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Intro The Laughing Kobold is a GM-less role-playing game for one or more players where you play the owners of a struggling restaurant just trying to get by in a realm of magic and monsters.  While others may live a life of adventure diving into unexplored dungeons and slaying evil dragons you would be happy just to make rent this month on your small diner.  To get the right tone, imagine “Bob’s Bu… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Laughing Kobold.

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.

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.

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!.

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.

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.

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.

WELCOME TO THE LIMINAL SEA You don’t remember what happened. You know you had a life, but the memories are an unsolvable hazy mess. Nevertheless, you know who you are and where you are: the Liminal Sea, Ocean of Oceans, Place Below Places. The special area you are in is the Sea of Dreams. Here lies the sleeping visions and subconscious minds of all sentient beings, from the indescribable avat… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Liminal Sea: Dream.

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.

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.

This Charge Extra offers guidance for adding more structure to the group of characters in Charge RPGs. Summary This extra introduces the idea of a Party Sheet to track important details about the Party in four categories: Allies, Assets, Adversaries and Authority. These details can be positive or negative, impacting position or effect on related rolls.  A progress clock and danger clock on the par… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Charge Party Extra.

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.

This game was the Christmas gift my wife gave me to celebrate our 3 months old son's first Christmas.  She asked me if I would publish it, and of course I agreed immediately. You're a Super Parent In this game, you play a "super parent" and you got to save your kid from some terrible situation. Use your super-parent powers, consume shots of espresso to stay ahead of the game but try not to shame y… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Il Faut Sauver Laurent.

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… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hopes & Dreams SRD.

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 … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Breathless - System Reference Document.

Danger Zone is an airwar roleplaying game set in the modern day and near future. You play as a hotshot pilot, the very best of the best, fighting over the clear blue skies, infiltrating enemy airspace, and destroying military assets before the enemy knows what happened. Danger Zone is a rules-light roleplaying, and it relies on all players to craft and flesh out the setting and gaming situations… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Danger Zone.

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… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ascendant - Mercenaries and transhumanism (English edition).

(This is the text to be translated for LocJAM RPG. For more details, check the event page https://itch.io/jam/locjam-rpg and this step by step guide https://itch.io/t/1505008/joining-locjam-for-dummies )Role-playing games don't  need to be intimidating! Reading giant manuals and preparing for hours can be fun, but what if you just want a last minute game? What if you're new to the genre and just w… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Adventures from Another World • Agile RPG.

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… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to When the End Comes - Scenarios.

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

You and your friends lost a bet and were dared to spend the night in Old Hoffman’s Mansion. The sun has set beyond the horizon, the wind is howling, your lanterns flicker, the mansion begins to stir and the haunting begins. Will you stay alive long enough to see the sunrise? Or will you go mad and spend the rest of eternity here in the mansion with Old Man Hoffman? The Game Hoffman's Mansion is a … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hoffman's Mansion.

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.

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… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Father Dagon Mother Hydra.

There's something in the water! What is it? It looked like a man... Introducing, the Gill-man, a slippery fish out of water There are many strange creatures and dangers hiding in the darkest depths of the sea   a Gill-man is a little bit of both. Seldom do they emerge from the water, as the oceans  provide everything they need to survive - sustenance and obscurity. They are known  mostly as a sail… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Gill-man.

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.

Introduction You are crew on a cargo container owned by Miyazaki-Tanaka Advanced Industrial. The job is tedious, you transport cargo from one destination to another, most of the time you have no interest in what you are carrying as long as you get paid. Once your journey starts you spend the first couple of days making final checks around the ship. On longer journey you spend in hyper-sleep while… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cargo.

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).

THE WORLD CAME TO AN END... Well before you were born, the world ended. While there is no one thing that signified the end of days, archivists agree that the "Year the World Ended" was 2324. Disease, wars, and natural disasters destroyed civilization as we know it, driving people into tunnels and underground bunkers. Most of these pocket cities fell apart due to illness and infighting, leaving onl… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Substitution.

Escape from Charybdis Station, a solo sci-fi TTRPG by Kaid Brenen Sacander, Guided by Firelights, created for the Firelights Jam. You are a Myrmidon, an elite servant of the queen of the Attala Star Empire. You stole the secret weakness of the enemy’s star-eating superweapon, and must return it home for any chance to save your people. While fleeing your pursuers, you were caught in the FTL-disabl… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Escape from Charybdis Station.

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.

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… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mother Hydra Father Dagon.

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… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to After the Great Beast.

InkSea: The Abyss is set in my world of InkSea and was created for the Firelights Jam. What is InkSea: The Abyss? InkSea: The Abyss is a solo roleplaying game. You have been infected by the all-consuming, sentient bacterium by the all-knowing Spider. Find them their relics within the inky depths or succumb to spreading bacteria. You will use two six-sided dice and a deck of cards to resolve action… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to InkSea: The Abyss.

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.

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.

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 … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to When the End comes.

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.

Imagine. Create, Experiment. - J. Palmer, General Director of The Complex If you are reading this congratulations, you are one of the few we have taken into consideration for our new job positions. Take a few minutes to examine our proposal. We are working on a companion web-app!  Stay tuned for updates! It should be completed before the end of May! The Complex was created for the Firelig… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Complex.

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… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The City Ethereal.

Our Queen is dead! Such sorrow and despair! Without our Queen, our hive, our home, will slowly perish. Our only hope, our only slim hope, is to find, beg, borrow and steal enough Royal Jelly from our neighbours. If we have enough Royal Jelly, maybe, just maybe, we can raise another Queen. In Queenless you’ll explore the valley, meeting other insects along the way. Your aim is to recover six jars o… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Queenless - A solo RPG of exploration.

"Our ancestors told stories of the earth before it was like this. They roamed free like the birds who fly in the sky above our biodomes. They ran like mustangs across fields of verdant green. If we were so carefree we would likely end up dead or worse: infected. To be infected is a waking nightmare, it is to lose your humanity. The virus unleashed upon this world by those who came before us mutate… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to MONSTERS TTRPG.

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.

In all the gulfs between life and death, there was no grander stage of joviality and terror than the Kingdom of Guignol. Here the ripe red passion of the Murdered danced with the gallows-born humor of the Condemned. All the while, the Neglected watched so they might taste the glee and shock their fruitless lives lacked. Oh, what a bloody, merry nation the King of Unrule ignored, for his crooked cr… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Troupe RPG.

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.

ROJO KUMITE (english) Somewhere in the world, where the lights can’t quite fade the darkness, you sit on the bench, waiting for your turn to enter the arena. The spectators boo you, your opponent despises you. You don’t deserve their applause. You’ve done terrible things to get here, but you can’t stop now. There’s a lot at risk and today you can lose everything. Your lungs fill with air, your han… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Rojo Kumite.

It's ALIVE! It's ALIVE! Add some Mary Shelley to your crew! Introducing the Amalgam, a patchwork person. An ungodly creation made by the hands of a physicker dabbling in the occult - you walk this strange world as one of the strangest things in it. The Amalgam is introspective, testing the unfamiliar parts of themselves in a dangerous world with childlike ways.  Your appearance will draw the atten… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Amalgam.

"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.

The Chelicerate Queen Theme: Infestation At the far reaches of the forest, rumour speaks of a Queen of god-like power who reigns over a corner of the ancient wood, indifferent to the horrors of the massive insects said to live there. The rumours claim the Queen will grant a wondrous boon to any who brave the dangers of the forest to attend her court in trade for a simple favour. Will you survive t… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Chelicerate Queen: a Trophy Dark incursion.

Nαυαγόι - Mythic Heroes Forged in the Dark ENG - A handful of heroes are sailing home, returning from a war, when their ship is victim of a shipwreck. The few survivors wake up on the beach of an unknown island, among the scattered wrecks of their boat: they will have to explore the island and face its obstacles to recover a ship to take them home.  You are one of these heroes. May the favor of th… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Nαυαγόι - Mythic Heroes Forged in the Dark.

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.