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The sun is dying and the wreckage of countless eons litters the parched wastes of Vaarn, the desolate country that common folk call the blue ruin. It is said that these sky-coloured sands hide the graves of the Autarchs; have swallowed the buried arcologies in which the true seed of humankind was preserved through the Great Collapse; conceal forgotten crypts of memory, decaying crystalline lattice… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to VAULTS OF VAARN #1.

Corpsewake Cove is an adventure written and illustrated by Madeleine Ember for the MÖRK BORG game (under their Third Party License) where you FIGHT PIRATES, GET REVENGE, and STEAL THEIR FUCKING TREASURE! Cover Design of "Corpsewake Cove" and a skeleton 'cause why not? What's Inside? Adventure, tables, characters, and places printed in full color! Choose your approach as a party: will you sneak in,… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Corpsewake Cove (third party module for MÖRK BORG).

In a long forgotten age, a raging war shattered and devastated the worlds of gods and men. Now green life blooms amidst the ruins of the lost worlds. Wondrous and terrible beings roam the Nine Realms. Civilisation stumbles forward, fresh and reaching. Fate carves the skein anew but there are loose threads, lost long ago in the wars, with no place in the tapestry. These threads must seek the fire w… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Runecairn: Core Rules.

Three floating islands veiled in mist… Three floating islands drift in the thick Mist. Eerie creatures dwell among the clefts, and slumbering cyclopes lie awaiting to be awakend. Hanging at the threshold between mortals and gods, brimming with secrets and mysteries, as  charming as they are perilous: the SKYREALMS await the adventurer.  What is SKYREALMS? SKYREALMS is a game neutral RPG setting, … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to SKYREALMS.

KICKSTARTER Campaign running from June 7 to July 5 Three floating islands veiled in mist… Three floating islands drift in the thick Mist. Eerie creatures dwell among the clefts, and slumbering cyclopes lie awaiting to be awakend. Hanging at the threshold between mortals and gods, brimming with secrets and mysteries, as  charming as they are perilous: the SKYREALMS await the adventurer.  What is S… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to SKYREALMS Press Kit.

Miasma and Monsters A weird, dark, fantasy role-playing game Created by Peter TR Bernhardt of Goblin Pit Games Physical copies available here. Link to the Referee's Quickstart. Miasma and Monsters is a TTRPG inspired by the Knave hack, Glaive, but it is its own game entirely. It offers a class-less system that lets players customize their character as they advance in levels. It should be comp… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Miasma and Monsters Player's Pamphlet.

A small, ordinary prefab suburban house hides subterranean flesh abominations. You shouldn’t have accepted that babysitting gig! - contains an evil cult generator card!! What is UNIT DH-23? UNIT DH-23 is a modern horror suburban dungeon, and the first adventure released for the upcoming The Lost Bay RPG. Playable in 1 to 2 sessions, or easily pluggable in a contemporary horror campaign. Comes with… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to UNIT DH-17.

A wild new rift in the worlds of Troika...! (Psst, if you want a physical copy of the adventure go to Exalted Funeral! It comes with a digital copy too. If you only want the digital stay here.) MAIN STORY: The players are lost in the depths of the mirrormind skies, exploring an uncharted forest world. Abandoned, hollowed-out spheres float above them, exquisite and doom-laden.  SUPPORTING STORIES: … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Forest Primordia.

GFDP is currently on Kickstarter, where you can back the zine for physical copies, as well as pre-order the PDF. Payments made to itch will be honored based on the Kickstarter timeline.  For more information: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gfdp/gfdp GFDP  is an independent production by Rory Voie and is not affiliated with the Melsonian Arts Council. GFDP is a zine about living in sea cav… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to GFDP.

The award winning RPG of monster hunting has been updated! Get ready for Slayers 1.5. The City sits at the nexus of the world. Once you're inside it, it is the world. Something drives the borders of The City ever-onward, crawling towards the horizon. Urban sprawl made real. Neighborhoods appear and disappear overnight, The City is filled to brim with no shortage of interesting characters, culture… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Slayers.

Die Hard meets Alien in this thrilling escape from a hijacked station, made for the Mothership Sci-Fi Horror RPG. In Dying Hard on Hardlight Station, your team of grizzled PCs will be torn between saving friends locked in the Healthtek facility or crawling to freedom in the vents of the corporate-controlled Hardlight Station, all while avoiding capture by the brutal Blackshield Mercenary Company. … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dying Hard on Hardlight Station.

In the center of a peaceful grove of the forest lies a large, perennially red-leafed maple: The Vitacernis. A mouse community thrives in the treetops of the surrounding grove, its citizens friendly if a little eccentric. They revere the grand tree  and believe that the sacred red sap it produces has divine curative powers.When the red sap stops flowing and the Viscount's son falls ill, brave mice … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Vitacernis.

When a traveller is adrift in the blue dunes of Vaarn’s desert, he dreams of a city. When the camel’s hump sways beneath him, he dreams of a cushioned alcove in a tavern, with learned conversation and hookah smoke coiling languidly in the air; when Vaarn’s red sun beats upon his head he dreams of cool avenues shaded by demure and welcoming lemon trees. Oppressed by his loneliness, the traveller dr… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to VAULTS OF VAARN #2.

Bloodheist  is a full tabletop RPG, presented in zine format. The pitch is simple: Dracula won, and the Undying Empire he built is ruled by immortal, squabbling vampire clans. You will play as a gang of criminals, hired by a powerful vampire to steal a valuable object from a rival. Human or undead, your characters are outsiders, unaffiliated with any one Great House, hired for the jobs that can't … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Bloodheist.

ISSUE #35 Cover - isolatrix Hello and welcome to Indiepocalypse! Indiepocalypse is a curated monthly collection looking to highlight the very best of the indie game scene.  Each month features games by 10 different developers, including a newly commissioned game exclusive to the bundle-zine. The games cover a wide variety of styles, genres, and themes as they fight against any definition of "indi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Indiepocalypse #35.

Vaarn! I curse each letter of the name.  I curse the blue sand that infiltrates every pore of my body, the creeping sand, which each night swallows a little more of the final camp we have erected upon the face of this pitiless azure desolation. I curse the red sun that rises each morning to scorch the skin from our scalps; that great and gory globe, which the sages tell us is dying, yet seems to m… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to VAULTS OF VAARN #3.

You know that Stephen King book, with the scary clown? Well imagine that: last summer, I scrammed from the big city with my parents, and I went through a crazy adventure in the boondocks with my pals! We got way scared, we had some fun, I even got a girlfriend for a while... I could’ve made a novel out of it. Would have gotten myself the Booker Prize for sure (though I swear it’s all true!). But I… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Two Summers.

Hit the road between worlds with a black cat, a clockwork assassin, a fallen star, and a pilgrim who huffs the ashes of a dead saint. Deliver lumber to communist skeletons living on the back of a gargantuan crab. Ride a comet to a party in the skull of a cosmic god that was converted to condos. Aetherway is a quirky, planet-hopping RPG zine, compatible with both Tunnel Goons and Troika!* Use it to… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Aetherway.

Simple farmers of the rotating colony ship Within Wheels starve as bargain InstaCrops wither on the vine. They turn to faith and ritual, concocting visions of a hell on earth from half-remembered traditions and commercialized lore. Bunker doors seal as their beacon calls upon believers to consecrate synthetic soil with holy blood. The Drain is a tense level-0 funnel adventure for the Mothership… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Drain.

Citizen Goon - Goon City: Troika! A Goon City: Troika! Player Citizen Generator I recently released Goon City: Troika! Trashcan Edition, a hack of Tunnel Goons by Highland Paranormal Society and Troika! by Melsonian Arts Council,  and this is a complete Player Citizen (Character) Generator that gets you ready to explore the infinitely odd City in one click. I will periodically update and expand th… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Citizen Goon - Goon City: Troika!.

Lay On Hands is a storytelling game zine for one player in which you play an unnaturally gifted healer in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. You will wander the ravaged land and channel the strange power that runs through your hands to unburden the needy, shrive the wayward and rout the corrupt. You will embrace the weirdness of the wasteland, fight heroic battles and risk your life to fulfil the cove… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lay On Hands.

Uh-Oh! - Goon City: Troika! A Goon City: Troika! Uh-Oh! Generator I recently released Goon City: Troika! Trashcan Edition, a hack of Tunnel Goons by Highland Paranormal Society and Troika! by Melsonian Arts Council,  and this is a work in progress extended Oops! table reworked for that, but works with Troika!, Tunnel Goons, or any other weird and/ or fantasy setting, or as an alternative Wild Magi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Uh-Oh! - Goon City: Troika!.

Citizen Registry - Goon City: Troika A Goon City: Troika! Name Generator I recently released Goon City: Troika! Trashcan Edition, a hack of Tunnel Goons by Highland Paranormal Society and Troika! by Melsonian Arts Council, and this is a Name Generator for that, but works with Troika!, Tunnel Goons, or any other weird and/ or fantasy setting. These are mostly words I made up with some random nouns,… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Citizen Registry - Goon City: Troika.

HIDEOUS COSMIC SECRETS AND THOSE WHO BEAR THEM. A shuddering Chtulhian RUIN of an RPG Zine, compatible with MÖRK BORG! Rips back the grubby veil of reality and unleashes a tide of COSMIC HORROR upon the Dying World. Bolster the ranks of DOOMED SCVM with two new player classes – The Brain-Blasted Scholar and the Deposed Cult Leader. Lure and entrap your SCVM with Lovecraftian magics held wit… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ghoulish Grin Issue 1: MÖRK BORG Compatible Zine.

S.M.O.L. is a bestiary designed specifically for Troika! and is inspired by dreams, bad puns, 70s sci-fi, 80s cartoons, and a desire to fulfill my childhood goal of writing my own manual of monsters. Inside you’ll find: 36 (d66) monsters, one monster per page. Three categories (undead, demonic and magical) with 12 monsters per category. A range of difficulty for each category, from small bea… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to S.M.O.L..

A rare and wonderful ARTEFACT for the FALLEN roleplaying game. This A4 tri-fold pamphlet PDF contains the following: 11 actual recipes and remedies from 17th-18th Century cookery books, all with effects for use in the Fallen RPG:To make barley waterReceipt against the plagueTo quicken the witTo make Doctor Stevens WaterTo take away deafnessReceipt against drunkennessAn effectual way to clear the b… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Compleat Booke of Experiments for Fallen RPG.

What's that you say?You didn't know there were alchemists in Troika City?My dear child that's exactly what we wanted you to think.But let me ask you, who makes the plasmatic cores? How do you think the barges power their way between the spheres? Who makes the Bonbons you love so dearly? It is us my child, the alchemists.Step into the halls of the Academy of Divine Sublimation, where all that is nu… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Academy of Divine Sublimation.

The Kleptomancer’s Crypt is an adventure for Troika!, but is easily adapted to other systems. It mostly consists of tables to help you generate a variable adventure. Improvisation and interpretation by the GM required.  A client hired you to break into the Kleptomancer’s Crypt and so you did. Now you need to get out of the place. The Kleptomancer is a government official tasked with redistributing… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Kleptomancer's Crypt.

In The Cleaning of Prison Station Echo, PCs are nighttime janitorial staff brought in to clean a corporate-run, high-security prison. Their shift goes wrong when an accident in the hidden basement lab releases a rampaging horde of hallucinating test subjects from XeroCorp’s top-secret Super Soldier program. Trapped in lockdown, with all access to the outside world cut, PCs must navigate the chaos … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Cleaning of Prison Station Echo.

“On Orn the pauper dreams of a liquid, black as starless night. The power of gods, distilled into midnight ink.” The Electrum Archive is a science-fantasy TTRPG zine series inspired by the worlds of The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, Dark Sun and Ultraviolet Grasslands. It uses simple core rules inspired by other OSR games like Cairn, Mausritter and Whitehack to quickly get you started playing.  Th… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Electrum Archive - Issue 01.

Create a world that changes the further you are from what is familiar. Use it for solo gaming, GM prep, GM-less games, drawing maps or worldbuilding just for fun. Use it for stories about fighting dragons, or stories with no fighting at all. Bring the world to life with random tables of everything from abstract social values to legumes. What do I need? At least one six sided die Pencil and paper F… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Procedures to Discover the Path Ahead.

In This Mortal Coil, you play a space traveler-turned-necromancer on a quest to achieve eternal life by constructing a magical device known as an anchor. You'll create undead thralls to do your bidding, gather energy to power your quest by harvesting living creatures, and master the forces of the Negaverse. Along the way, you’ll explore fantastic worlds, battle terrifying creatures, and negotiate … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to This Mortal Coil.

Backgrounds for Troika! is a 16-page black and white zine created by junk for the  TroikaFest! 2021 Game Jam. It contains six all-new Troika! backgrounds laid out in a trashed photocopy style and featuring lots of weird public domain art. Play your next Troika! game as a... Soup Evangelist, a cast iron holy warrior dedicated to feeding the masses and spreading the Gospel of Soup!Mimicry Performer,… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Backgrounds for Troika!.

Successfully funded on July 2021! One of Polygon's Top Indie Tabletop RPGs of 2021... and Dicebreaker's Best Tabletop RPGs you might have missed... ...now with 1000+ free copies. Hardcover and softcover available. Premium matte cover and full-color satin finish pages. What is ARC? 5-minute videoIf you only have a few minutes to spare, watch this 5-min overview! What is ARC? Deep dive Stories you… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ARC: Doom Tabletop RPG.

BURAMATO is a fast-paced semi open-world 3D Action-Adventure video game with some RPG elements in which you can traverse the ancient lands of the old lords. Explore a world inspired by traditional Bornean mythology. Slay monsters with stylish combos and discover the Old Lords’ cursed lands to unravel the secrets behind your lost memory. A JOURNEY FILLED WITH UNFORGETTABLE FACES Strangers… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Buramato.

Proclivities - Goon City: Troika! A Goon City: Troika! Proclivity Generator A Proclivity Generator for Goon City: Troika!, incorporating and expanding on the addition to Miens and NPCs for Troika! put forward Daniel Sell to more accurately represent how "every person has multitudes and we're all very busy." Made for Goon City: Troika!, but also works perfectly with Troika! or really anything weird… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Proclivities - Goon City: Troika!.

Happenings in the City! A Goon City: Troika! Happening Generator A Happening (Things happening in the City, Confrontations, Encounters, etc.) Generator for Goon City: Troika!, but works with Tunnel Goons, Troika!, or any other anything weird. Creates dynamic, unique, and very weird Happenings between two groups that can your Citizens can witness and get embroiled in. This is the first draft of … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Happenings in the City - Goon City: Troika!.

Who's That Goon? - Goon City: Troika! A Goon City: Troika! Non Place Citizen Generator A Non Player Citizen (NPC) Generator for Goon City: Troika!, but works with Tunnel Goons, Troika!, or any other anything weird. Creates dynamic, unique, and very weird  NPCs compatible with Goon City: Troika! and Tunnel Goons with the Difficulty Score system (extended to 4 to BOXCARS).   I will continue to work… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Who's That Goon? - Goon City: Troika!.

One through Six now available collected in real physical form. Online at Spearwitch.com ExaltedFuneral.com Iglootree How exactly do golden barges traverse the humpbacked sky? The anti-canonical answer to that is found here in the first issue of Ætherjack’s Almanac. Covering the three most common forms of engines, an unemployed elemental background, and npc statistics for air and fire eleme… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ætherjack's Almanac Numbers One Through Six.

Tome of Endless Romance Role Playing Adventures in the World of Love Sure, bashing kobolds is great, but have you tried love? Tome of Endless Romance is a fantasy RPG supplement filled with the warmth of sweet embraces, and dark intrigues weaved by a dangerous yet alluring enemy. This book fills the gap in romantic RPG supplements and is intended for Game Masters. Tome of Endless Romance in… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tome of Endless Romance.

Knights of Lazarus presents a puzzle, unsolvable the first time through. The crew must discover the best tactics to combat specialized enemies, roleplay through encounters, and choose whether to retreat or push their luck through the dungeon, The Ship Canterbury. Will your crew plan a heist? Or take the oath to join the Knights themselves? Whatever the choice the crew will discover the secrets of… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Knights of Lazarus.

Children keep disappearing in the forest. But no one dares to visit the abandoned ruin, which juts out of a clearing like a rotten tooth. Whoever crosses the threshold is confronted with a force that scares even the Inquisition. Everything is alive. Soon you'll find out that the child thief Tergol has taken up residence here, and his experiments of alchemy and flesh produce abnormal monstrosities.… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to BÖESER.

Physical edition available from Exalted Funeral!Desiccated Temple of Locha In the parched desert sands, a mirage glistens invitingly on the horizon, but the nearest water is a hard day’s march in the opposite direction. You swear you smell the faint wet smell like coming rain when the wind shifts just right and see the stars reflected off some far lake at night. There’s no water here, just a lone… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Desiccated Temple of Locha.

Lowlife is a toolkit for old-school RPGs about delving into tunnels, trenches, and mines. Inside, you'll find: Systems and consequences for caving, climbing, and tunneling. All the horrible ways you might explore—and die—down in the dark.Procedures for generating cave networks or making existing dungeons denser and more interconnected. If you want your underground spaces to be even more dangerous … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lowlife.

Hey folks, this adventure has been updated and expanded! Check out The Forest Primordia to see all the fancy new upgrades. The original (the page you're on right now!) is now free so please enjoy both versions whenever you can ✌️ A brand new story-adventure awaits you! Try and survive this wild, nameless crystal sphere.  Eat godmeat! Party with Chaos Faeries! Run with a herd of rainbows! MAIN STO… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Deconstructed Ziggurat & The Forest Primordia.

PHYSICAL COPIES AVAILABLE AT: Indie Press Revolution Knave of Cups And the bottom of this page! Also see bottom of page for discounted damaged copies, and free PDF community copies. There is an Anamnesis Jam running from November 1 through January 31! Everyone is invited to create projects inspired by the game. Designer's Commentary Version was nominated for a 2022 ENnie for Best Electronic Book… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Anamnesis.

The Fangwitch's Falls is a pointcrawl adventure for Cairn that takes place in a lethargic and waterlogged forest on the brink of calamity. -Explore 7 Precarious Locations! Wade through the ghoul-flooded cemetery, see what's hiding down in the Old Well, fish the waters of Tago Lake, journey into the Fangwitch's Falls! -Interact with 20+ NPCs! Awaken a sleeping toad god, discuss your dreams with eel… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Fangwitch's Falls.

Vaarn! I curse each letter of the name. I curse the blue sand that infiltrates every pore of my body, the creeping sand, which each night swallows a little more of the final camp we have erected upon the face of this pitiless azure desolation. - Idris Ida-Null,Hegemony Cartographer What Is This? This Atlas is an in-game artifact, toy, generator, and tool for the science-fantasy tabletop roleplay g… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Vaarn Atlas.

Between the Skies is a cosmic fantasy game of travel and exploration across endless worlds.  Between the Skies is also a set of modular procedures, tables and methods that can help spark your imagination in any game of weird fantasy adventure.  The procedures and advice guide you in playing a fluid, fiction first game, where rules are at the service of your world and your shared judgment.  Everyth… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Between the Skies.

Answer the call... The flagship Family Fantasy RPG (FFRPG) game is here on Itch.io! Create a young fairy champion to defend the townspeople of Redcap Village from the dangers that inhabit the enchanted forest. Our system aims to introduce tabletop role-playing games (TTRPGs) to children in an exciting and engaging way in order to promote problem solving, imagination, and creativity. Our children's… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Fairies of the Mistglade.