Games like A Tiny Shortsword

A bunch of quirky "microgames," one-day RPGs that I typically whip up in three or fewer hours. This collection is to hold all the games for May so I'm not cluttering up my store page. I don't know that I'm going to get one done a day, but I'd expect at least 14 over the course of the month. Note: Despite being microgames/one-day projects, I have no sense of scale and many of these are closer to 10… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to May 2022 Games Collection.

low-tech + anti-capitalist + power fantasy What do you do when one man owns everything? You steal it, and you break his stuff. Our Farm is a tabletop RPG for 3-5 players. You play as displaced farmers piloting magical golems - farm equipment retrofitted for battle - to take back your land from the wizard Tysanto, who gained a monopoly on food production and forced you into sharecropping. He’s po… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Our Farm Becomes the Battlefield.

66%Game Brain Score

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78% User Score Based on 36 reviews

Help King Arthur and his Knights defend the realm. Slay the evil entities with a combination of lucky dice rolls and clever tactics. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Knights of the Tiny Table.

The Sea is calling The open oceans beckons to the small explorer Come, set voyage on my water Adventure to the massive unknown Experience bliss foreverLILLIPUTIAN: ADVENTURE ON THE OPEN SEAS IS COMING TO EXALTED FUNERAL! IT WILL BE AVAILABLE IN 68 PAGE HARDCOVER BOOK & 66 PAGE SOFTCOVER ZINE FORMS! STAY TUNED! What is Lilliputian: Adventure on the Open Seas Lilliputian: Adventure on the Open Se… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lilliputian: Adventure On the Open Seas.

A minimalist, rules-light RPG for playing old-school fantasy stories, in the spirit of the game originally devised by Dave Arneson and Gary Gygax in the 70s. Another fantasy RPG among hundreds of already existing ones? Certainly. But everything you need to know — including rules for fleshing out any player character you have in mind, combat mechanics, a table of items and other adventuring resourc… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to HAGHEX.

Ugis was born to tell stories, in a simple and fun way. It puts together a solid structure for easy, fast, and long-term play, without having narrative limitations from oppressive rules. It is suitable for everyone, from the beginner who has only heard of rpg, to the veteran who has been pounding the tables for decades offering challenges to suit every appetite, always remaining minimal and dilige… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to UGIS Rpg.

What is Rove? Rove is a micro, modular TTRPG comprised entirely of business cards. It focuses on being fast and approachable, with the potential to add systems and procedures as needed rather than presenting them up front.  So far Rove consists of the following cards, with more in development. Core (Free Forever!) All the rules needed to run a game of Rove. Core resolution mechanics, combat rules … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Rove.

"The referee advice is gold. I know of few better sources for concisely explaining what to prioritize when running this sort of game." - Brendan S, Necropraxis, Wonder and Wickedness "I often quibble with RPG magic systems either being too complex or too restrictive, but this hit a great balance between flexibility and ease-of-use, while adding a special dash of creativity and Lady Luck." - Ars Ma… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Maze Rats.

tactical action | old school theming Trespasser is a tabletop roleplaying game about peasants-turned-adventurers carving out safe refuge amid the long collapse of their dying world. Designed for player-driven sandbox campaigns of survival and dungeon crawling, Trespasser borrows themes of early tabletop and pairs them with a tactical combat system inspired by 4th Edition Dungeons & Dragons. If you… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Trespasser.

WHEN THE BROADSWORDS SING (WBS) is an OSR micro-RPG that draws on games like Knave and Barbarians of Lemuria to provide a sword-and-sorcery flavored take on the classic dungeon crawl experience. The game is 6 pages long, fitting on three sheets of paper front-and-back. 2-page rules document, laid out to be printed and folded as a tri-fold2 pages of random tables to use during character creation, t… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to When the Broadswords Sing.