Games like CRUX: The Book of Gnomes

Coils of Chaos is a weird-fantasy roleplaying game set in the distant future-world of Thaarn (thaw-arn). Sword & sorcery heroics? Yes. Post-apocalyptic survival? Totally. Ancient robots and wild extradimensional lifeforms? You got it. Thaarn covers just about every genre element you could imagine. As a CRUX Roleplaying system game, Coils of Chaos uses a full set of standard polyhedral dice (d4, …

Welcome, traveler, to the Bazaar of Tenfold Wonders! In this CRUX Roleplayingadventure, players will take the roles of starfarers marooned on a remote, desolate world. Seemingly saved from certain death by the arrival of the Iolosian Trade Guild, the adventurers will soon learn that dealing with this ancient union of intergalactic merchant-barons comes with its own dangers. This 40-page, fully ill…

CRUX is our in-house tabletop roleplaying system. Designed for modular use in any genre, every CRUX game is cross-compatible any other, so you can play in worlds you like or mix and match parts to create your own. CRUX uses a single set of common polyhedral dice (d4, d6, d8, d10, d12, and d20). Gameplay revolves around rolling a "CRUX die" (starting at a d4, but "leveling" to higher dice as the c…

A weird western TTRPG about cowboy monster hunters What is Weird Weird West? It's a Powered by the Apocalypse (PbtA) hack with bits of Forged in the Dark (FitD) thrown in for good measure. For fans of cinematic RPGs and narrative-focused story telling.Very little focus on numbers or stats going up and down.Heavy focus on characters making interesting decisions.Just about everything the characters…

CRUX is our in-house miniature wargaming system. Designed for modular use in any genre, CRUX is completely "miniatures agnostic," meaning that you can use any models you like. CRUX uses a single set of common polyhedral dice (d4, d6, d8, d10, d12, and d20). Gameplay revolves around rolling a "CRUX die" (starting at a d4, but "leveling" to higher dice as the character becomes more experienced) and…

Hello everyone, Castle Oldskull is a well-regarded RPG supplement series, designed to sync with Gygaxian, old school, and Wizardly tabletop role-playing games. If you play tabletop, you’ll sync in quickly. If you’re a retro videogamer, you might see influences from Archon, The Bard’s Tale, Dragon’s Lair, Gauntlet, Mail Order Monsters, Phantasie, Telengard, Temple of Apshai, Tunnels of Doom, Ultima…

"Serania - Path of the Scion" is a text-based RPG adventure where players uncover a mystery by making their own choices. Create a unique character and navigate through a rich, immersive world using intuitive commands and dialogues. With multiple branching storylines and various paths to take, players can enjoy hours of engaging storytelling and replayability.

Welcome! This is a two-page, printable tool for creating climactic moments of tactics and tension - without combat!  Whether an epic chase, the struggle to save a sinking ship, or a desperate search for a medicinal ingredient, this will help you create collaborative goals and a real sense of drama! As a certified teacher, I find the narrative focus in most TTRPGs to be reductive - the action and …

Hello everyone, Castle Oldskull is a well-regarded RPG supplement series, designed to sync with Gygaxian, old school, and Wizardly tabletop role-playing games. If you play tabletop, you’ll sync in quickly. If you’re a retro videogamer, you might see influences from Archon, The Bard’s Tale, Dragon’s Lair, Gauntlet, Mail Order Monsters, Phantasie, Telengard, Temple of Apshai, Tunnels of Doom, Ultima…

Intro A labor dispute at a valuable mine reveals the horrors that preceded it. The fossils of a little-understood ancient plant, glowing the color of a dragon's fruit, are crushed to a fine powder and diluted into a rare, luxurious, and intoxicating spice with unknown consequences. A monastery of a small but influential religious order harbors a dark secret. A hapless group of adventurers will fac…