Dungeons & Kittens gets its first official trailer as the tabletop RPG heads to the BBC

King Walter will forgive almost anything if you bring him the right treasure. That’s the hope, anyway, for the four young adventurers in the first official trailer for Dungeons & Kittens, the animated series that shares its world with Edge Studio’s tabletop roleplaying game. The trailer surfaced on 6th November, a little over a year after BBC Children’s and Educationwas announced as one of eight broadcasters on board.

The series follows three kittens who banished from the Kingdom of Cats and spot what might be their ticket home when a meteorite crashes beyond its walls. With an apprentice meowgician joining their ranks, Fib, Precious, Suds and Ruffles set out to bring back something spectacular enough to earn the king’s pardon. Between them and the crash site are roaming dogs, hidden traps and the remains of a forgotten civilisation… and somewhere along the way, getting home becomes less urgent than saving it.

When is Dungeons & Kittens coming to the BBC?

No specific date has been announced as yet, but sometime in early 2027 is the reported UK window.FirstShowing names the BBC in its early-2027 coverage, and the BBC’s involvement dates back to the original October 2025 announcement as one of the eight European broadcasters that supported the project

Elsewhere in Europe Swiss TV listings scheduled the first two French-language episodes on RTS Un on 7th November 2026, while in France, France Télévisions have the show scheduled to start towards the end of 2026 in its Annecy line-up, with the show is slated for its children’s platform Okoo.

Watch Next Media and France Télévisions first announced development of the series way back in September 2023, with the October 2025 announcement revealing the wider broadcaster deal. The current format is a single over-arching story which is being told over 12 episdoes, each of which has a runtime of 22 minutes. Clément de Ruyter and Mélanie Duval created the 2D series, with Jérémy Guiter and de Ruyter directing. Watch Next Media is producing it with Mélusine, Lunanime and Studio Zmei.

What is the Dungeons & Kittens RPG?

Originally published in French as Donjons & Chatons by Studio Deadcrows, the game is set long after humans have disappeared. Nature has reclaimed their ruins, and cats, dogs and rats are building a new Middle Ages out of whatever they can salvage. A rat might tunnel by the light of a homemade headlamp, while a dog turns old tyres into armour.

A kitten has three abilities: Strong, Smart and Cute. To attempt something risky, you roll three six-sided dice and count each one that comes up at or below the relevant score. More successes mean a better result. A skill can add a die, and a useful tool or character trait can earn a reroll. So the kitten who can’t budge a heavy gate might have better luck talking the guard into opening it.

Edge Studio’s English-language Starter Set was released in the autumn of 2025. Aimed at ages 8+, it comes with five ready-to-play kittens, maps, dice and tokens. Three short introductory adventures teach the rules in play, with two longer adventures to follow. There’s also a separate core rulebook. The box starts with King Walter’s banishment, so you could quite easily show the trailer as a backdrop to give children, or older players, an idea of your kittens predicament. I wrote a little about the Dungeons & Kittens Rulebook early this year for Tabletop Sentinel when it was released.