Games like Jinx - a Blades in the Dark playbook

premise In CBR+PNK (Cyber plus Punk) you play as a team of RUNNERS—mercs, criminals, activists living on the edge and running in the shadows of a gritty, ultraviolent world. In each game we play an entire new cast of characters making their LAST RUN. CBR+PNK runs on a super-condensed version of John Harper's Forged in the Dark system, specially tweaked for action-packed ONE-SHOT sessions. As a… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to CBR+PNK Core.

You are a Sockgoblin! One of many loyal to the Great And All Powerful And Really Important Queen, living in the secret underground goblin city. Your Queen demands all sorts of items from the surface world; coffee, really big hats, the occasional hubcap. But what she craves most are Socks. Every year, the Queen demands a sock tithe, which is where you, little sockgoblin, come in! Every other Sockgo… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sockgoblins.

CBR+PNK is a tabletop RPG for one-shot sessions of cyberpunk action. Player characters are a team of RUNNERS — mercs, criminals, activists living on the edge and running in the shadows of a gritty, ultraviolent world. In each game we play an entire new cast of characters making their LAST RUN. DUAL PAMPHLET SET The GM pamphlet features most of the rules for running the game, a Run g… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to CBR+PNK [OLD EDITION].

Synthicide: Sharpers in the Dark is a rerelease of the popular 2017 Synthicide RPG using the Forged in the Dark engine.  In Synthicide, the Galaxy has entered a dark age where human life has no value. Sharpers have to fight for their lives, while trying to earn enough money for food and spaceship fuel. Create characters who are a mix of lethal skills, high tech cyberware, and unique mutations If … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Synthicide: Sharpers in the Dark.

Arkadia is a Forged in the Dark game about faith, magic, gods, and demigod scoundrels in a city of art and crime. Featuring: Brand new actions, attributes and special abilitiesDetailed character creationThematic mechanic reskinBlessings and Faith mechanics This first version of the PDF was mostly made for my players, and I recommend using it in conjunction with the original Blades in the Dark bo… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Arkadia.

Nasty, Brutish, & Long is a tabletop role-playing game about class war and revolution in your own fantastical setting. Based on the Forged in the Dark system, this rules-light game puts characters divided by class and resources front and center in a world on the brink of permanent change. Will your bastard noble defend their small town from the Church's magic-hunting inquisition? Will your charact… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Nasty, Brutish, and Long.

The city of Heliwyr is damned. Decades ago, a mad priest officiated an ancient ritual, awakening a wicked force that branded every inhabitant, corrupting their blood. On nights with a blood moon, the curse awakens, depriving the inhabitants of their minds. Those who decide to follow the path of the priest, voluntarily feeding on the corrupt blood of people, become Apostles: almost immortal creatur… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Bloodstone.

The Spiral is at War. Stars keep disappearing in the night sky. The earth is soaked with blood. No more room for graves. No more tears for the fallen. We will fight until they surrender. Because we will not.  Saints of War is a futuristic, sci-fi role-playing game about never-ending wars and the individuals that fight them. In a mix of sci-fi, alchemy, trans-humanistic philosophy and sacral m… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Saints Of War - Alpha version.

Abenteuerspiel! is a freeform adventure game that can be played solitaire, cooperatively, or guided by a referee. The game is rooted in Messerspiel and Trophy Gold and inspired by my love for the free kriegsspiel mantra of "play worlds, not rules." Abenteuerspiel! is designed to give you just enough mechanics to make things interesting... and then get out of the way so you can focus on playing the… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Abenteuerspiel!.

A young thief and newcomer You’re new here. New to the crew, new to Doskvol, or just new to being a scoundrel. You might be the youngest in the crew, but you know a trick or two. You know how to lift some coin, how to slip out of the local Bluecoat precinct, and how to annoy someone with endless questions. You’ve made friends with ghosts and pulled off a few small-time cons, and now you think you’… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Pledge.

Follow the Path The Path Of The Wolves is a simple hack of Charge to play within the Witcher universe. I made this game to show how easy it could be to make a Powered by Charge game, and also because I love the Witcher novels,  games and series so much. Silver for Monsters... In this game, you play as Wolves. Humans who went through intense mutations as kids to adapt their body in becoming dangero… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Path Of The Wolves.

MONOLITHIC The MONOLITH EDITION is here.  The Monolith Edition features an entirely new layout, revised and edited text, and mechanical tweaks to the classic Extracausal experience.  The Monolith Edition adds new layers to the game and new tools to help spark more stories.  Aspects give depth and narrative impact to NPCs.Cores provide extra moods and aesthetics for locations, as well as prompting… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to EXTRACAUSAL.

This poem? Heed it no mind, captain.  There is no poetry for you this morning. It is the thirteenth day of the revolt.  The capital is in lock-down; we have put insurgents to death and martial law is in place.  All fires have been put out, all but St.Fyonne’s Street.  That’s up to you, captain. Let me introduce you to other loyal Trophy-hunters.  "St. Fyonne's Insurrection"  is a playset for Troph… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to St. Fyonne's Insurrection.

Voidfarers is a Forged in the Dark game about the crew of a spaceship, a group of vagrants, and their struggle to survive, focusing on the choices and relationships they make while doing so. There are moments high octane drama with criminal operations, revolutions squabbles, hegemonic oppression, violent skirmishes, and high-G maneuvers. There are also moments of calm, the quiet intimacy… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Voidfarers.

Welcome to an almost-eternal nightmare trek through a post-post-apocalyptic wasteland, pushed onwards in the face of near-certain death. It is a fantasy Western nightmare after the second end of the world, where your Revolver binds you to vile existence no matter how many times you fall, until you earn your Doom.It is loaded with one bullet and one ending. --- DREAD REVOLVER is a tabletop roleplay… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to DREAD REVOLVER.

GOBLINS IN SHADOW is a roleplaying game about goblin resistance and revolution in an age of elven oppression. It’s a world of clockwork and magic, of smoke and shadow. Players will take on the roles of a cell of goblin revolutionaries, working to undermine the elves and humans who have conquered their homeland and built an empire on its corpse. They’ll advance their goals by taking on scores, miss… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Goblins in Shadow (EARLY ACCESS).

ChargeQuest is a work-in-progress series of rules, ideas, concepts, and methods for converting Powered by Charge TTRPGs into customizable adventure games in which you'll create or recruit a party, discover Quests to complete, encounter Complications, and gain Assets and Experience. It is a sandbox for you to play around in, a guideline for telling new stories and exploring new narratives in the wo… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ChargeQuest!.

Charge SRD features all the rules of Charge RPG  alongside full of insightful designer notes for you to make your own Powered by Charge (PbC) game!Read online on fari.community. Also available in FrenchSpanish Features With Charge, you can Easily create characters for any setting. Embrace the style of play you are the most interested in. Use built-in dials to decide if you want a grimmer or bigge… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Charge SRD.

Charge RPG is a free, open and generic role-playing game. It uses a quick dice resolution mechanics inspired by Forged in the Dark games, but with an entirely new spin, using clever ways to make the players want to engage with the game as much as possible.Read online on fari.community. Charge comes in three flavors: Features With Charge, you can Easily create characters for any setting. Embrace t… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Charge RPG.

The dragon is dead.  The adventurers are gone.  Time to organize. Dungeon Local 001 is a reverse-dungeon crawling game for 1-6 players. Unlike other fantasy games where someone outside the dungeon comes in to kill monsters and get treasure, in Dungeon Local 001 you play those monsters exploring the dungeon and making it a safe and beautiful place to live. You play as dungeon denizens like ogres wh… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dungeon Local 001.

Heart & Glory is a tabletop roleplaying game about adventures in a fantasy world. Through play, you will experience encounters with fantastic creatures, powerful sorcery and heroic battles. You will explore strange and magical lands, gloomy dungeons and underground caves, as well as magnificent cities. You’ll be facing powerful foes and dangerous monsters while searching for gold and glory. The he… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Heart & Glory.

Life isn't kind to anyone in Doskvol, where lives are crushed under the gears of capital and corruption. But some people are decidedly more vulnerable and less able to fight back than others. Children are often not present in any given game of Blades in the Dark. We know they exist, as the setting wouldn’t be able to work without the pool of labor to be exploited by the capitalists replacing itsel… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to URCHINS - A Blades in the Dark Crew.

HUMAN… ALMOST: A Post-Cyberpunk Police Procedural Roleplaying Pamphlet – PLAYTEST VERSION PREMISE: Unregulated technocrime endangers The City; state-of-the-art criminals overwhelm the police. To improve their odds, human officers are assigned synthetic partners. Together, humans and machines protect and maintain this promising metropolis from technological chaos. Human… Almost is a post-cyberpunk … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to HUMAN… ALMOST – PLAYTEST VERSION.

There are a lot of amateur and independent game designers right now making their own tabletop role-playing games based on Blades in the Dark. It is one of my favourite RPG systems, both to play and to hack. I’ve seen lots of people curious about how they can start hacking Blades in the Dark to make their own games. They almost always have the same questions and concerns:  Where do I start? What s… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to An Amateur's Guide to Hacking Blades in the Dark.

Overview A fan-made document for using Marvel Comics G.I. Joe Special Missions Comics as Adventure Seeds for G.I. Joe Roleplaying Game by Renegade Studios. What this document is This document is a collection of information about the twenty-eight-issue comic run of G.I. Joe Special Missions by the Marvel Comics Group that is meant as a starting point for Game Masters of the G.I. Joe Roleplaying Gam… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to G.I. Joe RPG Adventure Seeds Volume 01 Marvel Special Missions.

The Hour of Silk is upon you and a Scoundrel's work is never done. The Dusk's full of opportunities if you know what you're looking for. This collection of one-page scores for Blades in the Dark offers ten more ready-to-run scenarios with patrons, paydays, and problems aplenty. Suggested clocks are included, so all you need to run an explosive heist, a thrilling chase, or a tense exploration of th… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Unofficial Blades in the Dark Score Collection #2: The Hour of Silk.

Inspired by the game Sable by Shedworks and running on the Charge RPG system, Feels Like Flying is a TTRPG in which you play as a teenager on your Gliding - a rite of passage in which you explore the world, assist others, traverse the land, and discover who you really are. The character sheet is complete as of now and the game can be played with just the basic rules on the document, or you can che… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Feels Like Flying - A fangame based on Sable.

THE DEAD LORDS HAVE ARISEN A socialist revolution has overthrown the nobles of the Imperial capital of Kyneburgh. The Emperor Titan Kyne died cursing the land and all who deposed him. Now the only coin that is left lies buried with the undead Lords who forged the Empire. Cultists, demons, and undead nobles threaten the city! Delve into the dungeons and crypts beneath Kyneburgh, twice-kill the dead… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A Torch in the Dark.

Hissing Darkness won Runner-Up in the 2020 Trophy Gold Incursion Contest hosted by The Gauntlet. Listen to this episode of the Trophy Podcast to hear about the winners! The Ship was launched at near light speed into the cold darkness of space in the hopes of finding a new home. But now, you are beyond the light of even the furthest stars.The Ship is a near-light speed, super-craft, ark-ship p… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hissing Darkness: A Trophy Gold Incursion.

There's a problem at Santa's workshop. You need to find a solution, or children might not receive their gift in time for Christmas! Feature as one of the 10 Best Tabletop Games To Play During The Holidays And To Introduce TTRPG To Kids on CBR  Trouble at Santa's Workshop is a kid friendly mini tabletop role-playing game where you play as Santa's helpers to help prevent some trouble from h… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Trouble at Santa's Workshop.

Three Desperate Nights is three potential scores or interesting events happening in and around Doskvol designed for the Blades in the Dark role-playing game. Use these to supplement the story of your game as it’s happening, or kick start a new story when things are getting complacent or dull, or if you’re just starting a new campaign. Treat them as individual events, or strong them together has re… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Three Desperate Nights.

"Aye, Darque runs the Libertine theatre, home to all manner of grotesques and absurdities... but that's far from all he does. He's been in the business of scandal for a long, long time, and he knows a little something about everyone of note in the Imperium. Anyone who got ahold of that man's books would see Doskvol open up to him like a pretty mark. Or like a rib cage with a spreader, if ye prefer… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Darque's Ledger: Five Unofficial Blades in the Dark Scores.

A scenario for Blades in the Dark Your crew has been recruited by the Dockers Union to “procure” an obscure researcher. As you work with the faction, you will discover that unworldly, ancient forces are at work. Will you go along with their plans, or will you make a new enemy?  This document contains all you need to run a few scores with a new faction who are secretly controlled by an ancient fung… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Spores on the Docks.

A Festive Starting Score for Blades in the Dark “As I watched your ashes drifting,
 I learned life’s pleasures die away.
I will be grateful for this day.
I will be grateful for each day to come.”
—Traditional Hymn
 Brightstone’s citizens wait all year for Gratitude Day. Doskvol treats the holiday as a riotous celebration of life, far from its dreary Imperial roots. Thronged masses gather in Unity … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Score: Gratitude Day.

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… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mectors.

MERGER is a single player role-playing game about trying to survive in a world of living predatory corporations. While the game is certainly a metaphor for living in late-stage capitalism, it is also quite literal. Corporations in MERGER are large, faceless, monstrous entities that span time-zones and continents, gestalt organisms built of millions of individuals. We made them but they answer to n… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to MERGER.

As the great Lovecraft himself said, “The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.” But this natural survival instinct is lost on you, isn’t it? There is a great and unknowable mystery, lingering just below the surface of this fragile world. A treasure greater than any gold, and more delicious than any fleshy indulgence.  An… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mythos-Forged.

The galaxy is vast, bright, and beautiful. The reach of the Dominion spans the galactic arms. But now, the Emprex-Demiurge is dead. Murdered on their throne-world. The Dominion Throne-System swallowed up by the black hole left in the wake of their death throes. With the screaming event horizon gleaming off the bow of your starship, you bore witness to this destruction.  Perhaps you were close enou… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to With Teeth Like Stars.

Free an AI from their corporate prison. Hack a CEO's credit account. Rescue your friend's digital consciousness from a vending machine. Neon Black is a role-playing game about a community of poor people fighting back against tyrannical corporations and the indifference of the rich, as well as surviving in a dystopian city state. It’s like real life, but in this world you can kill the CEO’s, rob ba… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Neon Black.

The Hour of Chains is upon you and it's time to go to work, Scoundrel. The Dusk's full of opportunities if you know what you're looking for. This collection of one-page scores for Blades in the Dark offers ten ready-to-run scenarios with patrons, paydays, and problems aplenty. Suggested clocks are included, so all you need to run an explosive heist, a thrilling chase, or a tense exploration of the… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Unofficial Blades in the Dark Score Collection #1: The Hour of Chains.

Your team is an underpaid corporate interests upkeep operations group (a fancy name for the faceless corp hit squad that you are) in a dark, ultra-market-driven cyberpunk world. You play as one of these privatized military operatives. Explore the highs and lows of what it means to be one of those goons that are on the receiving end of bullets and katanas in most of the cyberpunk stories out there… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cyberpunk is Dead [Forged in the Dark].

BAD BETS, BAD DEBTS AND BAD DEATHS You wake in a shallow grave in the desert. It’s night. You have no memory of how you got here, or who you are, or the location of your clothes. A scar of neon in the shape of a city squats on the horizon. There are answers there. And trouble. ALAS VEGAS is a dark journey through a bizarre and terrifying casino city where sinister forces war for control and lives… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Alas Vegas.

Blades in the Dark is a terrific and collaborative role-playing game. It features a haunted industrialized city, dozens of factions, hundreds of NPCs, and a unique  system of rules that puts the fiction first. It can be very difficult for a game master to run Blades in the Dark, especially with the baggage of playing so many other systems that make very different assumptions about RPGs and storyte… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Fine Blueprints.

WELCOME TO LIFE ON THE RIM In the Blind is a sci-fi horror roleplaying game for 3-5 players inspired by Trophy Gold, Mothership & Heart: The City Beneath. It's about a group of gig economy workers living contract to contract on the roiling, wild edge of space. It's about CRT screens, mechanical keyboards, junction boxes, pipes and wires. It's about the unknown, the stresses of capital, and horror … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to In the Blind - Partial Transmission.

DETHRONE SKELETON GOD. THAT IS ALL YOU HAVE TO DO. In this gmless role playing game you will set out on a journey to find and dethrone the aforementioned god. You will need some d6s, a d12, and some writing materials. You will find 16 pages with art and a rules light system for creating location elements and exploring them as a group. Exploration and scene structure is inspired by No Stone Unturne… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dethrone Skeleton God.

CARE-uh-lawn (US) kuh-RILL-yun (UK) An instrument consisting of at least twenty-three bells connected to ropes and pulleys which are is connected to a keyboard made of wooden pegs. You first heard it in your dreams, played on the Black Stone Cathedral’s Carillon, the largest know instrument, consisting of  seventy-two bells made from a precious, lost metal-recipe. The Song was ethereal, beguilin… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Carillon - A Trophy Dark Incursion.

We call them Haxen, those who make incursions into the Requiem, the world of the past. A place and time murdered by the sorcerous rich, those capricious and omnipotent divines who were so desperate to live they killed everything around them. Haxen leave the safety of the communes to hunt the wastelands for salvage, and clues about what killed the world. Will you find answers? Will you defy your fa… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Haxen.

Bargains! Complications! Consequences! The Devil's Almanac is a collection of Devil’s Bargains to be used in the Blades in the Dark role-playing game. It provides multiple suggestions to fuel the imagination of game masters and players alike. You’ll find Devil’s Bargains for different crews, characters, districts in Doskvol, and more. Each of these are organized into tables that can be rolled rand… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Devil's Almanac.

World of Blades A simplified version of Blades in the Dark via World of Dungeons.  In World of Blades you play the lowest of the low: cutpurses, thugs, dregs and initiates, quickly learning the hard lessons of the streets and grasping for a holding into the criminal underworld of Doskvol.  This game works as an introduction to Blades in the Dark, playing out the origin stories of the scoundrels th… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to World of Blades.

A Modern Incursion for the Trophy Gold system. STRANGE PHENOMENON REPORTED At approximately 08:00 hours local time (PST) on October 7th 2025 an unidentified phenomenon occurred just outside the town of Hope, British Columbia, Canada. Soon afterword all contact was lost with everyone in and around Hope and all 6,000 residents are presumed missing. A 40' concrete barrier was constructed around the t… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Area Zero One.