rules-light games
Systems with streamlined mechanics and minimal complexity, ideal for quick learning and narrative-focused play.
Yl'fe
Yl'fe, an adventure horror escapade into the weird and intriguing. An oddity of faerie-like wonder and dread of the unexplainable wrapped into one! Yo...
The Mystery Business
Something strange is going on in this old mansion and you’re going to get to the bottom of it. You’re in the Mystery Business and no spooky ghost is g...
Publisher: Leatherman Games
Glitter Hearts
Glitter Hearts is an action-packed RPG in a fun filled world of everyday people who transform into powerful super heroes that fight off the forces of ...
Publisher: Leatherman Games
Minimal Impact
The party is on their way, and the dungeon isn’t ready! Whatever will they think if they find our lair in this state? Traps already sprung, minions in...
Publisher: Zachary Elliott-Hatton
Agêratos
Craft stories limited only by your imagination with a literary-inspired system of collective, emergent storytelling—any setting, any genre, any theme....
Publisher: Oneirostoria
Block, Dodge, Parry
Block, Dodge, Parry is an 'Advanced Edition' to Yochai Gal's Cairn. It is playable as an entirely standalone game, or as an 'expansion pack' to C...
Publisher: Dice Goblin Games
Selfantasy
Selfantasy is a solo roleplaying game. The game unfolds in adventure booklets, where you roll a six-sided die to advance in the adventure, evolving yo...
Publisher: Reaver Workshop
BoNE
Welcome to the Skeleton War!Take the role of a skeleton exorcist recruited into a mysterious organization. In a world where supernatural creatures coe...
Publisher: Table of Nonsense Publishing
LIFTS: Ultimate Pump Edition
LIFTS: Ultimate Pump Edition is a 6-pack of roleplaying games to help you become a better, healthier you. Replacing your dice with exercises, these ga...
Publisher: Korvidae Games
LIFTS: Powered by Your ABpocalypse
LIFTS: Powered by Your ABpocalypse is a 7-pack of roleplaying games that help you become a better, healthier you. Replacing your dice with bodyweight ...
Publisher: Korvidae Games
Daggerheart
Daggerheart is a narrative focused evolution of D&D that uses a "duality dice" mechanic to introduce narrative tension even when the players succeed t...
Publisher: Darrington Press
CAIN
Until the stain is wiped away. CAIN is a supernatural psychological horror game where the players are psychic exorcists working for a clandestine orga...
Publisher: Chasm
Reanimated
Reanimated is a rules light TTRPG based on the Key Powered System, using the setting of a zombie apocalypse, inspired by low budget movies and featuri...
Publisher: Trapped Chest
The Nullam Project
Journey to Arcadia. A distant world, home to strange and dangerous creatures, beautiful vistas and two warring species.The Nullam Project is the debut...
Publisher: Trapped Chest
A Community of Titans
This is a one-page TTRPG based on dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures working together to make a community, each donning different jobs and so...
Publisher: Twisted Crystal Games
Bitty Folk Adventures
The Big Folk call you fairies, elves, brownies, goblins, homunculi, and plenty of other stuff, but to you, you’re just Bitty Folk, a.k.a. “Bitties.” T...
Publisher: Kodi Gonzaga
Mystic Lilies
♣ OverviewMystic Lilies is a roleplaying game about vengeful witches and dark manipulation. It's inspired in part by Monsterhearts, Touhou Project, Ba...
Publisher: Merry Mancer Games
Mausritter
Take up the sword and don the whiskers of a brave mouse adventurer in Mausritter, the rules-light fantasy adventure role-playing game.It's a huge and ...
Publisher: Losing Games
Hard Wired Island
The Year is 2020Humanity has spread to space. GRAND CROSS is a space station orbiting Earth, a high-tech city, and a gateway to the stars. But in...
Publisher: Weird Age Games
MÖRK BORG
A doom metal album of a game. A spiked flail to the face. Light on rules, heavy everything else. MÖRK BORG is a pitch-black apocalyptic fantasy RPG...
Publisher: Free League Publishing
Cairn
Cairn is an adventure game for one facilitator (the Warden) and at least one other player. Players act as hardened adventurers exploring a dark & m...
Publisher: Yochai Gal
Kids on Bikes
Kids on Bikes is a tabletop role-playing game that transports players to small towns filled with big mysteries. Set in a nostalgic era reminiscent of ...
Publisher: Renegade Game Studios
Monster of the Week
Monster of the Week is a tabletop role-playing game powered by the Apocalypse engine, where players take on the roles of monster hunters in a world fi...
Publisher: Evil Hat Productions
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