Games like The Stringer - A Blades in the Dark Playbook

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

Deep in the foothills of Mount Sozrin there exists an outpost of reclusive monks committed to contemplation of The Sisters. The Halls of Valencia is its name, for Valencia the Lady of Repose, patron saint of philosophy, scholars, and thoughtful contemplation, is their patron and the particular object of their devotion. THE HISTORY THEY KNOW: The Halls have a long history, with origins lost in the … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Halls of Valencia: A Trophy Gold Incursion.

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.

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.

Turn your next Blades in the Dark session into a Michael Bay movie! Introducing the Boom, a loud and devastating expert. It never hurts to have a demolitions expert - ghosts don’t mention the pain they experienced when their living bodies disintegrated. Most Booms struggle to maintain a low profile, as it is widely regarded as a cowardly profession in Duskwall. Crews seldom desire to be accompanie… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Boom.

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.

Need an infiltrator as member of your crew? The more the scarier! Introducing the Swarm, An arcane critter specialist What’s in the box? Some things go bump in the night, others crawl along the cobblestones and creep between woodwork with only the faintest noise. One may have glided in unnoticed and be currently clinging to the wall of this very room. Doskvol pests can be frightening, but these ar… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Swarm.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Of Mirrors and Reflections is an Incursion for the Trophy Gold ttrpg. Theme: Reflection “Have I ever told you about the once free city of Gilead? Legend has it the city is found at the centre of a lake in the deepest, most dense, part of the Thicket. Tall spires, mirrored surfaces, silk and gold covering the citizens, it was supposed to be a sight to behold. The lake around it is said to be so sti… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Of Mirrors and Reflections.

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.

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.

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.

"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.

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.

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.

Intro Suits and Strangers is a GM-less role-playing game for one or more players where you play a set of agents that works for The Division - a secret government agency tasked with keeping aliens and their visits secret.  To get the right tone, imagine “Men in Black”, "Ugly Americans" and "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy".  Suits and Strangers is based on Charge rules and the GM-less episodes are… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Suits and Strangers.

Au creux de la vallée, sous l’ombre des montagnes ténébreuses, on dit qu’il existe un temple ancien qui honore des entités antédiluviennes et qui offre à ceux qui l’atteignent des bénédictions hors de l’entendement qu’aucune autre déité puisse offrir. Les gens qui proclame cette rude région     comme  leur logis  savent  bien que la vallée n’offre rien qu’elle ne fait que prendre et prendre, encor… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Algor mortis.

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.

Cultists sever the chains to causality and prepare to ascend. Only then they realize that only one can ascend at a given time. The rest are doomed to become manifestations of the ascended one, monstrous disciples of the new apotheon.  And this was not their first attempt. They are part of a grim engine, repeating unending cycles of suffering and cruelty.   This is an incursion for Trophy Dark.   T… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ascension Rebound.

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 game is about War, Pain, and Hate.  You warred with the Colonists. You warred with yourselves. Then the Imperials came to your “aid”. Your cousins to the North fight under the banners of the North Valley Army and with the (allegedly) radical Valley Commandos. You and your family are residents of the Southern Capital, occupied by a coalition of the Army of the Republic of the Valley, the South… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to They Took Our War.

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.

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.

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.

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.

MAYWEATHER is a “Descended from the Queen” game inspired by the music of Janelle Monáe and their alter-ego Cindi Mayweather. It takes thematic inspiration and borrows from album and song titles as well as lyrics as a base for card prompts. It does not aim to delve as deeply into the same topics as the music does, but takes inspiration where it is fitting and appropriate. 2719. Mayweather is an and… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to MAYWEATHER.

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.

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.

From cyberpunk dystopia to farming sims, from space exploration, to coffee shop socials, the Grove System is robust enough to handle your game idea! What is this? This system reference document is for creating your own games using the rules and mechanics that power Banda’s Grove: The Quantum Convergence of Campgrounds. A system designed for discovering and exploring communities collaboratively. I… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Grove System SRD.

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.

The leyend begins  The tyrannical Kingdom of Solheim haunts your home. Obtain the symbol of power, the demon sword of Kalik, reputation and above all the ultimatum of the legacies awaits you. Controls WASDE,RMouse Specs  Unity game for Windows Credits  1.     Tipografía. Cool Text. Fuente : https://es.cooltext.com/ Licencia: Cool Text es un generador de gráficos GRATUITO para páginas web y en cual… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Last Legacy.

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.

You have arrived at the home of the digital in-development version, a working edition of the manuscript without any art or heavy layout. This edition can be purchased here, but pre-ordering using BackerKit helps us quite a bit more. --- Balsamic Moon Games Collective is actively working on the complete digital release of Witches of Midnight. This Digital Development Bundle grants you lifetime acce… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Witches of Midnight Manuscript.

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.

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.