A one-page "superlite" solo microRPG that replicates the kind of horror movie where an ensemble cast of skilled but flawed people are trapped in a dark place with a terrifying threat waiting to snatch them at any moment. There’s plenty of intrigue, dark secrets, and broken relationships to keep things interesting. It’s fast, cyclic, and incredibly lethal; your pool of actors essentially serves as hit points. So don’t get too attached!
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Powered by the Apocalypse |
Yes |
No |
1 |
2 - Focus/Imagination |
A game of social viciousness and revelation for 4-8 mature players. The setting is a dinner party in November 1974 ... the players act out their characters hangups while playing spiteful conversational games and getting progressively more drunk. Can you gain enough courage to face your Issue, or will you collapse in the downstairs lavatory or get thrown out of the party? Uses six-sided dice for resolution, the rules are simple but the tactics are deep. |
Roleplaying Game |
Yes |
No |
4-8 |
1 - Super Easy |
A game of competitive boasting, based on the exploits of the titular C18th adventurer and raconteur. Players portray nobles and challenge each other to recount an extraordinary story from their past. Dice and pencils are replaced by money and fine wine, a simple bidding system allows for interruptions and rebuttals, and it all wraps up in under an hour. The rulebook was ostensibly written by the Baron himself, with his unique and charming style. |
Roleplaying Game, Collaborative Story |
No |
No |
4+ |
2 - Focus/Imagination |
A storygame in which absolutely everything is made up by the players, there is no GM, dominos are involved, there's scoring, and for some reason everyone is related to this troubled woman called Rose.
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Collaborative Story |
Yes |
No |
3-9 |
2 - Focus/Imagination |
A roleplaying game about intelligent rabbits trying to make the best of a world filled with hazards, predators and, worst of all, other rabbits.
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Roleplaying Game, Collaborative Story, Powered by the Apocalypse |
No |
Yes |
3-5 |
3 - Mildly Crunchy |
Trollbabe is a fantasy-adventure roleplaying game featuring powerful female heroes in a Nordic setting. Its blend of player freedom, intense relationships, and epic violence has influenced dozens of subsequent roleplaying games.
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Roleplaying Game |
No |
Yes |
3-5 |
3 - Mildly Crunchy |
A tale-telling game in which you and your friends sit around telling stories about your alter-egos, linking your tales to each others and engaging in good-natured boastfulness. Currently in Alpha.
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Collaborative Story |
Yes |
No |
3+ |
1 - Super Easy |
This is slightly meatier than a nano-game but you should still be able to complete it within 2-3 hours with around 5 or 6 players; it takes an amount of preparation and world-burning though, so make sure your players are up for that kind of activity.
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Collaborative Story |
Yes |
No |
3+ |
2 - Focus/Imagination |
You and your friends - playing fictional version of yourselves - find yourselves in strange, fantastic worlds, and the locals need you to be heroes.
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Roleplaying Game |
Yes |
Yes |
2-5 |
3 - Mildly Crunchy |
A community map-making game in which the group builds a community over the course of a fictional year. The game is played in turns representing one week of time, with standard playing cards triggering events, troubles, setbacks or discoveries. Players work together to build a map, gather resources, and to resolve whatever problems may arise.
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Collaborative Story |
No |
No |
2-4 |
2 - Focus/Imagination |