Indie RPGs
Bluebeard's Bride Rpg
-
Hardcover
$64.00
Reader Reward Price: $57.60
A young bride is wed to an ugly, but powerful man with a blue beard. He invites her to explore the house,...but one room is forbidden. In Bluerbeard's Bride, you explore the mansion and create your own beautifully tragic version of the dark fairy tale. Experience the nightmarish memories that haunt the rooms of this broken place and discover the truth of what happened here. But it is up to you and your friends to decide whether you are a faithful or disloyal bride.
Candlelight Rpg
-
Trade paperback
$26.00
Reader Reward Price: $23.40
Candlelight is a role playing game about the restless spirits of treasure hunters reckoning with their dark past and seeking hope in a haunted forest that wants to trap them there. It is a one-shot, rules-light game, focusing on collaborative and thematic storytelling and is designed to be flexible in how you bring it to the table:
An epilogue for any fantasy game following character death - especially a TPK!
A world-building prologue for any game needing a haunted forest or other cursed place.
A stand-alone game exploring themes of dark fantasy and supernatural horror - with a glimmering of hope and redemption.
Candlelight is a game for 1 or more players and a GM. Character creation is simple, taking place as part of the game introduction. The game uses six-sided dice of 2 colors (light and dark) and each session runs approximately 3-4 hours. While the game is based on dark fantasy and horror themes, conversations about player expectations and the use of safety tools are encouraged to best fit the tone of game you want at the table. Ghost stories can be bleak, dreadful, terrifying - but also reflective, inspiring and even hopeful. The paths you choose through the forest are up to you and your group.
Candlelight is Rooted in Trophy, using the core system of Trophy Dark to tell as story of desperate characters pushing their luck in a place that constantly threatens to overwhelm them. The key difference here is that the characters have already met their doom - while Trophy Dark progresses through a series of Rings and escalating horror, Candlelight starts at that final Ring where the characters have just died. It is at the dark heart of the forest that they will begin their journey, retracing the steps they took while living, seeking hope and an escape from the forest before they become a monstrosity that haunts it forever.
Candlelight is a complete, stand alone game which includes rules for play, tips for running the game and a series of tables to quickly add character creation and story options to your game with little preparation.
Damn the Man Save the Music Rp
-
Trade paperback
$33.00
Reader Reward Price: $29.70
Welcome to Revolution Records. The kind of place that's been on the verge of closing since opening day. Damn the Man, Save the Music is a a roleplaying game for 3-4 players and a facilitator about making a last-ditch effort to save something you love. Play a ragtag group of underachievers, overachievers, street philosophers, and lovestruck artists united by one cause: to rescue your local record store from the oppressive hand of The Man&ellip; and to keep the music playing. You'll have to juggle the responsibilities of a day that will determine the future of your store, all while trying to accomplish a big personal goal. Can you confess your love to your crush and find the money that went missing from the cash box this morning? Can you pay off your debt to your parents while postering for tonight's big show? The clock is ticking and you've got until midnight to try. Damn the Man is inspired by movies like Empire Records, Dazed and Confused, and a love for the '90s. It's silly and tender and no familiarity with the source material is necessary. The 103 page, full-color book features illustrations by Evan Rowland and all the step-by-step guidance you need to play the game. For 3-4 players, 1 facilitator, about 3 hours
Dead Friend Rpg
-
Trade paperback
$19.00
Reader Reward Price: $17.10
"Most Innovative" nominee for the 2019 IGDN Indie Groundbreaker Awards! This is the 2023 edition from Hit Point Press Dead Friend is a roleplaying game for two players, who play a necromancer and a ghost. You will each play the role of a friend, one living and one dead. You will ask and answer questions to develop the characters, their community, their history together, and the motivations leading up to their final conflict. The script follows the dramatic structure of a necromancy ritual, and you will use the spellbook of instructions throughout the entire game like a witch reading spells from an ancient grimoire. The mood may be spooky or intimate, heartwrenching or hilarious — it is up to you as storytellers. Dead Friend requires 1 Tarot deck or 1 deck of mundane playing cards.
Deck Of Many Quests
-
Games & Puzzles
$31.00
Reader Reward Price: $27.90
Battle fearsome beasts. Parlay with pirates. Solve mysteries. Push back the apocalypse. The Deck of Many Quests is a tool for Game Masters and Adventurers alike. Think Cards Against Humanity meets Dungeons & Dragons! The deck provides you nearly limitless inspiration for quickly and easily building your own adventures. Inside this box are over 200,000 unique quests. The Deck of Many Quests is designed to be system-agnostic. It doesn’t matter what fantasy tabletop roleplaying game you’re into—we’re here to inspire you! There are no additional systems or rules to learn, so you can start creating your own adventures in no time. It's as easy as 1-2-3! Draw a Quest card and read its prompt Draw corresponding Item and/or Creature cards Use your imagination to tie the details of all cards together to create a unique quest for your game Your Adventure, Your Way Every card in The Deck of Many Quests has a star-rating. These ratings indicate how difficult a quest is, how much threat a creature can pose, and how rare or game-affecting an item can be. Feel free to separate your cards by star-rating to provide a leveled experience, or mix-and-match for interesting and unpredictable results! No matter what fantasy tabletop roleplaying game you run, The Deck of Many Quests will be a valuable tool in your storytelling arsenal. Create unique quests and adventures on the fly, and delight your players to no end.
Downfall Rpg
-
Trade paperback
$26.00
Reader Reward Price: $23.40
2016 Best Setting Indie Groundbreaker Award
2016 Game of the Year Indie Groundbreaker nominee
BUILD THE WORLD... AND THEN DESTROY IT
What Flaw will be the root of your society's downfall?
In Downfall, you choose a Flaw you want to explore and build a unique and irredeemably broken world around it. See how Greed destroys a city, how Loyalty corrupts a kingdom, or how Curiosity betrays a galactic empire. You’ll craft traditions that bring your society to life, then see how it all comes tumbling down.
3 players. 2-4 hours. No prep, no GM.
Dread Rpg
-
Trade paperback
$39.00
Reader Reward Price: $35.10
WINNER OF THE 2006 GOLD ENNIE FOR INNOVATION Beyond the door we could hear the highway, the cars, the trucks, the roar of freedom. Beyond the door. But the twenty feet between us and the door, between us and the highway... Only the lighter's dying blue flame interrupted that ocean of darkness... where It waited, just where we left It. Explore hostile worlds of your own creation with Dread, a game carved from the intense emotions buried in your favorite horror stories. Through individually crafted questionnaires, players are coaxed into revealing their characters' abilities, shortcomings, personalities, and fears. These characters are plunged into macabre tales devised by the host. When moments of conflict and peril arise in the story, it is the players' nerves, rather than the whims of dice, that determine the fates of their characters. This book, a few friends, your own sick imagination, and one set of Jenga® blocks is all you need. "Dread is... a look at what roleplaying can be, not a look at what it already is." - James D. Hargrove, RPG.net reviewer. "Dude, seriously, Dread. Unease and nerves are physically built into the resolution mechanics of the game!" - Luke Crane, author of the Burning Wheel and Burning Empires.
Eden Rpg
-
Trade paperback
$26.00
Reader Reward Price: $23.40
What kind of human will you be? Timid like a rabbit? Loyal like a wolf? Or maybe deadly like a serpent? Our favorite animals taught us everything we know. The nature of their lessons varies: the advice of the cooperative ants is very different from that of the thieving raccoons. Can we get along with our fellow humans with only the animals to guide us? The time has come to find out. In Eden you'll collaborate to create a unique map of the Garden, then role-play as the first generation of humans living among its creatures. How will their lessons shape your future? Will you live together in peace and friendship as one human family? Or will you shun your humanity and become more and more like the beasts that surround you?
Epitaph Rpg
-
Trade paperback
$31.00
Reader Reward Price: $27.90
Epitaph is a biographical role-playing game about life and the events that make us who we are. Epitaph is an intimate look at the events that shape a person’s life. During play, you’ll explore the timeline of someone who has died (called the Departed) in order to gain gradual insight into their world, their identity, and their history. Ultimately you’ll come to know, understand, and empathize with them in a deep, complex way. Epitaph is GMless and requires no prep before play—just grab your friends around a table or via video chat, open the book, and start creating. The game features a variable level of role-playing commitment: on your turn you can describe a moment in time, create and play a scene with others, or give an interactive monologue as one of the characters from the story. The tone of the game is up to the players—it can be anything from lighthearted and goofy to bittersweet and tragic. Epitaph puts you inside the mind of a very ordinary person and leaves you feeling like you knew them. A tabletop roleplaying game for 3-5 players. 2-3 hours. No prep, no dice, no GM.
Epyllion a Dragon Epic Softcov
-
Trade paperback
$26.00
Reader Reward Price: $23.40
EPYLLION: A DRAGON EPIC RPG SC Epyllion is a tabletop role playing game about young drakes who investigate rumors, solve problems, and discover the truth of a growing evil in Dragonia. While you play, you and your friends tell awesome stories, explore what it means to be a drak of Dragonia, and discover the value of friendship through magical, whimsical, and heartfelt adventures.
Epyllion Rpg Ency Draconica V0
-
Trade paperback
$27.99
Reader Reward Price: $25.19
The Encyclopedia Draconica is a supplement for Epyllion, a tabletop role playing game in which players take on the role of young drakes who adventure near and far throughout a land of magic to discover the power of friendship and tradition. Volume 1: Tales & Stories contains encyclopedic articles on myths and legends of Dragonia, featuring new playbooks, exciting entries, and unique moves that add depth to the history of Dragonia while giving players!
Fool's Journey Rpg
-
Trade paperback
$13.00
Reader Reward Price: $11.70
The Fool's Journey is a storytelling game based on a deck of tarot cards. Nine of the Major Arcana cards form a story waiting to be told. Bid against the other players to rearrage the cards into the story you want. Then use the cards as prompts to tell the tale of the Fool (or another character). Try the game with different tarot decks for different stories and different experiences. There is no end to the stories waiting in The Fool's Journey.
All you need to play is this instruction book, two to four players, a bunch of 6-sided dice, and any deck of tarot cards.
Forbidden Psalm
-
Hardcover
$47.00
Reader Reward Price: $42.30
A game of blood. Metal and death.
Forbidden Psalm is a tabletop miniatures game, inspired by and compatible with MÖRK BORG.
About the game:
Forbidden Psalm is a 28mm miniatures agnostic game. You can use any miniatures you already own that fit the bill or build custom minis for this game (with random tables to help you determine how to build them). Solo Play and Coop rules included. All content is also able to be used in the MÖRK BORG ttrpg.
In Forbidden Psalm you will recruit a warband of 5 greedy souls to undertake Vriprix the Mad Wizards’ bidding. But the Mad Wizard hasn’t just bet on you. You will face rivals before you will seen any of his coin. Hunt ravenous monsters and unearth dangerous relics as you search for the Psalm itself....maybe even help the Mad Wizard locate his misplaced socks.
A game of blood. Metal and death. In Forbidden Psalm your warband is disposable. Its members will suffer injuries, flaws and even unleash horrible magic. But for hardened survivors, a wealth of plunder and experience awaits.
Including:
11 new monsters Campaign system
10 original encounters
Random encounter tables to generate your own scenarios
New weapons
New Treasure table
New relics
Brand new calamity table for when magic goes bad
A Mad Wizard Socks
Solo Play and Coop rules
A levelling system - with xp, injuries
Wagon based combat.
The team:
Created by Will Rahman
Published by Exalted Funeral Press in partnership with WIRD Designs
90 pages, full color, perfect bound softcover or hardcover. PDF included.
Forbidden Psalm is an independent production by Will Rahman and is not affiliated with Ockult Örtmästare Games or Stockholm Kartell. It is published under the MÖRK BORG Third Party License. MÖRK BORG is copyright Ockult Örtmästare Games and Stockholm Kartell.
Forbidden Psalm Kill Sample Pr
-
Trade paperback
$35.00
Reader Reward Price: $31.50
A city of billions
The immortal few live in glass towers
Profits being made on our backs
They enforce norms
Sell you False Dreams
Steal your future
It is time to BURN IT ALL
About the game:
Kill Sample Process is a stand-alone tabletop miniatures game and rpg setting from the creator of The Last War and Forbidden Psalm, inspired by and fully compatible with the CY_BÖRG ttrpg and other Forbidden Psalm miniatures games.
Forbidden Psalm is a 28mm miniatures agnostic game. You can use ANY suitable miniatures you already own, or build custom minis for this game. Solo Play and Coop rules are included. All content is compatible with the CY_BÖRG ttrpg.
Kill Sample Process is a small-scale skirmish game, where you play with a crew of 5 miniatures per player, against AI controlled Hostiles in scenarios that take you across the neon hell scape of CY_. Play as enemies, cooperatively or solo.
Kill Sample Process Is a stand alone game using the Forbidden Psalm rules.
You do not require any other book to make use of this new setting, campaign, weapons, monsters and so much more.
Inspired by Neon, Narcotics and set in a world that should have ended, you will face such horrors as the The Un-Met, living clouds of Nano Swarms, The Machine God and many more hostiles from the rain drenched city.
Includes:
20 New Hacking programmes
15 New Monsters
Brand New Campaign, fully playable as a RPG campaign
Drones and Drugs
Rain
New Weapons, Equipment and Armor
New Skills and Feats
Core Rules, no other book is required
More Rain
A full campaign
The Team:
Created by Will Rahman
Published by Exalted Funeral Press
Forbidden Psalm is an independent production by Will Rahman and is not affiliated with Ockult Örtmästare Games or Stockholm Kartell. It is published under the MÖRK BORG and Cy_Borg Third Party License.
MÖRK BORG and Cy_Borg is copyright Ockult Örtmästare Games and Stockholm Kartell.
Forbidden Psalm Regicide
-
Trade paperback
$35.00
Reader Reward Price: $31.50
From Graven-Tosk he marches on. The Forgotten King rose from his grave with a skeletal horde of immense proportions. The current state of the world displeases him, as nobody seems to remember his deeds. It doesn't matter if the apocalypse approaches; this situation is intolerable and needs to be dealt with. While he marches toward the city of Grift, droves of desperate fugitives flee from the approaching undead horde. Weird black wax oozes from the terrain, polluting wells and making the air warm and stale in the near forest of Sarkash. Food is scarce, and plenty of deranged individuals are ready to do anything to survive...even if only for one more day. The Forgotten King's ultimate goal is unknown. Only one thing is certain: before the end, everyone will remember his name. About the Book: Regicide is a brutal third-party campaign for Forbidden Psalm, the 28mm miniature-agnostic wargame. Up to two players can combine their efforts or prey on each other in order to survive - all while an undead horde marches on killing everything in its path. Regicide is not a stand-alone game, and a copy of Forbidden Psalm is required to play. This campaign is also compatible with the In The Footsteps of the Mad Wizard expansion. Features: FEED your warband. Your undead enemies don't need to eat or rest, but you do. Don't worry if things go awry, there is always a way to get something to sink your teeth into... Guiding a warband of scum through Graven-Tosk and Sarkash isn't easy; random events between scenarios will shake up your plans. Be prepared to encounter all sorts of weird situations, both fortuitous and hazardous. Lots of desperate figures populate the dying world. Useless Mouths will sometimes decide to join your warband in order to get a meal or gain protection from the approaching horde. They're way less controllable than your usual pets and mercenaries. Wretched Nobles, Dispossessed Villagers and other strange individuals are pleading for shelter. Can you provide for them too? Return your troops back to the battlefield with the Undead state. Use the brand-new, undead-specific d20 flaws table to see what can go horribly wrong when coming back from the afterlife. An army of new monsters, divided between the HORDE and the VICTIMS, is eager to both kill your warband members and steal your stuff. 12 new tied-in scenarios will be presented as highly connected from a narrative standpoint. The results of some of them may even influence how others are played. The campaign will have multiple finales. Depending on how well your warband performs, you may end up in different places. New terrains: forests, tents and defensive measures that can be added to your standard Forbidden Psalm games. Though the campaign was designed as a brutal versus game where your survival will come at the detriment of your opponent, all scenarios can also be played in solo or co-op mode. Created by: Rinaldo Agostini An Exalted Funeral exclusive! 84 pages, A5, softcover perfect bound book, color cover & interiors. Includes PDF.
This is a selection of our current Indie RPGs titles. To find other titles or authors, or just to browse, please use the search box.
