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href="#Film_and_television"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 6.3 Film and television </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Film_and_television-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Tabletop_RPGs" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Tabletop_RPGs"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 6.4 Tabletop RPGs </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Tabletop_RPGs-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Board_games" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Board_games"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 6.5 Board games </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Board_games-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Card_games" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Card_games"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 6.6 Card games </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Card_games-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Rock_opera_and_musical" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Rock_opera_and_musical"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 6.7 Rock opera and musical </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Rock_opera_and_musical-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 7 See also </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Explanatory_notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Explanatory_notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 8 Explanatory notes </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Explanatory_notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 9 References </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 10 External links </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" title="Table of Contents" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Toggle the table of contents" > <label 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data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Asturianu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadug%C9%99r_(romanlar_seriyas%C4%B1)" title="Cadugər (romanlar seriyası) – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Cadugər (romanlar seriyası)" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target">Azərbaycanca</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%8F%D0%B4%D0%B7%D1%8C%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%80_(%D1%81%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%8B%D1%8F_%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%9E)" title="Вядзьмар (серыя раманаў) – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Вядзьмар (серыя раманаў)" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Беларуская</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B0_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B0_%D0%92%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B7%D1%8C%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0" title="Сага пра Ведзьмара – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Сага пра Ведзьмара" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target">Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B5%D1%89%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%8A%D1%82" title="Вещерът – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Вещерът" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Български</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Witcher_(heuliad_romanto%C3%B9)" title="The Witcher (heuliad romantoù) – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="The Witcher (heuliad romantoù)" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target">Brezhoneg</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wied%C5%BAmin" title="Wiedźmin – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Wiedźmin" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target">Català</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zakl%C3%ADna%C4%8D" title="Zaklínač – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Zaklínač" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target">Čeština</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geralt-Saga" title="Geralt-Saga – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Geralt-Saga" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target">Deutsch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%B5idur" title="Nõidur – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Nõidur" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Eesti</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saga_de_Geralt_de_Rivia" title="Saga de Geralt de Rivia – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Saga de Geralt de Rivia" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Español</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%86%D8%B1" title="ویچر – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="ویچر" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target">فارسی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Sorceleur" title="Le Sorceleur – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Le Sorceleur" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target">Français</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9C%84%EC%B3%90" title="위쳐 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="위쳐" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target">한국어</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Witcher" title="The Witcher – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="The Witcher" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Hrvatski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saga_di_Geralt_di_Rivia" title="Saga di Geralt di Rivia – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Saga di Geralt di Rivia" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Italiano</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%94%D7%9E%D7%9B%D7%A9%D7%A3_(%D7%A1%D7%93%D7%A8%D7%AA_%D7%A1%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9D)" title="המכשף (סדרת ספרים) – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="המכשף (סדרת ספרים)" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target">עברית</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9B%E1%83%AE%E1%83%94%E1%83%93%E1%83%95%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98" title="მხედვარი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="მხედვარი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target">ქართული</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raganis" title="Raganis – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Raganis" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Latviešu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaj%C3%A1k_(k%C3%B6nyvsorozat)" title="Vaják (könyvsorozat) – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Vaják (könyvsorozat)" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Magyar</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B5%D1%88%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%82_(%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B0)" title="Вештерот (сага) – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Вештерот (сага)" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Македонски</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B0%D8%A7_%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%B1" title="ذا ويتشر – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="ذا ويتشر" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target">مصرى</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wied%C5%BAmin" title="Wiedźmin – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Wiedźmin" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Melayu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Witcher_(boekenreeks)" title="The Witcher (boekenreeks) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="The Witcher (boekenreeks)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target">Nederlands</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%83%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC_(%E5%B0%8F%E8%AA%AC)" title="ウィッチャー (小説) – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ウィッチャー (小説)" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target">日本語</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volveren" title="Volveren – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Volveren" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target">Norsk bokmål</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jodugar_(romanlar_seriyasi)" title="Jodugar (romanlar seriyasi) – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Jodugar (romanlar seriyasi)" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target">Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wied%C5%BAmin" title="Wiedźmin – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Wiedźmin" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Polski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wied%C5%BAmin" title="Wiedźmin – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Wiedźmin" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Português</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a 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For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Wied%C5%BAmin_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Wiedźmin (disambiguation)">Wiedźmin (disambiguation)</a> and <a href="/wiki/The_Witcher_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="The Witcher (disambiguation)">The Witcher (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/33/Wiedzmin_1990.png 1.5x" data-file-width="266" data-file-height="375" /></a><div class="infobox-caption">Cover of The Witcher (1990)</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>The Witcher</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Last_Wish" title="The Last Wish">The Last Wish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sword_of_Destiny" title="Sword of Destiny">Sword of Destiny</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blood_of_Elves" title="Blood of Elves">Blood of Elves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Time_of_Contempt" title="Time of Contempt">Time of Contempt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baptism_of_Fire_(novel)" title="Baptism of Fire (novel)">Baptism of Fire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Tower_of_the_Swallow" title="The Tower of the Swallow">The Tower of the Swallow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Lady_of_the_Lake_(Sapkowski_novel)" title="The Lady of the Lake (Sapkowski novel)">The Lady of the Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Season_of_Storms" title="Season of Storms">Season of Storms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rozdro%C5%BCe_kruk%C3%B3w" title="Rozdroże kruków">Rozdroże kruków</a></li></ul> </div><hr /></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Author</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Andrzej_Sapkowski" title="Andrzej Sapkowski">Andrzej Sapkowski</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">Poland</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Language</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Polish_language" title="Polish language">Polish</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Genre</th><td class="infobox-data">Fantasy</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Publisher</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/SuperNowa" class="mw-redirect" title="SuperNowa">SuperNowa</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Published</th><td class="infobox-data">1986–2024</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Published in English</th><td class="infobox-data">2007–2018 by <a href="/wiki/Hachette_Livre" title="Hachette Livre">Hachette</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">No. of books</th><td class="infobox-data">9</td></tr></tbody></table> The Witcher (<a href="/wiki/Polish_language" title="Polish language">Polish</a>: Wiedźmin, <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style>pronounced <a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Polish" title="Help:IPA/Polish">[ˈvjɛd͡ʑmin]</a>) is a series of 9 fantasy novels and 15 short stories by Polish author <a href="/wiki/Andrzej_Sapkowski" title="Andrzej Sapkowski">Andrzej Sapkowski</a>. The series revolves around the eponymous witcher, <a href="/wiki/Geralt_of_Rivia" title="Geralt of Rivia">Geralt of Rivia</a>. Witchers are monster hunters given superhuman abilities for the purpose of killing dangerous creatures. The Witcher began with a titular 1986 short story that Sapkowski entered into a competition held by <a href="/wiki/Fantastyka" title="Fantastyka">Fantastyka</a> magazine, marking his debut as an author. Due to reader demand, Sapkowski wrote 14 more stories before starting a series of novels in 1994. Known as The Witcher Saga, he wrote one book a year until the fifth and final installment in 1999. A standalone prequel novel, <a href="/wiki/Season_of_Storms" title="Season of Storms">Season of Storms</a>, was published in 2013. Another prequel, <a href="/wiki/Rozdro%C5%BCe_kruk%C3%B3w" title="Rozdroże kruków">Rozdroże kruków</a>, was published in 2024. The books have been described as having a cult following in <a href="/wiki/Poland" title="Poland">Poland</a> and throughout <a href="/wiki/Central_and_Eastern_Europe" title="Central and Eastern Europe">Central and Eastern Europe</a>. They have been translated into 37 languages and sold over 15 million copies worldwide as of July 2020. They have also been adapted into a film (<a href="/wiki/The_Hexer_(film)" title="The Hexer (film)">The Hexer</a>), two television series (<a href="/wiki/The_Hexer_(TV_series)" title="The Hexer (TV series)">The Hexer</a> and <a href="/wiki/The_Witcher_(TV_series)" title="The Witcher (TV series)">The Witcher</a>), a <a href="/wiki/The_Witcher_(video_game_series)" title="The Witcher (video game series)">video game series</a>, and a <a href="/wiki/The_Witcher_(Dark_Horse_Comics)" title="The Witcher (Dark Horse Comics)">series of comic books</a>. The video games have been even more successful, with more than 75 million copies sold as of May 2023.<a href="#cite_note-gametotal-1">[1]</a> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Overview">Overview</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Witcher&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Overview">edit</a>]</div> <table class="sortable wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">No. </th> <th rowspan="2">English title (original Polish title) </th> <th colspan="2">Pages </th> <th colspan="2">Release </th> <th rowspan="2">Series </th></tr> <tr> <th>Polish </th> <th>English </th> <th>Polish<a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a> </th> <th>English </th></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td>The Witcher (Wiedźmin) </td> <td>235 </td> <td>－ </td> <td>1990 </td> <td>－ </td> <td rowspan="3">Short story collections </td></tr> <tr> <td>1<a href="#cite_note-3">[a]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Last_Wish" title="The Last Wish">The Last Wish</a> (Ostatnie życzenie) </td> <td>286 </td> <td>288 </td> <td>1993 </td> <td>2007<a href="#cite_note-4">[3]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2<a href="#cite_note-6">[b]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sword_of_Destiny" title="Sword of Destiny">Sword of Destiny</a> (Miecz Przeznaczenia) </td> <td>343 </td> <td>384 </td> <td>1992 </td> <td>2015<a href="#cite_note-7">[5]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Blood_of_Elves" title="Blood of Elves">Blood of Elves</a> (Krew elfów) </td> <td>295 </td> <td>320 </td> <td>1994 </td> <td>2008<a href="#cite_note-8">[6]</a> </td> <td rowspan="5">The Witcher Saga </td></tr> <tr> <td>4 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Time_of_Contempt" title="Time of Contempt">Time of Contempt</a> (Czas pogardy) </td> <td>319 </td> <td>331 </td> <td>1995 </td> <td>2013<a href="#cite_note-9">[7]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>5 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Baptism_of_Fire_(novel)" title="Baptism of Fire (novel)">Baptism of Fire</a> (Chrzest ognia) </td> <td>336 </td> <td>343 </td> <td>1996 </td> <td>2014<a href="#cite_note-10">[8]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>6 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Tower_of_the_Swallow" title="The Tower of the Swallow">The Tower of the Swallow</a> (Wieża Jaskółki) </td> <td>428 </td> <td>436 </td> <td>1997 </td> <td>2016<a href="#cite_note-11">[9]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>7 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Lady_of_the_Lake_(Sapkowski_novel)" title="The Lady of the Lake (Sapkowski novel)">The Lady of the Lake</a> (Pani Jeziora) </td> <td>520 </td> <td>531 </td> <td>1999 </td> <td>2017<a href="#cite_note-12">[10]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>8 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Season_of_Storms" title="Season of Storms">Season of Storms</a> (Sezon burz) </td> <td>404 </td> <td>384 </td> <td>2013 </td> <td>2018<a href="#cite_note-13">[11]</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">Prequel novels </td></tr> <tr> <td>9 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rozdro%C5%BCe_kruk%C3%B3w" title="Rozdroże kruków">Crossroads of Ravens</a> (Rozdroże kruków) </td> <td>292 </td> <td> </td> <td>2024<a href="#cite_note-Rozdroże_kruków-14">[12]</a> </td> <td>2025<a href="#cite_note-Crossroads_of_Ravens-15">[13]</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <a href="/wiki/The_Last_Wish" title="The Last Wish">The Last Wish</a> contains four of the five stories in The Witcher, in addition to three other stories. The fifth story, "The Road with No Return", is not in the book. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Production">Production</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Witcher&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Production">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Short_stories">Short stories</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Witcher&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Short stories">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Andrzej_Sapkowski_-_Lucca_Comics_and_Games_2015_2.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Andrzej_Sapkowski_-_Lucca_Comics_and_Games_2015_2.JPG/250px-Andrzej_Sapkowski_-_Lucca_Comics_and_Games_2015_2.JPG" decoding="async" width="170" height="239" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Andrzej_Sapkowski_-_Lucca_Comics_and_Games_2015_2.JPG/330px-Andrzej_Sapkowski_-_Lucca_Comics_and_Games_2015_2.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Andrzej_Sapkowski_-_Lucca_Comics_and_Games_2015_2.JPG/500px-Andrzej_Sapkowski_-_Lucca_Comics_and_Games_2015_2.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1586" data-file-height="2226" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Andrzej_Sapkowski" title="Andrzej Sapkowski">Andrzej Sapkowski</a> made his debut as an author with "The Witcher" (1986).</figcaption></figure> In 1985, <a href="/wiki/Andrzej_Sapkowski" title="Andrzej Sapkowski">Andrzej Sapkowski</a> was a 38-year-old traveling fur salesman with an economics degree and a love of fantasy literature. He decided to enter a short story competition, limited to 30-pages, held by Polish science fiction and fantasy magazine <a href="/wiki/Fantastyka" title="Fantastyka">Fantastyka</a>.<a href="#cite_note-background-16">[14]</a> He did so at the urging of his son Krzysztof, who was an avid reader of the magazine.<a href="#cite_note-17">[15]</a> Sapkowski submitted "<a href="/wiki/The_Last_Wish#"The_Witcher"" title="The Last Wish">The Witcher</a>" (1986), which was conceived as a retelling of a Polish fairy tale where a princess turned into a monster as punishment for the incest of her parents.<a href="#cite_note-sugar-18">[16]</a> He had to wait about a year for the results of the contest, and came in third place.<a href="#cite_note-background-16">[14]</a> Sapkowski felt that his work was the best in the competition, but the jurors relegated it to third because fantasy was considered to be for children at the time in Poland.<a href="#cite_note-background-16">[14]</a> However, reaction from readers was overwhelmingly positive and Sapkowski wrote more stories, about one or two a year, in response to their demand.<a href="#cite_note-background-16">[14]</a> He based "<a href="/wiki/The_Last_Wish#"A_Question_of_Price"" title="The Last Wish">A Question of Price</a>" (and later "<a href="/wiki/Sword_of_Destiny#"Sword_of_Destiny"" title="Sword of Destiny">Sword of Destiny</a>") on the universally known fairy tale in which a monster or sorcerer saves somebody's life and then demands payment.<a href="#cite_note-sugar-18">[16]</a> The first four stories dealing with the witcher <a href="/wiki/Geralt_of_Rivia" title="Geralt of Rivia">Geralt of Rivia</a> were collected into a 1990 short story collection titled The Witcher — now out of print — by publisher Reporter.<a href="#cite_note-ignorder-19">[17]</a> It includes 1988's "The Road with No Return" ("Droga, z której się nie wraca"), which is set before The Witcher stories and features Geralt's mother-to-be.<a href="#cite_note-ignorder-19">[17]</a> After what he called a chance meeting, Sapkowski made a deal in 1990 with <a href="/wiki/SuperNowa" class="mw-redirect" title="SuperNowa">SuperNowa</a> to publish the series.<a href="#cite_note-sugar-18">[16]</a> They released the second short story collection, <a href="/wiki/Sword_of_Destiny" title="Sword of Destiny">Sword of Destiny</a>, in 1992. <a href="/wiki/The_Last_Wish" title="The Last Wish">The Last Wish</a> was published by SuperNowa in 1993 to replace The Witcher as the first book, and includes all of its stories except "The Road with No Return" (the only story without Geralt).<a href="#cite_note-ignorder-19">[17]</a> Although new short stories were also added to The Last Wish, they chronologically take place before those in Sword of Destiny. "Something Ends, Something Begins" ("Coś się kończy, coś się zaczyna") is an alternate ending to The Witcher Saga about Geralt and <a href="/wiki/Yennefer_of_Vengerberg" class="mw-redirect" title="Yennefer of Vengerberg">Yennefer</a>'s wedding that was written in 1992 as a wedding gift for Sapkowski's friends. It and "The Road with No Return" are included in some Polish editions of The Last Wish or Sword of Destiny. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Witcher_Saga_and_Season_of_Storms">The Witcher Saga and Season of Storms</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Witcher&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: The Witcher Saga and Season of Storms">edit</a>]</div> With the positive reader reception to his short stories, Sapkowski decided to write a fantasy saga.<a href="#cite_note-background-16">[14]</a> He claimed that Polish publishers at the time believed only Anglo-Saxon fantasy authors were worth publishing and that Polish writers of the genre were too risky. SuperNowa were the only publisher willing to take the risk, and "Now everybody envies" them.<a href="#cite_note-sugar-18">[16]</a> For the saga, the author expanded on the story he used for "A Question of Price" and "Sword of Destiny".<a href="#cite_note-sugar-18">[16]</a> <a href="/wiki/Blood_of_Elves" title="Blood of Elves">Blood of Elves</a>, the first novel in The Witcher Saga, was published in 1994.<a href="#cite_note-background-16">[14]</a> The story focuses on Geralt of Rivia and <a href="/wiki/Ciri_of_Cintra" class="mw-redirect" title="Ciri of Cintra">Ciri</a>, who are linked by destiny. Ciri, princess of a recently conquered country and a pawn of international politics, becomes a witcher-in-training. Geralt is drawn into a whirlwind of events in his attempts to protect her. Three more novels quickly followed at a pace of one a year; <a href="/wiki/Time_of_Contempt" title="Time of Contempt">Time of Contempt</a> (1995), <a href="/wiki/Baptism_of_Fire_(novel)" title="Baptism of Fire (novel)">Baptism of Fire</a> (1996), and <a href="/wiki/The_Tower_of_the_Swallow" title="The Tower of the Swallow">The Tower of the Swallow</a> (1997). The fifth and final installment, <a href="/wiki/The_Lady_of_the_Lake_(Sapkowski_novel)" title="The Lady of the Lake (Sapkowski novel)">The Lady of the Lake</a>, was published in 1999. After 14 years, Sapkowski released <a href="/wiki/Season_of_Storms" title="Season of Storms">Season of Storms</a> in 2013. Set between short stories included in The Last Wish, it is a standalone prequel to The Witcher Saga.<a href="#cite_note-20">[18]</a> In 2020, Sapkowski stated that he had "some plans" for a new entry in The Witcher, but "My future plans are vague, nothing is fixed yet".<a href="#cite_note-pweekly-21">[19]</a> On 29 November 2024, the ninth installment of the series — <a href="/wiki/Rozdro%C5%BCe_kruk%C3%B3w" title="Rozdroże kruków">Rozdroże kruków</a> (lit. "Crossroads of Ravens") — was published in Poland.<a href="#cite_note-Rozdroże_kruków-14">[12]</a> The book is a prequel to both the Witcher Saga and the short stories and describes Geralt as a young and inexperienced witcher shortly after completing his training in Kaer Morhen.<a href="#cite_note-:3-22">[20]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Non-Witcher_anthologies">Non-Witcher anthologies</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Witcher&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Non-Witcher anthologies">edit</a>]</div> Coś się kończy, coś się zaczyna (Something Ends, Something Begins) is a 2000 collection of short stories by Sapkowski, including two from The Witcher: "The Road with No Return" and "Something Ends, Something Begins".<a href="#cite_note-ignorder-19">[17]</a> Published in 2012, Maladie i inne opowiadania (Maladie and Other Stories) is another Sapkowski short story collection that includes "The Road with No Return" and "Something Ends, Something Begins". Chosen by Fate: Zajdel Award Winner Anthology is a 2000 English anthology by SuperNowa, in cooperation with the Silesian Club of Fantasy Literature, that includes a translation by Agnieszka Fulińska of "The Witcher" short story entitled "The Hexer". 2010's A Polish Book of Monsters is an English anthology edited and translated by <a href="/wiki/Michael_Kandel" title="Michael Kandel">Michael Kandel</a> that includes a translation of "The Witcher" entitled "Spellmaker". Maladie and Other Stories (not to be confused with the above Polish book of the same name) is a 2014 English e-book sampler with translations of "The Witcher", "The Edge of the World", and the first chapters of Blood of Elves and Baptism of Fire. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Spin-offs">Spin-offs</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Witcher&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Spin-offs">edit</a>]</div> With Sapkowski's permission, the Polish publishing house Solaris published a collection of eight short stories entitled <a href="/w/index.php?title=Opowie%C5%9Bci_ze_%C5%9Bwiata_Wied%C5%BAmina&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Opowieści ze świata Wiedźmina (page does not exist)">Opowieści ze świata Wiedźmina</a> [<a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opowie%C5%9Bci_ze_%C5%9Bwiata_Wied%C5%BAmina" class="extiw" title="pl:Opowieści ze świata Wiedźmina">pl</a>] (Tales from the World of The Witcher). Written by Russian and Ukrainian fantasy writers (including <a href="/wiki/Andrei_Belyanin" title="Andrei Belyanin">Andrei Belyanin</a> and <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Vasilyev_(writer)" title="Vladimir Vasilyev (writer)">Vladimir Vasilyev</a>), they are set in the world of The Witcher and feature its characters;<a href="#cite_note-23">[21]</a> Vasilyev story is part of his <a href="/wiki/The_Witcher_of_Grand_Kiev" title="The Witcher of Grand Kiev">The Witcher of Grand Kiev</a> universe.<a href="#cite_note-24">[22]</a> Szpony i kły (Claws and Fangs), a similar collection of eleven short stories by authors chosen through a 2016 competition by the Polish magazine <a href="/wiki/Fantastyka" title="Fantastyka">Nowa Fantastyka</a>, was published in 2017 by SuperNowa.<a href="#cite_note-25">[23]</a><a href="#cite_note-26">[24]</a><a href="#cite_note-27">[25]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Setting">Setting</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Witcher&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Setting">edit</a>]</div> When he first created The Witcher, Sapkowski had not thought up any background on the world of the series, "I began with short stories; you don't create universes in short stories, there is—literally and metaphorically—no place for them". But when he switched to writing full novels, "the necessity of some coherent background became imminent. And slowly, step by step, something resembling a universe started to emerge. But it's only in the background, so it plays a secondary role in the story".<a href="#cite_note-audible-28">[26]</a> Although admitting to using <a href="/wiki/Slavic_mythology" class="mw-redirect" title="Slavic mythology">Slavic mythology</a> often due to it being very rich and abundant, Sapkowski said he does not have any preferred mythologies, folklores or <a href="/wiki/Bestiaries" class="mw-redirect" title="Bestiaries">bestiaries</a> that he draws on for monsters in The Witcher; "The story dictates the necessity. And, mostly, I put aside existing mythologies and invent something myself".<a href="#cite_note-pweekly-21">[19]</a> He said that the monsters in the series can be put into one of three categories. First, those that already "exist" with established names, appearances, habits and habitats, such as dragons. Second are those that he invents but gives names that can be found in nature, mostly insects because they are "horrible and scary". Third are those that are completely original creations, some of which are only named, because, "When it has no importance as far as the storyline is concerned whatsoever, why bother?"<a href="#cite_note-sugar-18">[16]</a> The author has also stated that he personally abhors politics and considers his books to be politically neutral.<a href="#cite_note-pweekly-21">[19]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Background">Background</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Witcher&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Background">edit</a>]</div> The stories are set on an unnamed Continent,<a href="#cite_note-29">[27]</a> which was settled several thousand years earlier by <a href="/wiki/Elf" title="Elf">elves</a> from overseas. When they arrived, the elves encountered <a href="/wiki/Gnome" title="Gnome">gnomes</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dwarf_(mythology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dwarf (mythology)">dwarves</a>. After a war between the elves and dwarves, the dwarves retreated into the mountains, and the elves settled in the plains and forests. Human colonists arrived about five hundred years before the events in the stories, igniting a series of wars. The humans were victorious and became dominant; the non-human races, now considered second-class citizens, often live in small ghettos within human settlements. Those not confined to the ghettos live in wilderness regions not yet claimed by humans. Other races on the Continent are halflings and <a href="/wiki/Dryad" title="Dryad">dryads</a>; <a href="/wiki/Werewolves" class="mw-redirect" title="Werewolves">werewolves</a> and <a href="/wiki/Vampire" title="Vampire">vampires</a> appeared after a magical event known as the Conjunction of the Spheres. During the centuries preceding the stories, most of the Continent's southern regions have been taken over by the Nilfgaard Empire; the north belongs to the fragmented Northern Kingdoms. The Witcher Saga takes place in the aftermath of the first major war between the Nilfgaard Empire and the Northern Kingdoms, with a second war beginning in the middle of the series. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Major_characters">Major characters</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Witcher&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Major characters">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/List_of_characters_in_The_Witcher_series" title="List of characters in The Witcher series">List of characters in The Witcher series</a></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Geralt_of_Rivia" title="Geralt of Rivia">Geralt of Rivia</a> (Polish: Geralt z Rivii), also known as Gwynbleidd (Elder Speech: "White Wolf") and the Butcher of Blaviken,<a href="#cite_note-30">[28]</a> is the protagonist of the series and its adaptations, a witcher who travels the Continent and makes a living hunting monsters that plague the land. He is linked to Ciri by destiny. Kacper Pobłocki argues that he embodies the "neo-liberal anti-politics" spirit of the Polish popular culture of the 1990s.<a href="#cite_note-Apor2008-31">[29]</a> Geralt has been played by <a href="/wiki/Micha%C5%82_%C5%BBebrowski" title="Michał Żebrowski">Michał Żebrowski</a> in the Polish shows and movies. Geralt was portrayed by <a href="/wiki/Henry_Cavill" title="Henry Cavill">Henry Cavill</a> in seasons 1 - 3 of the Netflix series <a href="/wiki/The_Witcher_(TV_series)" title="The Witcher (TV series)">The Witcher</a>; from season 4 on, he is portrayed by <a href="/wiki/Liam_Hemsworth" title="Liam Hemsworth">Liam Hemsworth</a>.<a href="#cite_note-32">[30]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ciri_of_Cintra" class="mw-redirect" title="Ciri of Cintra">Cirilla Fiona Elen Riannon</a> (known as "Ciri", from the name Zireael in Elder Speech (meaning "Swallow"; Polish: Jaskółka)), also known as the Lion Cub of Cintra, Child of the Elder Blood, Falka, and the Lady of Time and Space. Cirilla is the princess of Cintra, daughter of Pavetta and Duny (also known as the Urcheon of Erlenwald) and granddaughter of Queen Calanthe. She is also Geralt's destiny and adopted daughter, and the focus of much of the plot. Ciri is a descendant of Lara Dorren and has the Elder blood, which gives her access to powers that allow her to cross space and time. Ciri has ashen grey hair and green emerald eyes, a trait that runs in her family.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] In the Polish 2002 film and 2002 TV series, she was played by <a href="/wiki/Marta_Bitner" title="Marta Bitner">Marta Bitner</a>.<a href="#cite_note-33">[31]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yennefer_of_Vengerberg" class="mw-redirect" title="Yennefer of Vengerberg">Yennefer of Vengerberg</a> (Polish: Yennefer z Vengerbergu) first appeared in the collection of short stories, The Last Wish, featuring in the short story of the same name. She is a powerful sorceress, is a mother figure to Ciri, and becomes Geralt's lover. As an avid reader of fantasy, Sapkowski said he was sometimes bored and disgusted with stories in which the hero could easily have sex with any woman he wished, so he created Yennefer to "complicate things a little" as a woman character who refuses to be a fantasy cliché.<a href="#cite_note-sugar-18">[16]</a> In the Polish 2002 film and 2002 TV series, she was played by <a href="/wiki/Gra%C5%BCyna_Wolszczak" title="Grażyna Wolszczak">Grażyna Wolszczak</a> and by <a href="/wiki/Anya_Chalotra" title="Anya Chalotra">Anya Chalotra</a> in the Netflix series.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dandelion_(The_Witcher)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dandelion (The Witcher)">Dandelion</a> (Polish: Jaskier) is a poet, minstrel, bard and Geralt's best friend. The Polish word jaskier refers to the buttercup flower (<a href="/wiki/Ranunculus" title="Ranunculus">Ranunculus</a>). Some of his more famous ballads were about the relationship between Geralt and Yennefer. He accompanies Geralt in many short stories and ends up joining his hansa while searching for Ciri.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] He is played by <a href="/wiki/Joey_Batey" title="Joey Batey">Joey Batey</a> in The Witcher TV series.<a href="#cite_note-34">[32]</a> In the 2001 Polish <a href="/wiki/The_Hexer_(film)" title="The Hexer (film)">Wiedźmin</a> film, he was played by <a href="/wiki/Zbigniew_Zamachowski" title="Zbigniew Zamachowski">Zbigniew Zamachowski</a>.<a href="#cite_note-35">[33]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Triss_Merigold" class="mw-redirect" title="Triss Merigold">Triss Merigold</a> is a sorceress and a friend of Geralt and Yennefer. She took care of Ciri for some time and is like an older sister to her. She was a member of the Lodge of Sorceresses. Triss is in love with Geralt. The image of Triss Merigold from <a href="/wiki/The_Witcher_2:_Assassins_of_Kings" title="The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings">The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings</a> appeared as <a href="/wiki/Cover_girl" title="Cover girl">cover girl</a> in the Polish edition of <a href="/wiki/Playboy" title="Playboy">Playboy</a> in May 2011.<a href="#cite_note-36">[34]</a> She also appeared in a live model calendar for the game in Russia.<a href="#cite_note-37">[35]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Geography">Geography</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Witcher&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Geography">edit</a>]</div> Although no map of the universe created by Sapkowski has been released, fans have created several maps. According to Sapkowski, the existing maps are "mostly accurate", and he uses a version created by Czech translator Stanislav Komárek.<a href="#cite_note-38">[36]</a> <table style="float:right; margin-left:25px; text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Kovir%26Poviss_COA.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Kovir%26Poviss_COA.svg/50px-Kovir%26Poviss_COA.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="55" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Kovir%26Poviss_COA.svg/75px-Kovir%26Poviss_COA.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Kovir%26Poviss_COA.svg/100px-Kovir%26Poviss_COA.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="659" /></a> Kovir & Poviss</td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Caingorn_COA.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Caingorn_COA.svg/60px-Caingorn_COA.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="55" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Caingorn_COA.svg/120px-Caingorn_COA.svg.png 1.5x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="660" /></a> Hengfors</td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Kaedwen_COA.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Kaedwen_COA.svg/60px-Kaedwen_COA.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="55" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Kaedwen_COA.svg/120px-Kaedwen_COA.svg.png 1.5x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="660" /></a> Kaedwen </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Redania_COA.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Redania_COA.svg/60px-Redania_COA.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="55" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Redania_COA.svg/120px-Redania_COA.svg.png 1.5x" data-file-width="604" data-file-height="664" /></a> Redania</td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Mahakam_COA.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Mahakam_COA.svg/50px-Mahakam_COA.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="55" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Mahakam_COA.svg/75px-Mahakam_COA.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Mahakam_COA.svg/100px-Mahakam_COA.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="660" /></a> Mahakam</td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Aedirn_COA.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Aedirn_COA.svg/50px-Aedirn_COA.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="55" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Aedirn_COA.svg/75px-Aedirn_COA.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Aedirn_COA.svg/100px-Aedirn_COA.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="660" /></a> Aedirn </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Cintra_COA.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Cintra_COA.svg/60px-Cintra_COA.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="55" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Cintra_COA.svg/120px-Cintra_COA.svg.png 1.5x" data-file-width="597" data-file-height="657" /></a> Cintra</td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Temeria_COA.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Temeria_COA.svg/60px-Temeria_COA.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="55" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Temeria_COA.svg/120px-Temeria_COA.svg.png 1.5x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="660" /></a> Temeria</td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Lyria%26Rivia_COA.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Lyria%26Rivia_COA.svg/50px-Lyria%26Rivia_COA.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="55" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Lyria%26Rivia_COA.svg/75px-Lyria%26Rivia_COA.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Lyria%26Rivia_COA.svg/100px-Lyria%26Rivia_COA.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="659" /></a> Lyria & Rivia </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Nilfgaard_COA.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Nilfgaard_COA.svg/50px-Nilfgaard_COA.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="55" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Nilfgaard_COA.svg/75px-Nilfgaard_COA.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Nilfgaard_COA.svg/100px-Nilfgaard_COA.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="660" /></a> Nilfgaard </td></tr></tbody></table> The Continent can be divided into four regions. The Northern Kingdoms (where most of the saga occurs) consists of Aedirn, Cidaris, Cintra, Hengfors League, Kaedwen, Kerack, Kovir and Poviss, Lyria and Rivia, Redania, Temeria and Verden and several minor duchies and principalities such as Bremervoord or Ellander. The Nilfgaard Empire occupies most of the area south of the Northern Kingdoms. The eastern part of the Continent, such as the Korath desert, Zerrikania, Hakland and the Fiery Mountains, is mostly unknown. The book series mentions overseas countries with whom the Northern Kingdoms trade, including Zangvebar, Ofir, Hannu and Barsa.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Language">Language</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Witcher&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Language">edit</a>]</div> Sapkowski created a language for the series known as <a href="/wiki/Elvish_languages#Other_Elvish_languages" title="Elvish languages">Elder Speech</a>,<a href="#cite_note-39">[37]</a><a href="#cite_note-40">[38]</a> based on Welsh, English, French, Irish, Latin and other languages. Unique <a href="/wiki/Dialects" class="mw-redirect" title="Dialects">dialects</a> are spoken on the Skellige Islands and in Nilfgaard. In an interview, Sapkowski explained that he wanted the language to be reasonably legible to a reader, to avoid footnotes. As he said: "In my book, I do not want for an <a href="/wiki/Orc" title="Orc">orc</a> telling to another orc 'Burbatuluk grabataluk!' to be supplied with a footnote: 'Shut the door, don't let the flies in!'"<a href="#cite_note-41">[39]</a><a href="#cite_note-42">[40]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Chronology">Chronology</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Witcher&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Chronology">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 20em;"> <ol><li>"The Road with No Return" – untranslated</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rozdro%C5%BCe_kruk%C3%B3w" title="Rozdroże kruków">Crossroad of Ravens</a> – untranslated</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Last_Wish#"A_Grain_of_Truth"" title="The Last Wish">"A Grain of Truth"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Last_Wish#"The_Lesser_Evil"" title="The Last Wish">"The Lesser Evil"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Last_Wish#"The_Edge_of_the_World"" title="The Last Wish">"The Edge of the World"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Last_Wish#"The_Last_Wish"" title="The Last Wish">"The Last Wish"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Season_of_Storms" title="Season of Storms">Season of Storms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Last_Wish#"A_Question_of_Price"" title="The Last Wish">"A Question of Price"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Last_Wish#"The_Witcher"" title="The Last Wish">"The Witcher"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Last_Wish#"The_Voice_of_Reason"" title="The Last Wish">"The Voice of Reason"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sword_of_Destiny#"The_Bounds_of_Reason"" title="Sword of Destiny">"The Bounds of Reason"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sword_of_Destiny#"A_Shard_of_Ice"" title="Sword of Destiny">"A Shard of Ice"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sword_of_Destiny#"Eternal_Flame"" title="Sword of Destiny">"Eternal Flame"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sword_of_Destiny#"A_Little_Sacrifice"" title="Sword of Destiny">"A Little Sacrifice"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sword_of_Destiny#"Sword_of_Destiny"" title="Sword of Destiny">"Sword of Destiny"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sword_of_Destiny#"Something_More"" title="Sword of Destiny">"Something More"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blood_of_Elves" title="Blood of Elves">Blood of Elves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Time_of_Contempt" title="Time of Contempt">Time of Contempt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baptism_of_Fire_(novel)" title="Baptism of Fire (novel)">Baptism of Fire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Tower_of_the_Swallow" title="The Tower of the Swallow">The Tower of the Swallow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Lady_of_the_Lake_(Sapkowski_novel)" title="The Lady of the Lake (Sapkowski novel)">The Lady of the Lake</a></li> <li>Epilogue to the <a href="/wiki/Season_of_Storms" title="Season of Storms">Season of Storms</a></li> <li>"Something Ends, Something Begins" (alternative ending) – untranslated</li></ol> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Translations">Translations</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Witcher&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Translations">edit</a>]</div> The stories and novels have been translated into 37 languages worldwide.<a href="#cite_note-sales-43">[41]</a> Sapkowski denied having any involvement in the English translations, explaining, if the translator "is polite enough, sometimes he asks me questions, sometimes he presents me with a fragment of the first page, but it is his own will – I have nothing to do with it".<a href="#cite_note-background-16">[14]</a> When asked his opinion on the quality of the translation, the original author stated, "We Poles, we say, 'Translations are like women: if they are beautiful, they are not true; if they are true, they are not beautiful.' I speak some 15 languages so for me it's very easy to read the translations and see if they are good or not. Sometimes it's terrible; sometimes I'm very happy because the spirit, the spirit, is in the translation".<a href="#cite_note-background-16">[14]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_name_"Witcher"">The name "Witcher"</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Witcher&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: The name "Witcher"">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Vedmak" title="Vedmak">Vedmak</a></div> Sapkowski chose wiedźmin as the male equivalent of the Polish word for witch (wiedźma).<a href="#cite_note-SapkowskiBereś2005-44">[42]</a> In his book 2005 book-interview <a href="/wiki/Historia_i_fantastyka" title="Historia i fantastyka">Historia i fantastyka</a>, Sapkowski states that he believes the word "witcher" is a natural male version of the English word "witch", and implied that the similarity between those two words, as well as between the German terms, was the inspiration coining wiedźmin as a new Polish word.<a href="#cite_note-SapkowskiBereś2005-44">[42]</a> Polish video game designer <a href="/wiki/Adrian_Chmielarz" title="Adrian Chmielarz">Adrian Chmielarz</a> claimed to have invented the translation of wiedźmin into English as witcher around 1996–1997.<a href="#cite_note-:0-45">[43]</a> Although wiedźmin is now usually translated into English as "witcher", an earlier translation of the title was "hexer" (the title of the <a href="/wiki/The_Hexer_(film)" title="The Hexer (film)">2001 film adaptation</a> and the first official English translation in the 2000 short story collection Chosen by Fate: Zajdel Award Winner Anthology);<a href="#cite_note-46">[44]</a> Hexe and Hexer are the German words for female and male 'witch' respectively.<a href="#cite_note-SapkowskiBereś2005-44">[42]</a> <a href="/wiki/CD_Projekt" title="CD Projekt">CD Projekt</a> used "witcher" for the title of its 2007 English release of the <a href="/wiki/The_Witcher_(video_game)" title="The Witcher (video game)">video game</a>,<a href="#cite_note-:0-45">[43]</a> and Danusia Stok used it in her translation of Ostatnie życzenie that was published the same year.<a href="#cite_note-47">[45]</a><a href="#cite_note-48">[46]</a> <a href="/wiki/Michael_Kandel" title="Michael Kandel">Michael Kandel</a> however used "spellmaker" in his 2010 translation of the "Wiedźmin" short story for A Book of Polish Monsters anthology.<a href="#cite_note-49">[47]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception">Reception</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Witcher&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Reception">edit</a>]</div> The Witcher series has been described as having a cult following in <a href="/wiki/Poland" title="Poland">Poland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Central_and_Eastern_Europe" title="Central and Eastern Europe">Central and Eastern European</a> countries.<a href="#cite_note-50">[48]</a><a href="#cite_note-:1-51">[49]</a> They have been translated into 37 languages and sold over 15 million copies worldwide as of December 2019.<a href="#cite_note-sales-43">[41]</a> Two weeks after the Netflix TV adaptation was released in 2020, revenue from the books was reportedly up 562% compared to the same period in 2018.<a href="#cite_note-52">[50]</a> Entries in The Witcher series have earned Sapkowski the <a href="/wiki/Janusz_A._Zajdel_Award" title="Janusz A. Zajdel Award">Janusz A. Zajdel Award</a> three times; "The Lesser Evil" (1990), "Sword of Destiny" (1992), and Blood of Elves (1994).<a href="#cite_note-53">[51]</a> The Last Wish won the 2003 <a href="/wiki/Premio_Ignotus" title="Premio Ignotus">Premio Ignotus</a> for Best Anthology in Spain.<a href="#cite_note-54">[52]</a> In the United Kingdom, Blood of Elves won Best Novel at the first <a href="/wiki/David_Gemmell_Awards_for_Fantasy" title="David Gemmell Awards for Fantasy">David Gemmell Awards for Fantasy</a> in 2009.<a href="#cite_note-55">[53]</a> Sword of Destiny won the 2012 <a href="/wiki/T%C3%A4htifantasia_Award" title="Tähtifantasia Award">Tähtifantasia Award</a> in Finland.<a href="#cite_note-56">[54]</a> In October 2018, Sapkowski's hometown of <a href="/wiki/%C5%81%C3%B3d%C5%BA" title="Łódź">Łódź</a> officially renamed a garden square Witcher Square (Skwer Wiedźmina) and announced plans to add benches, swings and other installations based on the series to the area.<a href="#cite_note-57">[55]</a> In October 2021, a <a href="/wiki/Mural" title="Mural">mural</a> of Geralt was painted on the side of a skyscraper in Łódź. Spanning three 70-metre high (230 ft) walls and covering almost 2,000 square metres (22,000 sq ft), it is the largest mural in Poland and one of the largest in the world.<a href="#cite_note-58">[56]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Adaptations">Adaptations</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Witcher&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Adaptations">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Comic_books">Comic books</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Witcher&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Comic books">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/The_Witcher_(Dark_Horse_Comics)" title="The Witcher (Dark Horse Comics)">The Witcher (Dark Horse Comics)</a></div> From 1993 to 1995, Sapkowski's stories were adapted into a six-issue comic <a href="/wiki/The_Witcher_(Pr%C3%B3szy%C5%84ski_i_S-ka)" title="The Witcher (Prószyński i S-ka)">The Witcher</a> by <a href="/wiki/Maciej_Parowski" title="Maciej Parowski">Maciej Parowski</a> and Sapkowski (story), <a href="/wiki/Bogus%C5%82aw_Polch" title="Bogusław Polch">Bogusław Polch</a> (art).<a href="#cite_note-59">[57]</a> In 2011, <a href="/wiki/Egmont_Group" title="Egmont Group">Egmont</a> released a 2-part comic book, titled Reasons of State, containing an original story. It was written by Michał Gałek, illustrated by <a href="/wiki/Arkadiusz_Klimek" title="Arkadiusz Klimek">Arkadiusz Klimek</a>, and colorized by Łukasz Poller. In 2013, <a href="/wiki/Dark_Horse_Comics" title="Dark Horse Comics">Dark Horse Comics</a> announced a comic book series called <a href="/wiki/The_Witcher_(Dark_Horse_Comics)" title="The Witcher (Dark Horse Comics)">The Witcher</a>, based on the video-game series and made in collaboration with <a href="/wiki/CD_Projekt_Red" class="mw-redirect" title="CD Projekt Red">CD Projekt Red</a>.<a href="#cite_note-60">[58]</a> It began publishing in 2014.<a href="#cite_note-61">[59]</a> Most of the stories are based on original plots not written by Sapkowski, with different writers and artists working on different issues.<a href="#cite_note-:02-62">[60]</a> In October 2015, a <a href="/wiki/One-shot_(comics)" title="One-shot (comics)">one-shot</a> <a href="/wiki/Webcomic" title="Webcomic">webcomic</a> titled Matters of Conscience was released by <a href="/wiki/CD_Projekt_Red" class="mw-redirect" title="CD Projekt Red">CD Projekt Red</a> to expand on the events following their <a href="/wiki/The_Witcher_2:_Assassins_of_Kings" title="The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings">second video game</a>. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Video_games">Video games</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Witcher&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Video games">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/The_Witcher_(video_game_series)" title="The Witcher (video game series)">The Witcher (video game series)</a></div> In 2007, a video game <a href="/wiki/The_Witcher_(video_game)" title="The Witcher (video game)">The Witcher</a> developed by <a href="/wiki/CD_Projekt_Red" class="mw-redirect" title="CD Projekt Red">CD Projekt Red</a> was released. A sequel, <a href="/wiki/The_Witcher_2:_Assassins_of_Kings" title="The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings">The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings</a>, was released in 2011 by the same team. The final game of the trilogy, <a href="/wiki/The_Witcher_3:_Wild_Hunt" title="The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt">The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt</a>, was released in 2015.<a href="#cite_note-63">[61]</a><a href="#cite_note-64">[62]</a> Sapkowski had no involvement with the video games, giving the studio license to create a completely new story using his characters.<a href="#cite_note-background-16">[14]</a> All three games were positively received, with <a href="/wiki/Metacritic" title="Metacritic">Metacritic</a> giving them an 81, an 88, and a 93 out of 100 respectively.<a href="#cite_note-65">[63]</a><a href="#cite_note-66">[64]</a><a href="#cite_note-67">[65]</a> They were also extremely successful commercially, selling more than 75 million copies as of May 2023, with over 50 million being from <a href="/wiki/The_Witcher_3:_Wild_Hunt" title="The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt">The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt</a> alone.<a href="#cite_note-gametotal-1">[1]</a> CD Projekt Red developed a card game named "Gwent" that was included in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt as an in-game activity. They have created two stand-alone video games based on it, titled <a href="/wiki/Gwent:_The_Witcher_Card_Game" title="Gwent: The Witcher Card Game">Gwent: The Witcher Card Game</a> and <a href="/wiki/Thronebreaker:_The_Witcher_Tales" title="Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales">Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales</a>, both released in 2018.<a href="#cite_note-68">[66]</a><a href="#cite_note-69">[67]</a> A <a href="/wiki/Video_game_remake" title="Video game remake">remake</a> of The Witcher was announced in October 2022, which was formerly first teased under the codename "Canis Majoris". Entitled The Witcher Remake, it will be developed using <a href="/wiki/Unreal_Engine_5" title="Unreal Engine 5">Unreal Engine 5</a>, the same engine in use for the planned second trilogy. Fool's Theory will mainly develop the remake with full creative supervision from The Witcher series staff and CD Projekt Red.<a href="#cite_note-70">[68]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Film_and_television">Film and television</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Witcher&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Film and television">edit</a>]</div> The Witcher was adapted into a <a href="/wiki/The_Hexer_(TV_series)" title="The Hexer (TV series)">2002 TV series</a> and a shorter <a href="/wiki/The_Hexer_(film)" title="The Hexer (film)">2001 film</a> version, both titled The Hexer (Wiedźmin) and directed by <a href="/wiki/Marek_Brodzki" title="Marek Brodzki">Marek Brodzki</a>. <a href="/wiki/Micha%C5%82_%C5%BBebrowski" title="Michał Żebrowski">Michał Żebrowski</a> portrayed Geralt. In several interviews, Sapkowski has criticized these screen adaptations: "I can answer only with a single word, an obscene, albeit a short one."<a href="#cite_note-71">[69]</a> In 2015, <a href="/wiki/Platige_Image" title="Platige Image">Platige Image</a> planned an American film adaptation of the novel series to arrive in 2017.<a href="#cite_note-72">[70]</a> In May 2017, they announced that they would be producing a <a href="/wiki/The_Witcher_(TV_series)" title="The Witcher (TV series)">The Witcher</a> TV series in cooperation with <a href="/wiki/Netflix" title="Netflix">Netflix</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sean_Daniel" title="Sean Daniel">Sean Daniel</a> Company, with <a href="/wiki/Tomasz_Bagi%C5%84ski" title="Tomasz Bagiński">Tomasz Bagiński</a> as one of the directors and Sapkowski as a creative consultant.<a href="#cite_note-73">[71]</a><a href="#cite_note-74">[72]</a><a href="#cite_note-75">[73]</a> Created by <a href="/wiki/Lauren_Schmidt_Hissrich" title="Lauren Schmidt Hissrich">Lauren Schmidt Hissrich</a>, it stars <a href="/wiki/Henry_Cavill" title="Henry Cavill">Henry Cavill</a> as Geralt.<a href="#cite_note-76">[74]</a><a href="#cite_note-77">[75]</a><a href="#cite_note-78">[76]</a><a href="#cite_note-79">[77]</a> On October 10, 2018, it was announced that <a href="/wiki/Freya_Allan" title="Freya Allan">Freya Allan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Anya_Chalotra" title="Anya Chalotra">Anya Chalotra</a> had been cast as main female characters, Ciri and Yennefer.<a href="#cite_note-80">[78]</a> The first season was released on December 20, 2019, with all eight episodes available.<a href="#cite_note-81">[79]</a> A second season was announced on November 13, 2019.<a href="#cite_note-82">[80]</a> All eight episodes were released on December 17, 2021, featuring many of the same characters and some new stars.<a href="#cite_note-83">[81]</a> In September 2021, Netflix renewed the series for a third season.<a href="#cite_note-S3Renewed-84">[82]</a> Starting in the show's fourth season, <a href="/wiki/Liam_Hemsworth" title="Liam Hemsworth">Liam Hemsworth</a> is scheduled to replace Cavill as Geralt. Netflix released an animated film, <a href="/wiki/The_Witcher:_Nightmare_of_the_Wolf" title="The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf">The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf</a>, on August 23, 2021, with their TV series showrunner Lauren Schmidt Hissrich as producer and writer BeAu DeMayo, and animation provided by <a href="/wiki/Studio_Mir" title="Studio Mir">Studio Mir</a>. Another animated film, <a href="/wiki/The_Witcher:_Sirens_of_the_Deep" title="The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep">The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep</a> with Doug Cockle voicing Geralt of Rivia, directed by Kang Hei Chul, was released by Netflix on February 11, 2025. A live-action prequel series, <a href="/wiki/The_Witcher:_Blood_Origin" title="The Witcher: Blood Origin">The Witcher: Blood Origin</a>, was released by Netflix in 2022, set 1200 years before Geralt's time to show the origin of the Witchers developed by Hissrich.<a href="#cite_note-85">[83]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tabletop_RPGs">Tabletop RPGs</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Witcher&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Tabletop RPGs">edit</a>]</div> A <a href="/wiki/Tabletop_role-playing_game" title="Tabletop role-playing game">tabletop role-playing game</a> based on Sapkowski's books, Wiedźmin: Gra Wyobraźni (The Witcher: A Game of Imagination), was published by <a href="/wiki/Wydawnictwo_MAG" title="Wydawnictwo MAG">MAG</a> in 2001. Another tabletop RPG based on the video games, produced by <a href="/wiki/R._Talsorian_Games" title="R. Talsorian Games">R. Talsorian Games</a>, was planned for release in 2016<a href="#cite_note-86">[84]</a> but was delayed and finally released in August 2018.<a href="#cite_note-87">[85]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Board_games">Board games</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Witcher&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Board games">edit</a>]</div> CD Projekt Red and <a href="/wiki/Fantasy_Flight_Games" title="Fantasy Flight Games">Fantasy Flight Games</a> released <a href="/wiki/The_Witcher_Adventure_Game" title="The Witcher Adventure Game">The Witcher Adventure Game</a>, a board game designed by Ignacy Trzewiczek,<a href="#cite_note-88">[86]</a> in 2014<a href="#cite_note-89">[87]</a> in physical and digital forms.<a href="#cite_note-90">[88]</a> The digital version is available on Windows, OS X, Android and iOS. The board game The Witcher: Old World was announced in February 2021.<a href="#cite_note-91">[89]</a> Designed by Łukasz Woźniak and produced by Go on Board in partnership with CD Projekt Red, the game is set prequel to the main video game series with deck building and role-playing elements. In May 2021, the game raised more than $3 million on <a href="/wiki/Kickstarter" title="Kickstarter">Kickstarter</a> and was planned to be shipped in June 2022.<a href="#cite_note-92">[90]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Card_games">Card games</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Witcher&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Card games">edit</a>]</div> In 2007, Kuźnia Gier developed two card games based on CD Projekt's The Witcher video game. One, Wiedźmin: Przygodowa Gra Karciana (The Witcher: Adventure Cardgame), was published by Kuźnia Gier;<a href="#cite_note-93">[91]</a> the other, Wiedźmin: Promocyjna Gra Karciana (The Witcher Promo Card Game) was added to the "Collector's Edition" of The Witcher in some countries.<a href="#cite_note-94">[92]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rock_opera_and_musical">Rock opera and musical</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Witcher&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Rock opera and musical">edit</a>]</div> A <a href="/wiki/Rock_opera" title="Rock opera">rock opera</a> and a musical entitled <a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Road_of_No_Return&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Road of No Return (page does not exist)">The Road of No Return</a> [<a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B0_%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%B7_%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B2%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0_(%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BA-%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0)" class="extiw" title="ru:Дорога без возврата (рок-опера)">ru</a>] based on the series were produced by Russian <a href="/wiki/Symphonic_rock" class="mw-redirect" title="Symphonic rock">symphonic rock</a> band <a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/ESSE_(%D0%B3%D1%80%D1%83%D0%BF%D0%BF%D0%B0)" class="extiw" title="ru:ESSE (группа)">ESSE</a> in 2009 and 2011–2012 respectively.<a href="#cite_note-werawolw-95">[93]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Witcher&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: See also">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Books-aj.svg_aj_ashton_01.png/40px-Books-aj.svg_aj_ashton_01.png" decoding="async" width="28" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Books-aj.svg_aj_ashton_01.png/60px-Books-aj.svg_aj_ashton_01.png 1.5x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /> <a href="/wiki/Portal:Literature" title="Portal:Literature">Literature portal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polish_literature" title="Polish literature">Polish literature</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Explanatory_notes">Explanatory notes</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Witcher&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Explanatory notes">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output 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