Games like Hoffman's Mansion

This SRD The Breathless SRD is a creation toolkit that helps you design a game where every mechanic ever-increasingly rises the tension until the characters are forced to suffer dangerous consequences. This survival focused system is simple, condensed, and already powers more than 150 different games. Based on Breathless, you will find here everything from rules, to design guidelines, to help you …

In the desolate landscape of dreams where strange geometry and physics hold sway, you watch the change happen. Doors open to unexpected locations and paths turn back on themselves in a maddening loop. The whole city of Arkham becomes a never ending hallway that stretches so that you can never quite reach the exit door. The people cry out in panic as they are snatched into shadows, go mad with visi…

Your heart is in your throat and you try not to scream. You’re safe, for now. He cannot find you here, can he? They are dead, they are really dead. Are you next?   You see a shadow pass the door of the closet you are hiding in. A floorboard on your left creaks slightly and your heart stops when a large and bloody knife crashes through the closet door. Is this the End? When the End comes You …

Scenario bundleIn this scenario bundle, you'll find 3 scenarios that draw their inspiration from horror classics. From ghost stories to a happy summer camp, everything can change into a life and death situation when you're unlucky.This bundle includes:The Invitation (by Sandra Catharin): You receive an invitation to visit an old manor. Little do you know that you're going to take part in an o…

You're Hired! Welcome to Anomaly Hunters! I guess I should quickly explain what the concept of the show is: we find haunted locations, you go there, destroy the thing, and film the whole process! Is it legal, well... Probably not... But is it cool... Heck yes!Anomaly Hunters is a monster hunting tabletop roleplaying game, within which you play as the protagonist of an investigative reality TV sho…

Play the Villain The top comment/request when I published my Lovecraftian horror ttrpg "Father Dagon Mother Hydra" was "Can I play a cultist?" So many players wanted to bring about the age of the Elder Gods! You now can with this alternative to the original game. You are a member of the cult of Mother Hydra Father Dagon. Together you have ripped Arkham from a reality of sense, reason, and physical…

The Federation controls the galaxy. They govern with an iron grasp, leveraging the power of tyranny and propaganda to prevent anyone from overthrowing their ruthless empire. There are rumors in the mists about pockets of rebellion. Renegades who haven't lost hope in the face of impossible odds. The Federation is not invincible. They have flaws, and with a bit of luck, we might overthrow their regi…

The Hopes & Dreams SRD is a creation toolkit that helps you design a game where every mechanic serves the narrative in a quick, and efficient way. This goal focused system puts player characters against what they dread the most in every single roll. Based on Hopes & Dreams, you will find here everything from rules, to design guidelines, to help you make your own game Ignited by Hopes & Dreams.Read…

Fragments of WarAfter the war, thousands upon thousands of bipedal mechanized fighting vehicles (or “Bimechs”) were left scattered across the land. Many were brought back to the capital cities to be repaired or scrapped, but the majority of them were too damaged to be easily transported. With the war won, the victors simply left their mechanical refuse in the battlefields to rust and wither. Recla…

An important note: The game is no longer available for purchase (neither in PDF format nor in print-on-demand on Amazon). I'm working with Need Games on a new expanded edition! Once the work is completed, it will be distributed by Need Games, both in PDF and physical format. Thanks to everyone who has supported the game to date - your help has allowed the game and the community around it to grow. …