Games like Substitution

What is The City Ethereal? The City Ethereal is a fantasy game that takes place in a modern world, though not our world. Players are Weavers that track down and deal with wayward spirits in a hidden world of spirits and magic. A Hidden Worldof Spirits and Magic A few hundred years ago, spiritualists and magiturges worked openly. The War of the Crows changed that, and the magic users of the world f…

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…

Get Ready for the Hunt You are a Hunter, and great beasts are threatening your village. Gather your weapon and your friends, and defend your home. Along the way, you will gather materials, craft traps and potions, and maintain your weapon, all while following the great beast's tracks. After the Great Beast is a Breathless game inspired by the Monster Hunter franchise.  What's New in Version 2.0? S…

This game was created for the first ever July Sixth Park Dinojam! Dino-pocalypse! The portals opened a few months ago. Nobody knows who to blame - scientists? The military? Dark wizards? But it doesn't matter now. What matters is the dinosaurs came through and destroyed life as you knew it. This city, built by a massive life-giving lake, was like a beacon for the prehistoric predators. Only the st…

Welcome to Space Hundreds of years ago, humanity left the Old World behind in massive generation ships. Dozens of these ships set off into space, seeking new homes. Much of the interior of these ships was set up for farming, and humans took many plants and animals into the stars with them. Lo-Fi Sci-Fantasy? The Old World was full of magic, and humans brought that magic with them aboard their ship…

We are in 1993, and it is the hour of the ascendancy. Ascendant is a minimalist role playing game based on the Breathless system. In it, one player plays the master of the game while the other participants take the role of agents who work on behalf of the Ascendant group.  Using the technology of the same name, Ascendant agents transport their consciousness into the bodies of different individua…

"Breathless - System Reference Document" is a game creation toolkit focused on survival and tension, with simple and condensed rules designed to fit on a half-fold brochure. Characters are talented and proactive, facing difficult tasks and perilous paths, with a core mechanic based on skill checks using polyhedral dice. This SRD provides rules, design guidelines, and everything needed to create your own Breathless game.

The End is Near Rise of the End is an apocalyptic horror tragedy; your characters will not survive. They are doomed from the start. But they don't know that, and this game about trying to do more than survive; this game is about living while you're alive. Security Tracker Rise of the End features the Security Tracker, inspired by Rise of the Apes' "STRENGTH Tracker". It tracks the survivors' growi…

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…

What is this? Therefore iAm is a roleplaying game set in the nearish future about artificially intelligent robots, or “automatons”, gaining sentience and seeking freedom. The story takes place over three acts, with each act encompassing not only its own tone, but also its own mechanics.  Character creation is worked directly into the story, meaning your character is always evolving through the act…