LANCER Expands With Operation Fulcrum Dawn and Setting Guide Volume 1 From Dark Horse Books
Dark Horse Books and Massif Press are bringing more of the LANCER tabletop universe to print with two major hardcover releases packed with narrative missions, tactical combat, new settings, player options, maps, mechs, and expanded rules.
The LANCER universe is getting considerably bigger in 2027.
Following the success of the LANCER: TTRPG Core Rulebook, which launched in print in 2024 and has already reached its sixth printing, Dark Horse Books and Massif Press are expanding the mud-and-laser tabletop RPG with two new physical collections: Operation Fulcrum Dawn: Introductory Narrative Modules for LANCER and LANCER: Setting Guide Volume 1.
Both books bring previously available LANCER material into print while giving players and Game Masters new ways to build campaigns across the game’s sprawling science-fiction universe.
Start a Campaign With Operation Fulcrum Dawn
Arriving March 16, 2027, Operation Fulcrum Dawn: Introductory Narrative Modules for LANCER collects two introductory adventures designed to help new players and GMs learn LANCER’s combination of narrative roleplaying and tactical mech combat.
The 128-page hardcover includes Operation Solstice Rain and Operation Winter Scar, together delivering twelve combat encounters, printed tactical maps, additional equipment, weapons, and player options.
Operation Solstice Rain
Operation Solstice Rain takes players from License Level 0 through LL2 across two missions set within the city of Nov Elysia.
Players take the roles of rookie Union mech pilots sent into a rescue operation as conflict erupts between the Leandric States Alliance and the Vestan Sovereignty.
It may be the squad’s first major combat deployment, but there is little room for mistakes. Survival requires players to understand their machines, coordinate attacks, and use everything their training has given them.
Operation Winter Scar
The campaign continues with Operation Winter Scar, advancing characters through LL4.
The pilots are no longer inexperienced recruits, and neither are their enemies.
The Vestan Sovereignty Armed Forces bring heavier resistance, including advanced combat chassis and main battle tanks, pushing players into increasingly difficult tactical engagements.
Both adventures also include extensive tactical advice intended to help newer players and GMs understand LANCER’s combat systems.
Operation Fulcrum Dawn will be available in bookstores and comic shops on March 16, 2027, priced at $29.99.
LANCER: Setting Guide Volume 1 Expands the Galaxy
Two weeks later, Dark Horse Books and Massif Press will release LANCER: Setting Guide Volume 1.
The 224-page hardcover collects two major setting expansions: The Karrakin Trade Baronies and The Long Rim.
The book expands the LANCER galaxy with additional lore, character and map generation systems, new rules, and more mechs for players to bring into their campaigns.
Enter the Karrakin Trade Baronies
The Karrakin Trade Baronies represent the oldest human civilization in Union space.
It is a society shaped by tradition, enormous industrial power, political tension, and widening social divisions.
But the system is beginning to fracture.
Industry is slowing, Republicanism is spreading, and longstanding institutions face pressure from groups demanding change.
Players can find themselves caught directly in that struggle as the future of Karrakis hangs in the balance.
Will your squad help build something new?
Or simply try to survive while the old order begins to collapse?
Make Your Mark on the Long Rim
The second setting takes players to the Long Rim, a far more lawless region of Union space.
Powerful enterprises pursue their own interests while pirates prey on vulnerable ships and settlements.
The Rim is also home to stranger organizations, including mysterious HORUS cells and the clandestine Horizon Collective.
One small squad may not be able to change the entire Long Rim.
But it can certainly leave a mark.
Players can become heroes, mercenaries, scoundrels, or something much harder to define as they navigate a part of the galaxy where survival frequently depends on who you trust.
New Tools for LANCER Players and Game Masters
These releases are designed to expand both sides of the LANCER experience.
Operation Fulcrum Dawn provides structured adventures, combat encounters, maps, and advice for groups learning the system.
Setting Guide Volume 1 dramatically increases the possibilities available once players are ready to build larger campaigns of their own.
The books are written by Kai Rave and created by Tom Bloom and Miguel Lopez, with artwork from E.M. Fields, Peyton Gee, Juan Gee Tan, Gwen Williamson, and Theotime Galmiche. The modules also feature design by Dunya Kat and artwork by Conner Dodd.
Release Details
Operation Fulcrum Dawn: Introductory Narrative Modules for LANCER
Publisher: Dark Horse Books / Massif Press
Format: 128-page hardcover
Price: $29.99
Release Date: March 16, 2027
LANCER: Setting Guide Volume 1
Publisher: Dark Horse Books / Massif Press
Format: 224-page hardcover
Price: $29.99
Release Date: March 30, 2027
Fans can follow additional announcements through the Dark Horse Comics website.
Final Thoughts
With tactical campaigns, printed battle maps, new player options, political intrigue, pirates, mechs, and two dramatically different regions of space to explore, these upcoming hardcovers give LANCER groups considerably more material to bring to the table.
Whether you’re starting your first squad with Operation Solstice Rain or taking experienced pilots into the dangerous reaches of the Long Rim, Dark Horse Books and Massif Press are giving LANCER players two substantial new campaign resources in early 2027.
