus on flexible character development and stronger narrative mechanics than its peers."

Target has long stocked board games, but traditional TTRPGs rarely make it onto those shelves — the format has historically lived in specialty hobby stores and online. The Cosmere RPG joining that retail space is a meaningful signal for the broader book-to-tabletop adaptation market. Dungeon Crawler Carl's RPG already showed earlier this year that there's real appetite for these kinds of licensed systems, and Sanderson's name recognition gives the Cosmere RPG a strong foothold.

Looking ahead, Sanderson and Brotherwise Games have Stormlight: War for Roshar heading to Kickstarter in fall 2026. On the film side, Sanderson recently finished the first draft of his Mistborn screenplay, with the first Cosmere movie adaptation eventually coming to Apple TV — though no release date has been set.